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THE PILOT, Southern Pines and Aberdeen, North Carolina
Friday, January 24, 1938.
THE PILOT
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CARO-GRAPHICS — by
Murray
Jones, Jr.
^ms
Entered at the Postoffice at South,
ern Pines, N. C., as second.clasa mail
matter.
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TWO ABLE
LEGISLATORS
It should be very gratifying to
the people of this section to be
represented in Washington by
such constructive legislators as
Senator Bailey and Representa
tive Lambeth. Both these gen
tlemen have been in the lime
light during the past week, the
Senator through his grilling of j
Secretary of the Treasury Mor-I
genthau on the financial state of i _
the Union, and Congressman [ gtructive and sound and bring us ’
Lambeth through the most able ! safely into the port of a more pcac€-'
address he has yet made in the' and happy and prosperous world.
House, on the removal of trade I cannot prosper unless the world is
restrictions as a preventative I XV r. 'it“‘faiied“beTaS^
against war and a step toward j was locked upon as a panacea. Much
recovervi i within it was good, and much that it
Lfct us quote from Mr. Lam- win eventually be adopted.
, fv,’, ^Vi • I But this must be remembered: Hu-
Detn S speecn, | rnan nature and institutions cannot
be changed overnight.
“International trade means more
friendly relations. Between us and ;
Canada we have built tariff walls'
E5TATE
IN 1819 'VHEf« THE CHER0KEE5 WERE
PRIVFH FROM M.C.,THEIR IANP5 WERE
SOW FOR AS IITTIF AS 50< Pf R ACRE
N.c,'s FRUIT CROP IN 1934 WAS
VAIUFP AT 4 6,731,000
PIPYOUKNOWrrtAT
If1 l77IJrifRF WAS so MUCH
(OUHTfRFEIT MONEY IN
N.C. THAT THE STATF60VT.
(AUEPmAUOiPCURRFWCY
ANPMADEANBYISSUf
?
• • •
THE COITORS OF CARO-GRAPHICS INVlTF YOU TO SEND INlNTCneSTINO FACT# AOOOT VO«R COnnUdlTV •
goes up like the v«ll of the crowd board at the station. Then, it is
outside tne Bastille: “Hey! Stop absolutely necessary to have
the train! Wait!” Aunt M. and flood-lights which would light up
James meet on the steps in a the entire cinder track. Possibly
desperate scuffle; The Paddock the path itself should be wider,
girl screams to young Bobby In their zeal to hide the tracka
from the vestibule; the polite and beautify Broad street the
banker dances up and down: half Chamber of Commerce may have
his family is on and half off, in- put the planting in a little toO'
eluding himself—what will hap- thick and too close. Perhaps-
pen to Wall Street! Weary;fami- some should be cut out, if possi-
lies resign themselves to anoth- ble leaving the magnolias with
er night and day of young Bob- their lower limbs trimmed. They
by who lets out a warwhoop of make a fine shade in the sum-
joy. Then lanterns are waved,
brakes grind on and the train
stops. Tne crowd unscrambles it
self and climbs aboard while
James returns, all smiles, to
Moore county soil. The good old
Seaboanl has once more fumbled
and jumbled the big Christmas
crowd aboard and is steaming on
, its way.
But as the exhausted families
drive home a good many of them
talk about the evening’s exper
ience, so like other experiences
many of them have had taking
mer and when it rains.
Then, here is a rather radical
suggestion, but it may have
some good points: How would it
be to eliminate the cross at
New Hampshire avenue? It is a
rather dangerous crossing, as
the station obstructs a* view of
the tracks; moreover it is not
needed. The fact is, there is no
reason to have all our avenues
cross the tracks. Foot-paths
might be left across, but there
is no need for more than three
street crossings: one at each end
“I think maybe it is; on up'
front.” Then what a mobilizing
of forces takes place, what a
rush, what a calling and run-1
ning, what a falling over Aunt
at his orders, he says it is two
cars ahead. He is answered by
angry denials. The polite banker
screams furiously that two cars
ahead is X. 112, there is no B.38
the same train. They wonder if of town and one in the middle. Or
it is just one of those things or if this seemed too few, how
j if perhaps something could be about eliminating every, other
I done about it. Someone suggests crossing beginning with Ver-
using Aberdeen as a station ^ mont? Such a plan would allow
wher. the train is obliged to for more planting, and at the
wait to pick up the Pinehurst, same time benefit the merchants
car. A few ignoble souls even I by giving additional parking
"I am a member of your Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs. We have been
very seriously considering for the past
two weeks a most important piece ot
legislation—the proposed neutiality
bill—which will probably be on the
floor of this House during the coming
week. This is an attempt to keep cur
country from becoming involved in
war, because all fear that a great
war is all but inevitable within the
near future. We cannot pass a neu
trality act which will be an absolute
guarantee of peace. It is not within
the ingenuity of man to legislate so
that we can be a.ssured we shall not
become involved ina foreign war.
