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THE FRANKLIN TIMES ; | j lined Every Friday 215 Court Street Telephone Ho. 283 i. r. JOHNSON, Editor i SUBSCRIPTION RATES Oh Year ?1JM Six Moadu .78 Rlgbt MmU^ .... 1.00 Foot Moatha .... JM Fonip AJnrtilif Repreaeetettve AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION ijL-l New York CMj Bnwed j# tile foMofllee at LoaJabarg, N. C. aa A wide cfpen town and a lawless town mean the same thing. r / L Chirity covers, our grand jtaies uncover, a multi tude of sins. The strike situation in California has been settled. Thanks to the prevalence of better judgment. It is noticed that T.VJL is to extend sales of cheap er electrical units. What the public. is more interest ed in is cheaper electricity without so many "side charges." ? Franz Holzweber and Otto Planetta were hanged in Austria Tuesday for the assassination of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfus. The execution came almost six days to the. hour from the time of the crime. A news report says Von Hindenborg is very ill. His death would be a great loss to Germany and Europe. Many believe he has weilded a great influ ence for peace in Europe since his rise to the Presi dency of Germany. The voice of the people isn't often heard but a good many ambitious fellows have heard the voice that the. people sent out, much to their disgust and chagrin. We are referring to those who are willing to suffer, for the salary, on (he altar of their country. For real pleasure, for live news of folks wb? tbiak more of you than any friends you've ever had, for honest, unbaised opinions, for shrewd comments of the day 's news, and of politics and politicians, for in- ' teresting stories of the lives, and events in the lives of the people yoM know best, read your Hometown Newspaper. We were right much amused and surprised Tuesday to learn from the argument of attorneys in the trial of a case in Recorder's Court that an officer should not interfere until a crime was actually committed. We had always understood that it was the duty of an officer to pfev?nt a crime if within his power. Our impression may be wrong, but we don't think so. Any way we like it best, and think it wisest. Press reports show that U. B. Blalock, former Gen eral Manager of the Cotton Co-operative Association ' of North Carolina, has been appointed a director in the American Cotton Growers Co-operative Association in Washington City. Mr. M. G. Mann, former Direc tor of Field Service, has been promoted to General Manager. This represents promotions to both of these gentlemen. It is to be hoped that with the change will come some new and real constructive plans that will make the Association of more value to its mem bers in the State. The one great thing that breaks down the confidence of good citizens in the law enforcement and influence, and that lends encouragement to crime, is the fact that after the crime is committed the criminal caught, tried and sentenced he is pardoned or paroled. The good citizens don't see th? ?necessity of going to the expense and tt-oufcle to catch and convict a crim inal, when he is to be pardoned or paroled soon after entering upon his sentence, and the crimial takes the position, what difference does it make if they do catch and convict him, he will get ? pardon. The other angle is It brings about a great injustice be tween prisoners. Possibly <?th orifc should be. turned loose "fias to serve nis term, because of lack of influence or interest in his case, while the one who Bhould serve his term is thrown back upon , society. The system breaks down reeipect and confidence in law and should be remedied in some manner. It was the pleasure of the Editor of The Franklin Times to attend a meeting of the Business Men in Franklinton the past week, at which time he observed the formation of what seems to him to be the most ideal organization of business, professional men and farmers of a town and community. The organization is built largely upon the plans used by Kiwunis, Rotary Clubs and other such organizations, without the heavy cost of mCmmbership and set programs of work. The plan calls Tor only one meeting a month at which time all "break bread" together and theii'go into a regular business meeting with a round table discus sion feature. It is conducive of a wide influence, , which the Ttana is sure will be of great benefit nnd value to the. people of Franklinton and community. The organizers of this splendid plan and each mem > ber of it is to bft Congratulated for their forethought and cooperation in this method of building up their oommftniti. Jhe CQtton Resolution* ' It is wjith much satisfaction that th^Ttanefrckn join' the Business Men's Association of rrankliriton in mak ing claim for a more equal and just allottment for the cotton, fanners of eastern North Carolina and particu larly Krapklin County. These resolutions are pub lished in another columnn in this issue. It is our opinion fife" aulEor of these resolutions was extra con servative in his estimate that the crop for 1934 under ?tl?e reduction contracts represent a cut of 56 per cent i&stead of the intended 27 per cent. It is our opinion that it represents a reduction of around 