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Show i November 3 v . BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER PAGE TVVO CANDY SALESMEN AID SCRAP DRIVE "1 BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER i Published at Tremonton, Utah, on Thursday of Each Week Phone 23-- J First West Street Entered at the Post Office at Tremonton, Utah, as 2nd Class Matter A. N. RYTTING, i Editor - Publisher By JANE TOMTK1XS far cry from raccoons, beavers, s nowshoe and penguins (which is what I have been wr polar bears, few the about during years) to the subject of War Bonds and Sta? past about it, the two are kindred. For just as think to when you stop but, coons and other creatures of the wild yearn for freedom and security, do human beings feel that life without fieedom and security is m't happy existence. The price of freedom is high, but no price is too high. That U s' we are now engaged in a war that must end in Victory. It is a peo w ar. That means you, and me, and all those near and dear tc m. means the children in school, the teacher, the grocer on Main Street, is some way in which boy who lives around the corner. For there and women childrencan help to win. Each j us of men, single one burden is this: Buy the of one And sharing share. way his can do us even if means saeri6' it on them, Bonds. buying War Keep Stamps. Buy For only by the sacrifice on the part of all Americans can we hope to ; the Victory that will keep us free from oppression, and will free those are now enslaved. So, don't forget, BUY STAMPS, BUY BONDS. Do y, shaie on the home front while our men are doing THEIR share on land t. sea and in the air! KEEP AMERICA FREE KEEP AM ERIC STRONG. LETS ALL PULL TOGETHER FOR VICTORY! It may seem like SUBSCRIPTION' RATES musk-oxe- $2.50 ONE YEAR (In Advance) SIX MONTHS (In Advance) v;-- $125 76; : THREE MONTHS (In Advance) ' t 7 . .f,1 7 ' "III Hill If j ! Htft.' . a. rabb--- ; n, s UTAH IS "ROLLING OUT THE BARREL" ' The fact that citizens of Utah are buying liquor in larger quantities than ever before is evidenced by the September report issued by the State Liquor Commission. Reports from this commission have shown consistent increases since the state assumed control of liquor sales. However, we doubt that any one report will show that the sale of liquor has increased more than the past year. 1 t J CHICAGO, ILL. "Small Scraps of Metal Will Win The His: Snap" is the slogan of a metal collection campaign that has been hunched l.y Curtiss Candy Company in cooperation with the nationwide salvage drive. Above, Otto Schnering, president of the company, hands salesman Vic Eckersall first of the scrap niet.il collection receptacles the company is supplying dealers handling its food products in Arkansas. , Minnesota, Wiconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas. .Missouri. Oklahoma and Texas. The Drive has as its goal co!l- - t!on'of at hast HH) tons of small pieces of metal weekly as S00 salesmen of the co npany call upon approximately 150,000 fooJ, grocery, dru and co .lfoctionery establishments, where window and counter !'?play cards urge the public to bring small pieces of metal when U.ey come to shop. Proceeds from the sale of metal thus collected 1., donated to the U. S O and charitable organizations. The consumer has many problems. And so has the retail merchant. The draft has taken thousands of store workers, and others have left their jobs for the big pay offered by war industries. It is increasingly difficult to obtain new equipment, and to keep old equipment in repair, especially that of a mechanical nature. The price of practically everything the retailer sells is frozen, and in many instances the ceiling price allows little or no profit. It's a tough job to keep his shelves filled, as more and more brands and products go off the market. In the face of all this, the merchant is doing a remarkPUBLIC HEALTH able job. Long before the OPA, retail merchants went to COLUMN work on a voluntary program of its own. Stores of all kinds and sizes increased efficiency, reduced MEASLES AND CHICKEN-POoverhead, and cut already modest profits in order to keep SPREADING prices in check. While many factors encouraged inflation Local Health Officers from all sec which brought about government price control, retail mer- tions of the state reported a total of 311 cases of communicable diseases chandising was not one of them. to the State Department of Health for ending October 30, 1942. or whether retail Today, merchants, chain, This tieis week independent an increase of 77 cases over are doing an almost superhuman job in supplying their those reported for the previous week customer's and their communities. Their efforts deserve and an increase of 7 cases over those leported for the corresponding week notice and commendation. X one year ago. Thiee cases of poliomyelitis (in , Unless the authorities wake up soon, a wholly unnecessary food shortage is imminent. Thousands upon thousands of farmers are going out of business totally, or substantially curtailing production. Lack of labor and a feeling that those in high places don't understand their problems, are the main reasons given for such uetion.. i Over 1,400 dairy farmers have quit business this year in the New York milk shed area alone, according to figures compiled by the Dairymen's League Cooperative Associa tion. The Leagu'e figures for the same area showed, fur ther, that nearly 20,000 head of dairy