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Raleigh 's"first attempt at eliminating the strange dog
reminded one of Champ Clark's famous saying "You
musn't be kicking my dog around." Its true the offi
cers went at the job the wrong way, but no doubt they
reasoned against the use of a pistol on a crowded street.
Yet the public, sentiment with all its cussing the canine,
is with the common dog.
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President Roosevelt's statement to the effect that un
less the Democratic Party nominated a real liberal or
New Dealer, he would give no support to his election, is
not taken very favorable by Southern Democrats, who
think the people who occupy honorable and lucrative
positions at the hands of the party should at least be
willing to accept the action of the majority of the people.
When you destroy the right of the people to select the
candidate they wi$h for their nominee then you destroy
Democracy." Bryan, as Secretary of State, and Sim
mons, as Senator, paid the price of this error. And A1
Smith has learned what the nation thinks of such action,.
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The President's new scheme to change the date for
Thanksgiving is very unfortunate indeed. It will tend
to commercialize one of the mo^ dee; ?v seated and high
ly respected religious celebration. . T ..aiksgiving was
npt intended to be just a holiday t'o ix > bserved for plav
or profit. It was founded by the pilgrims as a day of
Thanksgiving for the many blessings extended them by
the Almighty in the manner of bountiful crops. There
fore it was properly set at the end of the harvesting sea
son, when the results of the year were apparent. Now to
move the day up in order to equalize the distance be
tween Labor Day and Christmas not only destroys its
real purpose by placing it within the harvest season, but
also commercializes it and places it within the midst of
other holidays without a spiritual meaning and leaves
it an occasion set aside for pleasure-and dissipation. And
again Armistice DaSwwhich comes on November 11th has
been entirely forgoBu in this consideration. We see
no reason to throw'M^ustice Day and Thanksgiving any
closer together or to consolidate them. We still feel the
suggestion is unfortunate and should be condemned by
the nation as a whole, and that Thanksgiving Day will 1
continue to be held on the usual time ? at the end the
harvest season ? and its reverence grow with the years.
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A LESSON WELL LEARNED
More and more of the products of the farm pass into
the channels of consumption through cooperative mar
keting organizations. More and more does the farmer
depend on voluntary cooperation with his fellows as a
solution to his economic problems.
That speaks well for the farmer's good sense ? he's
seen a score or so of so-called government "farm relief"
schemes collapse with a dull thud, and he's found out
from harsh experience that real and permanent "farm
relief" must largely come from within the ranks of ag
riculture, rather than from without. And the coopera
tive marketing movement is going ahead accordingly.
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"BRACE UP. AMERICA ! "
"Writing in the Atlantic Monthly some time ago, Wen
dell L. Wilkie, President of the Commonwealth and Sou
thern Corporation, said this: "A revision of the tax
program so as to encourage inve(stment : a reduction in
government spending, a modification or the unnecessar
ily restrictive provisions of our economic legislation ?
these are the measures upon which business expansion
awaits. . . ? i
"This is a campaign of revitalization which looks for
ward rather than back; which is not political in its na
ture, and should legitimately command the support of
Kepublicans and Democrats, Conservatives and New
Dealers, employers and employes. It is a program for
the assertion of one of our more neglected liberties ? that
of free enterprise ? with the same vigor as we assert ?ur,
liberties of speech, of press, and of religious worship."
The title of Mr. Wilkie's article was, "Brace Up,
America!" And nothing could do so much to brace us
up as a program of the sort he outlines. America is
ready to go places. We have the men, the money, the
machines. We'll start going when some such program
as Mr. Wilkie suggests is put into effect ? and not before.
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FIRE IN THE FOREST
"Be careful of fire in the forest, lest n spark should
lay waste the treasure of the generations," says an edi
torial in the Portland Oregonian. "The time of danger
is here again. . . . It is true that not all forest fires are
started by vacationists ? perhaps no more than a minor
fraction of them? but were the forests miraculously res
tored that have been destroyed by vacationists the green
area of them would be vast.
"It is best not to smoke as you pass through llie
friendly forest, but if you must smoke be sure thatTne
But It's True.
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Mr. Seward had to build i Udder u he went down.. Be dor througl
even itrauu, which he piped off to the side. When he bad forced hit
ray down more than half a mile he Joat filled np the hole, forgot about it.
match is out, and that the ember of the cigarette is ex
tinguished. Be careful even to what may seem absur
dity ? for there can be no absurdity in such precau
tions. . . . Put out your camp fire. With water. To the
last spark. You have to be careful of fire in the forest.
"You are only one of us who is seeking the comfort, and
coolness, the green recreation, of the living and beauti
ful forest. It is your forest. It is the bequest of hap
piness and health and healing you should leave to your
children's children. How cruel a thing it must seem if
your love for the forest is the unwitting instrument that
makes of it a pillar of smoke by day, of flame by night.
