The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 27-52

Friday, September 2, 1949. The Gedarville, O, Herald The Cedarville A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday b7 TRUEMAN MILLER. JR. Entered as second class matter October 31, 1887 at the Postof­ fice at Gedarville. Ohio, under A ct o f Congress o f March 1879. Member—National Editorial As*v sedation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valiev Press As­ sociation. Editorial . ' LINCOLN VS. TAFT A headline screams, “ Lincoln May Oppose Taft.” A further reading reveals that it's Murray Lincoln that's being referred to. THE Lincoln, whose ideal was “ government o f the people, by the people and fo r the people,” would not be an opponent o f Taft in principle. It's a labor movement, openly stated, with the hope o f allying farmers with it, against Taft. “ To give Taft a real race” the article concludes. Saying it briefly, it will be in­ teresting to sea how the people feel about it. Murray Lincoln is a well-known name, and an in­ fluential one. Democrats have claimed him. But he, himself speaks o f entering the GOP pri­ mary. REAL BIGNESS A young man was exclaiming about the courtesy an older busi­ ness man had shown him. “ Two or three men told me I’d have trouble getting in to see him. So I just called, told him who I was and asked if I could talk with him a few minutes. He told me to come right in, I did. He was wonderful!” The young man learned a valuable lesson in big­ ness. The busy business man was courteous because he has built his business on courtesy. It’s al­ most always true. Smallness, ar­ rogance, discourtesy appear in the behavior o f small men—not in big ones. They became big be­ cause they were never small. NO TOOTH DECAY A ftjr a public insistence that something be done about at long last the dental profession has got 'round to doing something to prevent tooth decay. There are hints that the remedy for cavi­ ties and toothache and extrac­ tion has been found. Sodium fluoride is now being squirted on gums, and the results are found to be very helpful. A jaw-holding public is grateful. BOOK OF THE MUST Russia publishes seven times as many books as the USA every year. Every book preaches the same doctrine o f Generalis- smo Stalin and the grandeur of his sacrifices fo r the people. Every book has to be read, and everybody has to agree to what is in it. SOME FOLKS WILL BUY IT. Fritz Kuhn, one-time German bund leader and destructionist, plans to write the story of his life. And a lot of folks will buy it and like it. M i l l i o n s read “Mein Kampf,” the ultimate in nothingness. A SHORT TIME Tho 14-day beauty plan is guaranteed to make anybody pretty. But the cosmeticians haven’t seen all of us-yet. THINK THIS OVER The welfare allocations in the national budget exceed the en­ tire -cost of the government a generation ago. A woman saw a car stop in front o f her house and watched 2 men stuff 2 women in the car trunk and speed away. She called the sheriff, giving him the li­ cense number. The officer trailed the car to a drive-in therater and watched the men unlock the ti’unk and help the women out. They, were enjoying the pidtpare so much from the back seat o f the car he didn’t question them. Imagine saving a few dimes with tjme that could have been spent earning dollars! A Lorain man was arrested the 53rd time fo r the same offense. And we used‘ to scoff at a fourth term candidate! t “ Butter staging a comeback,” reads a headline. Some we had at a roadside jernt .came back! on ita own power!* A Columbus woman left her estate o f $22,000 to a cemetery, there being no pockets in the shroud. News: “ Mrs. FDR is a great­ grandmother” . . . all o f them a r^ Dennison Duble, .Sunday school teacher-banker o f Cincinnati, con­ fesses he took part in the “num­ bers” racket, lessening the 1000- to-1 trance the individual has o f winning. Having no sympathy at all fo r that racket or any kind o f racket, the writer can’t under­ stand how any one could have the heart 'to reduce anybody’s chances at anything below 1000 to 1. M M I SCRIPTURE: Psalms 49:1-7; 72: 82. DEVOTIONAL READING: P s a l m 72: 1-8. 