Show l 4 I III I H M H-H-M- III i 11 T I T I 1 II T T I I till to toI I Dads Dad's I Column I f H U I I I I I I I I I H I I f IN IS TilE THE TEN THOUSAND streamlets trickle from snowfields at The distant slopes are greening as the sap starts In the pine Theres There's a stir on warmed sun-warmed hillsides new life swells at each root 01 Of last years year's growth the pasque flow flow- flowers flowers ers in gay families salute floW I The chili chill of ot dawn In furry turry coatS nor fear tear b. b the cool of 01 night I r r Soft breezes stir l the aspens and they f waken with delight r At the thrill of or Springs Spring's returning I clouds as soft sott as thistledown IL Laze slowly cross the cobalt skies trash I burning In the town Brings me nostalgic memories of springs of ot other days Steam rising from the valleys vailey hangs oer o'er all a tender haze The lean she-bear she from her long sleep within her den Tears at the rotting logs for grubs the bighorns startle when A locomotive screams below as trails its It r black smoke plume The roar ol oT tumbling water rises from the canyons canyon's gloom Birds flutter In the branches courting coyly everywhere jAn J L An eagle spirals slowly in his realm of upper air The scent of life Ute is la on each breeze as t undefined as thought LAnd And my wife wants me to get et out and spade the tho garden plot C. C. C R. R Spencer oo TOTAL L PAYMENTS 1 IE TS ON O PREMIUM PRE PLAN IL REACh BIG m FiGURE I PRODUCERS OF copper lead and zinc have received million In pre pre- premium premium I payments on copper lead and I zinc from February 1942 to March 1947 I C. C O. O director of the office of the premium price plan told the na na- national national na- na national resources economic subcommittee of ot the senate public lands committee at ata a a. recent hearing About 52 of the lead and 73 of the zinc produced in March came from mines operating under the premium price plan said Premier produced copper amounted to more than 5 of total output in the U. U S. S Lead producers received in January an average of a pound and zinc producers an average of 2 a pound In March western producers of copper were receiving a pound while pro pro- producers producers in other parts of the U. U S. S aver aver- averaged averaged averaged aged a pound says the Denver Mining Record lit 1 THE TIIE PROFIT TREND TRI D IN A number of ot fields business pro- pro profits profits fits Its have recently shown sh wn declines declines-a a na na- natural natural na- na natural tural result of the tapering off ot of the ther r great postwar buying spree when price I teemed seemed to be no object Some retail organizations have been hit especially hard For example one I report states that the net Income of 24 of the country's leading wholesale and retail corporations declined per cent In the first quarter of 1047 1947 as compared I with the same period of ot 1946 Here is additional evidence to the effect that retailing Is not out to ex ex- exploit exploit the consumer by b following an all- all will the price policy The truth Is that a a. great many retailers in including in- in eluding both chains and Independents have voluntarily cut their profits in or order or- or order order der to prevent price Increases that would w uld t otherwise have been necessary The aver- aver average E age margin of profit prout on a a. given sale Is t l. l very small In certain basic fields nelds such as food tood it is so small that the con- con consumer Burner sumer would save very little it If It were S i eliminated entirely It Is not uncommon for lor large retail tood food organizations to I earn as net profit only a little more than a penny for or eacH dollar spent by customers C Prices remain high for tor reasons which t are beyond the power of either retailers I or manufacturers to control For one ono t in in thing we are living in an economy which many elements of ot labor are de- de demanding deI demanding I manding more and more money for less and less production production and and in that sort j I of an economy a deflated dollar is in in- in evitable Buyer resistance and appeals J I to further reduce profits will cause some corrections but corrections but they cant can't solve the theof of ot swollen operating costs which I Ion on every kind of business z O O O OA I A LARGE ORDER OnDER Curtain SOVIET RUSSIA'S Iron I L according to some reports Is mainly a defensive device Apparently there Is a genuine fear tear that if ii the miserable mil mu- millions lions tf of f Europe and Asia could glimpse the luxuries enjoyed by the masses in inthe Inthe inthe the capitalistic United States the cause of communism would have tough sled sled- ding Piercing the Iron Curtain with the story of what politically free men can cando cando do for tor themselves is a problem that is occupying much thought these days days days- and sad the expenditure of a lot of ot the tax tax- taxpayers taxpayers' taxpayers taxpayers' taxpayers taxpayers' payers' payers money Against this background of near frustration one positively encouraging Continued on Page Four Dads Dad's Column Continued from Page One note appears A group of American oil companies has Introduced an Inspiring example of American life ute throughout largo large areas of the Middle East by de development de- de development of Arabian oil oU The tance of this move to develop the re resources re- re resources resources sources of Arabia cannot be mated As Fortune Magazine says If I those resources are developed with fore fore- foresight foresight sight and with vision and with a new regard for the 50 million people of the area then a hopeful prospect em em- erges These are immense stakes and I by one of the great Ironies of history the Issue will be decided not primarily I by the United States government not nott by t the British foreign office not by the ther r planners but by the forces of or corporate initiative and corporate resources As ambassadors the American oilmen I have no easy role but If played success success- successfully fully It will be a momentous one Their business In the tho Middle East pits free enterprise against the wiles and pro pro- I I I of the communists American democracy against totalitarian authority I I The Tho results of the tho test will determine I the tho decision of or the Middle I Easterners East whether Easterners whether whether It leaves them still in poverty chaos and serfdom or orr I whether It them brings brings them orderly progress and a decent wily way of f life me In which ther th 1 seeds of ot democracy can sprout This Ibis Is a a. large order But there arc are strong indications that American enter enterprise enter enter- enterprise prise will measure up to the responsibility Hy ity It circumstances have thrown up upon it O 4 O O 0 CHILDREN AT WORK r DURING THE war more students than ever before mobilized Into an em army of ot farm workers From colleges and thigh schools even grade grad schools came helping bands ands to relieve a labor shortage andas arid and aridas t I as a a. result saved saved otherwise lost Jost crops These young people worked for their I country's cause causa and the sake of them them- themselves selves Child tabor labor l bor as It used to be practiced practiced was so 50 obnoxious that laws were passed to prevent It That was when child chUd labor was abused Came organized labor to keep competition for Jobs irom iro falling Into the hands of youngsters Let Let children play say many a resident Combs Com s vacation time and idleness and In some somo cases more cause for Juvenile delinquency There used to be many chores around the house and farm before children dren went to school in the morning certain tasks' tasks to be done when they returned from school in the afternoon It Is 15 necessary necessary necessary essary for even a n. child chUd to prove his worth to build up his own self seU respect It Is essential to build both mind and nd muscle if we want to build a strong body Whether children around here work at odd Jobs at home In the town I or help on a a. farm there should be some I display of responsibility It may be betrue true that all work and no play makes Jack Jacka a dull boy but it is also well to to-re- to re remember re- re remember I member that all play and no work ork I doesn't make Jack I oo-o oo o 0 THE TilE WATCHER W MOTHER SHE ALWAYS leaned to watch for jis s. s Anxious if 1 we were late In winter by b the window In summer by the gate I And though we mocked her tenderly Who had ad such foolish care The long way home would seem more safe sate Because she waited there Her thoughts were all so full of ot us US us- us She never could forget I And so I think that where she Is She must be watching yet Waiting Wafting till Ull we come home to her he I. I Anxious If we are late late late- Watching from heavens heaven's window t Leaning from heavens heaven's gate I Margaret I I |