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Show -- Page Two BEAR EIVEP. VALLEY LEADER -- i I AHEAD Week Published at Tremonton, Utah, on Thursday of Each Zi-- i rnone First West Street Matter Entered at the Post Office at Tremonton, Utah, as 2nd Clasa A. N. RYTTING, GEORGE S. BENSON f Collegt X Searcy, juxatuat $2.50 $1.25 75 - ALL POWERFUL "There is one common characteristic of all totalitarian states no matter by what name they are called," says Edwin Vennard, "The government both operates and regulates When - - - management of the ma- winc f.m. UCiiVMtf pntomrise. the chinery of production is thus vested in the government, own manager becomes his own regulator he becomes his is afforded for auditor, so to speak and. ..no opportunity . , 1 t A.. considering the interest of the people, unaer sucn a society any complaint against the manager can be registered only with the manager. No impartial consideration is possible. TVn pcrniftmie freedom of the Deoole is lost. Once this is lost, the loss of other freedoms is a most natural consequence." .... mm oOo THE DEBTOR'S PRISON One of the greatest dangers that can follow price restrictions which do not allow a sufficient operating profit, is the idea that government loans or government subsidies can bridge 'the gap so that production may be continued and consumers furnished goods at less than the actual cost. The danger from this 'policy is that it opens the door for government ownership or control of industry and business. Such a system is like the old debtor's prison when a man could not pay his bills, he was put in prison. The result was he often rotted there, because when in prison, he could not earn the money to get out. The same can easily happen to an industry forced by law to sell below cost of pro- duction, and maintain its existence from subsidies or government loans it might never get out from under such bondage. Political pressure to force subsidies on producers and distributors, instead of permitting necessary price adjustments, could easily be part of a program to socialize American industry, while the public is lulled with the idea that such a palliative will hold down the cost of living. At best it can but take money out of one pocket and put it in another costs are not reduced. ouo HUMBUG TAXATION From now on the public must think straight and without prejudice on the matter of taxation, or the best laid postwar plans will become worthless scraps of paper. When business men plead for adequate corporate reserves for reconversion of industry to peacetime production, they are pleading not for themselves but for the millions who must be employed by industry when the war is over. If taxes prohibit the accumulation of adequate corporate reserves, it is not the business man who will suffer most. It will be the people looking for jobs jobs that only industry can provide despite tempting ballyhoo which would make us believe that, come what may, we need not worry because the government will take up the slack in employment. Senator George, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, in warning that: "Reserves for post-wa- r contingencies and for conversion to peacetime activities, and for deferred maintenance and repairs, must be established and built up out of earnings during the war," speaks a truth with which there can be no compromise. And yet there are plenty of politicians who are trying at this very moment to undermine the stability of industry the same as thev sought to in peacetime by inequitable taxation and they are doing it for the same reason they did it in peacetime, namely, because they think it appeals to the voters. These politics-as-usupoliticians are the worst threat to the future of al this nation. i The people must realize private industry is their strongest ally in peace and in war. It is the bulwark of freedom. It can he destroyed by humbug taxation. oOo lil YOUR DENTAL I. American Uentiil Association. 6. V. How do they keep teeth that m.v. vulval oil uauua from decaying? D. D. A . Because the appliances used to Q, i straighten teeth afford catch-- ; holds for food, extra care must be used in keeping the mouth clean. (The child who is under orthodontic jCare (straightening of teeth), fortunately visits the dentist much more often than dc.s the average child, Thus he has the advantage of frequent dental prophylaxis Some children are more susceptible to dental decay than are others. D. Y. Burrill reports an interest ing study on the effect of orthodontic treatment on caries (decay) susceptibility in the Journal of Dental Research. He made clinical and bacteriological tests of the mouths of 25 patients before and during the course of orthodentic treatment. Children who were very susceptible to decay became less susceptible during treatment. Children of low susceptibility tended to become more susceptible. A third group of high average susceptibility was unpredictable, changes occuring in both The premature loss of the baby molars or the loss of the first permanent molars may cause the condition shown at the left, sometimes cruelly referred to as "rabbit mouth." treatOrthodontic ment corrected the condition as shown at the right. Many cases of crooked teeth and malformed jaws can be prevented by giving the young child proper dental care. directions. An explanation suggested is that the increased supervision by the dentist kept the bad cases cleaner, while the appliances caused food traps in the otherwise naturally clean mouths. St4 umim wilt fU tUm4. I 4 MCI (, Hi Iu Can't Send Recordings men's Wives of the More than states have received approval by the Children's Bureau, Department of Labor, of programs for medical and hospital maternity care for wives of men in the four lowest pay grades