65 per cent. . In the first place Franklin County had already reduc ed its Acreage voluntarily, or as a matter of financial necessity, approximately fifty per cent before the re duction move was made by the government. To bear thiB out in 1923 Franklin County produced 32,000 bales of cottft&itiiils 1932 At produced only 12,000. To cut this to 8,594, the present allottment, means starva tion to"tWhttlfc TeTTOS^Tfepardless of the pride-he can hf^e to get. reduction had been apportioned froni Frankltn's normal average of "20,000 to 24,000 hales it would have been more equal and just to Frank lin and like counties', wfiose farm population is made up very largely of small farmers. Of course we hope, and believe, the activity of the government in bring ing about the contract reduction Will be of great bene fit to Franklin County, as a whole, but what we are wondering about is how the little fellow, whose crop is cut so short in acreage, because of these conditions, will not make enough to pay for bis fertilizer, his tax es, and his land obligations to say nothing about furn ismng food and clothing for his family and paying his doctor and preacher. Familiarity with these condi tions, no doubt, furnished the farce behind Senator Bailey's opposition to the Bankhead bill, and would caase thp Adjustment Board of the Agricultural t)e partment jtq reconsider and adjust them, if they will only become enough interested to become informed. The Tlmw isren- ffluch in sympathy with the spirit of the movement to help put southern agriculture on its feet and in its proper sphere in the business world. It is also very much interested in seeing that the far mer is given a fair and just allottment that along with the recovery of the entire unit the individual also may recover and become the enthusiastic and co-operative citizen that we all want to see in everybody.',' We be lieve that the farmers of Franklin County and eastern North Carolina have a just cause and one that should be given an exhaustive and sympathetic hearing by .the Agricultural Department at Washington. The Weight of Taxation It may be assumed that the whole question of taxa tion, local,, state and national, will be thoroughly re viewed daring the coming state and congressional campaigns. The vast sums of money being expended in various governmental activities must be taken eventually from the pocket of the taxpayer. It is not unlikely that he will become more and more interest ed in the process. It was said long ago that the power to tax is the power to destroy and a good many authorities have warned that we are approaching the point where tax ation will become confiscation. Present publi<f expen ditures give weight to the prediction. It is estimated at the present time that the motor ists of the state are paying a percapita of mire than $10 per year for every man, woman and ohrfu^f the state in gasoline taxes which go into road^^Ming. What the percapita cost of all taxes is, it is impossible to estimate. . ' It therefore becomes evident that a great deal of . interest in the coming campaigns will center in what the1 candidates propose to do about it. The single tax ers will, as a matter of course, be on hand with a solution. It is understood that the old single tax, in a new dress, will appear on the November ballot. It is, however, not a question of how to raise more taxes but how to avoid raising more taxes that will interest the taxpayers. Those candidates with economy pro grams are going to have a respectful hearing this year. ? Daily News, Orange, Cal. As Industries Organize Among other valuable fruits of the depression which could be listed should bfe mentioned the activities'of the industri?ff in eliminating many of the undesirable cit-throat ?<Trrrpt*t itfftn praotices and the causing of th?;bu8ines? amHndTiKtriiil meji who have beeto bitter enemies tq get togrtfetr arid j^ork out their mutual problem^ in a satie waV ^_ The other night the printers and publishers of Canadian county met to consider their problems. Sev eral uneconomic practices will be eliminated as a re sult and in future meetings many steps will be taken to advance the standing of the industry in the county. And yet printers and publishers have had the name of being the most independent and tractable class of h ombres on earth. The announcement that the presi dent had signed the newspaper code regulating indus try turned the trick. Ip most other 'lines a similar spirit of co-operation is being born and is doing much in the elimination of unfair practices. It is a slow process and thSre are usnally a few outlaws in each, industry who make the task more difficult. However, the day of rugged in dividualism is really passing and the butcher, the bak er, the candlestick maker are all learning that despite thfe fact that their competitors may have horns, clov en feet and spiked tails, there is much to be gained by congregating with them occasionally for the gen eral good of the craft. The frtits of adversity are not always bitter. ? American, El Beno, Okla. , 1 Liza Crossing The Ice ky A Washington, August 30. ? This time of year used to be called the "?illy season" In Washington, be-; cause nothing of importance ever happened