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LOOKING AT WASHINGTON
Ijet Business “Carry the Ball” But
Others Are Also Flaying the Game
The idea, widely prevalent for a few
years, that “government” could do any
thing is about to be succeeded by an
equally foolish notion that “business” is
the answer to all problems of the nation
and the individual.
When the country was in its worst de
pression there was a general clamor for
“government” to do something. The noise
was as much the cries of help that came
from the tycoons and “leaders” as it was
the demand of the mob. In fact, every
body seemed to have the opinion that
economic ills could be brushed aside by
“government” and that prosperity would
soon result.
Gradually, during the past six years
the truth about what the government
can accomplish has become clearer. This
is not to disparage the regulatory and
corrective measures taken by government
nor to deny the great power that legisla
tion has to create conditions favorable to
developments along certain lines of ac
tivity.
Now, for years the cry of what is pop
ularly referred to as “big business” has
been for less governmental action, with
the assertion that if the government
would “remove the brakes” business will
move forward. Chief reference has been
to tax policies, which, it was said, pre
vented private capitalism from function
ing.
We are not prepared to contend that
there is no relation between taxation and
the willingness of a financier to lend his
coin. Obviously, there must be the chance
of profits, with reasonable safety for the
investment, before money will be risked
in a business enterprise. However, let us
not lose sight of the record of the past,
when we contemplate present claims.
At almost every time of economic trial
in this country, there have been business
leaders demanding that the government
“relieve business.” Upon every occasion
they have promised much more than they
have delivered. One favorite item is to
list immense expenditures that will be
made “right away” if the road is opened.
Almost every important reform of busi-i
ness methods has been hailed as “de
struction” and the aftermath clearly
shows that nobody, least of all business
leaders, know what it means.
Looking back a bit, we refer the read
er to a meeting, held in Washington in
December, 1929. Get the date fixed in
your mind. So-called “key men” of indus
try, finance and commerce, called the
“greatest cross-section of American in
dustry ever gathered together” and ap
plauded the statement that if “congress
will only relieve the uncertainty business
will go forward.”
What “business” wanted then was a
tariff bill and they got the Hawley-
Smoot measure, which boosted our tariff
wall to new heights, and reduced income
taxes. Early in 1930 the headlines pro
claimed plans for expansion, even the
railroads were “to spend $1,247,000,000
for construction.” So what? Well, the
nation knows what followed.
Writing along this Tine recently, John
T. Flynn said “one of the greatest busi
ness men in the country” told him that
Hoover had summoned him in 1930, again
in 1931 and finally in 1932 to ask what
he thought “ought to be done.” The first
two times, the business man related, he
told Hoover with complete confidence
what ought to be done to restore pros
perity. In 1932, he admitted, he had run
out of advice.
The point is that while business knows
how to produce goods and how to sell
them it does not know how purchasing
power can be maintained to buy goods.
Many business men, who know all about
their own operations, are extremely ig
norant about the vast economic system
that operates in this country, and it is
doubtful if there is any individual who
knows how the machine operates, as a
whole.
Quoting Mr. Flynn again, to make the
point clear, “doing something for busi
ness does not necessarily mean doing
what business men want. Business men
do not always know what is best for bus
iness” and he cites their opposition to the
federal reserve system and their cham
pioning of it “twenty years later.”
Os course, business men know that a
subsidy, or a special favor like a high
tariff, will mean perhaps, added profits
in the operation of their particular en
terprise but they do not know and sel
dom appreciate the result of the econo
my of the nation, as a whole, or the ef
fect on purchasing power.
Obviously, what helps one business
may hurt other businesses and the net
gain to the nation may be a loss. How
ever. the business men helped will never
admit it and they will use all possible
pressure to get their end. In reverse,
some action may hurt particular business
and yet benefit other business, so that
the net result to the national economic
system will be a distinct gain.
An illustration of the process is fur
nished by the tariff, which was intended
to protect “infant industries” and provide
employment and high wages for labor.
Let us assume that these objectives were
worthy and that they were attained. So
long as agriculture had a market in the
\vorld for its products the system seem
ed to work. Since farmers have lost their
world market, however, there seems to
be a disproportion in the income of ag
riculture as compared with other indus
tries.