of the armed services. The program also includes medical care for babies. A serviceman's wife may make application for complete medical care during pregnancy and childbirth, and for six weeks after childbirth. She may also apply for medical care for her child to entend throughout the child's first year of life, To get such care, all that the wife needs to do is to fill out simple forms, which , if her own doctor is unable to furnish copies, she can get from the state health department.. Can Replace Stocks Farmers' cooperatives and any other dealers who sell farm supplies at cost or at a markup of nott more than three percent, are permitted to replenish stocks on farmers' certificates on a basis, under a recent of Priorities Regulation No. 19. Previously, the dealer could use the farmer's certificate to get supplies only up to 75 per cent of his sales. The amendment enables farmers' cooperatives which sell approximately at cost to make full replacement of their stock. three-fourt- Co-O- ps dollar-for-doll- ar MjrnpW fueerjer eerre. ( Amtritam ((, CiC, III. i I f ! Overseas Discs or recording containing personal messages cannot be sent to soldiers stationed outside the continental limits of the U. S., the War Department has announced. There is no objection to sending discs of personal messages within the continental United States. Grower Prices For Berries Grower prices for seven types of berries canned or frozen in 1943 have been announced by will pay growers the following prices (cents per pound) : red raspberries, 15; black rasps, berries, 13; youngberries, berblack and loganberries ries, 12; gooseberries, 8. Ceiling prices for frozen strawberries have been established on the basis of a grower price of 12 cents a pound for stemmed berries. For all other berries each processor will pay 3 cents per pound more than the average price he paid under the OPA price regulations for the 1942 pack. The highest price processors may pay for red sour pitted cherries is 8i cents per pound. Rations For Sick Although the need to conserve rationed foods is great, no hospital patient's health need suffer, the OPA has announced. Local rationing boards have been given authority tot provide supplementary allotments to meet the dietary re WFA-Processo- rs boysen-berrie- 1 I I t i ' lowed. Maternity Care for Service- ( ? IN WARTIME Coal Production Lags j f Coal production for the half of 1943 was an estimated? 729,000 tons less than for them " period in 1942, Solid Fuel Ad trator Harold L. Ickes has renZ"! ed. "The gravity of this production is emphasized by t f fact that the nation will need 7? I estimated 25,000,000 tons of more this year than last," he said Casualties of War Casualties of the United Forces from the k of the war to July 3, total 9i 7 This total, based on War and Navy Department reports, includes- (W 16,696; wounded, 21,828; mi&Z 31,579; prisoners of war, 21,541 these, Army casualties total 64 621; Navy, 27,023. Traffic Decreases in Rural Areag' Traffic on rural roads in East decreased from December? through May to less than half pre-wnormal, according to the Public Roads Administration of the FWA. A minor exception is March," when eastern traffic va 52 percent of normal. Traffic Lt the "western" area, rationed sine December 1, 1942, has settled down; to less than of normal. I More Fertilizer To Be I Available From 5 to 10 per cent mors chemical fertilizer will be avail) able in the year ahead, according to WEA officials. It is estimate 1 States-Arme- out-brea- - ar two-thir- pre-wa- r' that U. S. farmers used (Continued On Page about l Three) I The American industrial worker earns more than the average of his craft anywhere else in the world, for the same reasdh: he produces more. American workmen produce more because they are more skillful, and because they have 4.5 installed, mechanical horsepower apiece to help them. This calls for investment, of course. The average investment required to make a job for one man in American industry is $8,000. Men are inspired to get skill because good jobs demand skill. Opportunity to make money encourages people to invest their savings in what it takes to increase the yield per worker. Volume production is not "charity" on farms or in factories. It's good business. Management invests its stockholders' money in machinery and training for employees, to get (1) more output per worker and better paid workers, (2) less production cost per item and lower prices, (3) more sales and larger dividends. Because the investments of American shareholders are protected by law, countless consumers of small means can afford things they now enjoy, things with which they live better than people who, in other countries, are called rich. Free Enterprise and Democracy go cannot be separated. Neither one could survive without the other. Our forefathers who knew Europe and its vicious oppressions,' protected Free Enterprise in the American Constitution. Free Enterprise is the right of every man to work (or trade) where he likes, save and invest according to his own judgment, run his business as he thinks wise, and take the consequences of gain or loss. Free enterprisers in this country include the big industrialists. They also include every farmer, every crossroads merchant and everv lahnrpr who has not pawned Jiis birthright, his liberty to sell his skill in a free hand-in-han- d; market. Free Enterprise, the cornerstone of American prosperity, is now threatened. James A. Farley told a Mother's Day meeting in Wash ington that alien philosophies at home are threatening the freedom for which U. S. soldiers fight over seas. They are threatened by government ownership of industry, just as they were threatened in the 1930's by a fad, by advocates of a "planned