The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 27-52

Friday, October 14, 1949 The Cedarville, O. Herald The Cedarwlle Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER. JR. Entered as second class matter October 31, 188? at the Postof- fice at Cedarville, Ohio* under Act o f Congress o f March 1879. Member—National Editorial As* soeiation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valiev Press As­ sociation. Editorial FALL DRIVERS This won’t have any effect on anybody, but we’d like to suggest^ that the best way to enjoy the beauties of autumn is not to take, long, tiresome, dangerous drives. Folks rush by beauty spots at 5C miles an hour with not even time •for “ oh's” and “ ah's.” One single tree, afire w !1;*! God’s glory like the flaming bush Moses saw, of­ fers more to the nature lover than 100 miles o f driving may bring. Or an hour in one place, with a wonderland o f beauty stretched cut before you, can bring ever, thin,* that just going places can’t. AW, LET ’EM TALK! In the freedom that America loves and cherishes, ranting a- round is a favorite indoor and outdoor pastim*. Hushing up some bolle.'c:* may give note publicity to what he is saying than permitting him to rant does. Take this fellow Paul Robeson, fo r instance. He gets his name in the paper every day an pub­ licity that m amount o f money could buy. He’s making an ass out o f himsoif most o f us think, but publiciring him and his ilk serves only to increase their in­ fluence. YOU REMEMBER ? We sigh, reading o f the sharp decline in meat prices, remember­ ing when the president of these supposedly United States said on the radio that he had “ seriously considered” commandeering all the cattle and hogs in the coun­ try to prevent prices o f meat from soaring. Just think of the pork and beans and ham and eggs and ’taters and gravy Americans have bought and paid for long before there were any humanity lovers in Washington to decide how much they ought to pay for it! And just imagine how much o f the same there will be after said planners have meandered up the flume! IF YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW Pittsburgh has 148 bridges. Its rivers carry annually seven times as much freight as the Panama canal does. It’s Carnegie library has more hooks in. it than any library in. the world. . .There are about 150,000 people who spent part o f this year at dude ran­ ches. . . Cross beams in ceilings o f homes formerly denoted hos­ pitality. Nowadays they could mean total financial disability. . . There’s a town in West Virginia called Mud, and another one nam­ ed Pic. Gizzard is in Georgia, which would be a fine place to hold a family reunion! But may­ be some would prefer Wham, La. MERE MUSINGS Nobody can be wrong always, a philosopher argues, citing the clock to prove it. A clock that doesn’t run at all is right twice a day he points out. On that the­ ory even “Hummon” Talmadge, . guv’hor of Gawgy, has at least one redeeming quality—he wears wide, red, luxurious galluses. , . Thrift, N. C.; Economy, Ind., and Cash, Ark., are three towns that have lost their constitutional rights—they have no representa­ tion in Washington D. C............ While most newspapers have com­ mon names, like News, the Journ­ al or the Herald, some others have names even more fitting, like the Epitaph, published in Tombstone, Ariz., and the Der­ rick, in Oil City, Pa. BEYOND COMPUTATION It is admitted by sponsors of the farm program that the admin­ istration purposes that the cost can not even be estimated. Oh, well! Estimates of the cost o f everything at Washington never tally with eventual costs anyhow. Frankly, we are fast becoming a government of great promises but no performances; Cheer up! I f you or your son don’t become residents o f the White House, remember that George Washington didn’t either. Many rooms bear placards, “ Washington Slept Here.” There should be a small line under the big type “ But he got up and went to work at 5 A . M.” Now i f we can stave o ff a grave-diggers’ strike we ought to put it over. England has cut the value of the pound, so now we can buy the gold she’s got at a lower figure and bury it in Kentucky. ' You; might not draw comedian’s money, hut you’d be just as fun­ ny if you tried to explain the the­ ory o f deflation o f the English pound. SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 1:21-28; 10; 13; 10:19-25: 31. DEVOTIONAL READING; Psalm 9: 1 - 11 . * God and Nations Lesson fo r October 