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Show THE SALINA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH r.- THE SAUNA SUN Why' Use Horses at All? pi ice. hue clause, the matter could be dropped but not the OPA! It has notified them that the suits will be continued. The dresses, clothes or whatever were included under the highest price line order are gone, the law is gone, and now instead of leaving the merchants alone to repair the damage, the OPA is trying to show that the nonwere existent dresses sold illegally under a now Published Every Friday At Salina, Utah matter Entered at the postoffice at Salina as second-clas- s under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates: Member Utah State Press Association National Editorial Association One Year - Six Months - - - law! WESLEY GOOD ADVICE CHERRY Editor Publisher their own devices, they can progress faster than paternalistic planners can plan. The idea has been promoted that this country is behind the times in the distribution and quality of medical care. However, if it ever was behind the times in these respects, it is now out in front. The United States has a top notch medical profession. In technique and scientific accomplishment, American doctors are unsurpassed. The distribution of medical care is broad and rapidThere are hunly increasing. dreds of voluntary medical and hospital groups and societies reaching into every corner of the nation. One of these, the Blue Cross, which protects employed persons and their families, is known as the fastest growing movement in America." It is a cooperative plan providing complete hospital service for members of 3,000 hospitals. It is endorsed by the medical profession. It reaches into rural sections and cities alike. Officials of Blue Cross say that as soon as a basis for sound operation is worked out, the plan will include complete medical service. Its cost at present is a dollar or so a month for whole families. Again it should be emphasized that Blue Cross is but one of hundreds of worthy organizations. They are all the result of intelligent action on the part of free citizens working toward the common objective of making the miracles of modern medicine available to every man, woman and child in the United States. non-profi- There are few things more important than the maintenance The of pumping equipment. first consideration of every fire department should be a periodic checking up of every part of a pumper. In normal times, this might be a once or twice a year job, depending upon the amount of service, but today, with the delays in obtaining even small repair parts, it should be carAt ried out more frequently. least every three months connection should be made to a hydrant, and city water pressure applied to the pump and conLeaks should be renections. paired immediately. Fire fighting equipment is like If it is a life boat on a ship. not ready for instant service, it is worse than useless. A burning building or a drowning man need, help but once. If it is not at hand, theyll never need it again. The fire engine is the lifeboat of the community. It must be ready. ers. Once again the American people have proven that left to t, - GOOD PLANS BUT Various tax plans have been proposed in an effort to establish a Federal taxing system which would insure adequate governmental revenue and at the same time encourage the productivity of industries and individuals. All of these plans have a common characteristic. They have been evolved by the best brains in the country and are constructive efforts to bring the monstrous problem of Federal taxation under control before it destroys the very freedom for which American men are fighting in every corner of the world. But and there is a very large but no plan will work unless the politicians and the people sincerely wish it to work. The old battle of class taxation, with group pitted against group, WILL IT RUN? each seeking to unload taxes onEvery automobile owner in to the other fellow, if continued, the country has had impressed will block any sane tax plan. upon him the importance of caring for his car as a valued ALL IN THE SAME BOAT asset. The cars keep the counHow to avoid unemployment try going. after the war is a grim question There are all kinds of cars in is foremost in everyones that the nations automobile populaindustry tion. One of the most important mind. But its problems, which are deis the iire engine. Fire depart- and ment officials should be mind- termining factors in the lives of ful of the added responsibilities all of us, is not receiving the consideration it deserves. placed upon them to do every- public Too many people still look thing possible toward maintain- upon industry as an entity unto l ing equipment in shape. itself. They feel that tax and measures affecting This is especially true of pump- - legislative job-creati- A-- By COLLIER ATTACK ALL-AMERIC- r . llR J Ti- ! industry .re thing, fur the Hug guys ' to worry