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Show o DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT A business man of Arkansas recently received a letter from the Federal Barge Lines, in a franked envelope, soliciting solic-iting his business. He replied and gist of what he had to say was that he would never ship anything over that subsidized sub-sidized line, and that he resented the free use of the mails for sales promotion efforts. His views are shared by a legion of American citizens. The difference is that most of themi do nothing about it. They watch the hand of the bureaucrat feel its way into more and more businesses they see government go intc the unfairest kind of competition with existing private busi-neses busi-neses they watch taxes soar while tax sources grow smaller. smal-ler. They have some realization of the menace in those things they know that it may be only a question of time ur fV.; U.ioi'tiooq h-i'11 omnncr fVinsA hit Yft. so far UtJIUI C LI1UH yrin n i....., v....v ...w. , their influence has been negligible in shaping and creating governmental policies. They are disorganized while the friends of government-in-business are organized and active It's long past the time that American business should make itself felt in this. There is plenty of ammunition at hand. The Shannon report, made by the Senate some tim ago, produced the fact that more than 50 industries an subject to tax-exempt and tax-financed government compe tition. Other surveys show amazing discoveries. We can't have real recovery if industry is frightened and if investors are timid. Nor can we achieve it as lonj as an extorionate share of the national income goes to th tax collector. Here's a problem for every citizen. |