12-13. What Is Justice? Lesson for September 4, 1919 E VERYBODY is in favor of jus­ tice but not everybody knows what justice is. Justice Is more fundamental than democracy. If we believe that democracy is the best form of government, it is only becqr.se we believe that justice can be better secured in this way than in any other. • • » Justice is as old as God Since for at least 3,000 years his­ torians. politicians, philosophers ana theola g i a n s have been wrang­ ling over the mean­ ing of justice, you won’t learn the last word about it mere­ ly by studying one Sunday school les­ sen. But this is the place to remind ourselves that jus­ tice as an ideal, and democracy as a means of reaching that ideal, were not born yesterday. Labor Day will recall the great services rendered to de­ mocracy by the organized workers of the world, for ex­ ample, in the push they have given to free and universal ed­ ucation. But democracy is older than the labor movement, is older than July 4, 177G, is older than the Magna Charta, is old­ er than the Roman empire, in. which one of many mottoes was “ Let justice be done even if the sky caves in !" Justice and democracy go back to the ancient Hebrews, the people who wrote the Old Testament. It was written in their laws, preached by their prophets, sung in their Psalms. But of course they did not invent it. They proclaimed it; but justice Is older than the human race. The whole Bible and not only the Old Testament teaches that jus­ tice- is rooted in the nature of Goa himself. No unjust person can be called godly. Dr. Foreman Songs o f Justice O UR Psalms for this week give us some valuable light on what justice is. Some people think that if everybody were rich, that would be justice. Psalm 49 shows how foolish that notion is. It says in al­ most so many words, “ You can’t take it with you.” . Riches do not spell happiness. Making everybody rich might mean making many people miserable. Money by itself does not. cure the ills of life, it may make them worse or even create new ones. Many a fam­ ily in the “ upper brackets” has troubles that would vanish if they had less money. Psalms 72 and 82 give us more positive suggestions. Psalm 72 sees it as the king's main duty to judge the people with righteousness and justice. The king was the govern­ ment, in those days; he was the executive and the legislative and the judicial branch of government all rolled into one. In modern terms, the business of government is something more than furnishing police to lock up and punish wrongs after they have been done. The welfare of the people is the concern o f government. When pub­ lic officials take any other view of their job, they are off the beam. In a democracy, the government is the people, that is to say, ourselves. If things are bad we are to blame for it; if they are going to be any better, we shall have to work for it. Every appeal to a king, in the Old Testament, when translated into terms of a democratic coun­ try, means an appeal to the peo­ ple. • * • The Little People J USTICE always has to be con­ cerned with the little people. It was true in the simple little world of the ancient Hebrews, it is just as true in our global complex world, that: the strong will always exploit the weak if there is not a hand to stop them. God Is always for the “ poor,” the “ children of the needy,” and he is always against the “ oppressor.” In ancient Israel the oppressor was usually the big land-owner who treated his slaves with cruelty or under­ paid his workers. Nowadays the oppressor is any exploiter, any map,or group of men. who . will hse phitcr to squeeze out or crash down the little man. But justice is positive, not nega­ tive, prevention and not cure only. Concern for social justice includes taking care o f people laid low by an epidemic or made homeless by fifes; but it goes far beyond this. It will mean working for conditions such that no one will be forced to live In unsanitary firetraps. (Copyright by the International Coun­ cil: of Religious Education on behalf of id Protestant denominations. Released by WJiU Features. . CLARENCE J . BROWN Write* With a Btrtkeve In Gm&rsss The President has sent instruc­ tions to all Government agencies to immediately channel as much public spending as possible into those areas where unemployment is twelve per cent or more o f those available fo r employment. The areas to receive first bene­ fits from, this new order include New England, Pennsylvania, some communitids in, Michigan, and portions o f Tennessee. ■» Many other areas are expected to he put on the‘ priority list for Gov­ ernment orders ‘as soon as author­ itative information is received on the local employment situation. Thus the Government has actual­ ly embarked on a modified re­ lie f program. There are indications the slight pick-up in business activities during late July and August ms been temporary—to build up Fall inventories—and