Show t f THE GUNNISON VALLEY NEWS GUMIISOU a smoiBEH GUNNISON UTAH MLIEY iEl'iS Published Every Thursday At Gunnison! Utah Entered - matter at the pestofflce at Gunnison as second-clas- s under the Act of Congress of March S 1879 Member - Utah State National Subscription Editorial Rates $200 $100 Six Months Payable In Advance Association Advertising Bates: Year Press Association Given on Application WESLEY CHERRY i BOOST OUB OWN BUSINESS Government has giown to be such a giant in this country and has so many millions of persons on its payroll that it is the biggest problem business and into have to conare going dustry retend with in the adjustment period Already there is an army of economic planners at work to keep the check rein of government op every private activity This will be done under the guise of preventing inflation Busiand creating employment ness and industry will have to out to ways operate and figure exist and employ labor and pay taxes in spite of all the plans that all the planners can heap upon them Very few of the planners are sincerely outspoken in their desire to restrict government competition or domination of business and encourage the individual to go out and try to create the postwar jobs and production which they talk about Most of the planners by innuendo or plain threats say that if business doesn’t maintain record employment government will And many of them seem to be hopeful that they can la enough stumbling blocks in the way of private enterprise so that they will have an excuse for saying that government must take over Imagine the spirit of optimism that would prevail in this nation if business and industry felt that our government and the bureaus that now powerful dominate it were in favor of promoting private enterprise under fair and reasonable regulation If risk capital was encouraged to take a chance It is safe to say that our natural resource industries would experience new growth after the war as the world is going to want the products of our mines farms and forests in unheard of quantities in exchange for the goods that they must sell to us Why not uphold the American system for Americans instead of aping in so many ways the socialized systems of Europe where some bureaucrat throttles the opporof individual? the' It is tunity time the people of this country began to work to save our own American instead of system adopting alien philosophies THE one thought that Editor Publisher It IS IT PLANNED OR ACCIDENTAL? t If there were agencies at work in Washington to devise ways and means to injure or destroy enterprise In this country they could not do a better Job than is being done in instances It is hard to many believe however that this results from deliberate planning It is also inconceivable that our lawmakers will fail to see the inequitable characteristics of some of the proposals before them There are now up for Senate and House consideration bills for the disposal bf surplus war which are said to materials favor cities states and public utility districts with special prices or outright gifts of such similar materials although towns would be denied private industry which must compete with the public enterprises It is unthinkable that the United States Congress would pass such unfair legislation If it does there is no use talking about equal rights and justice in our country The passage of such special privilege legislation would promote all forms of govbusiness ernment that would cripple or destroy private enterprise industry Certainly has a better right to purchase surplus war materials which taxes levied against It have helped pay for than has public enterprise which never paid a thin dime of taxes to help produce such materials BLESSING IN DISGUISE For ten years prior to World War H the chain stores of the nation were persecuted by political agitation for punitive tax laws to put the mout of business on the fcround that they disIndependcouraged the ent store But chain stores did not destroy the Independents and had no retail monopoly as independents did over 75 of The the nation's business store Independent could hold down overhead and In render personal services way impossible to chains Also by group buying indeorganized pendents could purchase In quantities on a basis of equality with chains The result of chain store development 0 Wm- :i‘V r j j tVfW'tt 0 wl'V tirji:® T 'll' v:i r i Hittn "Huta w oiftaWiiaifKJ j it n! 'tattltWjtH' 9 their own efficiency but the efficiency and competitive characteristics of the independent Punitive legislation and regulation that injures chain store operation is - detrimental to the consuming public because comit destroys legitimate petition only our policies and actions Is helping to win the war Victory Is 6ur goal our business We are doing all we can to help win — by serving our country our community and our customers Can we help you with credit or counsel or In some other way? Don’t e to Come In with your problem Mif-Ul- V O i - VVIlEItE ' Gunnison Vallej Bank - GUNNISON THANKS ARE DUE A country grocer recently said to a somewhat irate customer: “If you had to keep track of all the rules and regulations those that I get from pencil ' in Washington you pushers would be more lenient In your attitude toward the merchant Men who apparently know nothYOU EAT LABOR POSTS ing about meat cutting tell us In the campaign to hold down how to cut meat what cuts we the cost of living as the labor can keep in our show case and cost in production has gone up how we can prepare it We are the farmers of the country have all