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Hie National Outlook
The Problem Os Foreign Comeptition
By Ralph Rob** ;
To most of us foreign compe-i
tition is merely a term, and to
a large number of us it is all
to the good because we get a
selection of articles that would
not otherwise be possible. But
to thousands of business firms
in this nation today foreign
competition is hurting profits
and in many instances it is
threatening the very existence of
the organization.
Now American business be
lieves in competition, and since
1890 we hajfie had a federal law j
prohibiting monopoly. Why the
growing concern about foreign |
competition? The answer is to,
be found in the difference be-:
tween domestic and foreign
competition.
In the domestic field, every;
business works under the same]
general conditions. Its raw ma- 1
terial costs the same, it drawsi
on the same labor supply, it!
pays the same transportation'
charges and. in general, the)
same rate of taxes, it has the
same freedom to devise articles
Which will appeal to the taste
of its customers, it can adver
tise to any extent it can af
ford, and its market is identi
cal with that of its competitors.
In the case of foreign competi
tion we find the following;
1. Wages are lower. This is
true in every nation, even if
one counts the fringe benefits.
Taxes on business also are low
er as a general rule. Raw ma
terials may cost more or less,
and administrative expenses may
be either • higher or lower, but
usually are low. Even though
output per manhour is less than)
in this country, therefore. the|
total cost of production is less
in moat instances.
2. Foreign factories have been
largely rebuilt in the past fewj
years. This means that they:
have just as modem and effi-l
dent machines as we have and |
can. if they so desire, turn out
just as good a product. In many
lines, the' foreign factories are
even more modern on the aver-i
age than ours—in spite of the
enormous investment we have
\ WITH THE FARM WOMEN 1
By MAIDRED MORRIS |
Cancelled Sump Collection
Mrs. Guy Carraway ot Merri
mon Home Demonstration Club
in Carteret County is chairman
of their most recent club pho
ject. Each club member saves
all her cancelled stamps and
turns them in to Mrs.
way. who in turn, gives them
to the Morehead City Hospital,
the local collection station.
Mrs. Floy Garner, home eco
nomics agent, says the stamps;
NOW! Total Area Hooting
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from every drop of fuel... High-style cabuwta are in mar-proof
at say dun* setting. i#4i a beige or browntone poirslain enamel.
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been making in plant and,
equipment.
3. Foreign governments, with
few eceptions, actively help and
support exports. In some cases
this is through outright and
direct subsidies, and in most
cases the government guaran
tees the exporting company
against various kinds of loss.
Foreign governments also make
constant surveys of our market,
arrange fair,s and so forth, all
of which are designed to be of
specific aid to tiheir exporters.
Our government does practically
nothing along tliese lines, al
though it is moving in this di
rection but moving very slow
ly.
4. In most foreign nations it
is a matter of exporting to sur
vive. Until the past two or
three years, as a result of the
war devastation, they did not.
have a surplus whicL they could
ship abroad, but no's- they have
increased their production in
many lines to a volume which
gives them a substantial sup
ply for export. And! the wide
spread over-devaluation of their
currencies in 1949 aind immedi
ately thereafter has jjiven them
a competitive advantage as of
today.
In spite of all these favorable
factors we still ara exporting
more goods than we import, and
this year our exports are in
creasing more rapidly than our
imports. This is quits' amaz
ing because in many foreign
nations there are tariffs and
other restrictions against our
goods. In some cases these re
| strictions are so severe that
j American companies ace estab
lishing foreign branches or sub
sidiaries in order to be able to
sell at all in the market.
Unfortunately the severity of
| the foreign competition is cre
! ating a demand in many quar-
I ters for us to raise tariffs. In
some instances that may be de
sirable. or even necessary. But
| the only sound, real answer is
} for us to increase our produc
tive efficiency—and sell more
abroad.
are sent to a Children's TB Hos
. pital in Norway. Several hun
> drvd stamps have already been
i turned in.
Rat Infestation
; Do you have expensive guests
[ living at your house? Nancy,
Parker of the Wayside com
i munity in Hoke County told
, members of the Community De
velopment Association that if
■ they were supporting one rat. it
;[ was costing them at least S2O
THE CHOWAN HERALD, ELEKTOSf, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1980.
a year.
“Nancy told the audience bow
the rats destroyed property, con
taminated food, and carried di
seases.” reports Mrs. Mary Lou
Roman, assistant home eco
! nomics agent. "The development
j association decided to look into
j the possibility of buying bait
;to be distributed in the com
munity in an all-out campaign
against rats and mice.”
Wood FinishM
A three-day workshop was
held for agents in the western
district on wood finishes. Miss
Mary Cornwell, home economics
gent in Haywood County, says
detailed information on wood
identification, wood finishes,
care, varnishes, waxes, sealers,
and lacquers was given.
Each agent worked with dif
ferent types of wood in de
veloping suitable types of fin
ishes.
Low Caloric Desserts
Accordipg to' Mrs. .Virginia D.
Smith.' assistant home econom
ics agent., waist lines ■ are being
watched in Randolph County.
In a demonstration “Eat to Con
trol Your Weigh.” it was em
phasized that it was not what
you eat but how much you eat
that adds extra pounds.
High calorie desserts were
compared with low calorie des
erts. After discussing different
ways of reducing calories in
recipes, the women tasted of
one of the low calorie desserts.
