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SAYS PRINTERS WILL HAVE LOT TALKING TO DO W. O. Saunders Discusses Effect of Code on Prices Charged for Printing (The article below, written by the inimitable VV. O. Saunders, of Elizabeth City, cites by no mmt aa isalated instinct of printers' prke-cutting* run wild. We are reproducing the article in ] full, because the same situation j will doubtless prevail in this sec* | tion when the Franklin Price | List becomes effective as THE LAW on printing prices, below which no firm will be allowed to cut:) Elizabeth City job printers as a class are in for a lot of headaches and heartaches as the result of the NRA; code for the Graphic Art Industries approved by President Roosevelt on February 17, 1954, and for which fuH! compliance in 30 days from that date is compulsory. Every printer is subject to the code] and, under the code, no printer may sell printing below the actual cost of production. Violation of the code subjects the offender to a fine of not less than $500 for every offens. For several years past the printers in Elizabeth City generally have been engaged in a senseless game of price cutting, which has gone to such ex tremes that several printers have been selling their product at prices far bc-j low the cost of production. Now .that they must put their prices up in com-, pliance with the code, a lot of cus-| tomers are going to accuse them of luthless profiteering, banditry, andj thievery. The Independent, with its modern machinery, has a lower cost basis than other shops. Fo instance, The Independent has the only automatic cylinde rpress in the city, with a speed of 3,600 printed sheets an hour. $o labor is required to feed this press. \11 other cylinder presses in this city ind section are hand fed, requiring a human pressman. The human press man is slow, expensive and wasteful Df paper. . . . And yet, with its lower osts. The Independent, compelled to hgure jobs at cost or not get them,, ?tldom, if ever, gets a job where there s competitive bidding. GREAT REDUCTIONS Easter Specials EASTER FOR TEN DAYS ONLY Men and Boys Dress Up For New Styles ? Lowest Prices No carry-overs from last season, but strict ly new and seasonable merchandise of the finest quality that has made Ganderson's the popular man's store of this section. Our large buying power for three stores, and our long merchandising experience makes it possible to offer you these great values. MEN'S EASTER SUITS The outstanding value of the aeaaon. A regular $16.50 value. Tailored Bi-Swing Sport Models of new gray mixture patterns. Pre Easter Special? $12.50 MEN'S SHOES Regular $2.75 Value. Pre Easter Special at $1.98 Biggest Assortment MEN'S HATS IN TOWN The neweet style* and ell shade*. Hats that are selling elsewhere as Ugh as 12.93. Buy two at this price. Yon are already acquainted with our great values. This price for only 10 days?Pre-Easter $1.69 BOYS' SUITS FOR EASTER W. offer thi? Pre-Kaiter Special at? $6.95 Regular *9 95 teller. Four piace Boya' Suite. AH wool and tailored awanky, in the new modele. Siiea I to 16. MEN'S and BOYS' SWEATERS Rrguler U.iO seller, Sport Sweater of par* span ysrn. Bluet end ten*. They ere Spring-like. Sim JO to 44. Boys' Men's 89c 98c Regular $1.00 Seller Genuine Broadcloth MEN'S SHIRTS Mivaai rpring patumi and ?Olid white* and blue*. Guar anteed iaat color and lulUcut Sixea 14 to 17. Stock up ht thla price. Pre-Eaater epecial 69c S. Ganderson and Sons WILLIAMSTON, N. C. ALSO STORM AT EL1ZABXTH CITY AND KDKNTON POISONED BRAN MIXTURE URGED FOR CONTROL OF CUT WORMS Will Prevent Extensive Damage to Early Vegetable Crops, Say State College Experts, After Con ducting Variety of Experiments Tht use of a poisoned bran mix ture to kill cutworms and prevent1 their damaging early vegetable crops is being especially recommended at this time by C. H. Brannon, extension entomologist at N. C. State College Early in the spring, when the worms first get busy, the young plants are particularly susceptible to damage. Growers should watch thtir closely and apply the poisonous bait at the first sign of cut worms, he siid. In experiments, best results have been obtained from a mixture of one pound of paris green to 50 pounds of br$n. Sodium fluoride will also give good results, but lead arsenate and calcium arsenate should be avoided. The poisoned bait should never be left wheee children or livestock can get at it, Brannon warned. About four pounds <>t bran park green bait should be applied to each 100 square yards of tobacco plant bed {o control cutworms. The cloth should be removed and the bait so spread that?iro~himps witt come in direct contact with the tender young plants. For most other crops, the bait should be broadcasted at the rate of IS to ^j>ounds to XhcLjicre.?TW bait should be applied a few days before' the plants come up, or on the day they conic up, at the latest. Applica tions are most effective in the eve ning >o that the bait will be fresh when the worms go to work. New applications should 'be made after heavy rains.?I The bran and poi.von should be well. mixed while dry, thpn moistened with wet it. The mixed bait should not, form large lumps or be sticky and} nuish \ Here is a flagrant illustration. The selves in debt in so doing. city asked for l?ids on a book of city, .. .. c , ? ,. , i Until a cost finding ami accounting ordinances. l he printer wa> to fur- . ,1,1.1 1 -r- * , , , system can he worked out by Code an ni?h 360 copies of a book