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VOLUMN LXXII
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LOUISBURG, N. CAROLINA
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1041 (Sixteen Pages) NUMBER 44
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SOLVING THE FARM
AND RAILROAD PROBLEM
Babson Opposes
Higher Freight
Rates
By ROGER W. BABSON
New York City, Dec. 12. ? "I
Wish T had th? null with Ilia
County Agent
that John Jones
on the other side
of town has." . .
"T h e present
plan of helping
agriculture 1 s
very unfair to
the honest farm
er." "I got a
check for $125
today for doing
something which
I have done
every year for
20 years." . . .
BAUSON'
iarni aia pian De aevisea or wnicn
the crooks cannot take advantage
something not only fool-proof
but burglar-proof?"
stopping the leaks
above are a few extracts
from letters recently received. As
a result., I have been studying
the farm problem. I find that
the Federal Government is now
r.e'"r"'a* ea?h year about *1,000.
000,000 to the farmers in the
Vari?,U" klnds of "onuses.
h,i in Ctrele"8"es8' a??l even
injustices have crept into this dis
tiibution. These troubles can in
crease every year until pande
monium reigns. The distribution
of this money can become so com
plicated and create so much hard
feeling? -neighbor against neigh
bor a?d ? affalngt Mie Rove?b
lo? 1,7". <;?ngreM w"> sometime
whnii i, Patience and wipe out the
whole business. It Is for the in
?f Marn,er"- therefore, to
qui., the policy of "Let's get all we
can while the getting l. goid"
fn^Jea I shou,(' ?eek some
fool-proof simple method of ac
complishing better results with
wore fairness and less was?e.
The problem has become furth
ei complicated by President'
<?mn?eVelt al,owlnK H>e railroad
employees a wage increase nt
1325.000.000. with the sub-rosa
promise to the railroads of a fur
f^Trh'.ate '"crease when lower
freight rates are needed. I.
therefore, want to tell of a plan
aWnd theW'rlnaVe-.b0th ,he fa,n>ers
and the railroads. I will call it
the Prince Plan after thename of
gerse?dedrlC!tt Pr,'nCe :ho
evert , ' A 1 8hould Interest
every taxpayer as well as every
Po'l|,t1|er^alld|.ra"r0ad bondholder.
Politicians, however, will not like
". neither may some county
agents and labor leaders.
NEEDED: LOWER FREIGHT
RATES
Instead of paying the farmer
on the present, set-up which en
courages him to plant as little as
possible, the Prince Plan allows
him to plant all he wishes, but
fiTf* "L a red?ct'?n In railroad
tair'r aDi protect,on against, un
vlew ?n?gfD COmpet,,'on Inter
SnT.in . far?er? and 95 of them1
will tell you that they could make
ft > ?.n thelr Products if,
it were not for transportation
fa?mir? f? ?l,r,Culty '? th?t the
s?o?i ?i.i growers. and live
m J # f? tufferlng from
too high freight rates. In many
mortD?T th.1 fre'*ht amounts to
more than the price of the pro
duct at Mie farm. This plan at
whf. fh farn?evr? freedom to raise
w "h and to sell for
what they wish.
The railroads will reply "But
,*e.,ar? a" haM-up as the farmers.
Just now we are making money
but after the War we will be in
*orse condition than eve*. w?
need HIGHER, rather than LOW
ER, freight rates. To add to
our troubles our railroad ernploy
whV h8w ??W ,be?n *?*en a raise
wnich will cost us over $300 -
000,000 more a year." I reply
by saying that we do not. want the
railroads to lose a dollar. The
Government should send the rail
roads a check each month equal
t? the amount the railroads re
duce their freight rates for the
benefit of the farmers and In
crease their wages for the benefit
of the Brotherhoods.
FOUR ADVANTAGES
As you see, this lower-freight
rate plan has several advantages:
(1) It treats all farmers alike,
whether Republicans or Demo
crats. -(2) It eliminates argu
ments with the county agents.
(3) Iti greatly reduces the cost of
supervision. (4) It saves tax
payers' money, ln short, instead
of having to get information from
millions of farmers and mail mil
lions of checks, It would be nec
essary for the Government only
to mall a few hundred checks.
