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The FRANKLIN TIMES is very grateful to Provi
dence and, the citizens of Louisburg and Franklin Coun
* ty to havpliad the privilege and honor of Serving them
for the pa$t seventy years, which was completed on Fri
day of last week. In all of our opportunities we have
tried to 6ave no effort to bring to this section and its
people every advantage possible and when we look
backward land see the many things we have advocated
standing ai realities, even though the angle of self
praise is evident, we are delighted in the results we have
attained and overwhelmed at the pleasures we have re
vived in helping to bring these about.
Of course in our activity to bring these better things
and conditions to our towns and County there lias de
veloped among a few a spirit of antagonism towards our
efforts, but such is the price of progress and we . are
thankful that this is very negligible, the large majority
of our people have shown their appreciations by a gen
erous patronage in all branches of our enterprise which
is more than greatly appreciated and serves as an in
centive to greater effort in the future which, we hope
and expect to continue.
With the hope of a more universal and closer cooper
ation on the part of our people and organizations we
hope to be of greater service in the seventy-first year of
our existence.
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NATIONALISM HIT BY
STATE BANKERS
Calling on members of the New York State Bankers
Association to preserve the independent chartered bank
ing system against encroachment of governmental agen
cies, in order that the spirit of localism, a? opposed to
nationalism, will not be forfeited, Joseph E. Hughes,
president of the association, told its recent midwinter
conference that the time has come for more aggressive
action.
"Until recently, the dominant emphasis in domestic
affairs has been the philosophy of localism," said Mr.
Hughes. During the last few years we have gone far in
the other direction. We have seen government assume
rather complete control over money and bank credit, in
an effort to hasten and assist national economic objec
tives.
"There has been a trend away from the fundamental
principles of localism toward nationalism; a transfer of
local rights and initiative to central control in Wash
ington. Now the time has unquestionably come to em
phasize the importance of localism over nationalism.
This country is too big and too diversified to be run suc
cessfully either by government of business from Wash
ington or from New York. America was not founded
for dictatorship, nor for absolute nationalism."
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WHEN THE FIRE ENGINES GO B7
Few of us ever get over that juvenile urge to follow
the fire engines. It 's a thrill to hear the sirens, and see
the great red wagons clang by.
But that thrill wouldn't last long if the fire engines
led you to your house, and you found it in flames. And
the surge of excitement would die an early death if the
fire razed the factory or the store in which you worked.
Every fire, great or small, brings trouble to some one.
And a high percentage of fires leave stark tragedy in
their wake ? loss of life, loss of employment, loss of pos
sessions which never can be replaced. There are no
mitigating qualities in fire. It is the great destroyer.
More than that, the effects of fire are exceedingly
widesprepHjl A fire of which you never heard may de
prive you of an opportunity for doing business. It may
raise your taxes and your insurance rate. It may ad
versely affect your future life and income.
Here in America fire destroys some $300,000,000
worth of property directly each year. The indirect ^os?
is estimated at close to $2, 000, 000, (WO. There can be ho
excuse for that waste, no alibis. Nine fires out of ten
are the result of human ignorance, human carelessness,
human thoughtlessness. Nine fires out of ten could have
been prevented ? had someone not failed to take the sim
ple precautions that will checkmate most fires.
Think of this next time you see fire engines go by or
smoke and flames rising from a home or a building. Then
ask yourself if fire prevention is worth while.
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FACTS DISPROVE MONOPOLY
The more extreme critics of the American distribution
system seem to have a faculty for thoroughly blasting
their own arguments about as soon as they make them.
Beoently a magazine which belongs to the farthest
left wing of political and economic thought, ran an ar
ticle in which retail distribution as it exists in the U. S.
was severely castigated. It argued that big companies
were gradually attaining a monopoly of business and
that "the ?tnall merchant is doomed to lingering death
a^^v?tarvation. " Then, fiy.e paragraphs later, it criticiz
our distribution for wakefulness on the grounds that,
AyiKg a tingle blotk in one city seventeen milk companiep (
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were making deliveries. There are aa many as 10,000
brands of wheat flour and 4,500 brands of canned corn."
