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A" I '1' I 1 y j THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY. HERTFORD, N. (X, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1944 PAGE THREE 1 ' t urn AT WAS1IM By EUc & SiM Watsjaitsv CsrresBMdcat Minority parties Dwindle la '1940 tour minority fcnwps or parties were n ths tickets in a nam M of Wtte-i Socialists io 0 Btatea, the ProhibitioniBtB to 27, the Cotomunitt in 23, and the Soeial-ists-Laborites in 14. This year according to Dewey L. Pnlnir. the "oasskar of minority ! I .-rues ana tneir canaiaates imm ui i t i . . 1 1 41mA yli of in guisbing ' features of the wartime presidential "election," jXhe Communist Party has taken selX out of the political picture. 'Innesota's Farmer-Labor Party ap rs ready to give up the ghost. 1m Socialists are said to be having difficulties in qualifying for a place on, state tickets. j The Prohibition Party is not re garded as the champion of economic and political views, being interested almost exclusively in the liquor question. v ' Open Discussion Needed I , To Inform Our Citizens V "Behind closed doors," says the .Associated Press, the government is working on a $5,000,000,000 stock pile of raw materials to carry us through three years of "any third world war." if This means that responsible offi , dais, cognizant of the shortages that threatened us when Japan moved in-1 to the Far East, are anxious to avoid !' There is little danger that those now directing the nation in warfare will forget the present lesson. There is the probability that the people of this country will repeat in the future their thinking of the past and con clude that war is impossible. The matter of a strategic reserve is not for discussion behind closed doors. It should be debated in the open, with the purpose of educating every American as to the dependence of this country upon imports for many essential things, not only in time of war but in years of peace. TjtA start can be made if the nation will set aside its tremendous surplus materials and equipment when the War ends. This will eliminate dump- ng but we must not overlook the 88ibility that business men will be anxious ior we Dig proms mat can Abe made out of liquidating the war - errort. Wallace Crftkiaes Business Flays "Hard-Headed" Type In a speech delivered et Seattle, . Washington, Vice-President Wallace advised the American people to keep "the terd-headed 4usiness ' fwm leading the world astray after this war. The Vice-President is against "those who believe that Wall Street comes first and the country .second and are willing to go to any length to keep Well Street safely on top of the country." In a previous speech, delivered at Los Angeles, the Vice-President said that this class of business men "will fight with unrelenting hatred through the press, radio, demagogue and lob byist, every national and state gov ernment which puts human rights above property rights." Mr. Wallace has heard the wide spread propaganda about free enter prise. He points out that, under this slogan, certain business leaders mean "freedom for freebooters the privilege of charging monopoly prices without government interfer ence, the privilege of putting compe titors out of business by unfair com petition, the privilege of buying up patents to keep them out of use, the privilege of setting 1 up Pittsburgh plus price fixing schemes, the privi lege of unloading stocks and bonds on the public through insiders, who know their way in and out, up and down and sideways." While the Vice-President spoke in general terms, defining what the economic pirates mean by "free en terprise, every charge that he made can be substantiated !n the record established in this country between the two World Wars. The Vice-President, while denoun cing a certain type of business man, praises other business men who are interested in serving humanity. He recognizes the necessity of "a rea sonable profit if this private enter prise economy of ours is to survive." Referring to the small business man, who is just as much interested in genuine free enterprise as big business men, the Vice-President sug gested that the phrase means some thing different. "To the little business man," he said, free enterprises "means the op portunity to compete without fear of monopoly controls of any kind." He wants a fair chance to compete in a growing . market with fair access to raw materials, capital and technical research." These desires, said Mr. Wallace, "are not unreasonable but they will require some protection by the Gov- ;; i-' FacInq the biggest food production job of all time, you will need every pound of soda you can get It is coming in faster and, while ships are still the big problem, there is reason to believe thereiwill be enough for every essential requirement i ...... - 1.000,000 tona of natural Chilean nitrate the tonnage U. S. farmers used last year properly applied would produce 250v 000,000 bu. of oats or 100.000,000 bu. of wheat I2500,000bu.of coraor400.000 tons of forage crops; 6.000.000 tons of vegetables, or 200.000 bales of cotton and 1.100.000 tons of cotton seed. These figures show Why farmers need all the Chilean . soda tney can get to smasn rr goais ana nap make Victory sure! ""Fii&'ii ernment," Which will have to "write the rules" in a way that will not shut out, the small business man from fair opportunities. Jones On Post-War Surpluses To Help Small Business Men Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones speaks to the point when he says that, with the war not yet won, there is too much post-war talk. Appearing before a House Com mittee, the Texan said that it was up to Congress to determine how the nation would dispose of its surpluses after the war, but he observed that the problem of getting rid of plants and materials "is almost as big as the war itself." The Cabinet member expressed the opinion that the smaller business man, "the backbone of this country," should have preferential treatment in obtaining Government surplus stocks after the war. This is an in-; teresting conclusion but there seem to be many difficulties connected with any Government effort to help smaller business men. While it is highly proper for Gov ernment officials to give serious con sideration to the plight of the small business man, it is nevertheless ap parent that the solution of his prob lems must come largely through his own efforts. The Government can best help small business men by removing bar riers placed in the way of their growth. This includes, of course, all preferential treatment of large concerns, strict enforcement of sta tutes against monopoly and rigid in vestigations of complaints alleging "unfair competition." It is also necessary, if small busi ness men are to survive, that ade quate credit be made available upon terms which do make it possible for small concerns to meet the competi tion of larger companies. We do not underwrite any plan that