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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand CLICHES OF SOCIALISM a devotee of private property, free market, limited government principles states his position, he is inevitably confronted with a barrage of socialistic cliches. Failure to answer these has effectively silenced many a spokesman for freedom. Here are suggested answers to some of the most persistent of the Cliches of Socialism." These are not the only answers or even the best possible answers; but they may help you or others to develop better explanations of the ideas on liberty When are the only effective displacement for the empty' that promises of socialism. Foundation Education, for Economic Inc., Irvington-on-Hudso- n, New York Customers ought to be protected by price con- trols. There are still great areas of confusion and ignorance relating to something with which we are all familiar the price of goods. It is in this area of pricing, wherein the customer comes face to face with the market place, that myths and legends abound. It is in this area where those who do not understand economic laws create a whole series of fictions on which many people act, and act to their own detriment. It is axiomatic that what people do not understand they fear. Most people do not seem to understand the pricing processes and hence they fear them, and end by hating businessmen and having a widespread distrust of the market place in general. All of which ought to go toward exploding another maxim, namely, that what you dont know wont hurt you. As a matter of fact, it is usually the things we dont know which kill us. Mans greatest enemy is ignorance. There is no excuse for any of us in this day and age misunderstanding or being in ignorance of the matter of pricing. So, as a sort of primer review, here are some things to keep in mind about prices. 1 . Prices are never set by costs of production, nor by manufacturers, merchants, or bankers. Prices are set by customers. 2. Customers set prices in the market by demonstrating, through their choices in the purchase of goods or services, what they are The cuswilling to buy. tomer will buy only those items he would rather have than what he has to exchange for them. Any item, regardless of the price tag, which the customer does not want more than the money he has for trading, he will not buy. March 4, 1976 The Utah Independent Page 9 There are millions of items market place which, regardless of the lowness of the price tag , customers will not buy. 4. Many merchants believe that they set prices. They do not. They merely write out a figure on a tag and indicate they would be willing to part with their goods or services for that figure. Whether they are able to do so or not depends entirely upon the customer who decides he will or will not pay the tagged price for the goods as offered. Then the customer agrees to purchase (either at the tagged price or some other price), he sets the price. The holder of the purse strings controls prices. This has always been true. Economic rules do not change with the passing of time. It is frequently argued, when prices rise, that the way to keep prices from climbing too high is to have the government pass a law compelling merchants to price goods below a certain level. Such a law, if passed, does not control prices. What happens here is that the government will make it impossible for customers to get the goods or services they want at the price the customer will pay. Why is this? Isnt it true that the government is only trying to protect the customer from the gouging merchant? The answer is that irrespective of the motive, of the men in government, a price ceiling maintained by law works against the best interests of the customer. When prices are prevented by force from going up, manufacturers and merchants will stop dealing in such This will goods and services. redound against the customer, who will now no longer be able to get 3. on FARM LEADER PRAISES the what he wants at WORK Todays farm youth hold the key to maintaining a free American agriculture in future decades, a Utah farm leader declared today. He noted that the week of 8 marks National February FFA week, being celebrated by the Future Farmers of America. The training these young people get in the Utah Future Farmers program is not only teaching them the skills of ranching and farming, it is giving them the KNIGHTON OPTICAL Optical and Hearing Aid Dispensers Your Eye Doctors Prescription Filled Hearing Aid Ear As Sound Collector Uses Outer To Your Hearing Needs Meet Made Individually CE STARKEY 950-25t- h St., N-- 1 Ogden, Utah 84401 Phone 393-843- 9 In-The-- Ear University Mall, 5 Orem, Utah 84057 Phone 225-392- 0 D-6- Bars and Medallions TOP MARKET PRICES Continental Trading 227 West 600 South Salt Lake City. Utah 84101 7 Phone (HOI $31-645- 21-2- economic and philosophical background they need to continue the fight against a government Elmo regulated agriculture, Hamilton, president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, told newsmen in Salt Lake Gty. Farm Bureau has continued its support of FFA work with scholarships and other backing because we recognize the need for future agricultural leaders who will understand the right of property ownership and work to preserve it, he said. The best way for an American citizen to understand the benefits of capitalism is to run a ' business, to buy and sell his These products and services. young people in FFA get that experience through their farm projects and formal training in school. Hamilton, as head of the states largest farm organization, oversees the policy activities of UFBF. This policy, set by the farm members themselves, strongly vocational and technical supports education, including vocational in high agriculture training any schools. - ; WILL BUY SILVER FUTURE FARMERS price unless, of course, a black market opens, which frequently happens. In other words, men conspire to evade the price ceiling by dealing sub rosa, and probably at fantastically high prices. Much confusion in the area of pricing could be avoided if Americans could be taught universally that all prices are set by the customer and by no one else. The customer, in his search for the best bargain he can obtain, is totally disinterested in the costs of production, in the problems of merchant, manufacturer, or distributor. The customer is concerned only with his own problems. And that is why he sets the prices. For he purchases only what he wishes at the time and place he chooses. In any country where a free market operates, the customer is truly king. Robert LeFevre Trust in the Lord with all thine hear; and lean not upon thy