Landscaping Plan
Mrs. .Joe Vick of the Corinth
community and Mrs. Tom Cor
j bette of the Pleasant Grove
■ community in Nash County
I started rooting beds based on
.their long-time landscaping
J plan.
! Mrs. Lydia M. Booth, assistant
I home economics agent reports
I that Mrs. Corbette put in about
75 cuttings recently. Mrs. Vick
has rooted 25 azaleas and they
are ready to transplant from the
rooting bed. All her cuttings
rooted.
Workshop Shows Results
As a result of the refinishing
furniture workshop held recent
ly in Rutherford County, the
! following furniture was resin
-1 ished: two spool cabinets, twoj
1 churns converted to lamps, li
brary table, bedside table wash
stand, chairs, dough trays, din
ing room suite, tables, coffee
mill, planters, picture frames,
rockers, cobbler bench, chest,
and desk.
Miss Eugenia Ware, home eco
nomics agent, reports that fur
niture .Jhat hsd been discarded
Jis now in use again.
Weekly Devotional
Column
ly JAMES MuitNat
Without a doubt the most in
fluential book ever written, with
the except of God’s Word, the
Bible, is “Os The Imitation
Os Christ” by Thomas A. Kgm
pis (1379-1471), a Dutch Augus
tinian monk. Here are some
excerpts from his book;
“He that followeth me, walk
eth not in darkness,” said the
Lord. These are the words of
Christ by which we are ad
monished how we ought to uni
tate His life and manners if we
would truly be enlightened and
delivered from blindness of
heart.
What does it avail you to}
discourse profoundly of the
Trinity, if you are void of hu-J
mility, and thereby displeasing}
to the Trinity? Surely pro
-fefund words do not make a!
man holy and just; but a vir
tuous life make him dear to
God. I had rather feel con
trition than know the definition
thereof. If you knew the en
tire Bible by heart, what would
it profit you without the love
of God, and without His grace?
“Vanity' of vanities, all is
vanity,” except to love God, and
to serve Him only. This is the
highest wisdom, by contempt of
the world to press forward to
ward the heavenly kingdom.
Vanity is to seek after per
ishing riches, and _to trust in
them. Vanity also it is to hunt
after honors, and to climb to
high degree. Vanity it is to
follow the desires of the flesh.
Vanity it is to wish to live
long, and to be careless to live
well. Vanity it is to mind only
this present life, and not to
foresee those things which are
to come.
Call often to mind the Scrip
ture “The eye is not satisfied
with seeing, nor the ear filled
with hearing.” Endeavor there
fore to withdraw your heart
from the love of visible things,
and to turn yourself to things
invisible. For they that follow
| after their own sensuality lose
the grace of God.
If you think that you know
many things and understand
them very well, know also that |
there be far more things that I
you do not know. Therefore, be*
not highminded. but rather ac-j
knowledge your own ignorance.
Why will you exalt your knowl
edjge above one who is less
learned and more” skillful than
WINTER IS
COMING!
DON’T FORGET YOUR FUEL OIL BILL
EDENTON OIL DEALERS ASSOCIATION
URGES YOU TO SETTLE YOUR
ACCOUNT PROMPTLY
Members of this association are eager to serve you with your
fuel oil needs by giving prompt, reliable service. So that we
may maintain this high standard of service, we urge all past
due accounts to pay promptly.
Our members also exchange credit information, which will
be kept up to date throughout the heating season. We appre
ciate your business and cooperation.
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you are? If you will know any
thing profitable, love to be un
known, and to be esteemed as
nothing.
The deepest and most profit
able lesson is true knowledge)
and contempt of ourselves. It is
great wisdom and high perfec
tion to esteem nothing of our
selves, and to think always well
and highly of others. If you
should see another openly sin,
you ought not to esteem better
of yourself, for you know not
how long it will be before you
also sin. All of us are frail,
but you should never consider
another as more frail than your
self.
Our own opinion and our own
sense do often deceive us, and (
they discern but little. But he
j to whom the Eternal Word (The
I Bible) speaks is set free from
opinions. From that Word'
hare all things. No man with-
I out that can understand 0 r
I judge rightly.
j So much for Thomas A. Kem
* pis. I hope I have created with
in you a desire to read the en
tire book for yourself. My copy'
has 324 pages, and I have quot
ed from merely the first six, so
you see it is chock full of valu
able devotional material. It is
available at any book store.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
How mankind today can set
about fulfilling the divine de
mand for perfection will be ex
plained at Christian Science ser
vices Sunday.
Keynoting the Lesson-Sermon
entitled “Man” is the Golden
Text from Matthew (5:48): “Be
ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven
is perfect.”
These comforting words of en
couragement from James will
be included in the Bible read
ings (1:2-4): “My brethren, count
it all joy when ye fall into di
vers temptations; Knowing this,
that the trying of your faith
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wqrketh patience. But let pa
tience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and en
tire, wanting nothing.”
Among cqrrelative passages
from “Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures” by Mary'
Baker Eddy this will be read:!
“The divine demand, ‘Be ye'
therefore perfect,’ is scientific,
and the human footsteps lead
ing to perfection are indispen
sable (253:32-2). . . . God re
quire perfection, but not until
the battle between Spirit and
flesh is fought and the victory
won” (254:8-8).
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There are truths which are
not for all men, nor for all
times. —Voltaire.
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