seeks governmental subsidies for small business men but we realize the necessity for strict enforcement of regulations designed to give equal opportunity to all in the business. In fact, the only justification for the complaint of small business men is that they are up against unfair competition. They have a right to object to practices which give an edge to larger companies. When conditions are created, how ever, that permit full and free com petition, the small business man will have to survive on the merits of his service. He has no right to expect the Government to extend special favors to him. Would Sound Funny ! The sentiment in Congress for the simplification of income tax returns is about one year behind time, The solons should have thought of the results when they were busy passing the simplified, pay-as-you-go plan last year, with its hokum about forgiving a year's taxes. We think it would be a good idea if Congressmen, who supported the Ruml plan, were required to repeat their remarks of last year. They would look as silly as they sound, in the light of the mess that now con fronts the taxpayers of the nation. Nelson And Wilson Join To Deny Rumors of Friction, It is somewhat symptomatic of conditions in the United States that Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, and Charles E. Wilson. Executive Vice-Chairman, find it necessary to deny, in a joint interview, that there is friction De tween them or that they are engaged in rival maneuvers to control the agency in the reconversion era. Mr. Nelson, taking cognizance of recent rumors in the press and on the radio, said that such reports are unfounded and a detriment to the war production program. He adds that he and Mr. Wilsort have ft cnmnlete understanding of their separate functions, that they are serving at a considerable per sonal sacrifice, and that neither is "personally ambitious to 'boss' the post-war industrial reconversion." There is more to the matter than the positive action taken by these two executives to prevent the mem bers of their organization from be coming divided into rival "Wilson" and "Nelson" camps. It relates to the source , of the rumors that have been spread in the press and on the radio, and to identity of the rumor mongers. While the two executives mention ed no names, there should be some method of checking up and ascer taining the identity of writers and commentators who have played up the "war" between them. Moreover, there should be some agency, pre ferably operated by the press and the radio, to investigate the activity of the rumor-mongers, with power to discipline those guilty of intention ally giving publicity to unverified and untruthful reports. Mr. Nelson says that "there are many interests that r.oi like to see a schism created between the two top men in WPB." It might be in teresting to ascertain the identity of the "interests" in order to see if they instigated the propaganda which Mr. Nelson attempts to refute. No Difference Gal Would you come to my aid in distress f- ';.: '. ' , GbbMy-'dear, ft i wouldn't make any difference to me what you were wWAs:;:-vi.:.: .. fl Topdress Small Grains Early Small grains in most sections of North Carolina should be topdressed between February 1 and March 15 for best yields, reports W. H. Rank in, agronomist of the Agricultural Experiment Station at State College. "Tests have repeatedly shown that late applications of top-dressing af ter April 1 result in lower yields than if the same applications had been earlier," says Rankin. "Last year early top-dressings with 16 pounds of nitrogen per acre gave an extra 8 bushels of wheat, for exam ple, while late top-dressings gave only 3 bushels." There should be ample nitrogen materials for top-dressing small grains this year according to the agronomist. Nitrate of soda, oalnitro and ammonium nitrate will be avail able in most areas and one may be substituted for another. To give 16 pounds of nitrogen, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, 80 pounds of cal nitro, or 50 pounds of ammonium nitrate can be used. As to amounts of nitrogen per acre, Rankin recommends 16 to 32 pounds. He also recommends extra potash along with the nitrogen where heavy crops of legume hay have been re- moxed. He reports that tha condition of small grains is spotted and that where stands are poor, the crop can be reseeded by running the drill across the rows. In such cases the crop will have to be used for hay. rather than for grain. Where there is a complete loss of I stand and extra feed supplies are sorely needed, he recommends 8 bushels of Fulgrain or Fulghum oats per acre, put in with a drill, and 300 pounds of fertilizer per acre where no fertilizer was used in the fall. Cover Crops Give Nitrogen For Cotton A good stand of legume winter cover crops will furnish a large part Of the nitrogen nwessarv fnr pnttin report agronomy research men of the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Sta tion at State College. Ausrtian winter peas, hairy vetch, aim triin.Miii ciover were compared with no cover crops at the Upper Coastal Plain Experiment Station. Cotton following the cover crops was given two different fertilizer treat ments: 600 pounds of 0-8-8 fertilizer per acre, and a like amount of 3-8-8 fertilizer. Where there were no covpr rmns the cotton received 600 pounds of! 0-8-8, a 3-8-8, and a 6-8-8 fertilizer1 per acre. nl the cotton-corn rotation, the cotton following the Austrian win ter peas and receiving the 0-8-8 fer tilizeryielded the same as the cot ton after no cover crop and fertilized with the 6-8-8 mixture. After hairy vetch, with the 0-8-8 fertilizer, the cotton yielded more than the cotton after no cover crop and with a 3-8-8 fertilizer. In the cotton-peanut rotation, cot ton after each of the three legumes and fertilized with 0-8-8 fertilizer, yielded higher than the eetton follow ing no cover crop with the same fertilization. In order to get a good stand of winter legumes, they must be plant ed early in the fall so as o get set for the winter and be able to make a quick growth in the spring in time for turning under. These tests at the Upper Coastal Plain Experiment Station indicate that cover crops can be made to fur nish a large part of the nitrogen re quirements of cotton. Worn On Festive Occasions Clerk Will one collar be enougn, madam ? Old Woman (indignant) Well, such foolishness. Do you think IVe got more than one husband ? KEEP ON SlBSSSSSSSSSaSSJHHBBMBSSSSSSSSSMlakVBSBB WITH 17AR BONDS E. YOUR I WAR WORK j ious garden! The best SEE US FOR I wav 10 no mis is to use ine Dest seens i Make it a victorious garden 1 The best way to do this is to use the best seeds and plants you can buy . . . and to plant them as scientifically as you can . . . then tend them with care and consistency. We have the best seeds and plants and will give advice as to planting and tending for greater efficiency. 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