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Why pay tliousandsofcivii ians to audit ALL Army, Navy and Maritime Com mission war contracts u hen the profits of 95% do not exceed a fair 2% after taxes—and when the Inter nal Revenue department automatically sif ts out the excess-profit contracts wl ile computing: income taxes? Only 5% ot war profits are found to he over 2% after taxes. I liese are the ones to examine — and Cnde Sam already has p< ople to detect violations without hiring an army of extra employes to audit ALL contracts. I “ Renegotiation ” Might Touch You Undrr no other circumstance* ts the fine spirit of neighborly co operate'n shown to better advantage in a rural community than in tire ca-e of fire or other calamity. This friendly spirit is not based upon per gonal interest, but upon the deep sympathy that just naturally arises In case of disaster. Of course, there is a personal interest if the fire threatens our own property, but we like to think this unity of spirit in Our rural life is typical of America. There is this same community of interest between industry, labor and agriculture, although sympathy for each other’s troubles seldom conies to the surface. Every farmer knows that his best market for the produce of his farm is our local domestic market. Ha depends upon this domestic market to consume over 90 per cent of what our American farms produce each year. If anything happens to his domestic market, like the depression and loss of employment in the early thirties, agriculture is at once af fected. On the other hand, if any thing happens to the buying power of agriculture, Industry is hurt just as badly. Right now congress is considering the renegotiation of all government Contracts. The law was passed oa April 28, 1942 Some people are urging that these new renegotiation bureaus should examine contracts made long before the law was passed. Take the case of a contract made in 1910. The work has been done and paid for; taxes have been paid to the government on the profits, if any; labor has been paid and tha ip, ney balance distributed either in repairs to plant or perhaps paid In 4h idends to stockholders. Spanger of Retroactive Measures. ip Suppose that same thing happened to our local store, or even to our farmers themselves. Suppose the prices we received for our crops, or the conservation payments by the government for 1941 or 1940 were ■bddenly to be "renegotiated.” Ev ery farmer has either fed out or aolil his crop, purchased new ma chinery or perhaps painted the barn, •r bought a new dress for his wife. If, under a retroactive law, he were auddenly put up against the threat of renegotiation, all of his credit, and perhaps even his investment would be disturbed. r> > one wants unfair profits or ex passive dividends out of war con fraets Investigation has shown that over 95 per cent of industry and business made no excessive profits put of the war. Certainly no farm ers have received excessive prices for farm crops. Now Is the Time for Unity We want to get on with this war. must have unity. Unity is based Upon mutual confidence in our gov ernment mid in each other. We ar* all looking forward to a return of peace after the war has been won. We will then want to resume our domestic markets, replace worn-out farm machinery and resume our normal trade relationships. Indus try and business will need all of their American ingenuity and jtrengtn to provide Jobs which, in turn, furnish our domestic market after the war. True, renegotiation at present li applied only to industry and con tracts with the government. But we all recognize the good old American principle that what is sauce for the guuse is sauce for the gander. ' li business contracts can tie re negotiated under a law passed long after the business contracts were piade, how about the sanctity of our pwn contracts? Just now the fire seems far from t/ui own neighborhood, but if we look fiosely, our domestic markets, both now and after lire war, are involved. We can well take time off to show a little neighborly spirit and help put out the fire. t _ The Peoples’ Edict , Money to pay for the war. yes; , but no money for frills in the 1 civil operations of any of our | governing bodies. That is the | edict of the American people. 