of 6x9 ,>nnt- |hori,ics j? ,hf ,,ourth IOK; cd Thrrv svtr* 148 j>aKcS m (hc wf DeU. the book. I called my workmen in .. . , . . ..... , .... . . ware, Maryland, Virginia, and the two conference ami asked them t>> help nic get that job by doing any neces sary overtime work on it without pay. They readily agreed. I put in a bid for $1.56 a page. Pell Paper Box Co. figured the" Job conservatively, put in a bid of $2.25 a page. The Pell price was a better than fair price. Bless God, another printer took that job for $1 a page. Under the NRA code that job will figure better than $3 a page ! Letter heads tor which accepted I cost system- demand a price of $7 to $8 per 1,000, have been printed in Eliz abeth City for anywhere from $3 to ] $3.50 per 1,000. The Independent has even printd ethem at $3.75, taking its loss in order t?> keep its men employ ed. Elizabeth City users of job printing will raise an awful howl now that the new prices are effective. The print ers have no one but themselves to blame. Instea?J of maintaining lair ;>rics for their work, they have degrad ed the industry ami steeped tlum DOUBLE VALUE IN COTTON BAGS Suits, Overalls, Dresses and Aprons Made From Guano Sacks ? ? In a staTe-wide contest held at Ra-( Jeigh. a coat suit made of fertilizer sacks by Mrs. I.. J. Sloan, who lives near Jonesboro, was proclaimed bjr judges the outstanding specimen of its kind. Mrs. Sloan sayt her friends have complimented the suit more than any silk or expensive clothing she has ever worn. Hut men are using tlii^ material for their clothing a* well. Mr. S. IV Hale of Aulander, has a very attractive stylish suit made from Robertson Fer tilizer sacks. Attractive women's, Carolina* and the-District of Colum bia. are obliged to use the Franklin Prititiny Catalog. Most of the printers in Flizabeth j ( itv have no conception nf hnf print. ing costs are arrived at "My paper costs me so much, and it will take nic ' so long to iId the job the quickest easiest way," is the way a job is often figured. No provision for overhead, no provision for non-productive 'time, in profit. The Hlue Fagle will put an end to that kind of figuring or put an end to the business that continues it. For there are teeth in them thar codes ?$500 a bite. Wow ! \V. O. S. 'diwscN and good durable overall* are the Trnnr^- 7<? with a production pound* of hay. bat the ?ti tailored lioin then. ; of 2,906 pounds Similar remit* were leaver are fmer tharn the Kobe and it Uo?t fertth*er> ionu- in burlap secured on te>t* run at the Branch has the added feature of rereading bags, but Robertson's fertilisers are Experiment % Station at Statesville. itself much better than th other van coinHidn wtety produced 2.342 etaea. move t.n their jxart create a greater demand for cotton, yet it has turned out to lie a real advantage. The mate rial is v e r \ durable, re sembles linen >o closely that one can not distinguish the difference except Two F?i?rv Faatall ar upon close exaniiuation Many peo ple are interested in knowing how to remove the letters from the sacks.j l itis is done by ftr>t boiling the ma terial in water containing lye and soap, and then rinsing it in clear wa-J i. ( omplele Two (^uart \qtiarium, Kain It ?? prrchrurt that there will be a l.?.w Chip* utid Sra?ret), FREE with the gr<.at vogue of "Suits made from Sacks" because tlicy not only cost practically nothing. but can be stylish anil attractive. FREE! l alle* Shubuukin l.oM l isli COUGHS Don't let them gel a strangle hold. Fight germ* quickly. Creomulaion combine* 7' major help* iij one. Powerful but harmless. Pleasant to take. .No narcotic*. Your own druggist is authorized to refund your inonev on the spot if your tough or cold is not tcLcvcd f>? Creom?l?i.m. I adv.) purehanf of a 30c lube of NYAL MILK OF Kobe Variety Lespedeza i AU wU\K\ AL%Ip!\LSL\ Leads Hay Producers SH": \ TOOTH PASTE Tests run on 22 farms show that the Kobe-'variety of lespedeea 4s lead ing in hay production with 2,868 pounds. This was closely followed by CLARK'S DRUGSTORE ORANGE DELIVERS A KNOCKOUT BLOW TO COMPETITIVE CLAIMS IN 24 SCIENTIFIC TESTS! *TiHE result of a two year series of tests And, all this proves that on the" basis A of OrangeTobacco Fertilizer against of 1000 lbs. per acre Orange was worth 24 competitive brands delivers a com- more per ton?$97.88 more! plete knockout to all competitive claims! To be any good to you, the fertilizer Here are the facts about Orange, you use must perform consistently. It must certified by the highly skilled and re- do a good job not in one isolated case, putable farmers who made them. but year after year, on farm after farm. It produced 150 lbs. more tobacco Tha,'s Orange! Use it and deliver a per acre than its 24 competitor.. knockout blow to fertilizer worries! ? ? ? It produced better tobacco per acre, Jamaca is our standard grade goods, the tobacco grown with Orange aver- next to Orange the finest tobacco fer $2.27 more per 100 lbs. tilizer we know of. We believe it to be By producing more tobacco and better better than anybody else's best. S-1> tobacco, it returned more money per acre? goods for cotton, peanuts, truck and $48.94 per acre more! grain are also the finest of their kind! ?DOUGLASS CO. Inc. NORFOLK, VA. PLANTS ? NORFOLK, VA. ? MURFREESB0R0, N. C. ? DANVILLE, VA. ? KINST0N, N. C. ? ? ?%-???L ?- * ? ?? 7- ?' ?:? r... .. ? __?^?? ....... ... FERTILIZER? FOR COTTON ? TOBACCO ? TRUCK ? PEANUTS ? GRAIN
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