“I think the best way to prevent
war is to attempt to get rid of the
causes of war, and the three countries
that are tiireatening to disrupt the
peace of the world—and two of them
are now disrupting the peace of the I
world, namely, Italy and Japan—
have a very small supply of raw ma
terials and practically none of the
fundamental raw materials. Italy has
no oil, no coal, and no cotton. On the
other hand, the United States, Great
Britain, and Russia control three-
fourths of the fundamental raw ma
terials of the world.
“It is my humble opinion that if
the restrictions on trade between na
tions could be removed, this would
be an important step, and the Honor
able Cordell Hull is today doing mere
in this direction than any man in the
world.
“Mr. Hull believes it is wise to up
hold our standards of living, but un
wise to cut off all imports, and be
tween these two policies there; is a
great gulf. On one side is the hog
combine of special interests, which
wrote the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill,
and on the oth:r side is sanity, a
free movement of goods, greater em
ployment, and consideration cf the
consumer. There is a difference be-
clubs, what a cussing and scur
rying. The old folks run, the chil
dren run, the negroes run bat
tering through the crowd with
the bags.
Finally we fight our way to
which have made for unfriendly re- I the Pullman conductor who
M’s bag and \oung Bobby’s golf-, or 58. He begins to waver, por-
laticns between the two countries. In
discussing the trade agreement with
Canada, let us bear in mind that we
are Canada’s second largest customer
and Canada is our second largest cus
tomer, but exports from Canada to
the United States dropped from $503,-
000,000 in 1929 to $232,000,000 in
1934, or 54 percent. Exports from the
United States to Canada dropped
from $899,000,000 in 1929 to $302,-
000,000 in 1934, a decrease of 66 per
cent.
“If we do not hold these foreign
markets, we have not yet seen the
beginning of regimentation. The
question is clear-cut. Shall we pro
duce for the world niarkf;t or shall we
produce for purely domestic consump
tion? The inevitable sequence is fur
ther regimentation and restrictions,
higher unit costs and prices, lower
consumption, more unemployment,
less purchasing power, twenty mil
lions on the dole instead of ten, low
er standard of living, social decay and
political disintegration, dictorship.”
stands, like Horatius, defending
the steps. But he is confused:
first he says B.38 or 58 is not
on this section. Then, glancing
ters push by him with bags, the
whistle is tooting. A hurry call
comes through: the porter has
put up the wrong number, X112
is really B.38 (or 58). “Every
body get on here!”
There is a rush for the steps;
James wades on with the bags;
Aunt M. is half on when a har
ried brakeman gives the high
sign and the train starts. A yell
sa}, they would rather drive to
Pinehurst and get on in peace
and comfort than go through
such a struggle again. Most of
them feel that that is indeed far
fetched, not to say treasonable,
and take to considering ways of
making the Southern Pines sta
tion arrangements more conven
ient.
It would be fine, for instance,
if the station agent could find
out in advance the numbers of
.he cars and mark them up in
the pioper order on the bulletin
space in the shopping district.
It would eliminate a few dan
gerous crossings—and, inciden
tally, perhaps vsome whistle blow
ing. It would improve the looks
of the town enormously. But
al.^o it would cut down on the
upkeep of the railroad line
through town. By offering the
Seaboard that inducement per
haps they could be persuaded to
make the improvements in light
ing and service which are so bad
ly needed.
—K. L. B.
