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Show 1 1MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURERS lIIANUFACTURERS SURVEY SURVEYON SURVEYON SURVEYON ON SPENDINGTHE SPENDINGTHE SPENDING SPENDINGTHE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATIONOF OF MANUFACTURERS wanted to toknow toknow toknow know whether or not the taxpayers taxpayersmoney taxpayersmoney taxpayersmoney rural ruralcommunities ruralcommunities ruralcommunities money was bemg being wasted in communities by either local state stateor stateor stateor or federal governments To find findout findout findout out the association went direct to the thesurest thesurest thesurest surest source of accurate informa informabon Information information bon tion the editors of o1 America Amenca s home hometown hometown hometown town newspapers Replies were re received received received ceived from 961 country newspapered newspapercd newspaper cd ed tors Of that number 41 6 per percent percent I cent reported needless spending by bytheIr bytheir bytheir theIr lo 10 to al governments 67 671 1 per percent percent , cent said the r state governments governmentswere ' were wasting the taxpayers moneyin moneym money moneyI I m in needless spending spendmg and 671 67 1 per percent percent I Icent ' cent said that so tar far as their com corn cornmunit cornmunit munIt es as were concerned the fed federal federal federal eral government was throwing throwmg mon money money money ey to the windsA winds windsA I IA A cons derable part of the thc ed tors torsdId torsdid torsdid dId not contentuth content with \uth uth \ mere general generalstatements generalstatements generalstatements ' statements of o1 waste . offered definIte definitefigures definitefigures figures For example 161 said local localgovernments localgovernments governments in their communitiescould communities I Icould | could save a total of $17 17 ? $ 17 905 900 an anaverage anaverage ' average of $111 111 $111216 111216 $ 216 for the 161 161communItIes 161communities 161communities communItIes As to state st.ate . savmgs savings savings167 167 editors representing representmg 47 states statesI statessaId statessaid statessaid I saId a saving savmg totaling totalmg $207 207 $ 000 000 In Instate instate instate state spending spendmg could easily easlly be made madeAs madeAs madeAs As to federal savings savmgs 201 edItors edItorsgave editorsgave editorsgave gave figures tor for savings savmgs In theIr theIrcommunIt theircommunit theircommunit communIt es totaling $114 114 $ 432 200 an anaverage anaverage anaverage average of $569314 569314 $ $569 569 $ 314 per community communityIn In response to the question What Whatbroad Whatbroad Whatbroad broad activities of government governmentmIght governmentmightnow governmentmightnowbe mIght mightnow now be reasonably curtailed ? 653 65 3 per cent said cut out WPA and andrelIef andrelief andrelief relIef 36 2 per cent were for stop stoppmg stopping stopping pmg ping AAA and farm aid 313 31 3 per percent percent percent cent bel eved eyed Nat onal Youth admm admen admmistrat admenistrat admmistrat istrat on could be dispensed WIth WIthand withand withand and 28 per cent would close the CCC CCCcamps CCCcamps CCCcamps CCCcampsIt camps campsIt It is a sate safe bet that Secretary SecretaryMorgenthau SecretaryMorgenthau SecretaryMorgenthau Morgenthau would welcome those thosecountry thosecountry thosecountry country editors as members of con congress congress congress gress Their presence m in Washmg Washing Washmgton Washington Washington ton would Insure the reduction m in mcIvilian incivilian incivilian cIvilian expenditures for which he heIS heis heis IS asking askmg It Is also a sale safe bet betthat betthat betthat that those country ed tors know what whatthey whatthey whatthey they are talking talkmg about No one of o1 ofthem o1them ofthem them would hesitate about war expend ex expend expend pend lures tures but each would surely surelycut surelycut surelycut cut out the non essentials at th s stime stime ' tlffie time . * . * . PRICE CEILINGS CEILINGSIN IN A WESTERN STATE a straw strawvote strawvote strawvote vote was taken among t \ orkmen on onthe onthe the question of a ceiling cellmg for com corn cornmod cornmod mod ty prices tor for rents and for forwages forwages torwages wages Quite naturally it sho ved a abIg abig abig ' bIg majority pract cally 100 per percent percent cent tor for a ceil cell ng on commod ty typrIces typrices typrices prIces and rents and about the same samepercentage samepercentage samepercentage percentage against agamst