THE FRANKLIN TIMES Issned Every Friday 115 Gout Street Telephone 2*8-1 A. F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager James A. Johnson, Assistant Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Tear ?1JM Six Months 78 Eight Months l.#0 Foot Months SO Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Oltj Entered at the Poetofftoe at lioolsbnrg, N. C. as second In another column we are publishing the Compulsory Military Training bill as it was introduced in Congress, together with a short summary. The bill was passed in the Senate on Tuesday. This bill is especially drawn for the present and provides that if not continued by Con gress it will become inoperative in 1945. However, we feel that it would be an especially good thing to have a law requiring all young men to receive three to four vears military training before reaching 25 years of age. It would contribute a great deal to better health, better discipline and better morale, and of course, in times of emergency would contribute greatly to the armed stfengtb'io the country. ! Special Privileges Must Go THE jrole of labor in national defense is a topic which is causing much thoughtful discussion these days. ' And labor's best friends have come to the conclusion that it, no less than capital, must make sacrifices in the interest of liberty. j No longer can we afford costly industrial tie-ups, 1 while labor leaders and management wrangle and get nowhere. No longer can production be deliberately slowed down to conform to the ability of the least eflic* ient workman. And no longer will the public approve , a legislative policy which, in effect, starts with th^ premise that the manager is always wrong and the work} er always right in industrial disputes. The tragic experience of France contains a hard les son for America. In France, working hours were not increased until the last moment ? and that was largely responsible for the nation's incredible military weak ness. Politics pampered the worker-^?and politics thus made defeat inevitable. This does not mean that the worker is to be exploited. It silSaply means that all factors in our society must give up special privileges ? that no man can escape the neces sary sacrifices. That is the first step toward security. ooo Experts Survey The Farm Problem FORTUNE recently held a "round table" meeting for the purpose of surveying farm policies, from a straight business-like, non-political point of view. Twenty-two agricultura^ejmerts were invited to attend, of whom the majority were real "dirt farmers." The experts talk ed, argueji and analyzed ? and produced a number of highly interesting conclusions. / They pointed out that failure of export markets is hurting farmers, and that agriculture needs assistance to get back to some sort of parity level. They then made live definite suggestions for improving the farmers' lot: A public policy of soil conservation; better farm market ing^ajid reduction of erratic fluctuation in prices; elimi nation of interstate trade barriers and discriminatory commodity taxes; lower costs of food distribution and improved marketing facilities; new industrial uses for farm products. The suggestion concerning lower food distribution costs is especially important ? for it is here that the re cent legislative trend has been most inimical to farmet consumer welfare. Our lawmakers have gone the limit in discouraging efficiency and encouraging waste, with consequent higher prices and narrowing market^. We have legalized price-fixing ? we have levied punitive taxes-?we have burdened progressive retailing with a mass of restrictions which tend to increase prices, to freeze prices, or prevent price reductions. And the fai? mer, along with the wage-earner, has inevitably suffered. ' ' The Fortune round table turned the spotlight on the fallacy of legislative polieieS whi<& handicap or prevent normal production and distribution. 0O0 More Deadly Than Bombers WHEN a bomber of a warring nation destroys impor " tant industries and kills helpless people, it causes public consternation and determination to correct the evil. Minor news items in Oregon in two days reported denrh and destruction by fire which puts th^ average bomber to shame. For instance, three children were v trapped and burned to death in an upstairs bedroom in their home and a neighbor was injured in attempting th(?ir rescue. Fire swept through and virtually destroy ed a logging community comprised of homes and an abandoned sawmill. Another blaze destroyed a seed ex perimental plant and canned milk to the value of $15)0, 000. A fourth fire swept through a railroad siding at a cost of $75,000.' "A fifth fife burned a sawmill at a ebst of $40,000, leaving 80 employes jobless. j\ That'll better than the average record of death uild destruction caused by a modern bomber, and yet it itr simply the report of the fires in one sparsely settled slkftte for two days. Multiply that' record