cattle nave been sold so far this year with the prospect that over 15,000 more will be sold during the balance of the year. The plight of New York dairy fanners is tyjical of farmers in every state. , There have been plenty of reported studies made in regard to manpower needs of the armed services and war industries, which are commonly designated as armament, airplane and shipbuilding. We have been told that all men and women will ultimately be forced into industries "essential" to our war program. Thus, millions of men have been faced with the choice of a gun or welder's torch, apparently in the belief that we could live, eat and fight with these instruments alone. able-bodi- ed fantile paralysis) were repoited: one from Salt Lake county and two from Salt Lake City. The patients were all males, and their ages were 6, 10, and 26, respectively. Since the first of the year, a total of 18 cases of this disease has been reported as com pared with 35 cases for the corres ponding period one year ago. Measles leads the list of commun icable diseases with a total of 112 cases this is 11 cases more than were reported for the previous week, and 107 cases more than were report ed for the conesponding period one year ago. Chickenpox is second in number, with a total of 61 cases. For the pre vious week 37 cases were reported and for tre corresponding period one year ago, 151 cases were reported. Twenty cases are reported from Box Elder county. Forty four cases of mumps were reported as compared with 27 cases for the previous week and 61 cases for the same period one year ago. Other cases of communicable di seases reported are as follows: influ enza, 1; German measles, 4; pneu monia, 2; scarlet fever, 12; tubercu losis, 2; whooping cough, 9; gonorrhea 24; syphilis. 35, and rheumatic fever, I PENDING REVENUE MEASURES III RELATION TO WAR COSTS FIGURES IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS mm TAXES ilk 4, KEEP 'EM ROLLING hji m1 "li- - 1343 Fcdersl Expenditures Solving the rubber problem demands maximum cooperation on the part of the government, industry, and the public at large. ) In the brief period in which Mr. Jeffers has had charge of the rubber program, he has cut a great deal of the red tape that delayed and locked progress in the past. His office, working with the Office of Defense Transportation, is aggressively pushing for results. It is to be hoped that politics is kept out of the way and that the defeatists who say this country must reconcile itself to doing without motor transportation will keep their mouths shut. yki to Government Corporation not included Tax f. Whtl trill ihr trnr tint in ltf.lf 3. Ilnm tvill ice pay if not through la.ve? Most recent estimates plHce iho war coei for 1943 at a)iioxnuut l The expenditures for war not paid 170 to $78 billion, or an average oi taxos will have to be paid $2,000 lor every family ol four in ior by lth hori r money. Looking at the country. present t.t is, the Federal Gov- 2. How much of thit coat will taxrn i rimu nt will have to borrow bef ween $15 to $50 billion in 1943. par? The revenue bill now before Conf. JW much ihould ten raiMi in gress (arrow 1. In the chart) prolax ft? vides for approximately $25.5 billion of taxes or a little over 30 It is Impossible to say just how of the total federal expenditures much. It can only be said that we for the year. Additional measures should pay as much in taxes as we (arrow 2. In chart) might possibly possibly can the more, the safer raise another $4 to $5 billion w ill remain the economy of the nathrough Increased or new forma of tion. Most congressmen and govsuch as withholding or sales ernment officials realize that sizetaxes. able additional revenues are needed i j I i - time you wish to THE next your refrigerator, place ' a small lump of charcoal on a paper towel on the bottom shelf of th box. Allow the charcoal to remain In the box overnight and you will be pleased to find that next morning all traces of offensive odori will have disappeared. '.i-tr- s I borrowing an for j inflationary-danger- The type of commercial bank bor-- : rowing upon which the Federal: government in large part is relying' and upon which it may have to' rely, unless some plan of universal,; enforced savings is adopted, can bo; dangerously inflationary. It does! not draw off inflationary income ia: the hands of the people but Just: the reverse, creates an even greater; ' inflationary surplus. There are some forms of borrowing which are not inflationary, suchi as the sale of war bonds directly; to the people, and borrowing from savings banks and insurance com-- , panies, which in effect is borrowing the savings of the people. Section in the chart indicates the $12 bil lion which the Treasury has set a the goal of voluntary war bond sales for 1943, or an average of SI billion a month. Present rate of sales since July 1 have averaged it the danger of delay? Because of vastly increased incomes, wages and salaries, resulting from the production of war materials for our fighting men. and on the basis of present costs of living and available consumer goods, tiire. Is now a great surplus of money the hands of almost all Ameiicaiii. which is not needed for essential.;. This surplus is, in itself, an inf.a tionary force already tending tc push up the costs of living. Cor tinued rising costs of living, whic' is another name for inflation, chii consume the very surplus now available for taxes. Taxing the surplus will do