that during the last quarter o f 1949 both em­ ployment and business activities will probablv drop o ff abit more. What 1950 will bring no one in the Government seems to know fo r a certainty Next year the Federal Government, however, will embark on a heavy spending urogram—the highest in all our history. Plans fo r much public construction are also in readiness in case o f need. Testimony be­ fore a Congressional Committee varies as to the value o f proposed Federal, State and local Govern­ ment construction projects which are already planned. The lowest estimated cost o f all o f the Dro- jects is $68 billion—the highest, §110 billion. Accordin''* to the latest official figures, there are somewhere a- round four and one-half million unemployed Americans who can­ not find jobs. It is estimated there are another six million workers employed only part time. How­ ever, there are still approximate­ ly 59 million people in the United States who are gainfully employ­ ed at the highest average wage in the history o f world. Those who have jobs are makin- good money. Those who are out o f work, o r are in part time jobs, are finding living costs at a troublesome high. Incidentally, bank loans fo r business purposes have increased in recent weeks. A four-year plan to modernize the lighting, heating and air-con­ ditioning systems o f the nation’ s Capitol and other public build­ ings on Capitol Hill has been sub­ mitted by the Public Building Commission to legislative leaders for their consideration. Practical­ ly all o f the wiring in the Capitol and Congressional Library is more than fifty years old, and is said to constitute a serious fire hazard, Tha *aternatinir electric current furnished to the Capitol and other buildings on Capitol Hill is 25 cvcles, which is no longer used elsewhere and re­ quires special equipment. Under the modernization program, pro­ posed, which would cost $16,440,- 000, the electric energy used would be standard, and it is claimed a saving o f $700,000 a year in operation, costs would re­ sult from the new installations and the changes which have been recommended. The Hoover Commission, of which your humble reporter was the legislative creator and also a member, closed its books last week b " returning to the United States Treasury $31,000 o f the amount original!”* appropriated fo r use o f the Commission by the Congress. The Commission, of which ex-President Hoover was Chairman, practiced the economy it preached. Instead of following the usual Government procedure o f spending more than author­ ized. and asking Congress fo r a deficiency appropriation the left over to be returned to the Trea­ sury for the benefit o f the tax­ payers. Joseph Kornfeder, former Com­ munist Party executive, testified before the House Committee on Un-American Activities recently that he was a graduate of the Lenin School of Moscow, a long­ time member o f the Central Com­ mittee o f the Communist Party o f the United States, and one­ time representative o f the Com­ munist International in both this country and South America. He also testified many labor unions in the United Stales were con­ trolled by the Communist Part- while he was in it; that the strike strategy for such unions was planned in Moscow, and that manv strikes were called and con­ ducted under Moscow instructions. Also, that the activities o f these Communist labor organizations, were heavily subsidized by Rus­ sian funds. Last week the House adopted a resolution to meet only on Tues­ days and Fridavs o f each week until September 21st» The' meet­ ing-' will be onlv formal and no legislative business transacted. This action was taken to give the Senate an opportanity to catch up with the House in its legislative work. NEW CASES Nellie Donovan vs. Glen Dono­ van, divorce; neglect and cruelty. SALE APPROVED . The court has^ approved the sale o f real estate By the Xenia Church of Christ to Lee Roy Fffw- ley for $4,500. ' APPOINTMENTS The probate court has appoint­ ed Roberta Dehaven administra­ trix of the estate o f Alebert D. Dehaven, and Leo Hocke admin­ istrator of the estate o f Geneva Hocke. PROBATE COURT County auditor ordered to ap­ praise the estate o f William F* jusch . • . MAKE EASTERN TRIP A fter making a motor trip that took them as fa r east as New York and Philadelphia where they visited relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Heinz and daughters, Betty and Marilyn, have return­ ed to their home at Paintersville. L A B O R D A Y Health Unaffected By Soil Fertility Status Of