by 48 states ?u|d increase it in proportion to pop\iljKtion,*a!id yojr have up fdea of what th<? enemy, Fire, jw^eosting this, nation, if^ombers caused uauiJi dajjjtep, the loss :wonla^e blazoned in tii^heudJjne*' While insurance covtflrs some ojf the material loss- train fire, it cannot replace the 1O,W0 Uvea that it wipes out annually, or the thousands of jobs that ire destroyed, loss of business, or priceless possessions. . AiffcVery biti^pn pays in -BQOl%Vay(or other when fire stritew,: every citizen should lje vitally interested in fire prevention, During dry somimer months every effort tihofel&n| made ^o elittutiate fire hazards sold control fire. 0O0 Tax this Tax Eaters " ' : ?' ?? i UN^CJPAJt(,ij)ower utilities in Nova Scotia, Canada, taxed in the future on the. same basis as private utilities. The r?eson:.Xor that, in the words of Angas Premier ef.'tifce Province, is that "nothing is more unfair than tb? way public-owned projects are exempt from taxation, although they iwe carrying on. the same business as private oohcerns." The Province, Premier MacDonald added, should be re ceiving something like $75,000 a year in taxes from the publicly-owned companies. That should arouse considerable interest in this coun try ? particularly among those who have regarded the Canadian public systems as model enterprise^, and have pointed with pride to the low rates charged. As all students of the matter know, these low rates have been the result of a policy of indirect and direct subsidization. The plants were largely built with tax money ? they have been given immunity from taxes ? and, in many cases, additional doles of tax money have been necessary to make up their recurrent deficits. What is true in Canada is true to even a larger extent in the United States. Tax immunity for publicly-own ed business enterprises has no economic justification whatsoever. It is purely and simply a political device to conceal from the people the real financial facts about the systems. In effect, all the taxpayers must help pay the bills of the few who are served by public systems. And the cost to the general taxpayer, in such large ven tures as TVA, Bonneville, Grand Coulee, etc., runs into the hundreds of millions. A law to tax publicly-owned utilities the same as pri vate companies has long been agitated in this country. It has been supported by economists, a large section of the press responsible statesmen, and thinking citizens. With government seeking tax revenue as never before, this vital "reform" should be immediately effected. The advocates of tax immunity for any government bus iness enterprise haven't a leg to stand on. They should also be placed under government control as to rates. ooo What The Next President Must Face AT best, the presidency of the United States is one of the world's toughest jobs. When a man takes the oath of office from the Chief Justice and goes to live in the White House, he accepts duties and responsibilities which will be with him every waking minute of his time. The next president will take on an even tougher job than the great majority of his predecessors have faced. He will take office in a time of world criftiS and national emergency. And as soon as he sits down at his desk he will have to grapple with problems whose solution is known to no one. He will have to be prepared to deal with changes and trends which menace all that the Uni ted States lias created since the Revolution, and which threaten the very foundations of our system of gov ernment. The next president's most immediate problem will be that of national defense. It is apparent that we will be able to produce little that is tangible, sq far as defense is concerned, this year. It takes time for a great nation to switch from a peace economy to a war economy. The groundwork for a workable program is being laid now, but difficult bottlenecks exist. And we start the de fense program under the definite handicap of a $45,000, 000,000 national debt largely built up during the last eight years. There is a possibility that the debt will reach and perhaps pass the $70,000,000,000 mark before w* are done. V ? Even so, the defense problem, vital as it is, is perhaps the simplest of the next president's jobs ? few question "that we will find some way to produce and pay for the guns and airplanes and battleships we must have. Be fore jbim will T?e other problems, far-reaching and im menfiely difficult, which miist eventually be solved. And here are a few of them : There is the problem of trade. Today Hitler domi nates the continents-tomorrow he may dominate all Eu rope. And Hitler does not deal in money, which means dealing in gold. He deals, instead, in barter. His econ orirp^ ?oe9 back to the most primitive of economic sys tems. He says,' in effect, "I have coal that you need ? you have machines that I need ? so we will trade them." The task of the United States will be to either meet Hit ler's terms, which