Show M 1 1 I I t j The Column Boys j I Joo I I Ie I I I J J I I I i L L I SONG SO-G THE APPLES are In and the corn is I I gathered the tho fences are crowded and noisily I feathered where the southward passage of ot colored wings is being planned Swamp maple flings wild flame name to the wind Tan cattle crop the last of the grass where the hills go up The hay hap cart rests now blue and faded beside the barn The fields have ha traded yellow daisy for autumn aster the nights grow longer the days go faster butternuts gath gath- gathered gathered The apples are in the x ered and earth and I are content and wea wea- Frances Frost O aaa O O CHEAPER BY TIIE POUND TALK ABOUT bright b r i 1 g h t ideas and modern marketing methods An ima ima- imaginative imaginative auto salesman in New Jersey handled these little British automobiles that fire are gaining In popularity He put live five of them In a large shopping place where they were entirely surrounded by fruit and vegetables The five little cars were bought up as quickly as five e bunches of ot carrots You see this sales sales- salesman salesman salesman man was inspired to offer the cars at atso atso atso so much a a. They figured at 72 cents a pound for an automobile was cheaper than most of the beef over at atthe atthe atthe the meat counter You may be able to sell your wife on the idea of or a new car if you can persuade her that it will cost less than hamburger and dirt cheap compared to filet met mignon O aaa O O LL r FRUITAGE F THE SHADE of ot Adam the fall of or Eden the stride of or Johnny have e cast their shadows on this time of or year They suggest the treasure tree of or an orchards orchard's bounty the russet fruit fruit- fruitage fruitage fruitage age of the apple The heavy crooked boughs bend with their burden of or mellow mel mel- mellow mellow low goodness yet so graceful in Its bending to achieve the lines Unes of or the willow Honored by Greek goddesses philosophers poets and school children mankind counts the ripe apple a a. Jewel Its fragrance of or cider elder a a. attar its history almost human WInesap Delicious Jonathan Greening McIntosh Rome Beauty and Baldwin an apple I Is as sweet by any name Be It windfall or hanging banging fruit from sprays of blossom to frosted leaf lear from wild crabapple to sprayed pruned grafted trees core to skin hand band to mouth we pay tribute to this as Thoreau called It most civil civil- civilized I of trees O aaa O O OWE WE IlE REPEAT AN INDEX of or wholesale prices based item Iran the year 1926 finds today's dollar worth orth a bit over 50 cents The Korean war has bas caused further inflation on onI the average of ot 3 per cent since June I and It Increases daily The accompaniment ment of inflation is strikes When Prices go up wages go up or striking results Prices and wages go hand in hand You who say it is unpatriotic to strike during stress of ot war should say it is ls unpatriotic to exert pressure for higher prices Stabilize one you must stabilize the other One does not need a high school diploma to under under- understand understand understand stand the logic of ot this but a lot of ot our congressmen dont don't know it it I aaa O O O OIT IT IS AN 4 OLD STORY GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES have been practiced since the Republic was formed Taxpayers have directly and Indirectly contributed to mule and horse trails traUs canals highways railroads have ha fur fur- furthered furthered furthered traffic of ot harbors and rivers through appropriations A form of ot subsidy sub sub- subsidy subsidy sidy benefits industry with a protective tariff Air traffic for tor economic and defensive purposes has grown through contributions from the government Science has been subsidized for re research re- re research search for investigation Even maga maga- magazines magazines newspapers and such publications have received support by being carried through the malls mails at a lower cost From the time of or tribal chiefs feudal lords kings central government has subsidy I zed But when the word is brought up upla In la connection with a a. farm program you would think it new the issue becomes so hot bot in political and economic debates Perhaps It is nothing as much as the form in which the subsidy Is 11 received As In farm arm subsidies the tho direct payment of benefits is in millions of checks I from the government Maybe this calls cans forth more criticism and draws nation nationwide I Wide attention to the program All subsidies are not Just all amounts paid ald are arc not in correct proportion to the need for the subsidy but the under under- underlying underlYing underlying lying purpose for subsidies is to en en- encourage encourage encourage courage protect strengthen the indus indus- industries tries essential to our country's welfare ellare to gu guard rd against a national disaster that WOUld ouid result from the economic collapse of or these thebe industries Sound in principle It t can become dangerous with malpractice tice however t t IT 1 IS ISN'T NT T ALL LL BUCK CI I PERHAPS THE HE THE call into i to uniform i hasn't touched your home as yet jet et but I It has many others and one never knows how long it will be before another youngster leaves his family's bed and board to enter the armed services It ItI I k is always a a. heartache to parents the feeling of or danger Involved the process processor or of f altering plans for the boys education I employment it Naturally there are parental paren paren- parental tal ai misgivings and regrets But military J f training has Its brighter side Bide has many I. I a advantages vantages In some cases military f Discipline alone Is a benefit benent to fo some 7 1 lads ads ii If a boy is ls inefficient In his efforts I t j in n civilian C life Ute military service offers j 1 mm hurt food lood clothing housing medical care educational instruction that may I return him to his family a better cite cite- I zen sen He lie himself is fn may find There I C the advantage to certain boys to have aw Slew companionship new sights lead a an anew 1 n new w kind of or life lire There Is a protection I a also that we forget in our emphasis I 11 or of f the dangers No doubt you can find numerous veterans right around town j who can tell you of many Instances I Where ero the Army made men l |