THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issued Every Friday SIB Court Street Telephone 283-1 A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager James A. Johnson, Assistant Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear 91 -BO Six Months 78 Eight Months .... 1.00 Poor Months BO Foreign Advertising Representative 4 AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Nov York City Entered at the PostofOce at Ixralsburg, N. C. as second class mall matter. * A1 Smith has entered 'the fight for neutrality in sup port of the President, say press reports. Good move for Al. oOo? "There is no such thing as perfection in government. There are always faults to be corrected, evils to be avoided, and new remedies to be worked out." ? United States Senator Pat Harrison. oOo Senator Bailey, ^in a recent letter, has urged the Sec retary of Agriculture to do all in his power to get the British tobacco companies to return to the market and buy tobacco this year. Lets hope he will be successful. oOo "We're ready to go and it won't take much to etart us ? that 'much' is the return to the idea that this is a private-business country and that government | functions should be concerned only with governing." ? Floyd L. Carlisle. oOo BOOSTED Last week's issue of the Chatham Record, published at Pittsoboro, contained a very pretty and loyal presen tation to the State of their favorite son, Lieutenant Gov ernor Wilkine P, Horton, for the if 40 governorship. The rally wai evidently a great success, largely attend ed and strongly endorsed the Lieutenant Governor for i the higher position. Gov. Horton is a most likeable, capable and popular personage, who would make the i State a splendid official, say his admirers. 1 -nOn ( CHANGE OF POLICY The news reports that the President's "brain trust" has been dropped, is indicative of a shift in White House policy. The brain trusters will keep their official government job apparently, but they will no longer be such potent behind-the-throne influences. The new group of Presidential advisbrs is very differ ent. MoSt of them are older, and experienced in gov ernment. By comparison with the "brain trust," they j are conservative. They are well informed on foreign affairs, and some of them were high in the government during the World War. Newsmen report that the President is graver, less : jovial. They say Presidentially-inspired "experi ments" are out for the duration of the war ? and that a new policy highly encouraging to business will be f quietly adopted. ? ? 0O0 TAKEN FOB GRANTED The most significant thing about the agricultural mar- i keting cooperative movement is that today it is taken for granted by thinking farmers. Not so long ago marketing cooperation was still in the i experimental stage. It had yet to prove itself. Now j there is no question of experiment and millions of farm families regard cooperation as a matter of course. This is a logical development. For marketing coop eration has proved, beyond argument, that it is not only successful but essential. A single producer, dealing with a middleman, for instance, is inevitably at a dis advantage-*-^ takes what is offered or goes without a sale. But when that producer joins with thousands of fellow producers, working through a central organiza tion staffed by first-rate executives, he can dicker and bargain on an equal basis ? and get a fair price. Tliere have, been many great developments in the age long hiBtory of agriculture, and cooperative marketing deserves a place with the greatest of them. ooo ECONOMY IMPERATIVE FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE It is announced that the government plans immediate further steps in building up the national defense, 'in order to assure the territorial security of North Amer ica. The navy, for instance, ?which ie now at 85 per cent of blue-print strength, is to be brought to full strength, and a large number of old war ^vessels are to be recommissioned to act as patrol ships in American waters. This means hundreds of millions for the taxpayers to pay. It is an expense which the bulk of the people think necessary and justified. And it will be up to the next Congress to decide whether the expenditure of pub lic money will be confined to necessary functions of gov ernment, such as national defense, or wasted as we have seen it on tax-eating experiments. Certainly there are innumerable cases where the cost of government can be cut ? cases where the very effic iency of government would be improved by economy, such as taking the government out of competition and interference with private business. It is time to cut such uncalled for expenses, so that there may be money, without increased taxes, for na tional ^defense. More increases in our incredible debt or in tax load, are the greatest danger l|S national security and independence. CROP CONTROL The date for the farmers in the tobacco growing States to vote on the question of whether the govern ment should invoke Crop Control on tobacco has been set for Thursday, October 5th, 1939. It is the duty of every farmer entitled to vote to go out and vote his honest convictions whether for or against Control, without the influence-wof fear of