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PE fatal* happiness ud prosprnty of most of v dqxad largely upoo how *e employ our spore M QOME used to say a constitutional undaat could ?rw be npttltd Now we hare nearly repealed the whole constitation END THIS ECONOMIC WAR ri are glad to hear reports that the nriooa aa lions of the world are petting tired of economic warfare with each other, and that some of thai are prepared to declare a trace aad eater into a peace parley. We are glad of it. because we believe the only permanent recovery must come a boat through the recovery of international trade, which is affecting the rest of the world even more than it affects us. Jast to illustrate, we find that England has pot her quota restrictions on imports of American bacon and lard. Argentine beef and Danish and Dutch pork, and has shnt out most American wheat by umnict with the British Dominions. Germany has pot a baa on imports of American cotton, a bigb tariff an Am erican lard and quota restrictions on other American farm pmheu. France limits imports of American frnit and American machinery. Japan has decided to encourage the importation of cotton from India, dis courage it from the United States. Brazil has horn ed J7 million bags of coffee to make tfcU country, its chief consumer, pay a hither price. for what is left. All the rabber-prodacing areas of the world have late ly got together to try to work oat a price agreement that will make aotomobile tires cost more. In the name of nationalism we find Holland con trolling hog production. Argentine compensating wheat growers with bonuses tea-producing countries limiting the harvest of that prodaet. Great Britain threatening Japan with exclusion of all Japanese goods* and so on through a long list. The F nited States can do a zreat deal to break down this nationalistic spirit in international trade. With the powers now in the President's hands to con trol- the international value of the doOar. and. the fnr ther power which he has asked for to negotiate tariff j redactions*, we can say to these other nations' that if they want to sell ns their they must let down the bars asainet oars. . ?. . W *? i r If they persist 'in building walls^iround themsel ves. then we shall have to proceed with the policy of nationalism of which the AAA is the principal evpo- ' nest. B^t nothing more purely leads to the sort of j friction that lead* to, war than sort of eco noinic warfare- that has been roiajf ? on for several years : and so we are rla-L a- we have sai>L that there are soni* sizns that some of ** - ^option- concerned are gettinc tired of S. SHOULD ENCOURAGE ; ^ BUILDING -rrtc- to he Rwralh mkntood that the mtt t?V &ea5?r e of BMnploTBat b n vlat tn bovi :b>f "baikiinr Baikiinr. ??pl on pab Bt project s; L? ahaort at a jtudtdlL la the but cities tier* vv as orry of wuhtOdiig up to lSOTK. Vat ifl tbe aatioa as a vkle *? are told by ?mpHat aatbor itkf tbere i# mil a mti deal of Mdiai and repair ki >T. Ia norma] ti?e* tfce t tiled Sut? aboot fosr tkooaid wllioa dollars a year on baild wiaMiaJiM <tht nar eaoagb bw"Vfa? to bora a pofwlaXMB a* iarp a* tbe dtx of Lo* Aapl?. *riti daeiliaa*. pmbdk bafldinr*. rtorw. factories. botyitafc. libraries a>d t be rest to meet tbe need; of a aval btikfiu pro- j pbAtim. paiitew eW e?rbaa?er* ami all of tbe to eoaatract a arr boildis; hp> to feel tbe pcacb of wafbranl Tbe farai tare aad fvwkiwt Mvtne* feh h anL aad ? on tbe W Aad tbe more* irxmx vbicb uxor for boiklia^ food tbeao aa) ao money to lead erra to tbaoe vko t ted to baild or repair. are probably enoajcfe o Are baild iia*? of tbat aart: Bat aD of tbooe aad vbile tbere are to boaw everybody ia of tka nagbt to be abaakatd aad aad practically aD of tben af virtual re ft gnd deal af I't piu to for repairing We aadmtud this does direct km from pabiic fndt, bat ntkr some sort of a gaaranu* to haku against low when all tke conditions of the loan meet the approval of Gtfrwaaat experts. We do not know how far it is proposed to go to extend the suae security and en but the Government voald do/mefl to try to simplifv the present system of building loans and eat down the cost to the hmat hailder of the money he has to borrow for that pupwe. One of the great reasons why has slowed ap is that mortgage loans under the present system are hard to collect, and therefore the borrower is reqaired to pay altogether too high a profit to somebody when he tries to I PLANS AND HUMAN NATURE POM as far hack as then are any records, philoso phers and reformers hare been trying to plan the ?"Perfect State." We have looked into some of those plans. The oldest of which we have a record seems about the best. That is the "Bepublie" of the Greek philosopher Plato, who flourished aboat 300 B.CL, or more than 2^00 yean agou The main difcult* with patting his plan into operation was that it took fifty years to train the men who were to eoastitnte the gov Sir Thomas Moore published a book in the vear lad describing an imaginary nation which he c^Ded "Utopia," and the name has been need ever since to designate aa ideal of society. Fifty or sixty years later Sir Francis Bacon tried to improve on Utopia with an account of the "Xew Atlantis," another Per fect State. Various other philosophic speculators have tried their hands at the same game, the most noteworthy being* Edward Bellamy, whose "Looking Backward.'' published in 1888. sold more a mil. lion copies and was translated into twenty languages*. All of these plans for regenerating society and everybody happy have the ???