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THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issued Every Friday 915 Court Street Telephone 288-1 A. F. JOHN.SON, Kdilor and Manager James A. Johnnon, Assistant Kdilor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION KATES One Year Bight Month* IjM 81* Months 70 Four Months BO Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Ne<v York City Entered at the Postoftice at Louisburg, N. C. as second class mail matter. " . 1 ? ?' ? ? . ?: t ADD: VARIETY Under the above Reading the Charlotte News of Fri day carried ;the following editorial: The ecotttaoic backbone of Charlotte, as every body knows, is distribution. On the side, however, the place has manufacturing plants which turn out a great1 volume and variety of goods. (For confir mation, See N. C. Industrial Directory.) Any enterprise which adds to the volume and va riety of this production adds likewise to the commu nity's importance, and so is warmly welcome. And in the case of the proposed reopening of the Dayton (McClaren) Rubber plant, partly by the company and partly by two Czech gentlemen, for the making 9_f rubber products, the city would obtain a further variety for inclusion in its catalogue of manufac tures, not to mention an addition to its pay rolls. Of such are thriving towns made. This is reproduced in the hope that it may point the way of progress to Louisbnrg, Franklinton and Youngs ville. FINANCIAL ANCHOR In a recent address, W. Randolph Burgess of the Na tional City Bank of New York, said this: "This war is being fought with money and machinery and the movement of trade. Whether we realize it or not the American dollar is the financial anchor for the world. The competence of our administration of this trust will react on the whole world both now and after the war. And our 'own further recovery from depression will be largely influenced by people's confidence in the stability . and future value of their money." It is not an exaggeration to say that this confidence has been somewhat shaken during the last few- years ? very largely because of shifting governmental policies, and new. and experimental innovations affecting our money. A great many of us have wondered just what a dollar is going to be worth tomorrow in terms of pur chasing power, which are the only terms of value worth considering. Without going into the technicalities of the government's monetary experiments, it should be pointed out that their wisdom as well as their necessity are gravely doubted by men whose standing in the field of both practical and theoretical economics is of the highest. Our gold policy, to point to a particularly out standing example, is widely considered i/angerous and mistaken. Our own undeniable responsibility to a world which looks to us for financial leadership and stability, to say nothing of our responsibility to ourselves and our des cendents, makes it absolutely necessary that the scien tific, not the political, approach be taken in all matters affecting our present or future monetary policies. Po litical tinkering with money is about the surest road to disaster any nation can devise ? as such tragic examples as the German post-war inflation amply prove. ?uuu WHO WILL BE PRESIDENT ? It was recently pointed out that this is one of the ex tremely few general election years since the Civil War in whidi the public hasn't had a pretty sound idea of who .the Presidential candidates would be. Generally the coqntry has known long in advance who was going to be bjftttling for the White House ? the nominations of Hoover, Wilson, Hughes, Franklin Roosevelt, A1 Smith, etc., were practically dead certainties many months be fore the conventions were called to order. Single re cent exception to this rule was when dark horses Cox and Harding opposed each other. The rumor always goes around about this time that some vague and immensely powerful political bosses have the key to the puzzle, and will put their candidates over with ease and dispatch when the time comes. But if that is so, every political observer in the country has been fooled. Both parties are divided within themsel es to an abnormal degree. And the ranks of both are alive with self-starters, favorite sons and others who are simply itching to take the oath of office from Chief Justice Hughes next year. Starting out with the party in power, everything hinges on what the President will do. If he wants the nomination, it is hard to see how he c: 11 be kept from getting it, despite the growing disaffection of many prominent Democrats in public office. Working on the assumption, which many do, that the President does not plan to run again, and is keeping silent only because he wants to keep his party under control, the outlook for the Democrats producing a solidly backed candidate is not bright. The McNutt candidacy seems to have blown up. Garner could carry the Solid South and would get considerable conservative support, but he is not warmly regarded by the strong New Dealers. There was con siderable talk about the possibility of running Robert Jackson some time back, but he does not eeem to have attracted any considerable public following. Frank Murphy, who used to be talked about also, is on the Su preme Court and out of active politics. Secretary Hull would probably have the best chance of cementing to gether the warring wings of the party, but, due to his job, he has had nothing to do with domestic questions for eight years, and his stand on many big issues of the day is not known. At the moment, however, Hull and Garner seem to have the inside track. It now seems probable that Democracy may center on James A. Far ley, lT. S. Postmaster General. On the Republican side, Tom Dewey has started his campaign in earnest. It has long been said of him that no one knew much about his views save in the matter of criminal law enforcement, and he is offsetting this by making a series of major speeches covering our princi pal problems. Strongly in 'his favor is his voice and radio personality. Against him is the fact that men high in Republican councils would prefer some one old er, and with a longer and more varied record in public office. So far, the political experts say he has been no whirlwind in whipping up general enthusiasm for the cause of the GOP, but he has done better than anyoue else. Vandenberg is out for the nomination ? and he has the advantage of a long and capable record in the Senate, plus an established machine. But he, like Senator Taft, lacks color, which in this day of the radio has become one of the most important political assets. At the mo ment, these three men are in the lead, with the other prospects far behind in the race. But, as in the case of the Democrats, anything can happen. There is an off chance that a deadlock might result in the Republican convention and lead to the nomination of some extreme ly dark horse. The recent polls indicate that the Democrats slill have the edge in popular fancy. They also indicate that the President is still the most popular candidate. Hut they do not give him any overwhelming majority? if he did win, the polls say, it would be by a comparatively tight squeeze. Rarely has it been so difficult to forecast whether the next administration will be Republican or Democratic. uOo . ? No matter what color it is painted, a public debt is ;i debt, and it boils down to the fact that the people pay 110 matter what method the government takes to reduce it, whether by higher taxes, inflation, confiscation of property, cancellation or reduced rewards for labor. , i Makes Sales Record H. LITTLE (above), a farm boy by birth, hag become known luring the last two years as one of the new leaders of American indus try In April, 1938, after rising step by step in the business world, lie was elected president of the O^ite Palniolive-Peet Company, and in 1939 the company established a new world-wide sale* record of ?101,935,438. ? ? Mr. Little was born on a farm in Meiklinburg County. 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