THE EAGLE Published Knry Thursday is the interest of Ctaernrrllle and surrounding Community. Entered mm Second Clase Mail matter Auwit 16th. 1906. Ii the Post Office at Cherryville, N. C., under the Act of Congress March 8rd, 1879. FRED K. HOUSER_Editor and Publisher MRS. CREOLA HOUSER (Local and Society Editor) Telephones Office, 2101 — Resilence, 2501 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One year _ Six months _ Four months _ Three months _ $1.50 .85 .60 .60 SSsWuel Advert*!** ■# preteeie eve American Press Assotumi N«W Tori • Chltono • Dttiji* • SSitudvIefc!* THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1945 dJUujrri * SUGAR SUBSTITUTES Alter reading Zb tips on how to get along without sugar, we experienced a terrific ache in the sweet tooth. The very subject matter started us dreaming about delici ous things to eat. As we pictured a thick, heavily frosted choc olate case, we read about a sugarless cornstarch pudding. In was our mteniion to write an editorial passing on to our readers a lew oi the best-sounding suggestions for making a pound of sugar do double duty, but we came to the conclusion tliat the only honest answer is to pull out your sweet tooth and store it away until the shortage is over. We can all get along with less sugar all right. But we think in general it nngnt be easier to just grin and bear it than to ex periment with the concoctions which are going to be dreamed up as “happy substitutes.” PRESIDENTIAL LINE-UP President Truman’s request for a change in the line of as cendancy to the Presidency is one which will be wid-.iy ucbated before any action is taken. The President's argument is that men elected by the peo ple rather than those appointed by him, should succeed to the Presidency in case of his death. He has suggested that the first in line be the speaker of the house, and the seconu, the presi dent of the senate. But although these two men are elected by some of the people^—the people of their district or state—on many occasions they might not be considered at all satisfactory to the people as a whole. If a change is to be made, it seems to us that we should get a man who met with gieater public favor if the house waa given authority to elect a new President from its own group. In that event the local repiesentative of aach of us would have a vote and would each vote for a man who he thought would have the approval of his constituents. FARMER ORGANIZATION ESSENTIAL It was never the original purpose of a true cooperative in this country to operate business and escape taxation. There is a marked ditierence between nun-protit marketing cooperatives which seek to give farmers service through an organization to handle their many problems, and a purely commercial selling cooperative which seeks to cut prices for the benefit of a special group of customers. Farmers are faced with as many problems ot buying and processing and selling as the big corporations. Only by joining togethei in marketing cooperatives can they provide themselves with facilities needed for efficient operation. Only through organization can they meet other organized groups on an equal basis. Only by working together can far mers carry on research and develop new ideas that will benefit all the people—the consumers of food as well as producers. It does not require special tax subsidies or tax exemptions for farmers to cooperate in this manner to stabilize their position and secure fair prices. 5 LIKE THE MOUSE AND THE LION We have neard so much about rationing, price control, ceilings, reconversion and postwar planning, that we are alt pretty much confused. But c»e fact is standing out more clear ly every day: The retailer, who from the beginning of the war has been treated largely as non-essential, is now recognized as the connecting link between the buyer and the producer, upon which the success of any reconversion plan rests. Stripped of manpower, stripped of many essential commodities and food products, the retailer has in some way managed to keep articles on his shelves that enabled consumers to supply their needs. The keen competition between chain stores and indepen dents, and between chain stores themselves, is a governor that controls attempts by price gougers to cash in on scarcities. The independent and the chain store have a common interest in see ing that goods flow to the consumer in the greatest quantity, at the lowest cost, because they both depend on volume for their existence.' It is therefore highly essential that in postwar planning, which involves employment and production, the re tailer’s position be given gi eater consideration than ever be-> fore. Any artificial hampering of his operations retards the flow of manufactured goods, agricultural products and employment. It is time that