> fatal weak That is that their authors assume that human nature changes or can be changed. None of them would work ? unless every other inhabitant were a .policeman ? so long as human nature remains essen tially selfish and self -centered. And we have seen no evidence that there has been any great change in that respect since the days when the Bible was written. To the argument that if everybody had plenty nobody would steal or cheat, the answer, as we see it. is that we have heard of very rich men who werirtlor always honest. - ~~ ~ It is one thing to make a toxical plan, and quite a different thing to get people to abide by it. If every body were honest and unselfish ami so filled with the spirit of justice as never to do an injustice to anyone else, the Utopian plans mizht work. But if everybody were lik? that there would be no need of aay govern ment at all ! . . . - ^BAKT ON ntOV-EXBS. AND PtOfHEn TEX fch n^ecsjart pccpe were asked. "Wte do ycc know ihoc Scion**?" Fear of the :e= in-woti "Xadnag.' I Other ruwrs wire : " He had two thoasmd *n?: he ws the bfiaa: of "J* Qoecn of Sarta : -fae UK Soio moq* Tesf ie : be *at die wa? nn ifaxt rm St*4 - ? . . Tbe sa&sics tcgaiiM-ig S mwm's carriage? 15 pre: tr. tbe Bdok of Kap are "wVm Uwliol wires, ;csns<c5. and tknt ispitd o*dbi?e." Tbe Qareaof Sbeia was act rcaJh wof the npt* ?he ns 90 Bp?s?! br tie nwiej of SokocaV nAtudae and andoE dtf abe made a loop jfin; 10 nsk him aad after a acnes of ititytiut aad taiifiu muaueU to her tone Beware for Whom You Vote in The TW Us Tn btke Ug ?rofc tUik af iV w?j his M tax baa bee* rafani by the safes tax. H w had Ml had the sales tax. the laad that is aot aoM for taxes, let it be related or nasd as it 'Pay tow fcsiin ia row pw rhssn Hcjd yoxr hoa?. Let mijhaiy help cteau his chiU. tat shaft the taN?s oa the poor UslM. I kaow of a great [ laafcer af healthy, stroa* root mem who ancr paid m penny tax util he paid sale taxes. Those fellows who are kicking about the sale* taxes are tbe ones who lappmt the pool tables, beer staads aad all other places of Who paid the World War Debt? Everybody with pennies. If 700 Urc ia town, who pays for the apkeep aad improvement. Ton are taxed to pay it. Uncle Sam is paying oar taxes now and say ing oar (aiaen. Every law-maker or candidate who asks for your support is be willing to make a law for every person to pay taxes to edncate his child, keep ap the County aad State and not to shift it on the poor landlord who has Just a remnant of land left? G. H. PERGERSON. Franklinton, X. C. THANKS The Franklin County Memorial Associates wish to thank Mr. D. K- Hciliday and his Boy Scouts ?or their help in selling the F. C. 51 A. Buttons. MRS- H. C. TAYLOR. Chairman Finance Comm. -*? BOOKS CLOSE MAY 19th The Registration Books close Saturday: If 70a want to vote in the primary and are not already registered you had better register be fore Saturday night. Court Of Honor Troop 30 ot the Lomisbarg Boy Scoarta will hold a Coart of Hon or la the Milts School Mditorium Friday night, limy 18th. at eight o'clock. Mr. Claud Humphreys. Scoot Executive of the Occonn- e chee Council, will be present. The public is cordially invited to at tend this program. Madison Coaaty Farmer?'. In corporated. will help tanners pool their wool for sale through the United Wool Growers Associa tion. Some people are so inhospitable that they won't erea entertain ideas of their owm. FOOD PRICES ( akc Or "AJtGO" CORK STARCH Food Pkg. .. 8c PURE APPLE JELLY * OKr 2 Lb. Jar... AMERICAN , SARDINES 4 3 Cana ...... f UU APPLE ODER VINEGAR, Gallon 28c i OAT MEAL^Ltfe Pit 1 8? ?lj SFkzi ICc ISDFB SODS *? OCTAGOW Cc [TOILET SOAP. Ck ? PUFFED lie - FIELD SEED - 8SSD COR ?. PSAS. SOT B B A H 8. C A H B. MILL1T, , ' SUDAN. Sec U* Before To* Bay Any Flavor JKLLO, Pkg. 6c Tom Thumb PEAS, No. 2 Can "Sunbeam" Y. 0. PEACHES, Lff*. Can. "Tempi* Garden" TEA 1-4 lb. 20c 20c 10c 2 Pound Jar P HTJT BUTTER CEACKEE8 Pound Package . 25c 15c Wo KEEP A Full Lino of Froh FruiU and VegetabUa IN OUR MARKET Wecten Teal Steak. lb. ...... 25c Votai Calf Lmr. Ib. 40c frafc Lcaa Fork Chop*. Ib. . . 20c Hun Salad, lbs ?? Small Frank*. lb. ^ o NATIVE 8PRINQ LAMB
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