16, 1949 W HEN the Spanish fleet was about to invade England, back in Queen Elizabeth’s time, nothing the English had could stop them. But when the Armada arrived, that vast fleet had been blown to bits by a storm, and the English neatly mopped up what was left. How do y o u account for that? The English always said God. was with t h e m. When the Nazis h a d o v e r r u n France in 1940, it would have been Dr. Foreman simple for them to invade England. There was next to nothing to stop them. But Hitler delayed from summer till fall . . . and by that time the British were able to mount an invincible de­ fence. How do you account for that? Over and over again in his­ tory the unexpected, the unexpect- able, the "miraculous,” has hap­ pened. Some call it chance; but others call it God. • * • ** * God In History B UT GOD does not always or usually operate in spectacular ways. God works in history as he works in nature, out of sight, visi­ ble to the eye of faith but. seldom if ever otherwise; History, from the Christian point of view, is the work­ ing-out of the purposes of God. The pattern is not entirely clear to us, because we cannot see enough of it at once. But looking back through history, we can see signs that God has been there. This is the message of the prophets of Israel, es­ pecially of the great Isaiah. In a troubled era, when every­ thing seemed to be in most com­ plete confusion, Isaiah gave out some clear and plain truths from God, and helped men then and now read the pattern of God's design. m * * The Life Of A Nation O NE TRUTH is that justice is a nation’ s life and sin is a na­ tion’ s death. God being the God of justice, his purpose is to set justice in the earth. God plays no favorites among nations. Any nation that lives by God’s laws, lives; the na­ tion that defies God has signed its own death warrant. There are no peoples who can “ get by" with what they please, if what they please is not the will of God. There are people now who do not believe that. Tney would say, Look at Rus­ sia! In Isaiah’ s time there were those who would say to Isaiah; You must be wrong—look at Assyria! There is a> nation that does not know God, and yet grows every year stronger and stronger. * * • God’s Ax I SAIAH has a startling answer to that objection. (Chap. 10.) As­ syria is a tool in God’ s hand, no more. He admits that Assyria has no standard but force, she worships only sheer Power. But there are other nations, wicked ones, which God intends to punish; one of these is the nation of Israel. Assyria was destined to de­ stroy Israel once and for all, and to damage Judah so se­ verely she never would recov­ er. All this, Isaiah says, is In God’s plan. God does not punish an evil na­ tion with legions of angels; he punishes it with invasions and de­ feats in war. Assyria was an ax in the hand of God, cutting down the rotting trees of selfish and unjust nations. * • • Return To God! • TjEOPLE in Isaiah’ s time were * putting their trust, just as we do nowadays, in alliances, pacts, international combinations of all kinds, Tsaiah warns ominously that this will not* do, by itself. Not that all alliances are bad; in chapter 19 he actually pictures Assyria, Egypt and Israel as brothers-in-arms. But he does not hold out any political scheme or combina­ tion as the best hope of a na­ tion. Return to God! Is the prophet’s call. So In our time, whether It: be a general Mao- Arthur or a theologian Brun­ ner. Many of our ablest men are warning us even now, that, humani­ ty is facing an alternative; Either go on the way of selfishness and war down to destruction, or else go back to the Source of justice, truth and love, the God in whom alone is salvation. (Copyright by the International Coun­ cil o i Keligiou* Education on behalf o f 10 Protectant denominations. Released by WNU Features. j CLARENCE J. BROWN Write* W ith a Buckeye ^ In Con gress Last week the House voted to extend the Federal aid program fo r hospital construction fo r an­ other four years, or until 1955, to increase the percentage of Federal contributions fo r certain hospital construction requested by the States, and to authorize the appropriation o f an addition­ al seventy-five million dollars of Federal funds to carry out the program. I f the Senate and President ap­ prove legislation-passed by the House last week, one hundred million dollars o f Federal funds will be made- available to local political subdivisions and school districts fo r planning