both national and state legislative bodies recog nised the fact that production and retailing are like the fable of the mouse and the lion. BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS BEHrND THE SCENES ^ I* AMERICAN BUSMEN .4 NEW YORY, Aug. Out of the requirements of war has been developed an old and familiar li ber with new and unusual proper ties. The fiber is cotton and the new qualities which will amaze housewives, create new markets; and contribute to the stability of the cotton industry in general have been added by chemists. Cotton today is treated with a chemical compound so that it can be ciumpled in the hand and still retain a freshly laundered rook. Hut that is oniy one fro itmenf; with others civ. mists can mare cotton fpeprooi, g'v‘‘ n ;l linen, a silk oi' a glazed fini b; make it water repellent or high1}' ab'-orb bcnt; make it germ d odor re sistant; prevent staining aa I tnd dew: theat it so that sii’cr which is wrapped in it w II not tarn is r. Perhaps the fireproofing treat ment is the first to be applied to a well known American institution. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus has applied it to its tent canvas, wood stages, plat forms and bleacher seats. The wood sections were treated by American Lumber and Treating Company of Chicago through a pressure impregnation with a chemical known as Minalith fire retardant. The 75,000 square yards of canvas were treated by William E. Hooper & Sons of Baltimore. NEW AUTO TEAM,— Biggest news in the news creating auto mobile industry is the newly for med Kaiser-Frazer Corporation which plans two post-war auto mobiles, a low-priced “Kaiser” to be built on the Pacific coast and a medium-priced “Frazer” to be built by Graham-Paigie Motors corporation and a long time au tomobile executive, and Henry J. Kaiser, who performed produc tion miracles in shipbuilding dur ing the war years. Both are small town boys, Frazer from outside Nashville, Tenn, and Kaiser from Canojaharie, N. Y. Frazer was formerly a vice-president of the Chrysler corporation, later presi dent of Willys-Overland, now top Graham-Paige executive. Kaiser who helped build the boulder dam heads a number of corporations and his contribution to mass pro duction int he shipping industry has become well known in every section of the country. THINlio TO COME— Styrene promises a postwar chemical rev olution. Chemists say the spicy smelling liquid made from ethy lene gas and of benzene wilt be turned to plastics, water-emulsion paints, tacjqi%'rs, coatings for waterproof containers; chunks of foam for insulation and scores of other uses A new steam boiler a third as large as conventional type, will produce as much or more steam pressure per square inch A newly developed onion powder is said to be tear-proof A new processing and sterilizing method to keep processed cream fresh and tasty for h year at or dinary room temperature Pyre thrum, daisy-like plant, as a source of insecticide 60 times more powerful than the well-her alded DDT Small gauges made ofsynthetic sapphire to last 300 times as long as steel gauges, to cost only four to six times as much as steel or tungsten carbide counterparts. STRAIT AND NARROW—Once again American industrial ingenu ity has solved the unsolvable, and because of it Pacific island hopp ing has become a little less haz ardous. The problem developed in Africa when tank treads became I clogged with the metal-destroying sand as the Allic chased Rommel s forces across the continent. I hose tanks had to be tediously cleaned every six or eight days, and the Saharah is still dotted with is still (lotted with skeleton remains ol tanks which did not survive. To day, American tanks can take it indefinitely, according to Brown Instrument Company of Philadel phia whose electronic and other in dustrial instruments helped pro duce and perfect a new tana tread steel, almost as hard as a diamond. The new metal is impel* vious to the devastating effect o. grinding sand, and clogging i* eliminated by speedy lubricant baths. BITS O’ BUSINESS—Eastern farmers see fewer chickens ant. eggs next year despite Bureau oj Agricultural Economics forecast of no change in the hen and put let population. They say tie:;' year’s chickens and eggs will bo. cut bu purchase of entire flock, for this year’s black market Washington expects all commod; ty programs to go under one big agency, probably called Commodi ty Administration 'Farm imple ment makers aim for a complete ly mechanized outfit for $l,00t». also talk of farm machinery fo .