Under this plan all parties ? far
mers, railroads, labor and con
sumers would be better off. In
the end, the farmers' well-being
and the nation's well-being are
one and the same tlhng. Only ,as
more is produced, is there mpre
to divide in the form of wages,
salaries, interest on savings ac
counts. and dividends.
The whole system ot restricting
production to build up prices, or
of raising railroad freight rates
to increase income, is "cock
eyed." We get richer aa a na
tion only as we produce more and
reduce costs, not as we produce
less and raise prices, wages, or
freight rates. The farmer, who
is willing to live outi on the prair
ie away from the advantages of
the city, should receive some
compensation, for doing this. The
natural way to compensate him
is through rebating freight rates,
not by raising them. Perhaps my
best argument in favor of this
plan is the fact that most market)
gardeners, fruit growers, and
others living close to the cities
are making money now. In oth
er words, it is the freight! rates
that are raising havoc with the
farmers and now we are talking
about raising them more!
WHAT ABOUT FOREIGN
COMPETITION?
Some exporting bounty that
will protect the farmer from for
eign competition should also be
considered, perhaps something
like the McNary-Haugen Bill.
This provides a certain rebate, or
subsidy, on what Is sold abroad
below a reasonable price. No pol
itics or unfairness could work
into such a program. The Gov
ernment knows exactly what is
being exported and where it* is
going. They can base checks
thereon and distribute the mon
ey, as Senator McNary has so
well worked out. The details of
this, I am not now discussing.
The two. however, must go to
get'her. One is the "lock" and
the other is the "key"; one the
'hatchet" and the other the "han
dle"!
SHORTER ENLIST
MENTS AVAILABLE
IN NAVAL RESERVE
Raleigh, Dec. 8. ? For the flrBt
time since World War I, enlist
ments are now authorized for a
period of two, three or four years
lu all classes of t'he Naval reserve
except aviation flight training
and reserve officers' training.
Lt. Comdr. McFarland W. Wood,
officer-in-charge of Navy Recruit
ing In the Carolinas, has been in
structed by the Navy Department
to accept reservists for two, three
or four years enlistments, and
they will be required to serve on
active duty only throughout the
durationvof the national emer
gency which now exists.
In Mie past. Commander Wood
pointed out, all reservists bad to
enlist four years. Aviation ca
dets and reserve midshipmen
must still enlist for four years,
and regular Navy recruits sign for
six years.
"The change Is designed to In
crease recruiting in connection
with the Navy's drive for men to
operate the two-ocean Navy being
constructed," the officer explain
ed.
"Numerous naval service
schools are available to those
who desire to learn an Interesting,
profitable trade, such as : radio,
aviation machinist, electrician,
metalsmith, machinist, storekeep
er, clerical, pharmacist's mate
and many other specialities.
"The Navy now offers fast pro
motion, excellent training, travel,
free clothing, subsistence and
lodging, dental and medical care.
These opportunities, with good
pay, are well worth Investigating.
All men between the ages of 17
and 49 inclusive are invited (o
visit the nearest Navy recruiting
station for further information."
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ELECTED DIRECTOR
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W. T. Moss, of Youngsville, Is
the new director of the Percheron
Horse Association of America,
elected at the recent meeting of
members of the Association at
Chicago! during the International
Live Stock Exposition. Mr. Moss
is the first director elected from
North Carolina. He has been
breeding Percherons since 1913
and at' present owns 15 bead. He
? operates the 500-acre farm on
which he was born and has al
ways lived. Guernsey cattle and
Berkshire hogs make up the rest
of the livestock Interest on the
farm.
Mr. Moss will represent the
southern states on the board of
directors of this Association. The
southeastern states have increas
ed their interest in Percherons
greatly during the past ten years.
This year North Carolina has
moved into tenth position in the
United States in total number of
Percheron horses purchased. A
few years ago there were only
45,000 horses in the entire state
while today there are 75,000 and
and an active market for horses
is still open.
Mr. Moss helped organize the.
North Carolina Percheron Breed
ers Assocltion two years ago and
has served as its president since
that time. ? ? ? ?
