The Yellow Springs American, Volume 1, Numbers 1-22

m im o n • • A-Healthy Change In the view of the president of the Ha* tional.AeMOciatio]) of Porchning Agenta, the difference between careful nnd.eivro- Ifembuyiittf 3 :ndeitijf hnainons Ja ffoiag to, rteao the difference between profit nod.. t fmi He added! “We ore aeeinf? the be- glmiing of the eaeftof thnt-/{?et it at nay tm e e 1* policy. 3 think it w ili* completely, jmsB froin the scene.” 'This is the result of ever-jntenifwfyijig; competition. And is true of the buying1 of < Individualai-as*W#11AS the <buying, oftbu«l~ • nomea, Today*-for- e:*amplef‘the,retailers of the nation arc working,harder a n d more effectively than in any recent time to please the consumer and to meet, as be«t"tbey-cani hie< demandtos Th»y«air«. putting overhead costs wherever possi­ ble..-They-are giving the most careful at- lo.n1.ion.to the tmining and consumer-re* Igtions of their employes. They are doing their beat to sell their wares jakthe low- stepossible prices — which is<r'eftected in the fact tha t the share of the retail dol­ lar which stays in1their -pockets- in the form of profit has been running, at-very - low lev,els. Competition forces the stores to oper­ ate in this fashion, whether they want to or not — competition' between chains, independents, super-markets, specialty shops, department stores and every kind of retailing. Once more, the customer is Icing, uFor Wolves to Howl Inw J'Vom Bangor, Maine, to Seattle, Wash­ ington, people live the same way, They drive the same automobiles, read the same type of newspaper, enjoy the same radio and television programs, cat the same food, and smoke the same brands of cigarettes. Without a system of high volume, low cost transportation such as provided by the nation’s railroads, life ftp we know it in the 3,000,000 s q u a re males of the United States would not be p o s s ib le . At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, many people, including Secretary of State James Madison, opposed the Unit­ ed States gaining title to land west of the* Mississippi, for the reason tha t "no col­ ony beyond the river ecuid exM_ under Ike same gMVtrnmenl, but would infalli­ bly vivo birth to a separate state#’' At that time one C miectieut newspa­ per wrote that "Louisiana is inaccessible and unsalable for extensive oHltlvaticn. An untrodden waste for W'dves to howl in," Who could have «hearned that 13 •dates providing homes Ter 23,000,000 Americans would be formed imm the land ♦»f the Louisiana Purchase. T h is area cnce considered "unsuitable far -exiensive cultivation''’' is now m e of the Hfiest farming regions of the nation* pi educing each year crops which return it thousand fold and more the entire pur­ chase price i f the territory. And that lakes no account of the tremendous an­ nual production i f mineral wealth or the output cf thousands of manufacturing Industries, In the vast area of the Louisi­ ana Purchase, as in every other section of our. land, the story of railroad, de­ velopment is inextricably interwoven with the settling and development of the country. By always building of civiliea- tion, the pioneer raolroad* made the land accessible and therefore suitable for extensive cultivation* nndi for large, rettiemeent. And today•>the railroad* move more tons of freight more mile* than all other .forms of transportation cwhined, and d# it at a qosfeae low t h a t , even in these times of inflation the aver­ age charge for moving; a ton one-mile is leas thad 1 1*3 ceent*. 'VtyKheut railroad* service*^ whafe ara new*mang^of the main streete.ofnAmeii*. ea .would be,untrodden Washes "for wolr- 7* TH E G R EE im CW N W PR IM ING CO. J am e s to w m J o u r n a l - 1— 4*0*8 3 * ■ Cedarville Herald — W 7M ) * ^ Yellow Springs American— 7-7740. .33*5C?QW^*** m * « P ttMMtMT* ?N N c rt|i(n |2 ,M ver v t i r i« (irMMfi mJt r* n L*§**1 Jl#i f iiikkmi yiliM t« TW ..■!!"!.. ... ...'ll................................................... irt LAFF OF THE: WEEK I ’ll bet George would have a fit if he ever knew 1 paid $30.95 for a hat. Around The Farm Story of Evolution of Locusts Is Revealing By GEORGE I . ZEIS SOME OF TVOB readers may have the opportunity of hearing the terrific ilia made by the 17-year cicada. Brood 10 of this insect. is now active in 25 Ohio counties including. Greene. There ate 22 broods of cicada which appear in different years and ever different regions. The first large emergence of rieada started In central.and west central Ohio May 29. By th e time you read this column practically alt of them will have emerged.from their enrtlicn lair to start Ulcir de­ structive work. This adult Insect will be active until ,about the middle of duly* I’BACTlCAl.l, a m . cicada eeme out of the ground a t night. Through an unknown sense, they usually head for trec.s, apples being their, favorite, ft Is a t this time the skin Is shed ami the wings develop. The insect is then able to fiy from one tree to another cr from one a u a to another, Mating and egg laying takes place during June, Although the male, cicada is the cne which creates (he attee by means i t the bladder like structure cn the under part <Ci his fetdy, It is the ft male which: causes the damage to trees. THE S'tiMAlE lays, her eggs Sn two to three year eld twigs cr branches by means of a sharp, nccdle-Jilte structure called an ovipositor. The ovipmuter usually gees into th<- twig to considerable depth. Punc­ tures cf 11. a saltire scon weaken the Urtulnrr* of the twig to such r.