$4,000 Material scarcity stii. keeps furnithre makers from making a dent in unfilled orders Unemployment and manpowi i shortages may exist simultaneous ly by the middle of next, year as .reconversion gets underway California’s prospective home builders find priorities easire to get than materials Radio manu facturers hopes for early radio production were heightened by a WPB letter asking them to file for permission to make radio sets on "spot authorization.” which means that when manpower and materi als are available. They now see production before fall rather than by October. Soil Conservation Andy Robinson, Route 3 flas tonia, located in the Robinson School Community, followed the recommendation of disking about 3 .acres of kudzu this ppast spring which, after 5 years planting, was making little progress and scarce ly covering the ground, due to heavy competition of weeds and hroomstraw. After this heavy disking the kudzu made more growth than the other years put together and has covered the ground this season. He plans to use this crop for hay. * r * Need a « j LAXATIVE? Black-Draught !• 1- Usually prompt 2- Uaually thorough 3- Always economical doses only N. Falls, Route 1 Gastonia, located in the (’hapel Grove com munity, is tlurning under a green crop of lespedeza on 5 acres, in preparation for the seeding o'" al falfa this fall. He put 2 tons ot lime per acre on the land and he plans to keep disking the field to prepare a perfect seed Vied before sowing around September loth. Mr. Falls is following the recom mendation for seeding alfalfa as a result of soil samples taken and analyzed, of 2 tons of lime, lit', pounds of borax and 8(10 pounds of 2-12-12 fertiliser and 30 lbs.’ of alfalfa seed per acre. F. T. “Dink" Dellinger, Route 1 Cherryville, located in the Ml. /don Church community, invited the farmers in his neighborhood to attend a soil conservation meei in;- at his home last Thuisdaj n; ,'it. July 26. In spite of the ’• nv night, his neighbors turnc in the interest of conserva i '..mures and increasing the fer tility and productivity of the land op their farms. A series of slides ..ire shown by representatives of the Soil Conservation Service, on terrace construction, crop ro tation, strip cropping, pasture im provement, perennial hay crops and woodland improvement prac tices. “Dink" is setting a fine ex ample of conservation farming with resulting increased crop MAKING EMPLOYEES IMPORTANT The subject o1 this story is president of it wine and spirits shop in the dpwiitovn section of New York Gity, where price cutting: was rampant. Seven years ago tie found he had so much competi tion that he was about to be pushed into the East river. He tried to think of some way to beat this competition, but a lot of brains was thinking on the other side.Thinking how they could keep money out of his cash drawer. Hi' decided hh Would cut the price ol liquor still more. Then the idea came to him that maybe a good place to go to work was in his own organization, instead of trying further price cutting. He decided to show more appreciation for his staff, md to let each one feel important, lie started in with his cashier, as an experiment: She had worked for him for years', but he'd hardly ever complimented her on her work He complimented her for her patience and began calling her his head cash icy. He had only one cashier, so naturally shi was the head < ashier. But she liked this lit tle attention. When pontile came into his office he intro duced her and called her his head cashier. She liked it and busload of 'icing colorless anti inconspicuous, when visitors were about, she talked to them, full of pride in her work. He had only one salesman, but instead of referring o him over the telephant and in Iris presence, when oth er w ere i; . e. as im relv a salesman, he referred to him .ealed to his sense of importance. He had only one sh. >ping clerk. Instead of referring to him as tin shipping ciei he began calling him "our iiat.ic manager." The young man liked it. Immediately Hie mm ale of the organization went up. Tile staff came earlier and worked with a better will, simple as were the tilings Air. Be Petri had done. Ninety per cent of the retail liquor stores in New York do less than $."0,000 business a year. By increasing his office morale. Air. l.e Petri has raised his sales volume to nearly >'.‘>00,000 a year. u char sales." The man liked it. It ap yields by the fact that be has alt the above conservation practices and measures already in etf'ect on what, actually can be done on the his farm, for his neighbors to see land. “ 1 >ijik” is really practicin';' what he preaches and dome a fine job in his community. Terrace lines were staked rec ently to be built by the county terracing: units and by farm true j tors, on the following; farms: | hu-kson White and Hoy G. Beam,. I RFD Cherryville; Mrs. R. C, Me 1 can. .J. A. Cohb, Charles K. Bry ant, Plantation Pipe Line Compa ny. E. S. Fletcher and Isaac Watts, all RFD Gastonia; A. 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