We now find strong agrarian demand
for “parity,” and an “equivalent to the
tariff.” Without meaning to pass any
opinion in this article, but for the pur
pose of illustration, it may be that low
ered tariffs would increase the market
for farm products and increase farm!
buying power. Perhaps, that would mean
a gain to the national economic structure; |
perhaps, not. At any rate, if the effort
were made, in the belief that lower tar
iffs would benefit more than they would
harm, the outcry from the beneficiaries
of the tariff would be overwhelming.
It would be obvious that the industries
affected by reductions would be injured.
It would be possible that men at work
. would lose jobs. Some invested capital
would be jeopardized and there would be
• losses. Naturally, those who bore them
would complain and it would not solace
them much to suggest that their loss was
the nation’s gain.
With the Churches
MENLO GROUP OF PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCHES.
(D. E. Boozer, Pastor.)
“The idle person is no better than a
dead one and takes up more room.” —El-
bert Hubbard. In our part of the country
at least, most of the cemeteries are con
nected with the crurch. Our country has
many idlers. We wonder if, or all the or
ganizations in our nation, the church
doesn’t head the list in the percentage of
idlers? Shall we be idlers in our Father's
business? God forbid!
Services for Sunday, April 2:
Menlo
Sunday school at 10 a.m. New Sunday
school officers will be elected for the
new church year.
Pioneer league at 6:30 p.m.
Alphie
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Young People’s league at 6 p.m.
Beersheba
Sunday school at 10 a.m.
Preaching service at 11 a.m. May we
remember to have our pledge cards in
Sunday.
Young People’s league at 6:30 p.m.
Cloudland
Sunday school at 10 a.m. Election of
new officers.
Young People’s service at 6:30 p.m.
Preaching service at 7 p.m.
The public is cordially welcome to
. worship with us at the above-named
. places and hours. /
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, MARCH 30,1939
An Epic of ‘The Soil’
In New Sound Movie
First Showing At Courthouse Here On
Thursday, April 6, at 7:30.
A new feature-length sound motion
picture entitled "The Soil” will be pre
sented in a full hour and a half of en
tertainment at the courthouse in Sum
merville on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30
p.m. by the Chattooga county Agrico
agents. This motion picture, just com
pleted by the American Agricultural
Chemical company, was produced on
farms in different parts of the country,
and has as its “hero” the soil itself, as
the name of the picture signifies.
As Lowell Thomas, the narrator, ex
| presses it in the picture, “Farming is
America’s biggest business —in capital
invested, in number of people employed,
in the value of yearly output. Today, ag
riculture is on the march, as expanding
knowledge and increased efficiency are
helping the farmer get the most out of
his basic asset, the soil.”
Sound Soil Management Explained.
The picture then goes on to visualize
in a graphic and interesting way, the six
basic steps in profitable soil manage
ment, including drainage and erosion con
trol, maintaining proper sweetness or
acidity of the soil, adding organic matter,
thorough preparation and cultivation, i
consistent crop rotation, and proper feed
ing of the crops with the right kind and
amount of plant food.
Among the close-ups of typical farms
in different parts of the country is one
which has been under continuous culti
vation ever since 1705, three-quarters of
a century before the American revolution,
and today produces crops that are better
than ever, as a result of sound soil man
agement, including the use of adequate
amounts of fertilizer.
A striking sequence is a trip through
the Florida pebble phosphate rock mines
of the American Agricultural Chemical >
company. The picture shows how the
element phosphorus, imprisoned by na
ture in the phosphate rock millions of
years ago, is extracted with the aid of
Jieat of volcanic intensity, and you ac
tually see what pure elemental phosphor
us looks like, as it burns furiously the
instant it strikes the air. Also shown is
the method by which the phosphate rock
is converted into superphosphate, the
form in which phosphorus as a plant
food is made readily available for the
.
growing crop.
The process of making Agrico fertili
zers is then presented, and there is a
behind-the-scenes tour through the chem
ical laboratories which control quality
by constant analysis, from raw materials
through the manufacturing process and
right up to the shipping platform.
Thomas Tells of Field Service.
“But to me one of the most interesting
things of all.” continues Mr. Thomas,
“is the work which the A.A.O. Co. does
among farmers right out in the field,” as
the picture shows how A. A. C. agronom
ists and field service men travel from
farm to farm, checking soils and crops,
testing and analyzing, to keep abreast
of the changing needs of the ever-chang
ing soil.