needed^pub­ lic construction, as a hedge a- gainst future depressions. The one hundred million dollar fund will, o f course, go to engineer­ ing and architectural ^concerns for plans, and none fo r actual construction! A similar sixty-five million dollar fund fo r local pro,- jeefc planning was authorized at the close o f World War II, and a backlog o f two billion dollars worth c f projects are now “ on the shelf” awaiting future action. Administration leaders in the House and Senate are hoping to have the present legislative schedule cleared sufficiently to adjourn sine die late this week; but most observers believe the First Session o f the 81st Cong­ ress may drag on until the last of this month. President Truman announced last week that his Administra­ tion leaders in the Congress will not push for action on this Civil Rights legislative program at this session. It is being whisper­ ed about Capitol corridors the decision to shelve Civil Rights legislation for this session was made in order to get the support o f Southern Democratic Mem­ bers o f the House fo r adoption o f a closed “ gag” rule on the Ad­ ministration - sponsored Soeial Security legislation. The Senate marched up the hill and down again on farm leg­ islation last week. First, by one vote margin the Senate vpted down an amendment to continue the Government price support program for basic farm commod­ ities at 90 per cent of parity. Then, later, on a motion to re­ consider, the vote on the amend­ ment was tied until Vice Presi­ dent Barkley cast his vote for the amendment. The whole measure was then referred back to the Committee on Agriculture for further consideration. Unless a compromise farm bill satisfact­ ory to both the House and Senate can be agred upon, Congress may be held in session for some time in an endeavor to break the dead­ lock. Republican Senators are indig­ nant oyer the announcement last week that the investigation of the “five percent” racket, in which General Vaughn and other Pres­ idential favorites became invol­ ved, would be postponted until next year. Many Senators con­ tend that the investigation of the whole unsavory mess sur­ rounding the. activities of those selling political influence should be carried through and cleaned up regardless of whether Con­ gress j§ in session or adjourn­ ment. While Administration leaders are demanding action against those responsible fo r “ leaks” to the public o f official Navy cor­ respondence telling of low mor­ ale in the Navy resulting from re­ cent activities and orders o f De­ fense Secretary Johnson, a Con­ gressional committee may go deeply into the situation .to as­ certain whether there is any sub­ stance to the claims o f many high ranking Navy officers that our “ security is being sold down the river” by a willful group in the Defense Establishment. Whether our national security is being endangered is a far more impor­ tant issue than the other matters involved in the controversy. Following the drastic proce­ dure o f first binding all Demo­ cratic Members o f the House by caucusjto vote fo r a closed or “ gag” rule to prevent the offer­ ing and consideration o f anv a- mendments to the Administra­ tion sponsored Social Security Bill, the Truman leadershiu pushed the measure—H. R. 6000 -r-through the House last week. The “ gag” rule only ‘ -ermitted Members to vote for or against the measure in its entirety. The bill now goes to the Senate where it will* be fully debated under the more liberal rules o f that body. The measure contains many im­ portant changes in the Social Se­ curity Act, and adopts many new national policies which will be binding fo r many years to come. Retirement and survivors bene­ fits will be increased approxima­ tely fifty per cent, with minimum benefits raised from ten dollars per month to twenty-five dollars per month, and top benefits at $150.00 a month. Social Security taxes on workers and employers will gradually increase to approx­ imately eight per cent on the first $360Q,00 o f each worker’s annual pay. The Social Security insurance program will be ex­ panded to include benefits to to­ tally disabled persons, as well as to the retired workers or their survivors. Eleven million addit­ ional workers are covered by the new law, including all self-em- ^ployed persons having incomes of $400.00 or more a year, except farmers and some professional people. Housewives employing domestic servants paid as much a? $25.00 in any three months period will be required to cpllect, pay and report Social Security taxes, as an employer. Senator Arthur Vandenherg, o f Michigan, underwent a serious lung operation last week in a Michigan hospital. This may mean he will be Unable to partic­ ipate in Senate affairs fo r many months to come. When- you get worried about balancing the budget, remember youp share o f the gold buried at Fort Knox, is considerable, not to mention your share o f the defi­ cit at Washington. You’re really pretty well fixed.