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Show ( Released Relealed Releosed by Western Newspaper Newwaper Un on ) I IHOUSE 1I0RS HOUSE IiORSE AND BUGGY DAYS DAYSAND DAYSAND DAYSAND AND A WORLD AT WARWE WARWE WAR WARWE WE ARE TRAVELING backward backwardto to the horse and buggy days of yes yesteryear yesteryear yesteryear teryear it If we can aga n find the thehorses thehorses thehorses horses and buggies The war bas has basmarked hasmarked hasmarked marked at least a temporary sus sus'Pension suspension suspension 'Pension Pension ' of the automobile eraIn eraIn era eraIn In 1941 the more than 29 mill on oncars oncars oncars cars in the United Urnted States traveled traveleda a total distance of over 286 billIOn billIOnmHes billionmiles billionmiles mHes miles an average of better than than9 9 000 m les per car That gives givessome givessome givessome some idea ofhat of \ what \\hat hat the automob Ie le Iehas lehas Iehas has meant to America Amenca and to the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan familyOn familyOn family familyOn On the farm it meant easy and andqUIck andquick andquick qUIck transportation to town and andto andto to far away towns It meant an anopportunIty anopportunity anopportunity 1 1to opportunIty to visit the movies even evenin evenin evenin in towns 20 to 30 miles avay av ay It Itmeant Itmeant Itmeant meant marketing in larger centers centersand centersand centersand and pleasure trips covering covcrmg long longdistances longdistances longdistances longdistancesNow distances distancesNow Now when the present family bus busis busis busIs is gone it cannot be replaced When Whenits Whenits Whenits its essent al rubber has been burned burnedout burnedout burnedout out out , , it cannot be reshod The prob problem problcm prob1cm lem lcm is to make both the car and the therubber therubber therubber I probI needsl rubber last as long as poss ble to toconserve toconserve toconserve conserve both tor for the essential needs needsI needsof needsof I of the family famliy It will carry them more times tunes to the nearer moves mov es and andthe andthe anathe the nearer stores than to those far farther farther farther ther a vay yay Its rubber shoes .111 111 will willlast . willlast .111last last longer at a slow speed than thanwhen thanwhen thanwhen when burned up at top speed It Itmeans Itmeans Itmeans means getting gettmg back to the more moresimple moresimple moresimple simple hfe We life of the horse and buggy buggydays buggydays buggydays buggydaysFor days daysFor For those of the generation that thatkne thatknev thatkne kne knev v the horse borse and buggy times timesgomg timesgoing timesgoing gomg going back to the s mplicity mpllclty of that thatpenod thatperiod thatperiod penod period is rather alluring allurmg It means meanshome meanshome meanshome home produced Instead of lIDported imported lIDportedentertamment importedentertainment importedentertainment entertamment entertainment Visits with fnendly friendly fnendlyneighbors friendlyneighbors friendlyneighbors neighbors will take the place of JOy To7 To7riding ] oyriding ' ndmg riding It means neighborhood nelghborbood par part t es instead of moves mov es The Sunday Sundayscbool Sundayschool Sundayschool scbool school picnic plcrnc picmc the Ep vorth League Leaguemeetmg Leaguemeeting Leaguemeeting meetmg meeting the school enterta nment nmentwill nmentwill nmentwill will again agam come into their own ow-n ow n ownConserve ownConserve ownConserve - Conserve the old car and the farm farmtruck farmtruck farmtruck truck and the r rubber tires for the theessential theessential theessential essential uses It will be hard to toobtam toobtain toobtain obtam obtain the horses bugg es and farm farmwagons farmwagons wagons of yesteryear as substitutes substituteseven substituteseven even though they m ght be sat sfac sfactory sfactory sfactory tory It may be a long time tlIDe before beforethe beforethe beforethe the assembly lines are again agam turn ng ngout ngout ngout out family transportation facilit es esas esas esas as they have m in the past quarter ofa ofa of ofa a century . . . CLOSED snop SHOP snopAr.D SHOPAND SHOPAND Ar-.D Ar.D Ar .D D AND - . FREE LABORTHE LABORTHE LABOR LABORTHE THE UNITED STATES army has hasa hasa a secret weapon It is an army armJ of offree offree offree free AmericansExtract Americans -Extract Extract - Extract from an anad anad anad ad for the army recruiting recrwtmg serv ceThat ceThat ce ceThat That should be true but is it en entirely entirely entirely tirely so today9 today ? Can we sayan sayanAmeIlcan say an anAmerican anAmerican AmeIlcan American is tree free when ) it t is possible possiblefor