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HOME ECONOMICS
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Home Economics Club of
Louisburg College, was entertain
ed with a Christmas party, De
cember 4t'h, at the home of Miss
Jajie Murphy, president of the
club. Christmas games were led
by Miss Ella Lewis, vice-president
of the club. After the games
Christmas Carols were sung, led
by Miss Rrooksle Meeklns. Lat
er the members were led into the
dining room which was decorated
with the Christmas motif. The
table was beautifully decorated
with a small Christmas tree un
der which a Christmas parakage
for each member was found. Blue
globes and blue decorations Were
used so that a soft blue light was
oast over the Christmas tree
which was covered with snow. A
salad course was served buffet'
style. The attractive refresh
ments were prepared by Misses
Jean McKinnon. Ella Lewis, and
members of the first year foods j
class. j
Wood's Hybrid Golden Prolific
led 15 other varieties in a test
conducted by J. D. Aycock, Bfack
Creek. Route 1, yielding 62.9
bushels of shelled corn an acre,
reports J. A. Marsh, assistant
farm agent of Wilson County.
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P. A. Morgan of the Cherryfleld
section and C. C. Yongue of North
Breward will conduct two swine
feeding demonstrations this year,
reports J. A. Glazener, farm agent
of Transylvania County.
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WEEK OF DEC. 14th
Sunday - Monday - Tuesday !
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Rochester In
"BIRTH of The BLUES"
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Wednesday - Thursday . Friday
"NEW WINE"
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The Franklin County Farm)
Bureau was entertained at the
Bunn High School Friday night,'.
December 5. A chicken supper .
was served by the Bunn Home ,
Demonstratiion Club. Mr. F. W.l(]
Justice, President* presided ati
the meeting. Mr. F. H. Jeter, ^
Extension Editor from State Col-ir
iege, was presented by County
Agent), W. C. Boyce, as the key j
speaker of the evening. Mr. Je
ter entertained the members pres-i?
ent and at the same time present-, ,
ed constructive information. Mr.!:
Jeter congratulated the Chairman J
for inviting the wives if the
members to attend and interest (1
themselves in the Farm Bureau , |
meetings. He congratulated the ?
women on their courage and stat
ed that the courage of women ,
could not be surpassed. He stat
ed, in fact, t'heir courage is so ^
great that they would go in a ?
{store and try on $20 to $25 dress- ,
es with only 20c in their pocket, j
[Mr. Jeter advised that- his Job at (
State College was to interpret to K
the farmers of North Carolina the
r? If of $150 men working over!
test- tubes with germs and mole
cules for there was the founda
tion of farm products. He asked
the Farm Bureau to lead Frank-|
tin County farmers in making this
the Agricultural reconnaissance
of North Carolina through t-he
practice of a better balanced farm
operations with emphasis on
abundant food and__feed for live
stock and human consumption.*'
Mr. Jeter told the story of a Mas
ter farmer in the last world warj
and leading dairyman and breed/
er of Jersey cattle who Invested
too heavily during a period of
high prices and lost the new farm
he bought and t-he old one he
owned. With this story, he ad
vised farmers to use precaution in
their investments and recommen
ded that investments be made
during t'his period with ash. Mr.
Jeter's fine talk would have been
an inspiration to any farmer in
Franklin County and it was with
regret that the leaders of Frank
lin County, through Mieir Farm
Bureau, have not to date built up
an organization enrolling the ma
jority of the farmers In the coun
ty to flghti for agricultural pros
perity. Mr. Gene Knight, Radio
Editor of the Extension Service.
State College, was also guest of
the Farm Bureau at this meeMng.
The meeting adjourned to meet
in Loulsburg Agricultural Build
ing on Friday night, January 9.,
-Mr. Justice invited members pres
ent to solicit attendance of the
farmers of Franklin County that
they may have opportunity to af
filiate themselves with a Farm
Organization.
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Franklin County farmers are
urged to vote In the cotton refer
endum to be conducted at regular
polling precincts Saturday. De
cember 13, from 8:00 A. M. to
5:00 P. M. The following per
sons will conduct the referendum,
at the place designated In thelV
.township:
Cedar Rock ? Edward Best
School: E. G. Brewer, R. R.
Boone, B. D. Stone.
Cypress Creek ? Arthur Strlck
Stevenson
Theatre
HENDERSON", N. C.
.Mat. 40c - Children 20c
Night 50c
SUNDAY, DEC. 14th
ON THE STAGE
"REVUE
GLORIFIED"
HIGH CLASS ACTS
Girls - Comedians
? STAGE BAND ?
