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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1937
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be the corner-stone of this old age pension
system. We think all intelligent, thrifty citi
zens believe in it. The trouble in the case
unde rexamination is that the new dealers
never placed the corner-stone in the struc
ture. In fact they failed to build any foun
dation whatever under it. They are slapping
the structure together on the sands of politi
cal uncertainty and trickery.
All of which, and many more facts that
could be cited, convince this newspaper that
the so-called "social security" plan is merely
a smooth trick, which the new dealers
thought would have a strong "humanitarian"
appeal to the American people, and would
enable them to get their clutches on billions
of tax money which would otherwise have to
be milked from the tax payers by more clear
ly obnoxious methods.
THE INSIDE OF "SOCIAL SECUilTY"
In a lengthly editorial, The Hendersonville
Times-News recetnly gave what they termed
"the inside" on social security. The Hender
sonville paper branded the social security
set-up as a new deal scheme. Just where
they got all this information, they did not
say, but surely the conservative editor knew
whereof he spoke, before making such state
ments as carried in his editorial, which was
as follows:
At last the public is beginning to get a
faint idea of the inside operations of the so
called "social security" law. It shows up as
one of the smoothest tricks the new dealers
hwo Hpvisprl to seoarate the tax-payers from
their cash. One thing which a large section
of the country's population has heretofore
overlooked is the fact that like all govern
ment schemes which cost money, this one
will ultimately involve the entire population
of the country. The idea has prevailed that
as taxes are collected and benefits promised
to certain classes of citizens only, other class
es of citizens, while receiving no direct ben
efits, will escape the cost of the scheme: The
fact is that the plan is a hidden tax scheme
as far as these classes are concerned and they
will ultimately be milked by the federal tax
collectors, along with the employers and
workers who are taxed.
As briefly as possible, it may be said that
the old age pension scheme is planned to
drain vast tax levies unaer so-raut-u
security" into the United States treasury,
where they will pass into the general fund.
From the general fund this money will be
paid out on the numerous expense accounts
of the government. As fast as it is collected
this money is expended. It comes in at one
end of the treasury and almost immediately
goes out at the other end. . . ,
To cover this "social security or old age
pension fund borrowing by the government,
the government's promises to pay, or bonds,
will be issued and held by the treasury, so
that at any time in the future beneficiaries
of the law will not have their pension money
in a trust fund held by the government but
it will be represented by the governments
promises to pay, or bonds.
The entire proposition may be summed up
by saying that the government collects bil
lions of taxes on this old age pension account
proceeds at once to spend the money (instead
of holding it in trust for the pensioners) and
thirty to forty years from now, or at any oth
er date in the future, what the pensioners
will have is the government's promises to
pay them their pensions.
At this point in the discussion we can al
most hear the excited protests of those citi
zens who want to know if we think the gov
ernment will fail in its promises to these peo
ple, will try to cheat them of their pension
money, or will be financially unable to meet
its obligations in the future.
We answer by saying that undoubtedly
these persons will have a just and valid claim
against the government, but whether or not
they can collect on it will depend on the gov
ernment's success in collecting this old age
pension tax money again, or, certainly, will
depend on the financial condition of the
country and the' government at any time in
the future. ;
Right here is the big, protruding point ql
the whole matter, Here is where the trick is
concealed.
The government collects the old ago pen
sion fund and SPENDS IT. Clearly, then,
when the pensioners are to be paid off in the
future the government will not have that
money with which to pay them. It will have
gone with the wind. . :
The government's only-possible plan for
paying off the pensioners will be by COL
LECTING TAXES AGAIN to pay off.
The government has no money except as
it milks the tax payers or borrows. If it bor
rows, the debts must be paid by the tax pay
ers, not by the politicians and office-holders.
Twenty, thirty or forty years from now if
the government has spent all the money it
has extracted from the pockets of Blank,
Blank and Blank and their employers under
the guise of "social security" taxes the only
possible course for the government is to col
lect the taxes AGAIN in order to meet its
promises to pay these citizens.