economy" and by apostles of "Thirtv dolla rs evprv Thursday." Two Wavs Onen These philosophies are not dead. They will be revived at the end of the war. Two roads lie before U3. We must take our choice. Shall we continue by way of Free Enterprise to standards of living higher even than we have known before; or permit ourselves to be misled by rattlebrain slogans like "Production for use, not for profit," and slide down through government ownership and State Socialism to the living standards of the Orient? I think the American people like opportunity, incentive and progress such as the ration has thrived on since 1776. We don't want relief from the responsibility of leading our own lives. We don't want to swap independence for regimentation. We want to preserve Free Enterprise with its possibilities for progress and prosperity. iilllii v NIllppJ r Sell Electric Appliances you are not using and put the money in War Stamps and Bonds! ! To assist people needing Electric Appliances or Electric Equipment to obtain them from present owners not needing them, "Wartime Trading Posts" are being established ia conjunction with Electrical Dealers. At these "Trading Posts" you may list all makes, types and models of Electric Appliances, which you wish to sell or trade or buy. You are invited to fill in the coupon, expressing your desires. Or, call one of the "Trading Post" dealers listed below. You may also wish to advertise, in your newspaper, Electric Appliances or Electric Equipment you wish to buy, sell or trade. "WARTIME TRADING POST" COUPON Date.. I would like to Q buy sell Q trade (check transaction in which you are interested) the following used Electric Appliances: Perhaps someone in your commui-it- y could use an Electric Appliancs you may own but are not usinj. There's a scarcity of Electric Appliances, you know, and no more ars being manufactured. The Electric Appliances now owned by individuals must be shared to serve the cation's needs. ef ). Iff FARM Seven big Chinese coolies, each possessing 180 pounds of healthy brawn, youthful, intelligent and wilting to do your bidding, ought to be worth $1 a week apiece in a good year to an enterprising employer. But if the prospective enterpriser by chance is a stranger in China he is likely to overpay them, any year. Not that there is anything wrong with the men; they simply can't produce anything marketable to meet the $7 weekly payroll. In the United States any one of these big fellows, unable to read or speak English, could earn much more than the other six combined if they stayed in China. Now what is the difference and how did it happen? The Chinese people had 20 centuries ,to learn how to live before America was discovered. Asia has everything North America has, in the raw: coal, iron, oil, fertile fields and six times as many people to buy things. Did you ever hear the expression, "a Chinaman's chance" meaning no chance at all? It is not a serious The average Chiexaggeration. nese has one chance in five to live through infancy, and one chance in 6,000 to own an automobile if ha grows up. There is no incentive ; no private enterprise in China, no reward for working, saving, thinking, investing or inventing. A man with money to use or an idea to develop does not have protection for industrial developments. Result : no progress for thousands of years. In less than 500 years America has developed the most productive and profitable large-scal- e farming ever known. With machinery, one man tends 100 to 500 acres, depending on the crop. In other countries it takes no less than five men (sometimes 100) to cultivate such a farm. All of them have to live off the land, so they have accordingly less to sell. Thus Americans are known as the best fed people on Earth. Private Enterprise does it; more production , per man. lfj4 quirements of patients in hosrvt -w- hether or not such . pati on special diets. Fuel For Incubat0ls Fuel oil for incubators, broow and other equipment used ing poultry, livestock, or agricultural products can be obtained regardless of the of the equipment OPA has reJm ly removed these items f . list of equipment for which fuel oil rations were previous. no in3 PrestdeHt-JtardiH- SUBSCRIPTION RATES . TOWN AND Vv IY Editor - Publisher ONE YEAR (In Advance) SIX MONTHS (la Advance) IHREE MONTHS (In Advance) V IQOKWG BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER II "''-"-- N. Thursday, July i3 (Typ ol Appliance) (Approximate Valu) (Typ oi Applianct) (Approximate Valu) (Typ of Appliance) (Approximate Value) My Nam Telephone (Street. P. O. er ) j I ' I B. F. V.) ( 1 State- City Notei This lilting U good lor fifteen dayi after date received. ' II appliance! are etill on band after that time, they ihould be er DELIVER to one oi the dealers lilted below, or your neareit Utah Power & Light Company office. Your Inquiry will be turned over to a "Wartime Electric Appliance Trading roll Sealer who will aiiict you. . MAIL . L j ( J TYPICAL APPUANCES TO BUY, SELL OX TRADE Electric Irons Electric Clocks Electric Toasters Electric Mixers Table Lamps Floor Lamps Electric Radios Electric Washers Electric Stokers Electric Shavers Electric Ironers Electric Vacuums Electric Roasters Electric Ranges Electric Grills Electric Motors Electric Coffee Makers Electric Water Heaters Electric Sewing Machines Electric Refrigerators Electric Hot Plates Electric Commercial Cooking and Baltic Equipment the following Electrical Dealers operate to assist you in buying, selling, trading used Electric Appliances: Con Wagon & Machine Tremonton Farmers' Cash Union Tremonton Fronk Chevrolet Co. Tremonton Number Addreii The Utah Power & Light Company and ".War Trading Posts" j Gamble Store Tremonton Shaw & Iverson, Tremonton Hyrum Jensen & Sons Garland MID |