Just how it can make its charge of monopoly jibe with
its later statement is a job for an Einstein. The fact
that seventeen milkmen can operate in one section of a
single city and that 10,000 manufacturers can produce
and sell flour, disproves its charges of monopoly. In
this country any man can go into any business he wants
? and he can progress and prosper if he can provide the
service the people want. That is what a system of free
competition, based on a philosophy of free enterprise,
means. '
The truth is that the radicals want the kind of "effic
iency" we see in Russia ? 100 per cent government ow
nership of the instruments of production and distribu
tion. And that's just what the American people don't
want? they want service and low costs resulting from
free play of initiative and fair competition.
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SEEDS ARE SPROUTING HERE
Governor Charles A. Sprague of Oregon, recently
wrote letters to the state's Congressional delegation, in
which he expressed hie disturbance at the mounting en
croachment of Federal agencies in local administration.
He paid particular attention to the administration of
the social security act which, he said, "is a very grave
threat to the efficiency anfo economy of operations with
in this state." He concluded: "I am further concerned
because of the threat to extend this Federal authority
Over other departments of state government to which
the Federal government makes any contribution. This
would include roads and highways, county agricultural
agents, vocational education, public health, reclamation
and other departments."
The whole trend of legislation in recent years has
been toward the bureaucratic centralization of Federal
authority, at the expense of states' rights and local gov
ernments. Blanket rules laid down in Washington are
automatically applied to the entire country, ignoring
local needs, wishes and problems. Expanding Federal
government has become a definite threat to the financial
well-being of the states.
The great Federal electric projects, for example, tax
built, tax subsidized, and tax free, have seized business
which was once done by highly taxed private properties,
j They have taken millions of dollars worth, of property
of various kinds, ranging from real estate fo automobiles,
off the tax rolls. By their very existence these govern
ment pets have prevented private enterprise from ex
panding and creating new taxable property. So serious
has this become that in the TVA area state officials
have asked Congress to make up the heavy tax losses that
have followed socialization of the private power busi
ness in that area. These pleas seem futile, government
does not tax itself.
The menace of bureaucracy is faced by the people of
this country. It is the forerunner of state socialism.
In Oregon, the state's leading municipal electric system
i refused to take Bonneville power becaua^t would not
have its local power rates dictated by Federal authorities
as well as because it could generate power cheaper than
Bonneville could furnish it. It has since developed that
Bonneville receded from its demand to dictate rates,
but its power was still rejected. Over the nation there
is growing uneasiness at the rapid extension of Federal
domination of local rights and property.
One of the most important issues the country faces is
Statism, Socialism, Communism, government ownership,
or whatever you wish to call it. Any of them means
the vesture of all power in a centralized government?
This has always been a destroyer of liberty and demo
cracy. We see it today in Europe's cruel dictatorships.
Those who wish to look can see the seeds ef it sprouting
here.
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CONDITIONS NOT LIKE 1914-18
When the first World War broke- out, a speculator's
holiday followed in this country. By the end of 1914,
the allied governments were seeking war materials from
American factories on a vast scale, and the sky was the
limit so far as price was concerned. The allies even bid
against each other,, thus sending prices zooming. A
long time passed before buying became even compara
tively orderly and efficient.
If anyone thought that mad scramble was due to be
repeated when the current war came into being, they
were just about 100 per cent wrong. Before the war
was actually declared both France and Britain had pur
chasing commissions in this country. These commis
sions worked cooperatively, not at cross purposes. Pur
chases were made by direct contact with manufactur
ers, thus eliminating the need for brokers. And when,
late in January, the two commissions were merged un
der the name of the Anglo-French Purchasing Board, it
became evident that the allies were out to get the most
for theft money, and' are working as closely together in
business matters as they ar6 in military affairs.
