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AMERICAN LIBERTY IS AT STAKE
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There is an increasing tendency of thought
about the future in store for this country and:
what the war will do to the so-called American;
way of life whatever may be its ending; and the
long step this country has taken away fromtruc
democracy and along the path of dictatorship as
practiced in the countries of Europe now at war.’
Peacetime if not too long delayed will find
the American people burdened with a hundred;
billions of national debt, not to 'Speak of all theg
other public and private debts and the huge sums
required for interest alone; that is, if these debts,
are, not cancelled by inflated money or repudi-l
ated, either of which ends is in prospect]
After the war and return to peace the only;
hope of building the country anew along stablel
lines must be through free enterprise and the re-i
moval of all or most of the strings which the fed-:
eral government holds over all public activities;;
an end to dictatorship and return to the system,
which encourages men to work for their own bet—g
terment. ‘ “ I
The socializing of industry and business in;
the end harms more than it helps for it is aimed;
at taking‘away all the rights of the individual and ,‘
the building of an all-authority and adding other?
hordes of petty dictators under the all-powerfull
head for the nation to feed and support by its la—§
bors; although sugar-coated this means loss of 111*:
dividual liberty and in the end slavery of the;
masses.
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PRIORITIES KILL SMALL INDUSTRY
While all attention so far by the various oldi
and new government agencies has been given‘
to all-out support of the big industries engaged
in war production and giving priority to all theirl
needs, it is well to bear in mind that denial of
raw materials to small everyday industry Willi
bring hardship to the people and throw many out
of employment.
The administration is now carrying on two:
kinds of war, it has never checked its course for;
so-called “social gains” and it is now dividing
its interest and funds with its war aims, while.
trying to impress the common man with the ne-
cessity of “pinching’l in his daily life in the midst
of spending without limit on the two fronts with
no sign of economy anywhere. _
It is forgotten that the people must live and
carry on their usual business and activities if the
country is to carry on and support the spendingy
the labor losing out on the jobs of small industry
all over the country cannot find places at the fat!
jobs in war industry, and the resulting problemf
will be further aggravation of the national econ-l
omic ills.
FUNNY THINGS ABOUT ALUMINUM
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There are some funny, not to’ say “phoney,”
things on the subject of aluminum these days
which make the observer something of a skeptic,
and inclined to feel that too much of pure politics
is involved.
Since, the inception of the New Deal the;
“aluminum trust” has been a steady target, andl
of late Mr. ‘Ickes has been saving Bonneville pow-
er for new concerns that will compete in West-
ern production.
Then comes the appeal for old cans and the
harvest of several million tons over the country,i
but with divided opinion that the old stuff is good!
for anything but to release new metal for planes:
But the story goes on to say that scare of
scarcity was nee less since one concern has a sur-
plus of three mil ion tons of new metal which was
offered to the government but refused and mosti
of it sold to Russia recently.
And also the story'that while American me—l
tal is being sent to England under the lend-leasel
act England is carrying out its deals with South}
America for goods in the usualcourse of trade.
Some of this is denied from high places but:
enough truth remains not to make sense.
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RAINS PICKED THE HOLIDAYS
The weather man must have it in for the:
Northwest, and some other sections of the coun-'
try, judging by the heavy rains which fell on the
holidays of Labor Day, perhaps in retribution for
our Sins of omission and commission. At any rate,
most people would have been better off if they
had stayed on the job and picked better days for
a vacation, for even the fishing was poor.
While unemployment compensation and relief
costs continue at a high level, farmers in Wash-
ington and Oregon are suffering severe crop loss—
es through lack of harvest labor. Losses are most
serious in berry and bean crops. Radio and press
appeals have proven largely ineffective in tempt—i
ing potential harvest workers away from the]
dole.
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;the Army in acti
'would run all down the line of reduced business
and employment; shipment, service stations, and
,cvcry line which caters to the use of autos, now
for the making and improvement of highways and
BURNING GASOLINE TO LIVE
Judging by the gallons in the millions of gas— 1
oline being burned around Shelton this week by
'on, not to speak of the regular,
civilian demand, there is no present indication,
that the gas producers cannot supply the needs
for an indefinite time, or that there is call for:
any restriction on the Pacific Coast.
