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Friday. February 18.1938.
A Mix-up Somewhere
"Little Business." invited to a conference in
Washington last week, turned out to be larger
than little, indicating there was a mix-up some
where. Marked by disorder, the meeting show.,
what might be the trouble with business in
that everyone wanted to talk at once and that
every fellow thought every other fellow was
out of step
There were as many ideas there as tnere were
delegates to the business conference?some still
tailing it a business conference. After all was
said ana done, the meeting smacks of dictator
ship from the big boys, the action credited with
- ?. little fellows taking officials by surprise.
The group recommended a thorough over
hauling of tht federal tax structure and the lift
ing of the undistributed profits tax In other
words that bunch of little business men wants
tne government to relieve the big competitors
end turn around-and tax the masses with indi
rect levies or even a duect levy in the form of
. I -*> ' n 1 Ti. rtf.in-.rvenda"?i..n rl..-< rot ring
rue with the leanings of the small business mar.
he is known in this part of the country
The ."little group also recommended the
abandonment of federal wage and hour legis
.ation. It is a bit difficult to believe that a group
1 east Carolinians would object to a wage in
crease for the masses in the mills when they
know that increased wages would strengthen
the markets for farm products.
The "little" group went on record as being
against the Wagner Labor Relations Act. an act
that certainly holds more promise for the little
fellow than it does for the big mdustrialist.
After keeping company with the big group
the little business crowd struck a cord of its
own and- urged the passage of the Patman Bill
providing for a graduated tax on chain stores,
and rigid enforcement of the Miller-Tvding
price fixing act
It appears that "little business" wants much
the same thing that the big boys want, and
more it wants something that big business witl
see that it will not get.
Surely, "little business" would have made a
better impression in Washington had it limited
its requests to the right for fair treatment and
fair competition practices, and pledged its sup
port in a program that offers everyone an equal
opportunity m life
Who Called Little Business
To Washington?
Little business inarched on Washington
some few days ago. and after the smoke of the
? visit titled. some one asked who invited the lit
tle guys there, anyway? The President invit
ed them, one guessed. The business men went
on their own accord, another guessed, but still
, another probably guessed right when he said
the capital hotels and the railroads were re
sponsible for localizing all that passenger and
i lodging business. It is encouraging to hear some
one give the railroads credit for doing some
thing for themselves other than running to the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation for money
and more money.
And speaking about railroads brings to mind
conditions right here at home. A common car
rier has an assessed property valuation of near
ly two million dollars in a small political subdi
vision. and yet it offers the traffic a schedule
that is hardly an hour ahead of the old covered
: wagon train.
Washington ? Main Street
When the small business man went into the
conference of his peers in Washington recent
ly, he saw in the chair Ernest G. Draper, assis
tant secretary of commerce, presiding He sat.
a dignified figure, until bedlam broke loose then
stepped aside to listen
Tis said of Mr. Draper that he did not pre
side with an iron hand, nor show any desire
to do so. One news commentator said of him
that his expression revealed that he almost
wondered if he were hearing himself speak.
?hen some of the sentiments were expressed
Mr Draper did assert himself so far as to
say. "We must depend upon Government to lay
down rules for orderly competition and consid
eration for the rights of others. But we must
avoid obstacles which impair the service of in
dustry to the consumer. We should avoid, al
. legislation tliidi tends to upset oar eco
nomic balance by giving undue advantage to
any particular class or group, unless such legis
lation is clearly in the public interest."? just
what the old civics book tried to teach us some
several years ago.
If they said it in so many words, it was not
recorded, but the whole cause of the trouble,
when sifted down, was found to be just plain
selfishness. Time was, when children were
taught to share with others and selfishness was
far from a virtue. Has that gone out of style
with these grown-up boys who are fighting each
other? Perhaps we are all guilty, but when we
sit down calmly and analyze the whole situa
tion. there should be plenty fqr all of us with
out grabbing what is rightfully our brother's
share. And. this is not a socialistic speech, eith
< r Ben Franklin was right when he said, "Hon
esty is the best policy." If we practice this, we
will probably be able to live and have enough
for a decent funeral in the end.
FOB SALE?BY THE FEB
ml Land Bank, kmc term* and
five per cent interest Sixty -six arret..
Malinda Shepard farm, three miles
south of JamesvilV, twenty acres
open land, lohacru farm Look this
farm over and see or write W. G
StanciU. Washington. -N C. or T V
Palmer. Fayetteviilr. N. C.
flS-H-22 25
EXEC I Tit IN SALE
In Superior Court. North Carolina.
Martin County -
Dr. C. W. Bailey rv Mrs. Ncfhe
By virtue of an execution d.reefed -
to the undersigned from the Superior
Court of Martin County in the abov
~th day of March. 1938. at 12 o clock.
noor:. at the courthouse door of said
; county in the Town of W.lhamstnn,
i sell to the highest bidder for cash
to satisfy said execution, all the
| right, title and interest which the
said Mrs Nellie McGee. the defer.-'
danl. has in the following described
real estate, to-wit:
""Lot No. 1 of the Land division oi
F J Roebuck, vs. Nell* Roebuck. C
T. Roebuck. Nellie McGee et al as
appears by record and map of said
division appearing in Land Eh vision
Book B. Page 99. Martin County, de
scribed as folio* s
"Beginning in the run of Coooho
Creek at the corner of James G
Stat on. and r unmng along his line S
10 deg W !26 chains to the center
of the high* ay leading from WiL
liamston to Hamilton, thence along
the center of said highway 24 li
? chains > to opposite a ditch, at the
corner of the orchard, thence V If
dec U mm. E U 70 chains
Farm Path thence rloau th
Farm Path K 13 dec ?. 450
X 17 de? E 30 45 chain*. N. 34 1A
de?. E. 10b chains. X ST dec. E. 1 75
chains N. 34 13 dec- E. 5 chain. K
9 dec E 4 5b chains. N 3 dec 30
mm. E. HIS chain*. X 13 dec E
13 45 chain*, and N 5 dec E. 40
chains to the run of Cbooiao Creek
thence down the run of said Conoho
Creek to the bectnnmc Two Hun
dred and Forty-Five acres more or
This the 25 day- of
C B. ROEBUCK.
14 41 Sheriff of Martin County.
NOTICE or SALE
Notice is hereby even that under
and by virtue of the power of sale
i round la II it laitiin fluil nf
Trust^secute^^^^^Coltraii^n^
> the
County, in
" having
of Trust
at the ra
<4 the holder of said note, the
underwgned Trustee will on the 5th
day of March. 193S. at twelve (12)
o'clock. Noon, at the Courthouse door
at Martin County, at Williamston.
North Camluia. offer for sale, at
ipublic anethm. to the highest bidder,
'for cash, the following dtntribed real
estate, to-wst:
A certain tract at land known as
the Sandy Bevander tract and
? bounded as follows, viz:
Beginning at Sparer Wynn cor.
i -Art on the rand leading from .
vHVtoin?
yards to i
Karthernly
of marked
Gut; damn down said Dmk
to Spencer Wjrnn'i bar or a
thence along the line at WywmP
and tract to the ditch sad
Ihmrr 19 said road to Wj?t
tract; thence alone the I
A certain tract or
known as the W A.
tract and hounded 1
One acre at land
North side of the 1
adjoining Martin Wjrnn
together with
This the 1st day at Ti
HUGH G.
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