One purpose of the new Board is to eliminate price
boosting competition and overlapping of functions. An
other very important purpose is to keep in friendly con
tact with the U. S. government and to eliminate possi
ble friction that might occur if Allied purchases seemed
to hamper our own preparedness program. The heads
of the Board are well known business men long experi
enced with American finance and industrial methods.
Biggest Allied demand is still for airplanes ? so far
Britain alone has placed orders for some $90,000,000
worth. According to a Wall Street Journal article, Al
lied total aircraft output last year was only $225,000,000,
this, if it materializes, will call for tremendous expan
sion of our aircraft industuf. It is believed that the
Allied purchasing agents will attempt to get part of the
work done by subcontractors ? such as autoinobile con
cerns ? in order to speed matters up.
This government is obviously concerned lest Allied
war buying reach the point where there would be an
inadequate supply of war materials le/t for tos. To pre
vent this, the President has appointed a committee,
j headed by Secretary Morgenthah, representing the
Treasury, War and Navy Pepartments, whose doty is j
to coordinate foreign war buying with our/bwn defense 1
program. Mr. Morgentbau has said that our own needs
must be filled first ? has expressed the opinion that our
capacity for producing airplane engines for fighters, is
insufficient to meet the demand. The Allies may thus
be forced to pare their exceedingly ambitious present
program. ' i
Even as the makers of war materials have benefited <
from the war, the producers of other commodities have
suffered. British demand for tobacco, for instance, has
practically disappeared ? Europe has no gold to spend
for luxuries. Severe restrictions have likewise been
placed on fruit purchasing, at the expense of American
agriculture. Despite this, however, and despite the al
most complete loss of German and Polish trade, our ex
ports have been remarkably high. The European neu
trals, no less than the belligerents, have significantly
upped their purchases from us.
Summing up, it looks as if the war will not dislocate
our economy at this time, or materially affect prices.
But when war ends, it doesn't seem possible that we can
avoid a slump? many a great factory geared to war
production will find that its reason for (existence has
vanished overnight. War booms make post-war de
pressions. . , ' tf
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An optimistic writer declares that "the world has an
opening for every man. ' ' That 's probably why so many
of us are in a hole.
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The "misery" serials heard over the radio are said
to be designed for women listeners. Which is hardly
complimentary to the intelligence of the ladies.
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When told that Mrs. Roosevelt would lecture on "My
Day In the White House," a wag asked "When was
that?"
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Timely Farm
Questions
Answered at State College
QUESTION: When should
treatment be started In the tobac
co plant bed to control blae mold?
ANSWER: If the disease is' In
the vicinity it* Is best to start ^
treatment Immediately. However,
if careful dally inspections are ,
made to insure Undine the
Bign of the disease, treatment may
be delayed until the disease is
actually present. Care should be<.
exercised to avoid even one nights' ?
delay after the disease is present
as plants cannot be revived by
treatment. Extension Circular No."
229 gives full details as to time
and kind of treatment and copies
may be had free upon application
to the Agricultural Editor aW:
State College.
QUESTION: How much ???,"
pedeza seed does it take to seed"
an acre? ... ..?V !?.,?,
ANSWER: Whdn broadcast,.. at ,i
least one bushel or 25 pounds ot
seed should be sown to the acre*
The seed should be covered light*
ly as with a weeder. If the 46ed?
are drilled In, less seed are re
quired. All old seed should be 1
tested for germination beforti'
sowing to Insure a good stand.
The crop is sown on small grain'1
in February or March. All varie
ties with the exception of the Ko
rean germinate in from four to'
five weeks and this should be con
sidered when seeding. The Ko
rean germinates in about two,,
weeks. ? ; t
Approximately 225 girls and
200 boys are enrolled in the elevJ'"
en 4-H Clubs In Cleveland Coun
ty and are now making plans for'
t>he project work they will conduct''
this year.
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