357,162,300 Quarts Is North Carolinas Home-Canning Quota Estimate !s Eased On Recommen dation For Housewives to l‘ut I p 100 Quarts l*er Eerson This Year North Carolina’s essential war time home canning goal for 11'13 totals 357,162,300 quarts, a lead ing food distributor estimated t > day. ' i ! This huge job facing the slab'' 793,694 housewives repress t • an average of 10U quarts of home packed food per person, the a mount the United States Dtp.ut ment of Agriculture has recom mended for rural familie and which it considers desirable also for urban families, explain M Ha vey A. Baum, vice preside!;’ ef A anil P Tea Company's piodu buying affiliate, the Atlanta 1 am. mission Company. Any hu.. : - who meets this goal will assur each member of her family two cups of home canned food daily for about seven months. I “The need for housewP os to meet the goal was emphasize , when Price Administrator Pren tiss M. Brown reported that only 111,000,000 cases of comntere r.liy | canned fruits and vegetables would be available to civilians ca ch month this year as compared to 30,000,000 eases a month las; year,” Baum said. “This n: aim : reduction of 57 per cent, but c »• ilians will get along on it - > our armed forces and allies an gi ; the food they need to whip the I Axis.” Baum believes many Amor! an housewives will fill this gap nv purchasing fresh fruits and veg etables for both immediate use and for home canning inasiuvcb as these perishable foods requ.re no points. The War Pmlai'ti 'ii Board has promised adequate s'io plies of covers and rubber me for home canning. “Beginning in May our company will furnish through its stores op to the minute information as vo when the various iruits and vege tables are available in sufficien; quantities to warrant canning," Baum said. “It is a patroitic duty this year to can fruits and veg 'ta bles in peak production periods t avoid waste.” i Land Bank Receives Most Seven Million From N. C. Farmers Farmers of North Caro] no ing the past 11 months have n i a-le principal payments amount intv $6,992,312 on their Federal lam! hank mortgage loans, Julian H.l Scarborough, president of 'no he a 1 oral Land Bank of Columbia, has announced. These payments included uvu lar annual installments, liquida tions and special payments, Mr. Scarborough said. In addition, tui nters of the state who arc dealing with the land hank on deposit $407,502 in Future Laymen's funds to take care of payments on 'lair loans in lean years. "The Federal land hank .s do ing everything possible to encour age farmers to rotphal, inflation' Mr. Scarborough said. "We do i t want to put a debt load on the farmers now that they can’t after the war. Many of them, instead of mortgaging their homes to buy more land, are either paying off their debts or refinancing thru their national farm loan associa tions so they will he able to pat off debts from the earnings of their farms over a period of year “Many of our farmers are also buying war bonds and war sav ings stamps," the Federal land hank president added Mr. Scarborough declared that from information received bv the Federal land bank through seev ■ tary-treasurers of national 'arm loan associations and field repre sentatives of the bank that fav orable prices farmers are getting I fi r their crops is encouraging thrill tn increase their production. He i,l that members of nation'll farm loan associations at their an nual jiireting this year were very enthusiastic over doing their part in increasing the food supply which is .