There is the new deal trick and we submit
that it is a fairly slick trick and one calculat
ed to fool many of the people much of the
time.' . "' :,
This newspaper earnestly approves 01 ana
-1 jr. tflnnripie wnicn is suppuseu w
CONGRESSIONAL SWINDLE SHEET
The first piece of business to engage the
special session of Congress will be the voting
of congressmen's usual travel allowance of
twenty cents a mile. That's comparatively
lean pickings, for from 1866 down to the last
few years the rate was forty cents. Even
so- .
Take the case of that monumental foe of
graft and corruption, Senator Hiram John
son, for instance. Hiram is from California,
and his allowance for the trip both ways
comes to exactly $1,298.80. The actual fare,
including lower berth, is $217.50, leaving a
net profit of $1,081.30. Or consider the Ha
waiian delegate who travels 10,800 miles at
twenty cents a mile, $2,160 in all. Consider
even the case of unfortunate Senator Tyd
ings who only has to go over to Baltimore,
forty mile saway. Senator Tydings gets only
$16 for the round trip, but his net profit in the
eighty minutes required for the journey is
something over $11. Moreover the Senators
and Representatives do not even have to
make the journey to collect. They can stay
in Washington from one session to the next
and still get paid. More yet, they are always
paid the full allowance to their home towns,
even though in the particular case, they arc
only coming from Alexandria. Nobody ever
asks them questions. That would be a re
ection upon our lawgrivers, you understand.
Charlotte News.
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ARAGRAPHS
Tho most provoking husband is
one who talks indistinctly in his
sleep.
Too many try to begin at the
top. Of course, it's all right for a
well-digger.
When one sticks his nose into a
family row he usually finds he has
"put his foot in it, too.
Greek learned in college is use
ful in enabling the alumnus to re
member the name of his fratern
ity.
Most women seem to be content
when they reach 40. By that time
they've either got a husband or
quit worrying about it.
If you can live past babyhood
there's never very much danger
in being killed by kindness.
FAKERS AT LARGE
Fakers and impostors frequently make it
hard for those who are "on the square."
Practically all young people who go out to
solicit subscriptions or to sell books use the
appealing story that they are trying to work
their way through college. Many who do
that particular kind of work are sincere, but
the hundreds of others who are not, tend to
create a spirit of distrust in the minds of the
public.
Only recently several towns in this section
have been visited by a group who preyed
upon the sympathy of their prospective cus
tomers with a like story. One claimed to be
a graduate of a certain denominational or
phanage, and a ministerial student to boot,
when soliciting members of that particular
faith. Investigation, however, proved that
the solicitor in question had never been in
the orphanage named, and chances are that
he is not now. or ever will be, a minister.
Sompson Independent.
"SERVICE TO THE PARTY"
Not long ago we were talking to one of our
State officials and something was said about
a certain individual who recently had been
given a political job.
"How did he happen to get appointed to
thet position? we inquired.
"Oh, we iust had to give him some kind of
a job," said the official. "You see, he's been a
loyal worker and has rendered fine service to
the party for a number of years.
"And was that the reason why he was giv
en the job? we inquired.
"Of course," was the answer.
It so happens that we have known the man
in question for a number of years. lie has
been unable to hold a position for more than
two or three months at a stretch. He either
gets tired and quits, or else he is discharged
On one occasion he was fired because he stole
some money. At another time he and a con
federate; were caught late at night while in
the act of carrying some merchandise
through the back door of the store where he
was working. He has been a consistent gam
bler for many years and also drinks to excess
And yet, because he helps to collect absen
tee ballots before elections, posts political
placards , over the countryside, whoops and
hollers at speech-makings, fawns upon the
powers-that-be, aids in the registration of
voters and assists in hauling them to the
polls, he is considered a great asset to the
party and, as a result, is given a political job
All things being equal, "service to the par
ty" might be given some consideration. The
trouble in the past, however, has been too
much consideration. Our local, state, and
federal governments would be on a much
more efficient arid economical basis it we
placed more stress upon a man's character
and abilitv and paid less attention to his
"service to the party." The State, Raleigh.