a ceiling cellmg on onwages onwages onwages onwagesWe wages wagesWe We are all more or less selfish selfishMost selfishMost selfishMost Most of us are will ng and anxIOUS anxIOUSto anxiousto anxiousto to take but we are short on glV giv glVmg giving giving mg ing The worker wants more wages wagesand wagesand wagesand and lower living lIvmg costs The farmer farmerwants farmerwants farmerwants wants to sell for ( or more and buy for forless forless forless less The manufacturer wants blgh high blgher higher higher er prices tor for what he produces and andlower andlower andlower lower wages tor for his employees But ButIt Butit Butit It does not work If It we would take takewe takewe takewe we must also give or the system systemfalls systemfails systemtails falls fails To prevent inflation we weshould weshould weshould should have a ce ceiling mg on commod ty typrIces typrices typrices prIces and rents and also on wages . . . 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HUNTERIN HUNTERIN HUNTER HUNTERIN IN THE BUSINESS and financIal financIalworld financialworld financialworld world he is \ Mr l\1r l 1r J C Nichols lum lumber lumher lumber ber her manufacturer m in a big way To Tohis Tohis Tohis his cronies of which there are many manyand manyand manyand and andorld \ world \\orld orld wide be he is Kid N ch chols chols chols ols a name he acquired acqUlred as cham champIon champion cbampion pIon wrestler of the Northwest lum lumber lumbar lumber ber bar campshen camps \ when \\hen hen be he was a young younglumberJack younglumberjack younglumberjack younglumberjackWh lumberJack lumberJackWhe lumberjackWh Whe Wh ] Ie Ic Kid s vocation is that ot of ota ofa ofa a lumber manufacturer his avoca avocatIon avocation avocation tIon is b g game hunting huntrng From the theshores theshores theshores shores of the Arctic ocean to the theJunglcs thejungles thejungles Junglcs jungles of Central America Amenca he has hassuccessfully hassuccessfully hassuccessfully successfully hunted all knOv known . n types typesof typesof typesof of wild : animals immals found in North NorthAmenca NorthAmerica NorthAmerica Amenca America and from Africa Afnca he has hasbrought hasbrought hasbrought brought back specimens of some 40 40d 40d 40d d fferent lIerent specIesWhen speciesWhen species speciesWhen When you go into mto h s Chicago of offices offlees offices I I fices flees you deposit dcposlt iour your ) our umbrella m in mthe inthe inthe ' the foot of an elephant one of the thelargest thelargest thelargest largest ever killed in Africa Afnca you youhang youhang youhang hang your hat on a rhmoceros rhinoceros rhmoceroshorn rhinoceroshorn rhinoceroshorn horn you walk on layers of bear bear1 1 1on on zebra cougar and other skins skinsH skinsH skinsH H s office and h s home are verlta yenta verltable yentable ventable ble natural h story museumsKId museumsKid museums museumsKid Kid s patron saint samt is Buffalo BuffaloBIll BuffaloBill BuffaloBill BIll Cody He bu It It , , furnished furrushed and andma andma andma ma ntam ntarn ntain . , the Cody museum : at :11 11 Co Cody Cody Cody dy Wyo and o 0 vns a large cattle cattleranch cattleranch cattleranch ranch nearby ma ntamed ntained especIally especiallyas as a place In which to entertain entertam h s sfr sfr str fr ends Each year y.ar yar . he stages stagcs a Buf Buffalo Buffalo Butfalo falo Bill birthday party m in ChIcago Chicagoat providedtor provIdedfor at which buffalo steaks are provIded for the 200 or more guestsKid guestsKid guests guestsKid Kid Nichols can tell teB you when whenhe whenhe whenhe he wiU wIll many an enterta n ng ad adventure adventure adventure venture yarn He prefers that to tomanufacturing tomanufacturing ' manufacturing lumber . . . WEATHER NEWSWE NEWSWE NEWS NEWSWE WE NEVER NrVER : APPRECIATED the theweather theweather theweather weather man Many of us pre preterred preferred ferred to take our weather fore forecasts forecasts forecasts casts from the patent med ClDe cane ClDealmanac canealmanac cinealmanac almanac But now those of us who whoare whoare whoare are living l1vIng on or near the coasts are arereaBy arereally arereally reaBy really miss ng rig those daily weather weatherprognost weatherprognost weatherprognost prognost cations which the mIlitary mIlitaryauthont militaryauthorit militaryauthont authont authorit es as claim would be of bene benefit fit to the enemy even though we wemay wemay wemay may valueless have thought they were value less In the newspapers or on therad the therad therad interestthan rad o 0 they were of more interest than we had real zed |