about. They dont realize that when a cor- poration gets slapped in the face with crippling legislation or taxation, eventually the effect is reflected in its capacity to pro- duce, and the little guy as well as the big buy gets hit between the eyes by loss of employment, or restricted output. For example, when you take an aspirin, you are using a derivative of coal. Thus, al- though you may. live thousands of miles from the Virginia coal fields, you are dependent on the coal industry In fact the bath- room cabinet would be swept nearly bare if the coal industry should fold up and quit In ad- bituminous dit.on to aspirin, coal derivatives are used in making laxatives, rubber goods and perfumes, to say nothing of sulfa the drugs, These things are incidental to the more primary uses of coal which maintain the war efort, heat and light our homes and drive our trains and make steel. Coal is typical of many employing millions of American workmen. In common with other industries, it is meeting its problems aggressively and resourcefully, with two objectives in view more production and more jobs. life-savin- g HELL PLACED CONFIDENCE In a timely and article appearing in a a leading trade publication, noted utility authority points out that the power industry, by its magnificent war effort, has won renewed confidence and respect on the part of the and in government cir- cles as well. It now has an op- portunity to capitalize these by unity of action and to work for industrial peace and welfare in the post- war years. This brief statement speaks volumes. Less than a decade had ago, the power industry touched bottom in public esteem, It became a springboard from which minded sought to plunge the country into state socialism. As the national emergency of war these same politi- cians seized the opportunity to public ownership of electric power by endeavoring show that a disastrous power shortage threatened momentar- thought-provokin- public-ownershi- p g Public misconception is the rule rather than the exception regarding many basic facts of This misconception industry. must be rooted out or it will destroy industry. Often it has been pointed out that the oil industry is composed. of hundreds of sharply competitive companies. But the public, familiar with half a dozen big names in the oil business, remains skeptical of claims that an oil company is like a corner grocery in that it must satisfy its customers by render- ing service as good or better IT" i 7 than the oil company next .... nc proved ,ly The, There the unsoundness of such claims, and the competence of its leaders. The peak of electric power demand in this war has passed, anc there lias been no electric power rationing or shortage, tributors f(,r which the country can thank electric in- . ., , ., the investor-ownePubllc ,ls dustry. From 1939 to 1943, its ollf better acquainted with its increased output of electric As one oil inner workings. energy was three times that of spokesman has out: pointed the Federal power projects, 21,which stepped up production 300 000 000 kilowatt hours, as compos contrasted to 64,900,000,000 for Americjm in the busmess managed electric the g luring .1943 companies. ,f them t(J be latter gene a ted more than 81 man nt and a to energy per cent of the be harrassed increasi from all plants contributing to rnment interference based the nation s power supply. on fa,se c tions of what Little wonder that the public g are has renewed confidence in the then these t executives private electric industry will have to find ways of delegating more of their managing MYSTERIOUS duties to others in order that BUREAUCRACY! they can devote more of their time to the greatest problem of modern The machinery before them today, and see that is too intricate far bureaucracy for the understanding of ordin- - they are so truly understood by ary mortals. After many months the vast majority of American of litigation and controversy be- - people that they will be contin-twee- n retailers and the OPA ued as essential factors in this e Over its notorious highest price great experiment of free limitation order, Congress ernment and free people. resolved the whole thing by scrapping the order as it affects Rural Homes Need retailers. There was abundant Better Mater the evidence substantiating More than five million rural claims of merchants that the or- homes need new or improved resulted had and unfair was der in a low cost clothing famine. waitr supplies, according to the If the story stopped there jt current issues of public health would be a simple tale of a reports. A like number of rural But corrected mistake. be Public Health Service says story doesnt stop there. that 846,148 rural homes are of the Prior to the scrapping without toilet facilities. A tlndy line limitation by highest price 1,530,097 rural homes Congress ,the OPA instituted a water supply s without suits against leading fre merchandisers charging v i o- - in 50 feet, and the water an