NOT THRIFTY TO BURN LEAVES
Burning leaves seems to be a growing
practice among gardeners and small farmers
Surely if they only stopped to realize what
they were burning, that they would adopt a
different method of disposing of their leaves
Leaves make one of the best fertilizers
known- They put back into the soil plant
food that few other things will.
It only takes a little time to put the leaves
in the garden and cover with enough dirt to
keep them from blowing away. Then next
spring the rotted leaves would take the place
of other fertilizers.
Right now, however, the sole aim seems to
be to get rid of the leaves and forget thrift.
Random
SIDE
GLANCES
By W. CURTIS RUSS
As I started to the Rotary Club
ast Friday, 1 met an oia muim
from Hendersonville. I knew this
man was interested in civic elub.s,
and had at one time taken an ac
tive part in the Hendersonville
Boy Scout movement.
HEADLINES
of The PAST
He accepted the invitation to be
1 I .1.-1. 1... Ut',WA
my guest at tne ciuu, uui uam
we got there I checked on his of
ficial title. I knew he was con
nected with WPA in some capa-
fitv hut wasn't -sure ' as to his
present title.
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
From the files of Nov. 14, 1918
Joy's in the World For Peace
Has Come. Jessie Daniels Boone.
Peace Parade Waynesville and
Surrounding Country assembled
4,000 persons strong on wionaay
and Celebrated.
Contributors to the Nurse John
son Memorial Fund Named.
Brigadier-General Harley B.
Ferguson Visits Home in Waynes
ville. An apple costs Ten Cents in
France. :
"I am an investigator for WPA,
or what you might call an adjust
er of claims. When a WPA work
er gets hurt, it is my duty to check
on all details," he said.
His first words were enough I
intentionally forgot the rest of his
title.;
At the club 1 introduced him to
those at -our end of the table, then
whispered around that he was a
WPA investigator. Every one of
the members at our section weigh
ed every word before they spoke.
They immediately took it that my
guest John Todd was making
another investigation on some
WPA project.
FIVE YEARS AGO
From the files of Nov. 10, 1932
Haywood ranks seventh in Val
ue of Farms.
County Goes Democratic by Ov
er 3,800 Majority.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Garner Win in Landslide in Tues
day's Election.
Welfare Officer is employed by
County.
Prospect of Haywood's Tobacco
Crop.
Elaborate.. Armistice Day Pro
gram arranged.
A census report says "the aver
age famly pays $75 a year to the
doctor." That's probably news to
the doctor.
TRANSACTIONS
Real Estaf ,
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BEAVERDAM TOW?
ruununy itecin.. ;-. -j -fr
politan Real:v ( ,
O. M. Hampt
Brannon.
Mary Scott t , f
Metropolitan I;,
Hipps.
Addie Plemnn,!
Matthews, et ux
Sluder Fun.::. -,. c
xj. nnoclaiT.e
McCracken, et ux
Ray H. Mann.
Worley.
B. D4
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CATTAI.OOCH
oen r. Clark to
wood.
Maybe more fathers would send
their children to college if they
knew the kids wouldn't come
home and criticize their grammar.
Possibly the nations of the
world would get better results if
they would hold a conference for
the limitation of dictators.
The shower bath was invented
by a man whose wife was always
bawling him out for leaving.a ring
around the bath tub.
The only reason some husbands
don't lie of tener than they do is
because their wives are some -times
too tired to ask questions.
CLYDE TOWXsrf
con-a-Venture Inc ,
Scroggs.
Hardy D. Clark, et ux
Jones.
IVY HILL TOHM
Fred Elliott, et ux to
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camprjeii, and c. C. Mi
PIGEON TOWNS
C Murray, et ux A
C. Ledbetter et ux.
J. f. Ledbetter. .et uJ
Ledbetter.
Vessie M. & Fry son
J. A. Sisk, et ux.
An Arkansas man has just cele
brated his 52nd wedding anniver
sary and, as a claim for special
distinction, says that he has never
been out of the state and never
has hunted or fished. Hew in the
world can a man who does not
hunt and does not fish put in his
time in Arkansas?