Rationing gasoline would result in needless
hardship on “business as usual,” and its effects!
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indispensible to the public in peace, representing‘
a considerable source of employment, and re—g
striction would be a serious blow to all business.
To carry the idea a bit further, limiting of
gas sales would react in the cutting of tax mon—,
cys to government and state, and on the amount1
or money which is returned to local government
roads now increasingly important; all of which
doesn’t make sense When this country winks at
supplying the world with gasoline, and yet pro~~‘
poses to go all-out in its demands on the citizen
101' more money to spend for unning the govern-
ment.
DEFENSE VULNERABILITY
Defense action has brought forth many
quick decisions to establish industries, air fields
and other defense necessities at various points
throughout the Northwest.
But in setting up all of these defense activi—
ties there seems to be a tendency to bunch them
into already congested industrial or inhabited
areas.
The ogre of centralization once again is
pointing its head and with the placing of our}
vital defense actiV‘ities in these already congest-
ed areas the head of men of our defense efforts
are overlooking the fact that they
these spots much more vulnerable to attack.
This point is especially true since the advent
of mass air bombing with the bombers having a
ivery easy task if and when they wish to bomb,
any central area.
We seem to be walking into somewhat the
same position that England and France found
themselves at the start of the war. Why can’t We
learn from the German technique? and put some
of these vital defense activities in less vulnerable
spots? .
We shouldn’t let politics destroy our fore-
sight in planning for any eventuality. -—- Enum-
claw Courier-Herald.
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Cash balance in state treasury now, "the.
greatest in history, over 24 millions. New highs-1S:
due to large income from increased sales "tax. and
from increased business volume due’i'to d ense
work. Excellent condition of state finances, com-
bined with administrative economicspsuggests the
inadvisability of any new taxes.
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Current splurge of Congressional “investiga-
tions” indicates not added legislative zeal, but
simply vacation time at the- nation’s capital. Leg—
islators on tax-paid vacation “probes” and “in-
spections” are probably less a burden on taxpay-
ers than they will be when they resume the spend-
ing spree next month.
I WRITING TRAVEL BOOK I
are making '
snELQN—MASON OUNTY
lfarms grow Americans.
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‘ .‘1.t,,should be remembered that
forage. age of the population is
vhighpigithan middle age.
i is withitho nations having a young
‘nO QUiCker solution to the dilem-
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GROWING YOUNG AMEinCANs
Big crops—little 3.
Before ‘
our agricultural problems can be
seen in true perspective we must
determine what we, as a nation,
wish to have as
our national pol—
We 11 a v c
grown SO many
crops t li a t we
h a v e so-called
surpluses: yet to-
day, our young
people have been
neglected m ore
than in any gen-
eration. What we
have done is to
grow things of
monetary value at the sacrifice of
human Value.
History repeatedly indicates that
a nation pursuing such a policy
undergoes a period of irresponsi-
bility and selfish greed, together
with corruption of character. We
have experienced such a period in
this country and are now reaping
the consequences.
The preliminary figures of the
1940 census indicate that America
is on the way to suicide through
diminishing rate of birth. For
years most cities have not been
able to replace deaths with new
births. The result has been an
aging urban population, with the
children of rural areas replacing
the ranks of those in cities. But
the 1940 census for the first time
shows a static rural population.
So AmeriCa faces today a dimin-
ishing city population and a static
rural population, which means we
are approaching the peak of our
population and will soon have a
diminishing one. so
The present national emergency
will hasten this situation. Young
men have been torn from their
jobs by military draft. Many had
planned to marry and would, no
doubt, raise families. ‘There is one
other way to increase our popula-
tion and that is to lift the restric-
tiorpon immigration. There are
forms grow
Kyes
many fine people among the popu-
lation of war-torn Europe who
would _be grateful for the oppor-
tunity of coming to America.