in August and the news correspondents had to entertain their readers and earn their own wages by writing trifling gossip about nothing in particular. Times have changed In that respect. Nothing very new and startling is happening, with the President on his vacation and Congress back home mending its political fences, but we have got so used to discussing serious and import ant things that it seems to have become a habit. Even In the "silly season" we And it hard to be frivolous. For example, somebody asked the ever-present question: "Who Is going to pay oil all this new debt the Government is piling up?" at the National Press Club the other day. The usual answer was given, "Our grandchildren, of course." But one lnqulsitlvej reporter wasn't satisfied with that answer. How many grandchildren are* there going to be, thirty or forty years from now? He want ed to know. So he put in a lot of time studying the ' records of 1 the Census Offlce and his conclu sions .tre so startling and, In the long outlook, so Important, that some Administration officials have begun to take notice of them and wonder whether in some ways there has not been too much banking upon a future that does not seem likely to be realized. Facts About Population The plain fact seems to be, that the population of the United States la rapidly approaching the stationary point. By 1950, and probably sooner than that, there will no longer be an an nual Increaae In th^ number of people In this country. Before the war we added about 1,800, 000 people a year to the popula tion, by birth and Immlgratldn. That waa the average over a long period of years. Assuming that they earned and spent a thousand dollars a year each, I which is About the right figure, that made Dearly two billion dol lars a year' of new business for American Industry and trade, to My nothing of rthe demand for half a million ne* homea every year to house this Increase. And, from the Oovernment'a point of view, that rate of popu lation growth meant a corres ponding Increase In the numbor, of persons who could be taxed, directly or Indirectly, thua en-, abllng the nation to Increase Its governmental expendlturea every year and to pile up a growing! load of intereat-bearlng debt without really bothering anybody very much. But ? thla U what the Census figures show. About 1924 the rate of population Increaae be gan to decline sharply. In 1910 the experts estimated that the Census of 1930 Would show a population of is0.000.000. In stead. the count waa only II*, ? ?00,000. And In the paat ten yerirs It has dropped so rapidly that the estimates of the Census Bureau ? among the moat reliable of Oovernment statistics ? show ? growth of only (00,000 In the past year. Prlsee for Lorgr Famillee? At that rate of decline In the annual growth of population, it will only be about 1945 when ' deaths will balance births, emi g ration balance Immigration and, ] perhaps, from then on, there will be an actual decline in the num ber of inhabitants of this coun try. It is possible to imagine the Administration of whoever is elected President in 1944 de- } mandlng of Congress authority to offer prises for larger families. I as is done in France, Italy and . some other European countries. ' The reasons tor the decline in the growth of population are two fold. First is the restriction of immigration, which began to take its present drastic form in 1924. Second is the decline In the do mestic birth-rate. American pa rents are not reproducing their kind in numbers enough to re place the deaths. The figures here in Washington show that the average woman gives birth : to less than one prospective fu ture mother. And that condition is causing considerable concern among the socially-minded mem bers of the Administration ? of : whom there are plenty. They see their vision of a brave new world of their own creation being i shattered by the refusal of Amer ican parents to cooperate in pro- j vlding future taxpayers. Caase of Decline The reason for the decline In the birthrate Is figured by some ] of the smart Usurers here as a change In the social value of the child In the home. In a princi pally agricultural country, such as ours was in its earlier days, every child was an asset. In an industrial nation, however, with compulsory education and anti child-labor laws in force, children are a liability to the average fam ily. Government economists and theorists look at these facts with mixed feelings. Some of them point to them as Justification for the movement to curtail agricul tural production; some say the remedy will be to get more people back to the land. All are agreed that the great markets of the fu ture will be in goods for middle aged and elderly people, for be fore long there will be more peo ple over 40 years old than under twenty. In agriculture, for exam ple, one result will be a steady decline In the demand for milk; In industry the demands of the future will be for a higher pro portion of goods appealing to middle-aged tastes. , It used to be that you could tell the difference between Re publicans and Democrats by the principles for which they stood, but that time has gone forever. 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