Newspapers / Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.) / Aug. 9, 1935, edition 1 / Page 7
Part of Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Price levels are something in which every industry has a common interest, along with every consumer private or commercial. Secondary reason for the establishment of the NRA primary reason was wage and working requirements—was to peg and stabilize prices, thus assur ing business a profit. NRA zealots, when the bureau was thrown into the legislative ash can by the Su preme Court, said that the result wouldbe price chaos which would disrupt industry and negate what progress toward recovery had been made. Opponents of the NRA. while they felt this view was obviously extreme and unjustified, were most ly uncertain as to the future price trend, said little and waited for events to take their course. The NRA decision has had little or no effect on either wholesale or retail price structures. As Business Week points out, most of the re plies it received attributed surpris ingly little importance to the col lapse of the NRA. There are no signs that business at large is go ing in for ruinous price-cutting on a wide scale, which would inevita bly result in wage reductions and longer working weeks—and indus try does not want that. The con sumer can be reasonably certain that hisdollar will buy just about as much during the next 6 months or a year as it does now. Students of European affairs have no lack of material these days —material that is both absorbing and appalling. Top in interest is the Italian- Ethiopian embroglio, which pro gresses steadily toward war—most observers think actual hostilities will start in the fall. Premier Mussolini does most of his speak ing from gun carriages at present —and his remarks are the most war-like in post-war history. On the other side of the fence, black I Emperor Haile Selassie pledges the; life of every one of his subjects to the defense of Ethiopian indepen dence. In the meantime, foreigners are evacuating Addis Ababa, Eth iopian capital, on the advice of their consular representatives. If war comes, Ethiopia will have two advantages—it will be able to muster an army of several mil lion men accustomed to the almost incredibly hard country in which they live. (A recent book on Ethi opia bears the title, ‘ The Hell Hole of Creation ” and visitors to Ethi opia say that description is not ex aggerated.) On the other hand, it has no artillery worthy of the name, only a few out-of-date air planes, and even lacks modem re peating military rifles. Italy is of course equipped in up-to-date military style, with the latest in machine guns, tanks, field guns, rifles, gas, etc. Military au thorities are confident she will win —though at a terrific cost of life and over a longish period of time. The problem is further compli cated by the appearance of Japan with a warning to Italy that Nip pon intends to keep her Ethiopian markets. Japan is as much a first class military power as Italy—and Mussolini doesn’t want trouble with her. Holloway’s Hits O O O President Roosevelt continues to smile and pile on the work while Congress perspires and cusses. This is about the first time those birds have really been made to do real work for their pay and they resent it indignantly. It begins to appear that the fail will find them plug ging away at their job. THE ZEBULON RECORD. ZEBULON, NORTH CA ROLINA, FRIDAY. NINTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1935. The investigation of the lobby ing activities of the Power Compa nies is turning up pay dirt each day. There are some mighty uneasy folks around Washington these days and before the inquiry is com pleted some political career 3 will Have been ruined completely. Everybody who believes the very solemn statement made a few days ago by Senator Josiah William Bailey, to the effect that there is no politics in the new Work Relief setup under Mr. Coan, please stand up and be counted. If it is not reek ing with rotten politics then some of the best trained political ob servers in this state are entirely in error in their judgment of such things. Mrs. Tom O’Berry has done, a good job and is a conscientious and experienced administrator. She made a lot of mistakes but she did not make the same mistake twice and she managed to keep politics j out of the job or to reduce it to a o Maziest SDe -/?uxe CHEVROLET :: J. M. CHEVROLET CO. :: ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA YOUR MONEY’S WORTH C/ when you buy a low-priced car i m DCAUUt Auvumwiorr THAT ARE FOUND ONLY IN CHEVROLET a The most finely balanced low-priced car ever built AmWQiUM {^l 0,1 of theftC v,tal| y impor tant features when you buy your new motor car. You can get them at lowest prices in the new Master De Luxe Chevrolet —the most finely balanced low priced car ever built! The Master De Luxe Chevrolet is the only car in its price range that brings you a Solid Steel Turret-Top Body by Fisher , . . Knee-Action Ride . . . Blue minimum. Os course the new setup will give splendid relief to certain in fluential politicians. Philip Whitley the son of probably the wealthiest man in the county, will get four thousand dollars worth of relief. He has no special qualifications for the job but that is the way of*ool itics. His first act after becoming ire overlord of the Work Relief activity in this territory was to de clare war on the state board of health over the sanitary privy pro ject. Brother Whitley evidently thinks it all right for the count: y ■'oiks to continue their old practice rather than spent a few $ of the millions of taxes to provide them with modern and comfortable fa cilities to protect the health of the community. No, there is no politics in r he new Work Relief set-up. Wake County is going to have a ■iuction in tax rate, so rumor ays. This is good news to the tax- CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Saypi Gkmwnbft Im UmtW prim end may G.M.A ttrmi A Gtmorml Matin Valma i payers and is a high compliment to the County Administration. It is one of the best harbingers of a re turn to the spring of prosperity to this community. The amount of the proposed reduction has not been made public but a start, will be made in the right direction no mat ter how small the amount may bo. According to a recent statement of the Mayor of Raleigh, there is now' complete harmony at the city hall. The people may look out as this is a sure sign that extrava gance and graft will continue to flourish when such an atmosphere is created. Thousands of dollars of the taxpayers money is already being squandered on useless jobs for the political henchmen of tht three commissioners. Now they are getting ready to issue bonds for the sewerage project that defeated Ed Barton last spring. Barton’s successor has set up a purchasing department for the city but evi Flame Valve-in-Head Engine and Weather proof Cable-Controlled Brakes. And your own eyes and your own tests will prove to yon that these features are absolutely essential to the greater beauty and safety, the greater comfort and roadability, and the greater combination of performance and economy which only Chevrolet provides. Visit your nearest Chevrolet dealer today. dently the purchasing agent is in competent because he has been voted an assistant at a large and generous salary. All rhis ha? been done by the very man who organ ized the fight a year ago on the bond issue and was subsequently elected as the new' Commissioner of Public Works. There is a very striking similarity between the pot ties of Raleigh and the skunk Tliev both stink to high heaven tut are beautiful just to look at. la it a fact that Raleigh is both corrupt and contented politically, like Phil adelphia, Pennsylvania? I heard a voice at evening softly say: “Bear not thy yesterday into tomorrow, nor load this week's with last week’s load of sorrow. Lift all thy burdens as they come, nor fcrs to weigh the present with the bv and-by. One step and then soothe' , take thy way—live day by day "
Zebulon Record (Zebulon, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 9, 1935, edition 1
7
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75