The immediate reaction is this:
Why bring more people to Amer-
ica when: we already have unem-
ployment in the cities and the
problem of maintaining farm
prices without further competi-
tion adding to surpluses? The an-
swer to this is that Europeans in
the war area have been family
igg‘m. operators who care little for
more than subsistence. The fact
that they have large families is,
important, for it will mean a possi-
ble' way of making America
younger by lowering the average
age. of the— population.
depressions are longer and more
severe in countries where the av-
Young
people .adjust more rapidly to en-
vironment than the old, 'and so it
population. Nations create greater
parasitic populations as they grow
older—that is, a higher percentage
live from income resulting from
the labor of others. Examples are
absentee landlords, political office
holders, and the like.
History shoWs that the common
tendency of nations growing old is
a great increase in people working
for_the government. History also
indicates that this group uses ev-
ery device possible to maintain
the overlapping government serv-
ices which make their positions
possible.
The-re is only, one way to keep
American young and virile—and
that is. by growing young Amer—
lcans so that young people will
predominate our population. A
youth movement of ' the- proper
tYpe could accomplish this result.
Let us go back to' the greatest
source of strong, young Ameri-
cans—the family farm. There is
Photo—Washington State Progress Commissim} and
Washington Newspaper Publishers Assocxation
Lawton Wright, of Bainbridge Island, whose latest story in the Satur-
day Evening Post (April) described Puget Sound’s ferry system
under the title “Floating Bridges” has just been commissioned by
Dodd, Mead & Co. to prepare a 70,000 word travel book on the Puget
Sound country and British Columbia Coast, and the Alaska Parl-
handi‘e. in this photograph Governor Arthur B, Langlie is witnessing
Wright’s signature to the contract with the publishers. With them IS
Mrs. Wright, who will take the photographs for the new book-
Wright is advising with the State Progress Commission in assem-
blingr his material.
Food Stamp Office
Open From 1:30-4:30l
Along with the change in daily] open from 130 to 4:30 pm, each
hours which bebame effective to- Mona riday
day in public offices is a new, t ady' wedneSday anérFia urs
schedule of hours for operation of' ms ea 0f the 1 to 4 p’km‘ ‘0
the food stamp office in the Social i WhiCh have been ObserAVEd during
Security . Building, Welfare AdaI the summer months, he said-
ministrator Glen Ratcliff anuounc-~
ed today.
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‘JOURNAL Want Ads are used by
1(C0ntinuedvonnggl Five; 2“, ‘
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The food stamp office will be,
ma .Of America than millions of
family farms. We should train a
million young Americans in fam-
lly farm management. We should
then make it possible for them to
Purchase a farm on a long-term
loan plan which will enable them
t0133)! as their operations will per-
mit, thus making it possible also
for them to grow young Americans
as well as crops.
1 MARRIAGE
llCEllSES‘ i
Harry Carlson, 21, and Juanita
Frances Ligman, 17, both of Che-
halis, at Shelton. ‘
Daniel Snow, 54, and Blanche
Phillips, 49,‘ both of. Tenino, at
Shelton, 3-day wait waived by
order of Judge D. F. Wright.
Blanton "Donaldson, 26, Fort
Calif., and Mary. L0uise
Booth, 17, Shelton, at Shelton, 3-
daY wait waived by order of
Judge D. F. Wright.
_scores of your friends
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Eli-USE, ghé.90pulation of the
mpire m 'h 500,-
000,000, or less? ore t an
2. What are the odds against
the birth of . uad‘ '
Uiiilcd 81310:? mule“ m the
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Ciully begin?
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Will Fill Uncle Sam’s Orders
Congressman Martin F. Smith to—
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in'reference to his vote against
the legislation extending the per-
iod of service for inductees under
m, Tuesday, Septem
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Crop of. Wool
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BY RALPH HERBERT
AA-BAA black sheep, have
you any wool?
It’s a question that will not be
asked this year in the United
States, whether the animals be
black or white or red, for the
fact is that in these times when
Uncle Sam is buying huge quanr
titles of cloth in which to dress
up his army of 1,500,000 men, the
wool crop is going to be the big-
gest on record.