would involve a veritable economic revolution here, or to force him to meet our traditional trade policy? which few economists believe he will be willing or able to do. There is the problem of agriculture, which is related to the problem of trade. We have spent immense sums in the name of farm relief, and it is apparent that we have gotten little of dtirable worth in rettirn. Today the problem grows graver, as oujUforeign markets dis appear. There is a certainty that IJurope will want and need more of the produce of op farms And ranches ? btotthere is alfco the certainty that EoroprwHl be unable to pay for it. Hie next president, sitting in hie ornate Wffl httve to weir a-way trat, and whichever way he1 turns there will be gigantic; barriers between him and success. ? j : v There is the problem of Unemployment, coupled with the problem of relief. The defense program will make many jobs, but it does not look as if it will take care of the millions of unskilled and little-skilled men and wo men who today are supported in one way or another by government. In some important lines there is a serious shortage of workmen ? many willing hands reach out for jobs, but they are not adequate to perform the tasks. Training people for highly skilled work takes a long time, and it also takes facilities which do not now exist in sufficient quantity. There is the problem of the American standard of liv ing. Whatever we spend for national defense ? fifteen billion, twenty billion, thirty billion ? must eventually come out of the people's pockets. Perhaps fifteen per cent of the national income will now be devoted to arm ament, in addition to possible debt increases. That means that we will have fifteen per cent less to spend for housing, food, clothing, entertainment-r^all, the luxuries and necessities. The next president will undoubtedly attempt to increase our national income sufficiently to make up for this ? but, so far as we can see now, he is foredoomed to at least partial failure. It is almost uni versally agreed that the standard of living must suffer ? that Americans wifl eat cheaper food, live in cheaper homes, spend less for subsistence and for pleasure. There is the long-range problem of the effects of war and war preparedness on the entire economic structure. The factory that is built to make shells is either worth less when the emergency is over, or must undergo a costly process. War-time booms, in ^ other words, pro duce peace-time depressions ? and the bigger the boom the longer and deeper the depression. These are but a few of the problems the next presi dent must face. It isn't an enviable job. THEY WOULD READ YOUR AD TOO, IF It APPEARED HERE ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH This will be the 10th Sunday after Trinity. There will be the Early Celebration of the Holy Communion at 8:00 A. M.? Church School at 9:45 A. M., Morning Prayer and Sermon by the Rec tor at 11:00 A. M. . . LOUISBURG BAPTIST CHURCH At the Baptist Church on Sun day morning Rev. Forrest. Wearer brought a challenging message op "The Cross In Daily Life." He will preach again on August 4th here. , Dr. A. Paul Bagby, pastor., wJU preach the last two sermons on a series eatitted "The Heroic in Christianity." At eleven o'clock he will speak, on 'Other Calls fpr the Heroic.", Jn, the evening, at eight o'clock he will spe^f at the Union Service at the Methodisti Church on "The, Heroic ip Activ **."? , ; v , . ,r ? ? , Sunday School at, ,9: 45, 4- JYf, LOUISBURG METHODIST CHURCH "In Earthen Vessels," will be the topic of Mr. Phillips message next Sunday morning at 11:00. This sermon will be based on 2 Corinthians 4. 7 and on Van Dykes story entitled, "A Handful of Clay." Sunday evening at) 8:00 o'clock there will be the last of the July Union Services with Dr. A,. Paul Bagby, of the Baptist Church preaching. Church School and Epworth League are at 9:45 and 7:15. The Epworth League held a very profitable Council meeting on Monday evening at the home of Jane Gray Perry, the newly elect ed President of the Young Peo ple's Division. Miss Perry suc ceeds Miss Jane Fuller who has served very capably for the last twelve months. Uruguay seizes Nazi leaders; secret session hears plot details. SPECIALS j TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR WEEKLY SAVINGS AND KEEP WITHIN YOUR FOOD BUDGET. QUALITY GOODS AT LOW EST PRICES MEAN REAL SAVINGS! "Armour's" Star Potted Meat, can 4c "Armour's" Vienna Sausages, 3 cans . . 25c "Armour's" Treet, ready to serve, can . . 22c | "Crescent" Salad or Relish Spread, qt. . 21c ? ? i . American Sardines, 6 cans 25c Macaroon Style Coconut, lb, 12?c "SPUNKY" CAT & DOG FOOD 6 - 1 lb. Cans 25' "GlAMt" IVORY SOAP f Cc 2 Cakes O : URGE 23C FOR ALL FINE 10c laundering "TIMELY" Fruit Cocktail No. 214 Can 23 | JEWEL SALAD OIL, PW 19 I "BALL MASON" , ' Jar OCc RUBBERS, 6 Jar *V) c CAPS, doz. .; \ \ I ' ?' 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