Land Not Disease Cause Any statement that cancer, arth­ ritis or heart disease are jncreas- dng because the foods we eat are Raised on mineral-starved land is hokum according to specialists on the subject. An article in Successful Farming . magazine contends there is more oratory than knowledge about the effects of soil fertility on human health. The experts talked to doc--; 'tors of the soil, doctors of plants, doctors of humans, nutrition ex­ perts and evangelists who say we are facing “ race suicide." It was pointed out that heart dis­ ease is often linked to diet, but not . because food is o f poor quality. . Rather stoutness and heart disease show a correlation. ; As to arthritis and cancer, mil­ lions will call you blessed if you can show definitely how to stop them through diet. Meanwhile, it is dis­ honest to give the false hope that soil treatment can cure these dis- - eases. Other myths blasted in the arti­ cle are Cl) that the baby won’t have good bones if its formula is made o f milk from a cow whose feed was deficient in phosphorus! and calcium; (2) -that the adult won’t build muscle and blood from .beefsteak devoid of protein-building minerals and iron; (3) that all chemical fertilizers are poison and that compost and earthworms are the only means of soil enrichment we should use, and (4) that we are being starved to death because the grains, fruits and vegetables we, eat come from soils which lack- needed minerals.- Discussing starvation from a mineral deficiency in foods, it is, asked why we have a generation*’ by-generation increase in the size o f the bans* ai^uotu** •* people if we are mineral-starved. So far as scientists know, man needs some 12 mineral elements for growth. Ruminant animals need cobalt, to make 13. Plants also need 13 mineral elements, 11 o f them the same as needed for man and animals. Except for co­ balt and iodine, plants, won’t grow unless all the man-needed minerals are present, according to the arti­ cle. ■ As to statements that some milk is low in phosphorus and calcium, it is said a cow will take calcium from her own bones and put it in her milk if her diet is low in cal-" cium. As that supply runs low, she will .give less and less milk. But it will contain honest weight in min­ erals. When her mineral supply is gone, she quits giving milk and often dies from the effects of rob­ bing her body. A fertilized farm will produce more milk than one unfertilized — but not better milk. That's because it produces more grass. There is no evidence to prove the grass is any better, blade for blade. Champ Milker . Evelyn Frazer, 10, of Water­ s' town, N. Y „ displays her tech- ' nlque in winning the 1949 grand * championship milking title at the dairyland festival by milk- : lng 11.8 pounds in two minutes. ; The contest climaxed a week of ! parades and pageants at Water- ' | town in the heart of New York’s ; great milkshed, * Contour Crop Plantings * Saves Soil, Boosts fie ld : Topsoil can be saved and crop yields boosted by planting crops on the contour instead of up and down the slope. Each furrow makes a tiny dam that prevents the swift runoff of water. By holding back "the water, these dams ailow time 'for the soil to soak, up moisture When contouring is teamed with cover crops and adequate fertiliza­ tion, top soil conservation benefits result. LICENSE TO WED A marriage license was issued by the probate' court last week to Robert Benton Garringer, Jamestown R. F. D., 1, and Vi­ vian Joyce Gustin of the same address. BUY RESIDENCE Mr. and Mrs. Russell Holland have bought a residence prop­ erty in Spring Valley from John Bootes. FETE MINISTER New Burlington Friends meet­ ing members held a reception for tlieir new pastor, Rev. Lester Figgins, and family, Wednesday, MOVE TO FARM Harry Carruthers and family have moved from ’-Paintersville to a Home on Hook ' road; near Xenia. Richard Clark, executor, order­ ed to sell real estate in the cas* o f George, ICaier, deceased. WASHINGTON REPORT »By SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT: require the employers to deal with a single representative of all their organized employees, and this re suits in a con­ dition where the organized work­ ers can count on ^ receiv ing the economic rate— representing the real value of the labor they per­ form. The mini­ mum wage is intended only to protect unorgan­ ized workers against a condition where they have "to accept less than they are really entitled to. Unfair wages may be a result of deliberate economic oppression, or they may be simply