- I BITTER MEDICINE Proper Insulation Helps Poultrymen Benefits From Practice Extend to 111 Animals Farmers pay for 900,000 tons of chicken feed annually that they could save by properly insulating poultry houses. •That figure is reached by pro­ jecting results of tests conducted at Iowa state college, in which flocks living in insulated dwellings required 15 per cent less feed. The protected flocks laid more eggs, and fatalities were fewer. Benefits from insulation extend to all farm animals. Hog house in­ sulation, for example, makes possi­ ble earlier litters, increases hog production, and lowers feed costs. Only through proper insulation can such results be accomplished. In recent years an insulating ma­ terial capable of such results has gained wide acceptance among Zonolite vermiculite insulation being installed over ceiling of dairy barn at Sinnissippi Farms, Oregon, 111. farmers. Known as Zonolite ver- miculite, it is completely inorganic, unburnable, and easily used as a lightweight plaster or concrete ag­ gregate, or as insulating fill. Zono­ lite, a mineral of the mica family, weighs only about one-sixteenth as much as sand. Perhaps its most important bene­ fit is that it keeps the farm build­ ing warm and dry, and enables the ventilating equipment to work more efficiently. Here’s how it functions in a hen house: When outside temperature drops to zero, the heat given off by the birds might keep the interior at about 25 degrees. Unfortunately, the chickens also contribute mois­ ture to the air. At low temperatures, air cannot hold a great deal of moisture. . If the insulation is used to keep the inside temperature at 50 de­ grees, considerably more water will be removed. It is a fact that air at 50 degrees will hold six times as much moisture as air at 25 degrees and will take that amount with it When removed from the building by the ventilation system. Speeds Harvest :4v;> \ ' Xvw, £ *>5*3^*. p H With another multi-million bushel corn harvest expected this fall, America’s farmers are turning more and more to ma­ chinery to prepare the crop for use. One Improved machine (shown above) made by the New Hoi- , land machine company shells up to three and one-third bushels of corn each minute. This ma­ chine takes in ears of corn and seconds later ejects cobs in one direction and cleaned shelled corn in another. The shelled, corn Is either hagged or ele­ vated into a wagon automatical­ ly. leaving Straw to Rot Costly to Dairy Men Leaving straw to rot in the fields Will get a 'farmer as much for his money as lighting a pipe with a 10-dollar bill. Ivarf H. Loughary, dairy special­ ist of the Wyoming agricultural ex­ tension service, says; "Use that straw for bedding down your dairy cows, and especially since the bedding problem always becomes acute during the winter months.” He adds that straw is costly. - r , R i m e m & t / i • • / v \ • ' f c U S T B -RJT a VTI$ S ITTER .STUFF, B u t if i xA v e t o x>o i t ' e r e g o e s I i 9 =3 «J8 ■ R U. tow'.W.W I OW4PIIL/ / New Seed Law A new seed law went into ef­ fect this fall. Agents or salesmen not using a firm ’s headquarters fo r a place in business must be licensed the same as seed houses, elevators and seed stores. Any agents taking orders or soliciting customers on farms must be licensed. The annual license fee is $5. for each calen- • dar year. Apple Purchase Program Apples will be purchased in all important commercial producing areas by the state pma officers for distribution in the school lunch program for export. A meeting of grower represen- areas by the state PMA officers held in Columbus last week to discuss varieties, sizes, packs and requirements for participa­ tion in the program. Growers were advised not to depend on this program to dispose o f a very large part of their crop since it is expected to take only three percent of the total pro­ duction in the state. i INDIAN PALM READER j AND ADVISER j MADAM RAY * The greatest questions of life are quickly solved, failure turned tc success, sorrow to joy, separated are brought together, foes made friends, truths are laid bare. Tells your secret troubles, the cause and remedy. Advice on all affairs o f life, love, courtship, marriage, busi­ ness speculation, investments. Come and be convinced. 