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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1943)
THE FRONTIER D H. Cronin. Editor and Owner Entered at Postoffice at O’Neill, Nebraska, as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION One Year, in Nebraska-$2.00 One Year, Outside Nebraska 2.25 Display advertising is charged for on a basis of 25c an inch (one column wide) per week. Want ods 10c per line, first insertion. Subsequent insertions 5c per line Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if the publisher shall be notified; other wise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscrip tion price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions ore made a part of the contract between publisher and subscriber. SINGED WINGS The people of the United States have been flying so close to the socialistic candle that some of them have had their wings badly scorched. They have been obses sed with the idea that they could get something for nothing by hav ing the government furnish it. As a result, they are loaded with taxes to pay for “gifts” and gov ernment debts. At last they are awakening to the fact that taxpaying private industry is more beneficial to the nation that tax-exempt govern ment projects which must be paid for by taxes taken from the peo ple. In speeches, newspaper edi torials, radio talks and advertis ing copy of many industries, there is outspoken sentiment that the nation must go forward on the solid foundation of private initia tive and enterprise which built it. Recognizing the singed wings warning, Eric A. Johnston of Spo kane. president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, re cently said: “There is some dan ger of America becoming totali tarian. Of course it would come under a form different than we understand it now. Unless that danger is averted, the peace of the world is endangered. Too much power should never be placed in the hands of govern ment. We should tell the whole world that we will not preside at the liquidation of the American way of life.” It’s worth getting our wings singed if it teaches us to keep away from the fire. WHO IS TO BLAME? Continued controversy in the coal mines still threatens coal production. Strikes, the one con tingency which the mine oper ators themselves admit can cause a coal shortage, are now occurring for the third time withih the year. If, as the grip of winter tight ens, and as more American men fall overseas, war production is endangered by lack of fuel, the people are going to want to know who is to blame for the unneces sary coal shortage. There are three possible culprits: labor, gov ernment, or the mine operators. The blame can hardly pe placed on the operators and owners of the coal mines, because under the existing wartime “czar” system built up in government, they do as they are told even to the ex ent of handing their properties over to the government. Labor, however, has proved once more that it can dictate to government in the matter of coal production. Therefore, govern ment authorises, who have total control of the coal mines and la bor, must assume responsibility for mine closings. This becomes more evident each day. NO ESCAPE Consumers throughout the coun try who are currently not getting all the dairy products they want, can fully appreciate a recent ob servation of Business Week: "In creasingly, the question is how to escape from the dilemma of whether to make a sacrifice at the production line or at the anti inflat'on line.” As far as dairy products are concerned, the sacrifice has been made at the production line. Un til prices are adjusted in propor tion to costs, the dairy industry will not be able to meet the needs of the nation. Subsidies will not take the place of a fair price. Fact, Not Fiction One of the points most stressed by the five senators who visited the world's battlefronts last sum mer was the fact that the United States furnishes most of the oil for the fighting machines of the United Nations. To fill these war requirements, oil for our own do mestic needs has been sacrificed. Either we must discover and pro duce more oil in this country or our domestic or war needs will suffer dangerously. The decision is not left to the oil industry. The increased cost of “wildcatting” runs headlong into the elaborate anti-inflation schemes of government' agencies which decide whether inelastic {irice fixing rules are more prec ous than oil. But our motorized nation cannot run on low prices without gasoline. The oil industry has asked for a very modest increase ip the price of crude oil, which Would mean an increase in the, price of a gallon of gasoline of about one penny. There is little question as to the choice which .Would be made by gasoline-starved motor ists and cold-home ownqrs If they were given the opportunity to choose. Of **ourse even a penny increase in the price of gasoline would admittedly breach the line against inflation—if thete fs a line to breach. ' v AMERICAN HEROES BY LEI F High on a Tunisian cliff a Free French soldier lay wounded. A litter squad started up. Enemy bullets spatted against the cliff. The squad went on. In a whining hail of lead they brought their ally down. For that exploit Stall Sergeant Roy L. IJateg of Fairfield, 111., and Privates Hubert llranscum of Delta, Ky., Anthony P. Coll of Johns town, Pa., and