Show EDITORIAL And thou this 0 O man that then them which do such things and doc t the same that thou shall alt escape the judgment of God Romans 23 i There arc are approximately persons in the United States Slates 05 65 years old or over To pay each one of these a month as is Isnow now being proposed by b Secretary of oC Labor Tobin would cost COlt four four- fourteen fourteen teen billion four lour hundred million dollars a year car To raise this amount of mono money moncy it would be necessary that each fame fam family am amily ily pay on an average ge more faxes than they arc are now paying If those u who ho receive the pension of oC a month arc are not required toay to tc pay ay their share of the taxes the levy of oC course would be bc higher In whatever manner the money is raised it should be remembered that It will be through added taxes There is no other means by which the government can raise money a 00 Most of oC the animal bones used to make English bone China come from the cattle rearing and slaughtering slaughtering industry of oC South America according to the a Encyclopedia Bri Bri- a 00 The Thc world is filled it seems with people determined upon fighting fight ing some one If they arc are not fight fight- fighting fighting fighting ing somo some one else they arc are fight fight- fighting fightIng fightIng ing among themselves China a peaceful country for lor years yens as soon as she became free from a long war with Japan got into an inter inter- internal internal nal war If any country countr ever need need- needed needed ed internal unity and peace it is China An exchange thinks a dog pleas picas pleases es a woman better than a man does docs in one respect A dog will quit anything he is s done and come cometo cometo cometo to dinner when he is called A ocal bachelor cynic adds another reason A dog is happy and willing to be led along the street on a n leash If you ou think you are not get gel getting ting Ung paid what you OU arc arc worth one commentator says try doing more and better works work If your bos doesn't notice the difference and pay you more get a new boss The Thc eastern railroads ds faced aced with higher operating o ra ng costs and continually mounting wages have ve granted ted an increase of or 12 1254 1212 per percent percent percent cent in passenger fares fam This is the fourth such luch increase in eight years eUl Despite these increases eastern railroad d revenues continue to de decline de- de cline dine rohe Mohe passengers pwen en arc are going gains by air auto and bus The eastern have no choke choice Labor bor costs have gone up to a point where the roads can not be oper oper- operated operated operated under the old schedule of or far far- es If Il the trend continues the railroads rail nIl roads ds will find themselves without business with ith high fares and no noone noone noone one to pay them and the employees es Cs will find them selves with high wages and no one to hire them New Zealand in a recent dee elec election tion repudiated its labor govern govern- ment The a trend toward labor gov gov- government government was definite even before belore the war ware and post war ar conditions hastened the trend People were ready for or a change and the labor abor party promises looked good When many of oC the promises failed to ma ma- materialize and taxes advanced sharp sharp- sharply ly Iy to support what did materialize political thinking began to under under- undergo go a change It is being realized by b the people of all countries who made mad the a experiment that Utopia cannot be bc created by the mere I passage of oC laws All progress Js ls a a slow and gradual process There is no short cut to wealth and hap hap- happiness for all aU It has hns been discovered ered that Ger Ger- Germany Germany Germany many with her crowded population cannot sustain herself hersell by agriculture agriculture agriculture ture alone This situation which has existed for lor years has caused the German Gennan people to turn to in In- industry Industry dust to the manufacture of oC pro pro- products products products ducts to be sold in the markets of the world in exchange e for food Until this fact is t's realized and un un- until until until til Germany is permitted to re re- reopen reopen re- re reopen open her industries she will ill always have to be helped by Marshall aid aidor aidor d dor or some similar plan It is begin begin- beginning beginning beginning ning to appear to the leaders that German Gennan industry must be revived even even though under restrictions and supervision Most any argument can convince most men and most governments that they should spend their money but it takes an eloquent argument to convince either cither one that it is smart to save money Dad stayed out of a lot of temp temp- temptations temptations by hard work and de self sel dc nial and thrift in an effort to get together something for his old age but the younger generation often oHen uses the same money to connect up with a lot of temptations Sign outside farm lann gate The only love that money can buy buy buy- Puppies es for lor Paying the butcher the baker and the candlestick maker breaks many family budgets and paying the fiddler breaks many hearts Our exchanges frequently carry any anya a story of a man having ing his hand mangled in n a corn com picker packer The wise thing to do always is u to not touch a power driven machine while it is in mo motion on Such a policy would avert many unfortunate ac ac- ac- ac I A local Joal man has discovered that while a bank only remains open o n about six lix hours a day cU interest works the full lull fours twenty twenty ours hours I 00 It Is especially advisable ad that the man always alIS says cays what he thinks thinks twice tice before be he says it Franco of Spain is still UIl in the market for a U. U S. S S loan If we Voe were the cashier ashier of oC the U. U SS S. S ex ex- exchequer exchequer exchequer chequer we C would look for a long longtime longtime longtime time at Francos Franco's appeal We cant can't forget that Franco for no reason n nat at all aU permitted Hitler's planes plantS to base in Spain to prey on Amer Amer- American AmerIcan ican Iran ships on their way to North forth Africa and the Suez SUC canal We had bad hada bada a merchant marine tell us that in one convoy which he accompanied consisting of JH ships of oC them were sunk sun by Killers fitters planes based in Spain If JC an American plane chanced to be grounded in Spain it and its crews were interned for lor forthe forthe the duration of oC the war We are arc in favor of letting Jetting Franco go begging An An exchange suggests that t at the t e I I and narrow path might be bea beI I a lot Jot wider if 1 more people walked on on it t. t a 00 But for lor the mild winter inter the coal strike might easily have been a n major disaster Remember the good old days d S when coffee was served in cups that looked like a shaving mug and held a fairly good slug of the stuff stull The size sizO of o the cups has not only dwindled to about halt half but in inmany inmany inmany many sections the price has gone to ten cents An example of oC why drunken I driving persists practically un unabated un-I un unabated abated is found in a news item which states that Hugh D. D itt Cro whose car struck and killed Mar Mar- Margaret Margaret Margaret garet Mitchell of Atlanta Georgia orgia author of o Gone With the Wind was sentenced to 18 in 10 jaiL had been arrested 27 times for traffic violations previous pre pre- previous previous to the accident which cost the life HIe of Mess rss Mitchell I During the first half of Novem Novem- November November ber her six giant B B were destroyed in accidents taking with them at least trained men Sounds something like a report of battle I losses in time of war I have no objection a n local man said the other day to our Congressmen Con Con- Congressmen Congressmen gressmen visiting Europe in an nn ef d- effort fort to learn the facts first hand We are spending many billions of dollars in Europe and a few hundred hun hun- hundred hundred dred thousand necessary to permit the members of o Congress to see sec how the money is being spent is in my opinion a good investment investment- The private branch telephone system in fn the Pentagon office oUke building in Washington D. D C. C c. c is the largest of or its kind in the world The Mason Yuon and Dixon line Hoe gets its name from the fact that It was surveyed by two Englishmen Charles Curies Mason Won and Jeremiah Dix Dixon on to settle constant between the Lords Baltimore and the Penn family famil The two famil families ies les were ere proprietors of or Maryland Americans spent a record neon of on alcoholic drinks In InI 1047 J according to the U. U S. S Depart Depart- Department t Department I ment of oC Commerce |