2512 VALLEY STREET I DAYTON, OHIO WASHINGTON REPORT BY SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT W HAT’S best for the Ohio farmer? Ohio is a great farm state, the iifth in the nation. The value of its farm products exceeds each year the huge sum of one billion dol­ lars. It is the greatest single Ohio industry. What kind of an agricultural policy will keep the Ohio farmer active and prosperous, and feed the people of Ohio? America has the highest stand-*' ard of living today of any other country in the history of the world, because it has the highest produc­ t i on and the highest produc­ tivity per per­ son employed. It seems to me tha t the lon g - ran g e solution for the farmer must be the same as it is for the industrialist and the work­ man — greater p r o d u c t i v i t y , higher total production, and an adequate market for his products. Of Course, the farmer must not push his current production to the point where it depletes the soil add interferes with long­ term production. Hence, his first concern must be the adoption of soil conservation methods so well advocated by the Soil Conserva­ tion Service. But how does he find the markets for increased production? First, he must sell more abroad. Second, we have laboratories trying to find more industrial uses for agricultural products, the science o f chemurgy. Third, it ought to be possible to educate the American people to eat more animal products, that is, dairy products, pork, beef, poultry, and eggs. Such food is more tasty. It gives a better diet. If the con­ sumption of animal products in this country could be increased 5 per cent, the animals necessary would soon consume the surpluses of grain. # * # W HAT about price support? In 1948 Congress passed the Aiken price support bill on the rec­ ommendation of the Farm Bureau, the Grange, and many agricultural experts. It was testified for by Mv. Brannan; it was signed with approval by Mr. Truman; but, be­ cause the support figure was lower than 90 per cent, they promptly made a political issue of it against the Republicans in 1948. After the election, Mr. Bran- nan brought in his plan for a Government guarantee of 100 per cent of parity. Both House and Senate have rejected it. It is too obviously fallacious to pay the farmer the price he would like to receive, then turn around and sell to the consumer at the prices he would like to pay, ami charge the difference to the taxpayer. Who is the taxpayer except the farmer and the consumer? I believe that a moderate price- support program of a flexible type is justified: first, to achieve some­ thing like equality for the farmer by protecting him against the free and fluctuating market in which he has to sell, as compared to the in­ elastic variations in the price of manufactured products. More im­ portant, if we want to keep a reces­ sion from developing into a serious depression, we had better put a floor under farm prices. If there is a complete destruction of agri­ cultural purchasing power result­ ing from a slight increase in supply and a slight deex-ease in demand, it will cause a rapid downward spiral movement into a dangerous depres­ sion like that we had in 1933. # Jj< i$s B UT the difficulty with any high rigid price-support plan is that it compels the imposition of pi-oduc- tion controls. If the Brannan plan were carried out to its fulTimplica- tion, the Government would soon have to tell every farmer how much wheat he can plant, how much corn he can plant, how many hogs he can raise, how many cattle he can feed, and how much he can feed Ms chickens for the production of eggs. The Ohio farmer has never liked controls of any kind. No Washington bureau can tell an Ohio farmer how to run his farm as well as he can run it himself. The Brannan plan would force , return to scarcity. The Ohio farmer, like every other American citizen, in the long run can only achieve a higher standard of per­ sonal living and greater prosperity through higher production and an economy of abundance. A WHERE TO BUY B & B LOAN 63 W. Main St. Springfield, O. BARGAINS GALORE LOOK IN OUR WINDOWS H F L O A O M R A E M N S S S Claibourne-McDermott Co. 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