own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 OF scab defamed as in instances been workers have denied information by some of reportedly political Washingtons elite who thus deny the public the information to which it is entitled. Senator Fannins bill will go far in clearing the air. Its purpose is to exempt columnists, broadcast journalists, commentators, or critics on public issues from the so-call- Salter A man faces many challenges during his lifetime. If he didnt, how would he become a man in the Im afraid that true tradition. nowadays we try to remove these challenges so that our kids will have it too easy. Then when they face their first true obstacle away from home, they not only fail but then find themselves unable to pick themselves up and have another go at it. Im grateful to my parents for allowing me the chances to fail. Of course, I suppose they were ready to jump if I got in too deep. My first great risk was when I was nine years old. I wanted to sell papers on a street corner in Pasadena. They said, OK, and loaned me two dollars and a half to buy the comer from an older boy. I had to go alone to the police chief for a permit. My worst fears came when I had to go down an alley through a bunch of kids each afternoon to buy my papers. At the By Bob exclusive ed representation provisions of the present labor law. In other words, if enacted the measure would free the journalists, giving them the choice to join or to not join a union, and unhampered to write the truth as they find it. To stave off the gathering darkness, the reading public can support S.2712 the Journalists Freedom of Choice Act. Lawyers and lawyer-judgcreated unconstitutionally pre-tries al motions and hearings to have eternal litigation in violation of the Barratry Laws and the placing of defendants in double jeopardy a hundred times over in violation of the U.S. Constitution, as defendants ONLY HAVE the right to A age of nine I was completely outThe NOT TRIALS. classed, but somehow it was all TRIAL, multitude are of actually good training. I managed to make ls and the the for a success of this job and it stood me for the for later pre-tria- ls pre-tria- in good stead development. My second tough test came when I was twelve. The family would go to Redondo Beach and would sometimes swim in the pool. It was inside and warm water. As a The FFA program provides youth with an opportunity for practical work experience beyond the classroom. Its goal is to build I would gaze at the high the traits of leadership, citizenship youngster dive platform and wonder what the and cooperation as well as to polish place looked like from that point of technical skills. view. It was small and way up to The theme for this years the ceiling. So I took the long National FFA Week is A Future climb. I must say that the pool for America. looked mighty small from that a twelve year The U.S. Constitution does height, especially for dived. As I not give anyone the right to a old who have never to climb down I could see lawyer, or the right to counsel, or prepared and watthe right to any other HEARSAY all the people looking up The Sixth ching me, and then it dawned on SUBSTITUTE. I Amendment is very SPECIFIC me that they thought was going to that the accused ONLY has the dive. Not realizing that would have meant nothing to anyone if I had right to the ASSISTANCE OF I COUNSEL and this ASSIST- climbed down again, I knew had ANCE can be whomever one to dive. I had painted myself into a corner. I cant tell you how much I chooses without limitation. Racine County Christian Posse suffered. I thought I might just jump but knew with everyone watit had to be a dive. It was Only lawyers can be judges ac- ching a matter of guts! cording to the Wisconsin Statutes, simply Either I had the guts or I which makes the courts in Wisconsin unconstitutional, as the didn't. I figured that if I failed now U.S. Constitution guarantees every everyone would laugh and perhaps State in the Union a Represen- make wisecracks, and anything tative Government. No public of- would be better than that. After fice or branch of government can thirty minutes I made the dive. It be limited to one profession or one was a beauty. I was a h ero. So I could hardly wait to organization, as this makes the much so, that State of Wisconsin an autocratic do it again. This time, though, I form of government, Accordingto was too sure of myself. The platthe U.S. Constitution, ALL public form was very high and the salt offices and ALL branches have to water was hot! The dive was too shallow and 1 nearly broke my be OPEN TO ALL CITIZENS. back. I was so embarrassed that I Since the biggest crimes in the would not cry for help and that my world are committed right in the remembering me that if told had court rooms by. the lawyers and grandmother my ears were underwater I could in unconstitutional lawyer-judgcourts. We, The People have to float. I floated in a vertical position while I paddled to the edge. protect ourselves where we need Life is to be lived and man the most protection, in the court 1 rooms, which in turn would make should have his free agency'. am grateful to my parents for the us safe at home and in the streets. Racine County Christian Posse chance to succeed or fail. es . pre-tria- ls pre-tria- ls benefiting lawyers. pre-pre-tri- Pre-tria- ls started with the takeover of the courts by the Bar Associations. Before this, defendants only had A TRIAL, NOT Trials. Racine County Christian Posse The last business boom will be like an explosion, and itll be when the people find out that what they don't buy now will cost them more later. DRY BEANS AID GUATEMALA VICTIMS U.S. Washington Idahos Senator Jim McClure said today that some 6.000 tons of dry beans have been sent to Guatemala to help feed earthquake victims, and, the Idaho Senator said, There is a very excellent chance more dry beans will be sent from the United ' States in the near future. McClure had met with officials of the Idaho dry bean industry, and since that time he has been in constant contact with the United States Department of The USDA adAgriculture. ministers the AID program and Public Law 480, which among other things, has purchased 6,000 tons of dry beans to date and given the desperately needed food to Guatemala. McClure said, Of course our primary interest is to ease the suffering caused by the earthquake, but a side benefit will be to help the troubled dry bean industry." McClure said there is a good chance other agencies may also purchase dry beans for shipment to the stricken South American Country. He said his Washington office would be in continuous contact with those agencies and assist with any transactions in whatever way possible. |