glad" to help ration supplies been put In in unfavorable and control prices but the and price fixers ought position to be Required to have some Hundreds of thousands of experience before they practical who farmers produce a great are allowed to make their fancy portion of the nation’s food used rules and regulations” reto have a “hired hand” who We can all allow for many ceived $40 or $50 or $00 a month mistakes under the price conand room and board— and this trol act but we never want to meant more net income for the the idea that after the worker than two or three times acceptIt will be Wwar necessary to conthat amount in the city tinue indefinitely the restricToday the farmer Tays double tions which the buying public r and treble these wages and the producers and merchants and $100 an hour for inferior have had to endure "extra help” Rationing and price control All the price ceilings ration- have been a success because of ing and restrictions in the world an efficient retail merchandising won’t produce food and the cost system which was able to carry of food must be based on the out a rationing and price concost of production or there won’t trol program which without the So if food prices cooperation of the merchants be any food have increased higher propor- would have been impossible of The nation has tionately than other prices it Is accomplishment simply because farm labor has its merchants to thank for the increased more proportionately unprecedented distribution of necessities and luxuries which than in other Industries it has enjoyed emergency room WPA is another matter FIRE THEFT entirely and All of Intar 103 Imagine the feelings of your When peace comes probably son or husband if after two or Written IRA OYERFELT many thousands of men who three years of longing for peace have’ found military service to and home he gets the former Gunnison Valley Bank their liking will want to stay on and is denied the latter just bein the Army But' the vast ma- cause he can be kept in unijority of soldiers will prefer to form “about as cheaply” as he could be kept otherwise get back in civvies — fast Perhaps Maj Gen Hershey That sort of stuff General head of Selective Service had Hershey is no nDR F O BULLOCK part of what our better take another ldok at his men think DENTIST they are fighting for The General was quoted — Washington D C News cards In Gunnison Every Wed in a Denver dispatch as saying that a gradual demobilization PLANNERS SPEND Anytime by Appointment was desirable because "we will YOUR MONEY not gain very much by putting The Oklahoma State Medical men out where they can’t be reJournal says: “We hear much Federal absorbed” And he added— government a few shor “We can keep people in the about inevitable social trends — ultimate absorption of years ago and that is only Army about as cheaply as we the start could create an agency for them medical practices into the social when they are out” security program through govThat in our opinion is a'' most ernment compulsory health taxBoy MORE War Bondi unfortunate remark and one ation The amounts of money that will evoke much purple of geometrical proportions neclanguage overseas if Army news- essary for such social medicine the simplest papers are permitted to quote it are considered General Hershey has lived so arithmatic by social planners” EGULAR BLOOL The people are always led to long in Washington’s paternal MOUNDS atmosphere that he talks more think that government will give After Customer like a New Dealer than a soldier them something for nothing — Obviously the Army cannot be then they are bled white through cut back immediately after the taxation to pay for the “gift” war to its prewar size A big The present planned tax cost of medicine Ads job of occupation and policing socialized would be lies ahead more than the total cost of our But the suggestion implicit in Hershey’s remarks that the Army should retain unneeded men as a sort of barrack- - TniNK TWICE GENERAL Quhi Our Want Tirrrrrmtmrtrtrirtri'rim'irtrtiw THE OLD JUDGE SAYS A thundering blast at our national phobias not was to increase fighting book that fights A brilliant and devoid A V DAY UTAH during the war COlllER facts broadside aimed of the feon obsess our national Fear 2 Fear 3 Fear 4 Fear 1 lifet of entangling oUla of England and Euu of Idealism of rovolutlon The Senator Utah from dear that all four vividly baseless and dangerous attain the Four Freedoms first eliminate the four loaded with cold sense “Did you hear that Tom U going to he inducted into the Army next week J udge?” “Yes Frank told me this morning down at the barber shop Our town’s got a lot of men in the service now Jim In fact all towns have 1 wasJust reading in the paper where there are more than 10000000 men away from their homes in the armed forces And from all reports they’re doing a grand job bringing victory closer every day "We folks at home have a mighty big obligation to those 10000000 fighting men We’ve got to produce the food to keep them Well fed We've got to keep them supplied with the ammunition and equipment they ' need to finish their job We’ve got to help the Government pay for all these supplies ' our men need bv buying more and more War Bonds We’ll have another big chance to do that by helping to nut the next War Loan drive over the top Jim t “And In addition we must be sure that while they’re away and can’t express their opinions w e don’t go voting on and deciding any thtnrs that will displease them when they come back” h EgropJ - 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