Be very careful of fire in the forest. It is that time of
the year again."
That eloquent message should be remembered. And
be careful too of fire in the fields, in your home ? any
where you may go. Ittakes but a littte thoughtr, a little
effort. And it pays magnificent dividends ? to you, to
everyone else, and to posterity.
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LABOR AND THE LAW
The action of the House in approving a resolution to
investigate the National-Labor Relations Board deser
ves commendation ? from worker as well as employer.
For, rightly or wrongly, this Board, and the Act creating
it, lias probably done more to damage the interests of
legitimate organized labor than any law ever put on the
statute books.
The Labor Relations Act was, according to its spon
sors, designed to end labor strife. In practice, it has
fomented it, and been the direct cause of the bitter war- ,
fare between the CIO and AF of L. It was supposedly
designed to put dealings between management and em
ployes on a fair and equitable basis. Instead, it has de
prived the employer of vital rights and placed almost
unliiuited~authoritv over industrial policies in the hands
of a politically appointed group. It was supposedly go
ing to call a halt to labor racketeering. Instead, it has
encouraged it, and gone a long way toward placing the
workingman at the none too tender mercies of profes
sional labor leaders.
That there are good things in the Act no one will deny.
These things can and should be retained, and every pro
tection should be given the worker against the occasional
unscrupulous, sweat-shop-minded employer. But this
doesn't mean that the lazy and incompetent worker is
to be given a life lease on his job ? that the workers'
rights supersede the rights of everyone else ? or that one
Union should be favored by the law at the expense of an
other. The welfare of the honest workingman can never
be served by any law that is opposed to the public inter
est, and to decent and fair industrial relations.
It is unfortunate that Congress has so long delayed
needed revision of the Act. The proposed House inves
tigation should lay the groundwork for making neces
sary and fair change early next session.
Japanese Renew
Effort To Win
American Favor
, Tientsin, China, 16. ? The
Japanese government has directed
its military and diplomatic repre
sentatives in North China to strive
for the "friendliest relations" with
Americans, reliable foreign
sources reported from Peiping to
day.
This step by Tokyo was reported
following a Japanese "apology"
for the detention and face-slap
ping of Mrs. Mary Frances Rich
ard, 69-year-old American widow,
by a Japanese sentry here Monday.
The Peiping informants said the
government's Instructions, deliver
ed by a special military mission
ordered that friendlier relations
be cultivated especially among
American missionaries.
It also was indicated that in
tensification of the antisBritdah
campaign In NorHi China would
be delayed pending establishment
of better relations between the
Japanese and United States na
tional*.
An apparent slackening of the <
anti-British drive was seen in thej
return to work of the entire !
Chinese stafpof a British travel j
agency. The Chinese walked out
several days ago as1^ result of t*e
campaign, which the British say in
1 Japanese-Inspired.
In a strongly worded protest
against the incident fnvblving Mrs.
Richard, the united States con
sulate-general asked that the Jap
anese sentry responsible be pun
! ished.
It also requested that- the gen
tries be instructed to extend to
Americans at the barriers of the
blockaded British and French con
cessions the same courteous treat*
ment that was to be expected from
a friendly power.
An official of the Japanese em
bassy in Peiping called at the
United States embassy there to
apologize for t'he treatment of Mrs.
! Richard. He declared that It" was
"unfortunate," but that If she
had produced her passport In the
first place there would have been
no trouble.
Mrs. Richard was slapped and
detained for an hour Monday af
ternoon when she sought to pass
the Japanese barricade into the
, French concession with a supply of
j vegetables for her small canning
plant.
f. A native of San Francisco and a
resident of China for 34 years,
Mrs. Richard said the episode de
veloped from an argument over
the sentry's rejection of her Amer
ican consulate Identification pap
ers. .
Any system develops evils. II
That's what the folks with curealls |
and panaceas overlook. <
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SUMMER
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Yancey County demonstration
farmers are showing a marked im- (
provement in farm record keeping
this year, says R. H. Crouse, as
sistant farm agent of the State
College Extension Service.
Cash income from the sale of
American farm products in the
first five months of 1939 amount
ed to $2,466,000,000, a decline of
4 per cent from the same period
in 1938.
No fortune tellers have ever
been known to be able to tell what
sentence the judge is going to
give them after they have been
pinched for telling fortunes.
Teacher? How old wouHTa per
son be who was born in 1890?
Smart Kid ? Man or woman.
Deciding what not to print is [
the most! troublesome part of news
paper work. Any editor can start
a scandal at any time, if he is fear
less.
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