30 - IN CAST - 30
? On Screen ?
NAT PENDLETON In
"Top Sgt. Mulligan"
Positively a Riot!
and's Store: Arthur Strickland,
E. Bass, E. R. Moore.
Dunn ? Pine Ridge and Pearce:
3. E. Lewis, C. O. Whie, J. O.
Yilliams; J. Melvin Pearce, A. D.
dills, Claude E. Pearce.
Gold Mffie ? G. M. Raynor's
(tore: P. Moses Sykes, G. M. Ray
lor, W. Henry Leonard.
Franklinton ? Mayor's Office:
\ H. Watson, Roy T. Purnell, H.
!- Hnlniag. ? ?
Harris ? Harris School: Wil
iani M. Hill, H. T. Rogers, An
Irew Denton.
Hayesvilie ? Epsom School:
tichard T. Renn, Nat H. Ayscue,
Cenneth Moore.
Louisburg ? Court House: Pet
ir S. Foster, O. B. Burrows, B. N.
V'illia nison.
Sandy Creek ? Gold Sand
School: Norwood Faulkner, J. L.
Foster, R. M, Duke.
Youngsville ? Mayor's Ocicer
r. C. No well, S. V. Hill, Ernest
Jreen.
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Township committeemen and
usim-ssmen met in Louisburg and
liscussed plans for obtaining a
aige vole in the cotton referen
um Saturday, December 13... It
fas noted that in the last referen
lum only 25%, or one cotton far
ner out' of four voted for or
gainst marketing quotas. Will
hese few farmers express accu
ately the sentiment of the farm
irs of the United States? Con
tress is debat-ing legislative ap
iropriations in Washington to
late which may effect the appro
irlations available to maintain
larlty income for farmers. It was
irought out at> the meeting that
largo vote of farmers in the
otton referendum would express
o our Congressmen a great inter
est in the Agricultural Programs.
Jr. B. C. Mangum, Representative
if the A. A. A., advised that cot
ou quotas and 85% parity is
5.23c a pound loans are inipor
a lit factors in establishing com
uodity prices of cot-ton and that
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
SITT. WILEY P. MITCHELL
Franklin County's new Super
intendent of Schools, elected Mon
day, December 1st, 1941, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death
of Supt. W. R. Mills.
the present marketing quota act
provides for loans only when
quotas are in effect. Information
presented by Boyce. County Agent
showed that' the United States
consumed 9,600,000 bales of Am
erican grown cotton in 1940-41,
an increase of 1.9 millions over
1939-40 and an increase of 4.4
millions over 1934-35. However,
the distressing side of the picture,
stated Boyce. was the fact that
only 1.1 millions hales were ex
ported in 1940-41; whefeas, 6.2
millions bales were exported in
1939-40 anti 4.8 millions bales
exported in 1934-35. In 1940-41
cotton farmers in United States
prodjuced 12.6 millions bales
which was 700,000 bales njore
than was consumed in the World
of American grown cottonv Acre
age planted to cotton in the Unit
ed States has come down from
GAL TWO FARM AGENT
43,000,000 in 1929-30 to 24,000,
000 in 1940-41. The Supply ot
.all cqUqii in th# world August 1,
1941 was above 48,500,000 bales,
as compared with 48,900,000 bal
es a year earlier. The supply of
American cotton in the world on
August) 1, 1941 was above 23,
800,000 bales as compared with
24,900,000 bales a year earlier.
Of this amount, about 23,000,000
bales were in the United States.
This is approximately a two year
supply in this country.
Mr. T. M. Harris. Chairman of
rthe Agriciittiurat Conservation As
sociation, presided at the meet
ing and urged committeemen to
contact personally business men .
and key farmers, requesting their
assistance in obtaining -a large
(vote in the cotton referendum.
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Durham County farmers, now
that the tobacco season is 'over,
are giving more attention to such
farm Improvements as terracing
and forestry, says Assistant Farm
Agent James L. Huff.
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Edgecombe County farm fami
lies are practicing better orchard
management so as to produce
more fruit for the food-for-free
dom campaign, reports C. M.
Jackson, assistant farm agent*.
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Should a wartime emergency
arise, the annual supply of fish
for food could be increased "al
most immediately" by 185,000,000
pounds, says the Federal Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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