William B. Crifiin of Sylvester, Texas, won Silver Stars. They deserve your War Bond backing. Oregonian Says OPA Is Progressing Backward “A blurb recently emitted by the OPA with intent to shame com plainers about rationing,” says the Portland Oregonian, “tells us that our forefathers did without sugar until the sixteenth century, with out buttered bread until the fif teenth, without potatoes until the sixteenth, without coffee, tea and soap until the seventeenth, with out gas, matches and electricity until the nineteenth. A common comment on this record is that our forefathers also did without the OPA.” Our forefathers also did with out false teeth, safety razors, pat ent toilets, and thousands of art icles too numerous to mention. They didn’t have department stores, milk in bottles, canned foods or bath tubs. Eddie Rickenbacker and his companions starved on a raft for nearly a month and still lived to tell the tale. But is that any par allel we should seek to follow? If our national economy has cre ated shortages, at a time when surpluses are needed, we can do without as our forefathers did if necessary. Our planning and energies, how ever, should be directed toward increased production and pro gress, the constant aim of our forefathers. Prepare Postwar Tax ation Policy Now Of the domestic postwar prob lems, there is none more import ant than that of taxation and gov ernment expenditures. With a federal postwar debt of prob ably $300,000,000,000, and interest charges of some $6,000,000,000 a year, it is imperative that all other expenditures of government be limited and that a sound pol icy of taxation be adopted. No tax policy can succeed which ignores the fact that the all-im portant thing is to increase the national income and at the same time expand the country’s total wealth and productive capacity. Failure on the part of our law makers to recognize this funda mental truth will lead to the de struction of private enterprise and substitution of some form of na tional socialism. Recognizing this danger, a move ment is now underway in the 48 states to secure an amendment to the federal constitution limiting the power of Congress in peace time to impose taxes on incomes, inheritances and gifts, to a maxi mum of 25 per cent. Fifteen states have already passed resolutions requesting Congress to call a con vention for the purpose of propos ing such an amendment. Support ers of the measure emphasize that Congress should no more have un limited power over one’s property than over his person; for, in the language of Chief Justice Mar shall, ‘‘The power to tax involves the power to destroy.” Views of Congress By Dr. A. L. Miller, M. C. The head of the government printing office, recently testifying before a special House commit tee investigating the news print shortage, declared that paper con sumption by the various govern ment agencies increased 40% in 1943 over 1942. He was unable to give a clear picture of the amount of circulars being sent out by var ious government agencies. It is reported that Uncle Sam is now printing more than 140 different periodicals. Every newspaper of fice can testify to the huge amount of government propaganda now flooding the mails, most of which goes immediately into the waste basket. The Nebraska delegation has been working for sometime to get a more liberal program for tne manufacture of farm machinery. The members attended a recent meeting at which a dozen govern ment agencies, each of which had something to do with farm ma chinery, were represented. We were informed that additional steel has been allocated for this purpose. Much of it was allocated too late to be of assistance dur ing the past harvest. A few ex amples of allocation: 81,500 trucks have been allo cated for the United States in the year 1944. This compares to 700, 000 which were manufactured and distributed in 1941. There are 4xk million trucks in the United States, 25% are farm trucks. You j can readily see the 81,500 is mere-' ly a drop in the bucket. I was surprised to learn that only 125, 000 tractors were being manufac tured in 1944 for the six million farms in the United Statesi at the some time our neighbor Canada is to receive 19,565 farm tractors and lend lease will export an ad ditional 21,000. These tractors will be badly needed on the farms this next summer. It seems a poor policy to permit one-fourth of our farm tractor production to be shipped out of the country. Our INFLATION INFLATION is a great destroyer of savings, a wrecker of values, an anesthetic to initiative and enterprise. America must beat inflation; the price of failure is too grim to contem plate. This bank urges action, not words. Government should enforce rigid wage and price controls everywhere. Citizens should spend less, save heroically, buy War Bonds, pay taxes as never before. The price of pre serving our liberty will be high, but no price could be too high. O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK O’NEILL, NEBRASKA Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to _ Big Variety! New Styles! And Matchless Values! Women's and Misses WINTER Values to $39.50 >_• f » It'* * ry, . _ . ^ ^ • Fur-Fabric • Fleeces • Herringbones • Plaids Determined to give the greatest value possible we shopped high-and-low for these coats. Once^B found, we marked them at a price so low that V you’ll hardly believe your eyes when you see and ■ try on the garments. We truly believe you have ■ never seen their equal at this price or near it. 1 Coats of luxurious looking furlike fabrics ... 