Rl SH HOUR
ON THE SEABOARD
Scene: The Seaboard Platform
in Southern Pines.
Time: The last night of the
Christmas holidays.
Travel is heavy’. In almost to
tal darkness, the cinder path
along the tracks is crowded with
folks waiting for the train. Their
families and friends have come
down to say goodbye. Evei'ybody
stands huddled together to keep
off the wind. The bags are
tween tariff policies which protect somewhere, guarded b\i Hilton or
industry and labor agiinst unreason- t u T«mp« Tt’« iru-fl tn tpll
ably low cost production example, JOnnny 01 James. It S naui to tell
cheap Japanese textiles—and a policy just where anything IS in the
which stifles trade between nations dark, but a gleaming eye or
and breeds monopoly. white teeth or perhaps your
“Now, I believe if these countries
could trade their products fur ours;
shin connecting with the edge of I
if commerce between nations moved Aunt ]\I.’s pet SUitcase helps VOU |
freely, self-sufficiency would be un
necessary and the present tension in
the world would be eased. * * * It is
fitting- that the United States take
the lead in bringing the world back
to sanity of trade.
“During the period from 1925 to
1929 the world system of distribution
was broken down by tariff barriers,
the inter-national debts, and the mal
distribution of gold. Currency manip
ulation so n followed, and nations
have been fighting not with guns and
soldiers, but with depreciated curren
cies and tariffs in deadly warfare.”
Mr. Lambeth then cited fig
ures to show the effect in the
nation and in North Carolina of
to locate the luggage. Better get i
everything together before the i
rush for th train begins. Where’s I
young Bobby’s golf bag? Bobby? i
Where’s that bov'? Off looking j
for that girl from The Paddock,
is he—he’ll never find her in this
crowd and (hirkness. Dan, climb
over that chain and see if Bob- |
by’s clubs have got in under,
those magnolias. Good. Now if j
we can just find out what carj
you’re in. What’s it say on the'
tickets? B—B— Doggone if I:
can see a thing. Here, let me get |
through over near the light. B— ‘
i
Could it be habit?
Maybe you get used to buying in the
low-priced field—you get the idea a big
car costs too much to run—you resign
yourself to small-car comfort, ability,
performance—and plain human nature
keeps you from inquiring further!
Maybe a Buick is a bit beyond your
reach. But let’s not admit it until we’ve
got the actual figures!
W^e 11 gambit! our time against yours
to show you just what a Buick will
-to
rpr
small-car owner with
figures, thrilled them with a demon'-
stration.
foreign trade under the Hawley - what number would you '
Smoot tariff act between 1929 g sa'<—B.38 or'
and 1932. The percentage of de- gg what d that man\say? Two'
crease in this state was 67.2. sections? Are you sure? Dan, ^
He cited the example of our the station and ask'
trade agreement with Cuba,; Bailey what section B.38 or'
since the pas.sage of which in 5g jg (a long wait. The lights '
1934 our exports to the island change.) What’s become of that'
have increased 60 percent. jboy? Here he is—two sections.'
“This means that people have been Were on the second? All right.!
put to work to produce goods shipped Now everybody just wait; no
to Cuba, and if our trade agreement j ygg getting excited. Here she *
stands, as we have every reasonable, ^. . . . wav’”
right to suppose, they are perma- ^omes, get out oi me way.
nently given work. This is the kind ’ She looks pretty powertul as
of reemployment that is needed to she rolls in and she is going SO
foster private initiative and give bus- right at the last car
iness a permanent stimulus. If ouri , , , „ , ,,
trade agreement already entered into|wnen slie Stops. nail tne lOlKS
and to be entered into with other na-! make a rush, but we stand our
tions are only partly as successful as ground, the negroes, bags and
that with Cuba, millions of our unem
ployed will be given work and we will
be well on the road to a sound and
permament recovery.
“That is the way out. Not by pan
aceas, not by economic quackery or
political demagoguery, will recovery
be brought about. The best index to
recovery is not the stock market but
the reemployment In normal work of | and ask the brakeman: “Is B.38
men and women who are able andi pq “Ypd
filing to work. Progress must come on tnis tram . l es
In ^orderly manner It must be con- ma’m,” comes the prompt reply.
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