Show TA LOOKING Lp R j AHEAD sr ay GEORGE GEORGES S S. S BENSON f 1111 11 i Is Bigness Bad Many critics of ot our American ya- ya tern tem use big bl business as ax a special target for lor their attacks According to their charges big business throttles throttles tle competition creates monopolies monopolies lies maltreats labor and kills small enterprises Their attitude toward big business represents more than thana Uuna a natural dislike for tor bigness in busi busl ness nes It also abo shows their shrewdness In using wing the propaganda weapon to destroy our system If they should hould succeed in getting public opinion on their aIde side it soon would be reflected In legislation which could well destroy tl this s segment segment seg seg- seg ment of our economy and eventually turn our entire economy into sta state te socialism Grown Up Business Big business Is nothing but small business grown up They grew up because the public allowed them to todo todo todo do so No business can become big business without public approval Public approval cannot be bought ItIs It ItIs Itis is earned through the work hard process of ot competing against scores of ot other companies and giving John Q Public a better washing machine dress or automobile for his money As demand for a product grows growl facilities fa- fa facilities fa must be increased to meet that demand A business grows as the public with its buying dictates Good Dividends As business grows it becomes more efficient and makes possible real savings to the public Our 1500 50 mass produced automobile would cost l if built with the tools o of 1900 1000 Mass purchasing production and distribution result in economies Impossible to small business Larger Investment provides also the necessary sary nary extensive research demanded by keen competition This huge investment pays dividends divi divi- dividends to workers too saving Labor-saving tools multiply the productive capacity ca ca- ca of ot the worker and ease the load from his back This greater production allows him higher pay and shorter hours and puts him in a 1 class far tar above workmen of any other oth oth- oth er tr na nation tIon Bad for Cor Whom Small Email business has fared well Inthis in inthis this progress story You see big business has created thousands o of enterprises that owe their existence to Its production Without the huge output provided by the automotive Industry the average city would be without Its many accessory stores I radiator shops repair shops filling tilling stations parking lots and garages Far from being exterminated small smal business continues to develop Big business has made a striking contribution to our n nations nation's Uon's prosperity prosper ity and progress As long as it Is op crated by human beings being there will be occasions for tor justifiable criticism However minor criticisms must no nobe not be allowed to destroy the true importance importance im im- im of ot big business to a growing growing grow grow- ing nation It is essential to a continued con dynamic economy The pub lie lic having created big business will wil further prosper by its continuance o Mr and Mrs Ed Carlson were to Spanish Fork Saturday am and Sunday having gone up with will their son Vernon Carlson anc anchis and his wife of Richfield They were present Sunday for the christen- christen of a grandson Clair Ray who was named by his father Clair Carlson Mr and Mrs Ivan Carlson of Spanish Fork were also there and the Carlson fame family fam- fam e i ily fly enjoyed a family dinner to together together together to- to gether on Sunday Mrs 1 Leon E. E Peterson Shirley Shirley Shir- Shir ley Icy Braithwaite and son Michael Michael Michael Mich Mich- ael returned to Manti ManU last week after spending 10 days in Redmond Redmond Red Red- m mond nd with Mr 11 Petersons Peterson's folks Mr 11 and Mrs 1 Adley Adley Peterson a III a Friends of Mr and Mrs 1 Edward Edward Ed- Ed Ed Ed- ward L. L Gee called caned on them last Thursday evening bringing a delicious pot luck lunch A very I pleasant evening was spent visiting vis vis- i I Geniel Genie Brown returned home Saturday from California having having hav- hav ing ng visited there the past few weeks with relatives s s Ronald and Kim Gates grandson grand grand- son of oC Mr and Mrs l Erastus II Petersen visited with them for three days last week end They returned to their home in Saina Salina Sa- Sa lina ina on Monday e 0 O e It 2 Mrs 1 Ed J Peterson has hns been visiting in Salt Lake City with her ier daughter Mrs 1 Mack lack Munk l and her family e 0 a Mr and Mrs Melvin Denison entertained for eighteen friends friendson on Mrs 1 Denison's birthday an anniversary anniversary anniversary an- an last Wednesday evening evening evening even even- ing February 27 A pot luck luckI I supper was enjoyed and the ev evI evening evening ev- ev I ening spent playing games Mrs Denison also served a hot chicken chick chick- en dinner to f fifteen i f t tee e e n family members on Sunday C a N. N E. E Bradley went into Salt Lake City last week end and underwent surgery at the hospital there the first of the week o Mrs Wm Ym Nielson has been away spending two weeks visiting visiting visiting vis vis- vis- vis in Salt Lake City with her daughter Mrs Erma Hill Bill Hill Hilland and Miss l Lorna Nielson e C A Mr 1 and Mrs Lee Hall Mrs Jennie Leslie and Mrs Que Christensen were in Nephi on February 27 to visit relatives and also go through the new hospital there s f Mr and Mrs 1 Neil Madsen and children of Tooele visited in Manti 1 last week end 5 a t e 3 9 The annual Old Folks Folks' party will win be held this year on March 22 according to Mr l and Mrs l Ca Cal chairmen for the event Further details will be announced later 0 d u. u Ardith Alder daughter of Mr and Mrs 1 David Alder was home from Salt Lake City to visit with her folks over the week end R Jt 1 a Mr and Mrs Ray P. P Dyreng and grandson Douglas Dyreng returned home this week after visiting in Riverside California for a few days They visited the there r e wit with h the their i r daughter daugh daugh- ter Lucile and her husband Richard Christensen and their family I R Mrs 1 Myrtle Judd wa was hostess hostess hostess hos hos- tess to the Hopeless Alumnae club at her home on Wednesday evening of last week Fifteen members and five guests at at- at tended S Mrs Gail Gaii Jean and son and Kent Hamblin of Salt Lake City visited in Manti ManU last week end with Mrs Phyllis Hamblin I t Mrs 1 Ada who has been ailing has now been taken to the Sanpete L D S Hospital in Mt 1 Pleasant for treatment a Mr 1 and Mrs Charles Ned Ras- Ras mussen and daughter of Salt Lake City visited in Manti 1 over last week end Mr and Mrs Jay Anderson were in Cache County on business business business bus bus- iness last week 4 Heavy Income Railroads collect more than a billion dollars annually for transporting trans porting bituminous coal |