One of the most graphic sequences in
the picture shows soil samples being ta
ken from a farmer’s fields and then
through a series of tests in A. A. C. soil
testing laboratories, to find out to what
extent they are deficient in the various
plant-food elements. Interesting, too, is a
visualization of proper methods of plac
ing fertilizers for best results. In a«strik
ing conclusion, a typical American farm
er tells of the results of good soil man
agement —of what it means to a farmer
and his family “to keep the good earth
good.”
As to the reason for the picture, a rep
resentative of the American Agriculture
Chemical company said: “Yes, we make
fertilizer, make it the best we know how,
spare no pains to put into every bag of
Agrico the very utmost in crop-producing
power. But, when all is said and done
we know that using enough of the righ
kind of fertilizer is only one of six ele
ments in profitable farm operation, and
we want to help farmers get the utmos*
out of their soils. The picture is another
forward step in that direction.”
ROYAL Theatei -
SUMMERVILLE, GA.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY:
“SCARFACE”
With Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak. Osgood
Perkins, Karen Morley, Boris Karloff.
Lawlessness was his god! Everything
came his way! Men fawned on him . . .
women cringed to his desire —until, drunk
with money, power, loot ... he chal
lenged the red-blooded heart of a nation
and the nation took up that challenge!
Also Shorts and News Reel.
SATURDAY:
H. Wilcoxon & Marian Marsh in
“Prison Nurse”
Also Comedy, Serial & Mickey Mouse
Cartoon.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY:
Burn ’Em Up O’Connor
With Dennis O’Keefe, Cecilia Parker,
Nat Pendleton, Harry Carey.
Murder on death turn —while 300.000
baffled eyes looked on ! Romance —and
thrills —ride with the roaring racers —as
a daredevil “driving fool”—solves the
riddle of ‘Delano’s Jinx’ —catches a triple
murderer —and wins a girl who had
turned him down,
Also Our Gang Comedy and News of
the Day.
DEATHS
Mrs. Nancy Whitlow.
Mrs. Nancy Whitlow, age 84 years,
died at the residence of her nephew,
Clarence Floyd, Friday evening, March .
17, at 8 :50 p.m.
She is survived by one daughter, sev
eral nieces and nephews. Funeral serv
ices were held at Trion Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at 2 :30, with the Rev.
Shivers officiating. Interment in Trion
cemetery. Trion Department store in
charge of arrangements.
George Atkins.
George Atkins, age 10, died at Done!-
TAX RECEIVER’S
ROUNDS FOR 1939
I will be at the following places on dates and
days below for the purpose of receiving taxes for
1939. I will be at the office every day except days
mentioned above. I will be glad to stop any place on
my rounds if you will notify me:
TRION—
MARCH 6, MARCH 20, APRIL 3, APRIL 17
MENLO—
MARCH 7, MARCH 21
LYERLY—
MARCH 8, MARCH 22
HOLLAND-
MARCH 28 P. M.
COOK STORE-
MARCH 28 A. M.
DRY CREEK—
APRIL 19, NOON
DIRTSELLER: E. D. Harrison—
MARCH 30—10 A,. M.
HAYWOOD—
APRIL 19—10 A. M.
SUBLIGNA: Self Store—
APRIL 12—10 A. M.
P. A. MORGAN STORE—
APRIL 12—1 P. M.
E. E. MARTIN STORE—
APRIL 14—10 A. M.
CHELSEA—
APRIL 14, NOON
On days I am on my rounds, will leave the office
at 9:30 a.m. and be back at 3:30 p.m.
DEMPO DALTON,
TAX RECEIVER
son, Tenn., March 17. The body arrived
in Trion Sunday morning and was car
ried to the residence of his uncle, Ayers
Jones, where funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. An
drew Pilgrim officiating. Interment in
Macedonia cemetery in Broomtown V:
ley. Trion Department store in charge.
Income tax collections of $473,132,052
on March 15 date were 30 per cent, be
low same period year ago.
REALLY.
An American screen actress has been
married three times to the same man.
Any one who is as absent-minded as that
should keep a diary.—Humorist, London.