additional 3,763,903 lation of the highest price line pbcs homes have sanitary defects. ruling. The suits dragged on While the lawyers for months. argued, clothing covered by the disappeared ruling gradually from the market. Finally, after the intricacies of the highest price line limitation, together with advancing costs, had tually exterminated the sale of many necessities in many stores, and while the lawyers were guing over something that didn't exsit, Congress did a litle terminating on its own. DO YOUR WAR DUTIES 7 Logically enough, the mer-t- o chants at last assumed that with abandonment of the highest d Jdhtime gov-lin- ic low-co- with-gain- st sup-purpo- cTII'wsiiw WAR BONDS w - 4 Vi n 1 . V' lu.l :- Capital - Surplus - . - - National Distillers Products Corporation) New York .... .... 9 W W W a. sU The Livestock Bank of Utah" $1.00 Advertising Kates Given on Application AHEAD OF THE PLANNERS First State Bank Of Salina non-existe- Payable In Advance ORSA B. CIIERRY AUGUST 25, 1944 86 Proof $ 25,000.00 235,000.00 rWlH Member: Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Public Health Service sanitary engineers estimate that it would cost $265,000,000 to provide safe water supplies for the rural hordes that need them. DR. H. CRANDALL DENTIST good combination to beat Axis. the The OPA recently published a booklet for house tenants, and two million copies were issued. Among other things tenants were . . UTAH Office Hours: War blonds in the foundry and war bonds in the bank make a . SALINA 9 to 12 a. m. - 1:30 to 5 p. m. advised not to let their children scribble on the walls. Lets see, didn't we notice something in the press the other day about not wasting paper? Tlie Farmer and War Bond Purchases by Charles W. Holman, Secretary Tlie National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation farmers have a AMERICAN more at stake In purchasing War Bonds than simply a patriotic urge to assist in financing the war so that it may be prosecuted to an early and vic- torious conclusion. Modern war demands governmental expenditures far in excess of those which may be met by current revenue receipts. This means Government borrowing. If a large part of this borrowing is through commercial banks additional inflationary spending power is created through the expansion of credit. On the other hand, if the borrowing is largely from individuals much of their excess funds are drained off. Hence, the pressure on prices resulting from unusually large funds bidding for limited amounts of goods and services is relieved, and thus inflation retarded. A tremendously increased agricultural production and some increase in average prices received above those paid by farmers have raised the net income of all United States farmers from the 1935-3- 9 average of $4.7 billion to $6.3 billion in 1941, $9.4 billion in 1942, and an estimated $12.5 billion in 1943. With available supplies of farm machinery replacements and building materials limited, Agriculture has a fund available for either debt retirement, savings readily liquidated for future pur. chases of machinery, buildings, etc., or for present Investment in land. A marked decrease in farm mortgages in recent years indicates that much of this fund has been properly applied to debt retirement. However, activity in land sales and a very marked increase in land values demon strate that farmers are probably diverting a large part of this fund into land purchases. From March to March 1, 1944, average land values per acre rose 15 per cent, with the larger part of the rise taking place in the last four months of the period. The inh crease during this period was the highest on record, being 20 per cent greater than the average monthly rate of increase for the 1919-2boom year. Average values per acre have increased d more than in the past 3 years. In the 1916-1period the rise was about the same. It appears that an overcapitalization of probably temporarily high farm commodity prices is in process just as in World War I. Large mortgage debts incurred now, at high levels of Income, will prove disastrous when both total agricultural production and prices falL Land values are based on the net return to land. With the end of the war in sight and with the prospect that farm labor and other costs will require a relatively larger return leaving the return to land less, the logical course for land values at present would appear to be downward rather than upward. Therefore, it appears that farmers would do welt to invest every available dollar, beyond that needed for debt retirement, in Government Bonds. These can be held against the day when necessary farm replacements will be available and when farm land values will have become more stable. In this way the individual farmer may assist in hastening the day of return of his son, and also have capital available to help finance him in ventures of his own choice. V. S. Treasury Department 1, 1943, four-mont- 0 one-thir- 9 OF |