two things: It will help to finance the war on a sound basis and hold debt to a minimum; It will, in reducing the surplus money, reduce the pres sure towards Increased living costs and Inflation. If we don't tax that surplus now, nobody will gain it won't have helped to pay for the war it may no longer be surplus because It may be needed to meet essential but greatly increased living costs it will have been no benefit to the people who now have It, for It will go simply to paying higher price for the same or even a lesser amount of goods it will have gone up In smoke. Time la vital. To finance the war and control Inflation there has been needed and there Is now drastically needed an entire program of adequate taxes, forced savings, rationing and wise, rigid controls over all economic elements prices, wages, commodities and rent. '. 73 BILLION DOLLARS $1.3 BiUion loaned 5. 6. What j V: mmm TOTAL: over and above those provided in the present revenue bill. only $800 million. BIOElT CUTS . The industries which are involved in the rubber program are doing an excellent job. The oil industry has vastly expanded its facilities for the production of synthetic rubber, and has simplified, improved and accelerated the manu- - 1 ff (Pi I Reason for Protest Someone should protest agai turning thievery into a burlesqs Here's a fellow holds up a par shop and runs away with a sai: I phone. ueoi a mm 'n's 's t'ie rst ' a senes f pictorial articles in question and answer form compiled by the Tax Foundation to help the average American understand the serious and difficult problems of financing the war and what it means to us as individuals. Paying for the war is part of our batde here at home. Being a democracy, only we as a whole people can win that ' attle. We can win it only if we understand it This, the first in the series, gives a graphic, simplified picture of pending tax measures in relation to war costs, borrowing and the inflationary dangers of the latter. Succeeding articles will cover the various factors which contribute to the problem and which relate to how much we can raise and where. tlf IIU 2. The time has long passed when attention should have been given to the manpower needs of the industries that keep the "essential" industries going. O tlie protection as research into disease. Health problems remain unsolved despite the fact that the wealth of private individuals, of outstanding American Foundations and of the government lias been and is being poured lavishly to maintain health. Not only is it important to determine causes of disease and devise better measures for prevention, but to put our new knowledge to work. It is precisely in this field of the application of knowledge that the public health nurse has found her great opportunity and her greatest camusefulness. In the nation-wid- e candetection of for the paign early cer and mental diseases, for the elim mm on CAN'T EAT A BLOW TORCH cas- No nation on earth is so dependent on individual transportation. Our cars will be kept on the road if the synthetic rubber program is freed of the dead hand of bureaucracy, and the public will practice rigid conservation. ination of general disease, for V training of new mothers and teaching of the principles of hygi.. to young and old; in short, in measures for the prevention of j sease and the raising of health sk dards, no agency is more valuat: than the Public Health Nurse, The modern Public Health has a very wide commission, is much concerned with bedside nit ing, with the care, the comfort t, the cure of those who are iU & realize it as a necessary duty. Hos ever, her greatest concern is heal', education. j Obviously if she can aid in the invention of illness, a great dealt loss of time and expe suffering, will ' be averted. The Public Heal Nurie cannot, of course, hope to k ish all illness, but she can lessen? incidence, elevating the standards I health in our valley. . Program Explained The experts are convinced that American ingenuity, American chemical genius, and American production methods can provide enough rubber to keep our vital automobiles rolling. In the meantime, the obligation of the public is clear. We should cheerfully accept the speed limit. No one. should waste rubber on unnecessary driving. And every car owner should have his tires periodically inspected, and switched on the wheels so that maximum mileage may be obtained. 0- 0 Public Health Private and public funds alike are expended each year in the interest ings out of reclaimed rubber and synthetic rubber which of public health. They share the burgive fair service if properly used. And chemical companies den of providing care and treatment are increasing their production of synthetic rubbers made for the ill; financing the sanitary and preventative measures necessary from coal, grain alcohol, etc. of the well, as well for facturing process. The tire companies are now making THEY DESERVE NOTICE anti-inflati- ' t I According to the September report, profits, as reported by the State Liquor Control Commission reached $211,611, almost double the net of $120,779 for September, 1941, it was disclosed today. Liquor sales during Septembei totaled $628,241 bringing the aggregate for the first quarter to the new fiscal year to $1,718,336 as against $1,191,751 for the corresponding period a year ago. The commission reported that 13,888 more permits were sold in July, August and September than during the same period for 1941. -- " |