-o badly needed for ntr armed forces, civilians and alln s. Superior Cockerels Can Increase Egg Production For greater egg production, N Carolina poiiltrymen should not only increase tin* number of hens in the laying flock but also use .superior breeding males in a.I but chery supply flocks, -ays J. Maupm, Kxtension Poultry r>.e mlist at North Carolina State t.. i L* g C. There i< a definite* proof Fiat l»i;rh egg production is in hoi! i < < i | and the use of mules coinin'; fi m j trapnested flocks with *•>:» -ib ni I records can increa-e North 1 *• o na egg production a »out 10 pm - cent, according to Maupin. He said that there wa r . . • , Record of Production t i j State, which have breeding man . for sale this year, and that goon j cockerels could also be obia:n,*d ! from the certified hatch*' < There are other good flu , h,\ ing superior breeding male* but individual egg recur Is are net > vailable. In recent years tin* numbe 1 1 ggs per hen has be n raised from about 05 to loii egg .n N\ Carolina. Maupin ays that . i. encouraging to know that with the same number of hens the a.no feed and the same labor a . ! c (luipment, that egg product!. n can 1) * increased another 10, or r ay be Ld) eggs per hen through * US( of superior 1 i :ng m.d . Last year Unde Sain c.-licd fur Id per cent inert a in eg e - duct ion ami grower- gave in.i I • percent. This year he is calling f a .'•till another 1 1 percent and Maupin urn- grow••rs every method \-ible ; • a-n.i this goal. Bee3 Need More Supplemental Feeding Of Sugar Syrup At this period uf tho year, draw heavily on the re.-erv • - ip ply of honey uhich they stored p for the winter and suppleMenial foodinpc is necessary in nn> ar cs, says J. Myron Maxwell. K\ X'.rlh tension Khtomolo.L'isL at arolina State College. 1 /iiriiifjL - Mi.-* !>• nod, if !here litti or i!.» honey i‘:«»vvt trie • normally take advantage 'I nr; ' i ] 1(.i.« y in the l ive to nrn dij.r tlvus i * '"I •• of y’ling* bees and ! : : ivh.rt hen the colony so that it • fun. ■ . .. Ill !:<•• *• n<! van t ;* •1 when th h-e.ry apply doe , come. Of:: t V:.. heavy brood r-a! J ii ’a!. ' ulnio.' \ all of the reserve !ir : to Mat Wfll and in th > case the bees should • viveLi a .-tipple:a it;*! ■!!' e, it • lt jtrar y i tip. ll< ; ■ !i• ■ • a ivi. e t he use of either blown -jg;ir oi inula •••» a., i titutc* for sugar syrup .•< !»*.->• many cause diarrhea and other iron-' trouble- with the beer ft,. u e of blown sugar and mob. . ■ ha- been known to de-ti y coin j'U'te hives. Maxwell -,ay.- that tie re ce gc\ * y rup to the bee-. ‘hie of 1 h ■ m I! r daman feeder, which is a :mall block of wood a r rang- 1 • > that it will feed into the entrant-•* to ! he hive al l w ill hold on . , ■ ’ • ed fruit jar in which the s mar syrup is placed. An method ,f feeding con !. 1 of a ■ . ii ing thi; syrup a averting it over '1 hive body. The i then have an empty '■■■■■ "I;. p.uee.l around 'he can 1 hive put in :.<? outs |j beei ir i ; get'ing tiie honey. 11:itiiA i.\(. iv -IRoute 3, Lilling. 17 ".(hi feet of ter farni says As ( T D. O' tpiinn. r p • P p *'v -r ' r- r* Fvj • * * * fc * r .. _ «. i— t . t. ’3 - > y f cr v v i. MkKTW*~ IJ1 i*. \<C)\ \l. INDIAN NA\A is on constant guard against Japanese subs and surface raiders. Operating with British and United Nations ships, the Indian na\\ lias done heav\ coiivon and potrol "urk in the Indian Ocean, th-* Hed Sea and the Persian Gulf. Recently, a coastal ship like the one pictured -above rammed and '.ink < i t -nest launch loaded with troops and munitions 60 miles below the enemy base at Akyab in Purina The Unafraid Is OV* much c(mr«"t‘ it take* to r!i\c a plane dim n I lie fun in-1 of a Jap a ire rat I rrii " ‘ of u u ill ne\ er kilim. '’c,i like 'Injur Vnilerson don't conic hack E:ov. mm *! courage it takes to li«jhl in a i’rai..') jungle crawlin'' with Japs . . . Imw much courage i! takes to battle heat anil sail.! anil third anil (lerinan- in the African (E -ert mo-t of n-caii mill finest at. (hir ho\s viio liuht there iJon"t talk about it. Sill'll I'lMini":' sSaj:<'ers the mint!. It i> tin* same kinil ul rourai'o lli;:! li;i - neighbor bo\ of \oiir- Mailing ,:i the ho-pital in uni form to see his r.cn-lx. ii son. Some »la> soon th .! father «:ia\ I:a\e to i!i\o lli- plant' ihwu the funnel t>f a Jap earlier. Hr know - that. So clot's his v, ife. \et their !;;i:!i i ue!i i‘: ! * married . . . have ha! s . . . p! t:i a rouhth'nt fuft ire. 1 lie) are the unafraid. I'he\ make the fears and doulils of the rest of u- -com moan and small. I he\ make us si-r of their \ ision of tin* ma^tli ticenl (utiire of our eouiitm . . . a country uhich can !•<• entrusted with tin soli' of men who ma\ m ver see them. stv\n \un on roMr.\\\ OS’ M’W JERSFA Oil. IS AMMVMTIOy. . . I / IT iri.si.IA!
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