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I i r Released by Western Newspaper Union FARMER CAN BOAST j OF HONEST PATRIOTISM IT V WAS AS a beautiful patriotic gesture gesture gesture ture on the part of Green of the APLand and Murray of the CIO to so cheerfully cheer 1 fully acquiesce to the Presidents President's or order order order or- or der for a hour 48 week and members members mem mem- pr bers of their organizations patriotically patriotically patriot patriot- accepted the conditions And why not Here is how it works A worker in in- inan an airplane plant who os lis is paid an hour receives 44 44 for or his weeks week's work Now he will work 48 hours and for the extra eight hours he will be paid time and a half or an hour a total of for his 48 hours Eight extra hours at time and a half is a fair price for patriotism in an out all-out r war war- The airplane manufacturer with a plus cost-plus contract does not worry He but adds the cost to his bill to toUncle toUncle toUncle Uncle Sam and the heavily-burdened heavily I taxpayers of the nation must pay it That patriotic gesture might not C a I have been so cheerful had the order called for 48 hours at the straight time lime rate of an hour but under under un un- Ider der those conditions the gesture would have demonstrated a better brand of patriotism At the same time the government tells the farmer to raise larger crops which means more hours on top lop of the long ones he is now working work work- ing He is told to get extra help if he be can A ceiling is placed on the I prices he can caa ch charge rge and those I prices may mayor or may not represent cost oost The farmer accepts the conditions conditions con con- raises the demanded increased increased in in- creased products works longer hours not hours not for time and a half but because the nation is at war war- warHis His is an honest patriot patriot- Ism sm f 1 FRIENDLY TOWNS 1 ARE RE GOOD TOWNS ACROSS THE ROADWAY as it entered the town was a huge sign 1 On it were the words Welcome to J Jonesboro As the motorist drove under that sign he had a heartwarming heartwarming heartwarming heart heart- L warming feeling for J Jonesboro It was vas evidently a friendly town and he ne wished to be a friend of such a place He slowed his speed in order to comply with the towns town's ordinance and that he might do his part in protecting protecting protecting pro pro- the people chickens dogs etc from injury also that he might I 1 have a better opportunity to see seemore seemore seemore more of this town which had bid him i welcome i Another sign across the road as ashe ashe ashe he left the town said Call Again i at Jonesboro It was an invitation this motorist proposed to accept and when he did he was going to stop at least for a meal He wanted to get in closer touch with the friendly people of that friendly town Those signs were but an evidence Df of f courtesy In the stores of Jones Jonesboro Jonesboro boro you would undoubtedly find that i same evidence of courtesy The prospective customer would be met with a cheery morning good-morning an evident evident evident evi evi- evi- evi dent desire to serve his wishes and anda s sa left a pleasant thank you when he All of us like to buy in that kind of Df a store We Ve enjoy the small courtesies courtesies cour tour i it extends We Ve are not particular particular par par- about asking prices knowing i that so friendly a merchant will also be fair Courtesy is a big asset for any town and ItI It I any place of business 1 produces and holds customers The r. r I cost of a smile is no greater than j j the cost of a frown I RAILROAD PROFITS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATION L LIN IN 1918 THE AMERICAN RAILROADS RAILROADS RAILROADS RAIL- RAIL ROADS operated by the government government government govern- govern ment carried billion ton miles of freight and 42 billion miles of pas- pas At the end of the war the railroads were broke and had been I operated at a loss In 1942 the railroads railroads railroads rail- rail t roads under private ownership carried carried car- car t ried vied billion ton miles of freight f fand and 53 billion miles of passengers and earned approximately 6 per cent centon 1 on the of American investors money despite the fact that they were paying more than million a year more in wages than thanin thanin thanin in 1918 with an increase of only three-fourths three of one mill per ton mile in freight charges It is evident that the men who are operating the railroads railroads rail rail- roads know the job far better than did the government JUST IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED that the world give Hitler his right name r rand and vocation as the House Painter The but why F g gruber ruber may be acceptable cast odium on the honest and honorable honorable honorable hon hon- calling of house painting merely because once disgraced that honorable vocation Just call him and let it go at that 11 a a I THIS GLOBAL V WAR AR in which we weare weare weare odd are engaged can create some conditions If you want to know about abou one ask the banker to tell you l lof of his gasoline accounts i Those little ration coupons y you U iz leave at the gas station are deposited deposit depoSIt- ed at the bank not bank not as dollars butas butas but butas as gallons of gasoline To get more morea gasoline the gas man writes a checK tt Sounds b against his gallons account l banker simple enough but ask the how many headaches it has caused and how many new adding machines he nerds needs and nd cannot get R 0 I I 1 |