That’s what the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture reports on
the fleece that has already been
shorn and that is to be shorn iii
the present year. The estimate
is for 399,941,000 pounds, which
is three per cent higher than the
previous record in 1940 and nine
per cent above the average for
the 10 years 1930—39.
The bigger production this
year is due to the fact not only
that more sheep have been or
will be shorn, but also to the
further fact that the average
weight of wool per sheep was
higher. The number of sheep
that will finally be shorn this
year is estimated to be 48,900,—
000, as against 48,479,000 in 1940,
the previous high record year,
and against a 10—year average
of 46,035,000.
THE average estimated weight
of wool per sheep for this
year is 8.18 pounds compared
No. 1437
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North, Range
Senior: 4
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with 8 pounds in 1940 and 7.96 ‘Sfliwllvww V
for the 10-year period. 3,; of
Section 23
As usual, Texas leads all the W1
rest with an estimated produc—
tion of 82,462,000 pounds. Others
follow in order: Wyoming, 33,—
947,000; Montana, 32,796,000;
California, 28,598,000; Utah, 19,-
917,000; Ohio, 17,893,000; Idaho,
One of the 48,900,000 sheep to be shorn‘ th‘fi
wool to make cloth needed for a soldier’s ovei‘fl
first stands him on end and trims his tummyl’
him over and get at the back. v‘
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16,800,000; Oregon, 16,647,000; NW1/4, Nvat ,
N w Me ’ , 16,071000; South , _ - . ~31
ngota fig; 000 an’d Colorado est states in the Union: Rhode tains and
arlgfln H a M Ra7nge
13,562,600; ’ , Island with 12,000 pounds and for grazmg Qtiw N‘E}, of
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Delaware 3000.
For many people, perhaps,
outside of the inhabitants of
Nevada, that state’s production
Texas’ great crop means the
shearing. of‘the gigantic sum of
10,860,000 sheep.
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S was to be expected, of wool will be a surprise. The that of thelé
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smallest amounts of wool ordinary American thinks of states. plus ,ZVl/i.
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shorn for 1941 were in the small- Nevada as a state of steep moun- York and
Penn ,
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' ' cause I conSidered it unjust and, “Furthermore’ W, , ,/ é.
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contrary to our agreement with less than 1890;; 'ffitasgée
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N - the inductees. Also, there are 300,- fore January swof swig, Nw:}
V O e 000 more men who could have been the ratio -of 7% 1"4 Sf):le
83348,“
. . inducted but who have not been number dismd 3 ‘ . cg SE14,
0n called owing to the fact we have than replace ' fight," 23
NW1; 1
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tees, and t . SE14 of N!
for the statemed
bc disintegrate'
than 1,000.090 I
Guard and 1n"
are in actual 5
which number!
inductees are g
not the facilities and equipmentl
for their proper training, and we
will not have same for a number
of months.
“It was only a month ago that
the war department announced it
did not desire ,increasod enlist-
ments for three years in the army
Washington, D. C., August 28——
ay issued the following statement
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the seleCtive serVice ACt' because it did not need many men ed. , r ,4
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“Along with Congressman War- , and did not desire them for that “‘The
experleo ‘ 4,
ren .Mag'nuson, Knute Hill andilong a period. Why then should
demonstrates C ' .Né’eotionvu/
John M. Coffee, the last named selectees be required to serve an sufficient
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being absent but was paired additional 18 months on top of1 obtained byV°
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against the legislation. and with the one year period, causing them, That
was my gr 3; léLeqsquig E
Senator Homer T. Bone, who op-
posed it in the Senate, I voted
against the extension of time be-
to serve. 214; years which, of course: against the
is only six months less than three, act and my a
years ? been amply V
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Equipment .
Loose Leaf Forms
Typing Paper and
Second Sheets
Stapling Machines and .
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SaIQSbOORS and Blanks
Continuous Flat-Fold Statements
Whiz Machine Packs
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Adding Machine Paper
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