possiblefor possibletor for a labor racketeer to force him himto himto himto to pay a price lor for the privilege of o1 ofworkmg o1working ofworking workmg working v.hen vhen when \ . hen the labor racketeer demands that all aU American workers workersbe workersbe workersbe be forced to pay tor for the privilege privilegeof of work ng ng7 ng ? + That is what a closed closedshop closedshop closedshop shop in m American industry mdustry would wouldmean wouldmean wouldmean mean The American worker should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be tree free to join Jom a union umon if he wants to toand toand toand and many would but is he free when whenhe whenhe whenhe he is forced to do so if he wants to tofind tofind tofind find a job through \ v.h vh wh . h Lh in h to support supporth h msett mself msetf and family ? The closed closedshop closedshop closedshop shop would be as un American Amencan as asa asa asa a state church w th all forced to tojom toloin toloin jom loin and support It it . . That the union can function effec effectively effeclively effeclively tively lively that it can adequately repre represent represent represent sent labor when operatmg operating on an anAmerican anAmerican anAmerican American basis of freedom of ac act act act t on of o1 the individual has been dem demonstra demonstrated demonstrated onstra onstrated ted through the years ) 3 , ears On Onsuch Onsuch Onsuch such a basis the union has adv'1nced adv1nced adv'1ncedthe adv advincedthe ' inced incedthe the cause of labor .When When . it de demands demands demands mands an infringement mfrmgement of the free freedom freedom treedom dom of the individual mdlvldual it seriously seriouslyInjures seriouslyinjures seriouslyInjures Injures the cause it should seek scek to tohelp tohelp tohelp help The ' rry C'ry Cry for a closed shop IS ISthe isthe isthe the cry of o1 the labor racketeer not of ofAmerican ofAmerican ofAmerican American workmen . . . I IFARMER FARMERS FARMER S SO'l SOl SO1 SO'lAr.D SO1AND SONAND " ' * Ar-.D Ar.D Ar .D D AND - . DP Ur\rt Ur rt DPr1 DPtFT \r1 r1 \ ' BORDSI BORDSTHOSE BOtRDSTHOSE BOARDS BO\RDS BO RDS BOtRDS BOARDSTHOSE \ THOSE WHO \ MAKE 1\1AKE 1 1AKE the rules for forthe forthe torthe I the exempt e'Cempt eCempt ' on boards do not figure figurethe figurethe figurethe the farmer s son and the h red redman redman redman man as essent al to nat onal de deI defense defense detense I fense as are the officers andorgan and organ organizers organizers . , zers izers { of labor unions The farmer s sson sion son , on and the hired man only pro pro\ pro prot proIde t \ Ide food tor for our armed forces The TheulUon Theunion Theunion ulUon union officers and labor racketeers racketeersprovide racketeersprovide racketeersprovide I racketeersI provide the str kes that delay our ourconstruction ourconstruction ourconstruction construction of guns tanks panes panesships p anes anesships anesships ships and other war equ pmcnt pment The Themen Themien Themen , men mien of the armed services want wantIto wantto wantto Ito to cat eat , , , and they ' ilso 1lso want equip equipment equipment equipment ment with which to fght They do donot donot donot not take k-ndly k ndly k.ndly kndly k . - ndly to the rules Issued Issuedto issuedto issuedto , to the exempt on boards . . . THIS WAR IN WHICH we arc are en engaged engaged engaged gaged is our war and \ we \ e must real realIze realire realue Ize ire that As our war it is not notthe notthe notthe the war of some cliss chss or some somegroup somegroup somegroup group but of all aU a ) ] of us and all ail of ofus ofus ofus us must do our part and accept our ourpart ourpart ourpart part of the slcrrficeCURRENCY sicriflce s'1crLfice s1crLfice slcrrfice ' . . . CURRENCY CIRCULATION CIRCULATIONAND CIRCULATIONAND CIRCULATIONAND AND INrLATIONECONOMISTS INFLATIONECONOMISTS INFLATION INrLATION INFLATIONECONOMISTS ECONOMISTS TELL US an over overabundance overabundance overabundance abundance circulationIs of currency currcncy In circulation leadsto Is one of the cond tions lhat that leads to inflation mflation inflationAt mflationAt At the end of 1941 we hada had a totai total totaiof totalof totalof of $10689586 10689586 $10 10 $ 689 586 M6 000 of circulatory cur currency currency currcncy rency That is only an average 01 of 01a ofa ofa a little httle more than $82 82 $ tor for each of ofour ofour ofour our 130 000 000 people peopie It does not notseem notseem notseem seem such a sm'1Usum smellsum smill sm'1U sm1U smell ' sum should be dangerous bedangerous but the total is more than two thantwo b li ! llion lion on higher than it \ was as m in I December inDecember mDecember 1940 |