a result of custom, which is very powerful es­ pecially in the smaller communi­ ties. The purpose of the minimum wage is not to give anyone more than his work is really worth, but only to see that he gets what any work is wo^th- The laborer is worthy of his hire. If we tried to give workers more income than other people are willing to pay for the result of their labor, we would simply put these workers out of their jobs. No employer under our sys­ tem can afford to pay people more than their work is really worth. There was a very vivid example of this in Puerto Rico where thfe New Dealers tried to apply the American minimum wage rate to the needlework industry back in 1935. The result was to put 1P0,~ 000 people out of work for 10 years and destroy the industry. O THER workers have an inter­ est in a proper minimum wage in manufacturing which competes with workers in other states. The product" of unduly low wages either puts the manufacturers in other states out of business, or forces them to reduce the wages to their, employees. This is the main basis for action by the Federal government. Its power, however, is bonfined to-interstate commerce where this SAILOR KILLED j , ... Ralph Fish) 23, of Bedford, Ind., was killed in a collision of auto­ mobiles west of ‘Wilmington. L AST week the House o f Representatives passed a bill rais­ ing the minimum wage from 40 cents an hour to 75 cents an hour. The minimum wage law sets a floor under tire wao-es which are paid in interstate commerce and therefore affect competition between the states. This minimum wage law" is not intended for organized employees. The Taft- KartleyJaw,san.d the competitive, situation exists.- It ...... ......... ... n rao m i' dees not properly extend to farms, j or retail stores or local service. ; agencies. Store employees in New;. York City are not affected' by wage?.' rates for store employees^ iri Ohio2- These are properly the subject of?, legislation in New York or Ohio,/ but not in Washington. The original Wage-Hour law;*. •but the WagerHour, Ad^imstia-|? tion has tried to whittle away f that definition.,The bill passed by ., the House of Representatives ex- , empts-retail stores, hotels arid , : service agencies. -The Bill rec-‘ ommended by the: Senate -Com­ mittee 'does not reaffirm this exemption, but I am inclined to think it will be put into the bill on the floor of the Senate. # # * H F L o A O M R A E M N S S S Claibourne-McDermott Co. Phone 2238 38J4 N. South Wilmington WHERE TO BUY B & B LOAN 63 W. Main St. Springfield, O. ... BARGAINS GALORE LOOK IN OUR WINDOWS DEAD STOCK Horses $4.00 Cows $4.00 According to Size and Condition CALL Xenia 454 Reverse Charges XENIA FERTILIZER E. G. Buchsieb, Inc. A NAME THAT STANDS FOR GOOD BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE ! s T HE rate fixed by the House bill and the Senate Committee is 75 cents an hour. Lreceive many com­ plaints from small towns in rural sections against this rate, but I d o not see why it is unreasonable in those fields where the Federal gov­ ernment has proper jurisdiction.. Wages i n ‘manufacturing indus­ tries have increased from 63 cents an hour in 1939 to $1.38 an hour today,, an increase of 118%. Bi­ tuminous coal miners have increas­ ed 120%, The building trades'have- increased from 93 cents an hour to_ $1.93 an hour. Altogether, work* ers in organized industry have in*" creased on the average at least 115%. The'>pfopds'ed' iricre&se'in the minimum wage.is only B7Vz%. Surely, the inequality which, al­ ways .exists between worker's'-be-' cause of the,character of work they do should .not be increased. . ■Roughly,-.we are fixing the mini-5 mum wage at about one-half'the average wage in organized Induss* tries. I believe that,-in view :of the' tremendous?purchasing ppwer ere-- ated'by this-averago'wagii, employ-*: ers can afford to phV 75"cents an? hour in’ interstate'Jobs.; . *j Remember ‘ living has increased-VO^r1-since 1939, and the proposed increase in the minimumMvage w ill’give- the less productive:worker a much smaller improvement in his stand­ ard of living than that received by the organized worker since. 1939, WATCH YOUR SAVINGS GROW H l* Individual AccoiiiitsHnsured Up To $5,000 Current Dividend Rate 2% ; Cedarvile Federal Savings &LoanAssn. Cedarville, Ohio , SAVE BY MAIL You May Open A Savings Account Here and Mail In Your Deposits At Your Convenience. Savings Pay Dividends And Assure Future Independence. Put Your Idle Money To Work For You ! 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