1 of soft, fleecy wools . . . herringbones ... ' tweed effects. Casual and dressy styles, lined w and interlined for extra warmth. Styled to please the most fastidious. Try them on. Judge for yourself. Fabric Gloves Exceedingly smart looking fabric gloves styled with leather back. New rq season shades, at ... ■ Handbags Square effects for sport , wear, longer, leaner bags for 'dress. Black and colors. Each .$2.98 ^ Blouses Tailored or with feminine details. Short or long sleeve styles. Rever or collar types. $3.98 ■ Scotch Hose Knee high, heavy cable knit hose to wear with skirt and blouse ensemble. In „ * peppy colors. Pair .. ■ Wool Skirts They make a smart team coupled with a sweater or blouse. Gored style in new Plaids or „ solids . I New Sweaters Cardigan style in the heav- , ier knits, or lighter weight in slipons. Various qq ; colors. Low priced , Girdles $2.29 Two-way stretch gir dles that assist figures in retaining the slim lines of the moment. GOWNS $2.98 Of rayon In pleas ing new season col ors. Sizes for wom en and misses, ■ Slips $1.29 Of supple m; on in white or tea rose. T a 11 o red or Sizes 14 to 44 V SALE STARTS } TOMORROW LADIES’ HAT SALE Values to $3.98 Special Groupe $1.00 Fine quality felt Hats, values to $3.98, re grouped for quick clearance to make room for Spring hats arriving. farmers cannot continue to meet their food goals unless given the machinery and the help to do the job. Do you know that the federal government owns more than 20% of the land in the United States? It amounts to more than 395 mil lion acres. Most of it is located in the western states. The proper committee in the Congress is making a study of these huge op erations with the view of liqui dation following this world war. This liquidation will also include some 75 billion dollars of surplus goods, including tractors, jeeps, food supplies and wearing apparel. The recent deficiency appro priation bill passed by the House carried a provision for paying compensation to civilian employ ees of contractors engaged in na val installations at Wake Island when the Japanese captured it. Most of these men are now in prison camps in China and Japan. The bill will now have to pass the Senate and be approved by the President before its provisions are effective. Those from the Fourth Nebraska District who were so employed on December 7, 1041, are as| follows: Andrew F. Adams of Morrill, George W. Fisher of Chadron, Harry W. Hodgson of Scottsbluff, Luther K. Lawyer of North Platte, Lloyd H. Mathson of Mitchell, Howard M. Stiter of Grand Island, Frank Thayer of North Platt*, Lawrence H. Pro teau of Ogallala. The complete list for Nebraska carries 27 names. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Velva Fisher, of Neligh, was a week-end guest of Mrs. Walter Pharris. Pvt. and Mrs. Donald Clyde of Louisiana are visiting relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith of Grand Island spent the week-end here on business. Miss Ann Mathrie spent the week-end in Spencer visiting rel atives and friends. Charles Dobney, of Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kuhn, of Columbus, will be Thanksgiv ing day guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Armbruster. ~ Miss Virginia Wiley of Seattle, Wash., arrived last Friday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Carsten Hanson and friends. Pvt. James Higgins returned to Camp Roberts, Calif., last Friday, after visiting with his parents and other relatives here. Misses Alma and Iona Bacon spent Sunday in Atkinson visit ing their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bacon. J. B. Ryan left Tuesday for Denver, Colo., to spend Thanks giving with his sisters and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shoemaker received word \that their son, Pvt. Harold Shoetnaker, has been transferred from Fort Leaven worth, Kan., to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Pat McDermott, of Boston, Mass., left for his home Monday, after being called here by the ser ious illness of his sister, Mrs. Joe McNicholas. Mrs. Elmer Johnson and son, Billy Joe. of Omaha, visited Mr and Mrs. Dan Cronin and Mr. and Mrs. A1 Souser over the week-end. Mrs. Dessie Spittler and Mrs. Archer of Ewing spent last Fri day here on busines. Gerald Kleinsmith of Murdo, S. D., arrived last Friday to visit friends here for several days. Mr. and1 Mrs. Henry Waldrop of Kearney arrived Wednesday to visit her mother, Mrs. Theresa Murray. G. J. Ryan of Omaha arrived here Tuesday to attend the mar riage of his daughter, Dorothy, to Lieutenant George Hammond. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Engler and familv of Stuart will spend Thanksgiving day here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKenna. Miss Ruth Harris of St. Edward arrived home Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with her mother and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Smith of Page were looking after bus iness matters in this city last Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Davidson of Sioux City spent the week-end here visiting his mother, Mrs. James Davidson, and other rel atives ana friends.