ruin ous prices for this crop and should seriously' consider the future of farming. No better prices are assured if the election is carried. It is your game and its a gam ble. Because of the small per centage of the Coop con trol can reach, it is a one sided and unequal gamble with the odds against you. No Control law in the Unit ed States can cause a reduction in foreign countries, who are making tobacco, and increasing each year. It is to the, advantage of foreign countries to buy at home and save the duty and taxes of the United States, and they will do so as far as they can. They are more sold to this idea than we are. We are not satisfied the government is sincere in its apparent desirMo help the farmer. If so it would sub sidize farming on an equal basis with railroads, steam ships, airmail and other big corporations, guaranteeing them certain profits upon their operations. It would require governmental agencies to use cotton products instead of jute it has to import. It would require all cotton to be wrapped in cotton cloth and fertilizers packed in cotton bags. It would promote and finance the holding, increased and wider use and better distri bution of farm products of all kinds. It would subsi dize the production without maximum limitations, in stead of forcing its discontinuance, with the resultant loss of sale values of farm lands and increased relief rolls, by the decrease of farm employnfent. The present conditions are serious. Something should be done to relieve the distress. Why shouldn^t the government . come to the rescue of the farmer the same as to other big interests. It has come to the aid of the unemployed. What is best to do is debatable. But there is nothing that is going to bring about lasting re sults until the people are allowed to use their own judg ment, make more home necessities and stop depending on the government, which should confine its efforts to governmental activities instead of general supervision and interference in individual activities. Any move ment that places limitations on individual initiative is unwise and dangerous for any govern Natural conditions will usually take care of natural problems. In crops like in business it would be impos sible to get money to finance unsafe production. It would influence more home consumption, more indepen dence, and self reliance and in the end produce more prosperity and happiness, better homes and a better government. The election is to be held on next Thursday. We would not suggest to you how to vote, and wouldn't if we could. Its your problem Mr. Farmer afkl you should go out and vote your conviction, and trike the conse quences. 0O0 NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING FOREMOST Despite the appearance of other advertising mqjlia, the newspaper remains the most productive channel whereby industry can reach the buying public ? and in dustry is fully aware of that fact. A recent survey well illustrates the sustained popu larity of newspapers among advertisers. The survey was made by four national associations^serving chain stores, and covered 138 representative systems operat ing more than 33,000 stores, coast-to-coast, and having annual sales well in excess of $3,000,000,000. During the typical year covered by the survey, these companies spent more than $55,000,000 for advertising, an average of $1,754 per store. Almost 58 per cent of the money was spent with newspapers. A little less than 10, per cent was spent on handbills and similar printect" matter, much of which was produced in local newspaper plants. Only 4.30 per cent was spent for radio, with the balance made up of expenditures on miscellaneous media. Breaking the figures down, it was found that drug chains spent 82.24 per cent of their advertising dollar with newspapers, grocery chains spent 56.53 per cent, and general merchandise and Variety chains spent 51.35 per cent. _ That is a testimonial to the character of the American press. No institution holds a higher place in the es teem of the American people. This is particularly true of the newspapers serving the smaller towns of the country, which are read from "cover to cover" by their subscribers ? news, locals, advertisements and all. oOo The money we saved for our old age' is going, going , I 0O0 ? \ Some 66,469,400 of the new Jefferson nickels have J been minted. Do you have your share? oOo Patience, industry, and determination are the assets | written with invisible ink in our savings books. oOo Any man is a wonder who can sit between two women through a long dinner and not make one of them angry. oOo . The place you are least likely to find a cigarette is in one of those fancy boxes that are scattered through the | rooms of every house. ? ^ oOo As we wistfully recall the good old days, we some time* tMnk that we made a mistake in putting the pan handlers out of business. , oOo - "The miracle makers p?ay build up the hopes of the] multitude, but the miracles will continue to lack^endur ing substance." ? Arthur E. Morgan. 'Tiny' Takes Over * Gen. Edmund Ironside*, former director-general of England's over seas forces, was recently named chief of the Imperial general staff to succced General Viscount Gort. who bccame commandc r-iit