WAYNESYILli
Central Investment C
E. Allen, et ux
Harrison Greenwood,
Moses Osborne.
Luther N. Pipkin et d
Levering and Win. H. Fl
Mrs. W. S. Gibson, el
bert Abel.
Hester L. and J. AV
(by Tr.) to W. T. Lee.
Reliefers arc not the
pie who re fuse to do
these days. Look at the
bers. They used to tuit
bank, drill into the safa
the door oil' with dynadjj
they stroll in the fron
He was introduced to the club
as a WPA investigator, and sever
al members wondered how I rated
entertaining such folks. Perhaps
I should have explained further
in detail his whole title, but since
there has been so much talk in
Haywood about WPA investiga
tions, I felt it Would be justified in
letting some of the members get a
close-up view of one that had a
similar title, but a different type
of work.
: After the meeting, several ex
pressed themselves freely to Mr.
Todd, while others passed on alV
ter a good look.
Since the fire, the boiler has
been out of commission, so we
erected a temporary heating sys
tem, which consists of a trash
burning heater. It keeps the of
fice plenty warm, in fact too
warm at times.
I am enjoying the heater,
though, because it affords me the
opportunity of throwing scores of
pieces of matter sent in for publi
cation that is nothing more than
propoganda, direct into the fire.
I have always said, that the
ideal editorial office, would have
a large chute at the editor's desk,
which went direct to the furnace,
ONE YEAR AGO
From the files of Nov. 5, 1936
Haywood Goes Democratic by
Almost 5,000.
President Roosevelt C a r r i e s
Every State in Union But Maine
and Vermont.
Will Smathers Elected Senator
in New Jersey.
Cheaper Electricity to save cus
tomers of Duke Power Company.
12 Girls from Haywood County
at W. C. U. N, C.
New Equipment is Being Added
to Power Sub Station. .
in which the editor could throw
propoganda matter.
At any rate, I'm enjoying dis
posing of the free publicity mat
ter now, and watching it burn it
is much more fun than just throw
ing it in a waste basket.
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Since the appearance of the ar
ticle about the fire, several people
have inquired as to tjhe number of
parts in a Linotype machine. The
article said SEVENTEEN THOU
SAND. That figure is correct, ac
cording to the machinests. Some
of those who doubted the state
ment, came in and looked over
the tables of par ts that were being
cleaned. They gasped, and one
man remarked, "I believe the fig
ure is still wrong, after seeing all
the parts, I'd say 25,000."
A columnist on a certain W. N.
C.' paper, had a squib about the
fire, saying: "A hot paper in Way
nesville so hot it set the plant on
fire." To this remark, our Ideal
punster said: "Yeh? That's better
than haying such a rotten paper
that the plant has to be sprinkled
with So-Hy to keep the odor
down."
zSlny one anywhere any
For convenience in getting thin
done, for quick help in emt rgenciq
for sincerity in sending greetings, fj
the thrill of voice-to-voice visits witf
friends and family, for speed and j
liciency in your business affairs-tut
to your telephone. And lcmcnibe
lonp-Histanrp telenhone service is fast
effective and low in cost.
Southern Bell Telephone and TelegrJ
INCORPORATED
Now, how boys, Tut, tut.
People do recognize that the finer, MORE
EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS in Camel ciga
rettes make a big difference in the way
they enjoy smoking. More Camels are
smoked than any othercigarettein America.
The Real Yardstick
lTnViki q1 iloimUav cnnirn er toilet fi?c
a denartment stnrp. Had can buy his tigarct
the corner grocery, and little Johni.x can 5f
niiKic iur an ite cream ctme m i" .
when it comes to prescriptions, the v, lio't "'
rely on their druggist.
This heincr tniA ihn worth of a driii,' i-1(,u'
i . . , r .v;iifiiin vor
juagea oy tne character oi us pn-'-i- .
- inn V 10
that s the yardstick we WANI o "' "''r ' :
stitution.
A S K
YOUR DOCTOR
ALEXANDER
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