| degree that it often breaks Off. The adult tSada dors not eat daring ip adult ijfe. The yclung* upon hatching, drop to the ground beneath the tree and bury themselves in the sod. i t has been estimated that the Insect will bury itself mere than So inches into the ground during the 17 year semi-hibernatien period. 81fl6ttSf& THIS IflM d period underground, the nymph tk ad a 1st thought to receive what small food it docs eat h im tire reel system of the tree. However, the amount cf damage done a t this time is relatively email -and does net seem to weaken the tree in any way. The nest emergence of this particular broed of cicada will net appear agate jut: centra! and western Ohio until 1970. hegMmim® lit Action Money Troules Still Plagjue Lawmakers APATI1¥,*IS>striking a t Ohio's 200th legislature. The daw-makers* art. going through the motions in their air-conditioned chambers, But Outside the nlatebousc, where it is hot nnd burn id, it would take some fwwlku.eenrchlng to find a single major bill'passed byseither heuso in • the last-week-of eewsioM.* , _ Jrnnjcnily the.,House of Representatives -vsted to install a $100,000 eUeUie-yoil calf.Hyrtcra to speed up- its. work. If properly utilized ht the Mat session, It might eliminate .the Cost of.running the* $40,000 air con- dttkmtafe Bystem by shortening the length*of tho biennial meeting. The lethargy may also be responsible' for the nctiod of -lhe'House 'PujNte Affairs,Committee, (blue,rlbb*« policy group) -which has con- tinsMdioae. roUicaU*now for almost a . week. Rules of the legisiattiro frown,uv*» susk continuations.- The measure involved'would give 1ft- . yeaf,jOW*j.the right to vote jf approved-by the legislature ”abd..thcn the. voting public nextNovcmber, MOMVIMMMMTAMT ACTION on the state’s front was thp Supreme,., Court's blanket endorsement of the Ohio Turnpike 'Commission. The court cleared the path for speedy ceanUMCttoaef the. miper ToU-roait In doing^sOj it commended the Turnpike Commission’s actions aryhi pcraaanel-'Who have been Bubjectcd to attacks Xrdm,'prpkfdiccd Sources - and- special interest* The Commission has done an Outstanding job. * lly ClABBtUT. J, B R O W N , Member «f Congress, Seventh Ohio Dhdfict1 ® 1‘REfctlBWNT EIRENHOWER last weete.senC*, ■> to , the CongreBM a reorgaidsation plan whicl would crnUt p new Foreign operations! Admin* 1stratton, under tho jurlidfcUon of tin* Btate Be* pnittwnt, to which would bo liwunderred most of (he pi?esent funcUona of tlie;vMutu,Ab Security Agency, which would be abolished, and would also trike over the admlnisiratiqn of the Petal „ FOur Program, the Act for International. Develop­ ment, extension' of aid- to lasrsoaa who have es­ caped from Communuist nreaa, ntul.nsBifrtnrtco. to • „ private foreign relief organizations. Anotncr .re- orgnnization, plo.n proposes the. crcntio*iof a pew International Information AdrnfhhitrnUon to take over. nli telormnUon Activities' of the State -De­ partment, Mutual s,Sco»rUy Agency,. Point Four, nnd simUar Ctovorninent programs. , * . * * . - THE BRESlDEblX’R RearganiaatloBuPlandlo.. 2 . for the -revamping of the. Department, ol, Agri-, culture becaweeftcoUveAUmldnlght last Wednes­ day, after both tho Houso atulBeuate voted down, by heavy* majorities* resolutions. cr.Uing., for the rejection of the Finn, * * * THE BATTiLE over the proposed AiUnhdsDii-: Uon cut In Defense Department^ appropriations, capepially affecting the'Air-Force, took, on.,new intensity last week 'When. General?Vandenbutg, Chief of Staff of the-Air Force,,(csUfiedibeforo a Senate Committee that hc a ado t hc r membera of the Joint Chief of Staff bad ■ opposed tlje reduc­ tion In Defense Department appropriations, How­ ever, President Eisenhower, who previously was the top military deader of the nation, las!sts'he,ean get better military defense for less money, that the Air Force has not yet been able la use the money already appropriated to it, ami th a t under the new plan, tire ttir power Of th e nation will actually be increased* and, expanded during the next two years. Most, observers beileyo tfto, Con­ gress will support Hie President's defense budget, v . * * • SENATOR ROBERT A, Taft returned .ioAVnsh- ingt-m late last week on crutches, after having spent nearly three weeks In Washington ngji Cin­ cinnati hospitals. The Senator’s hip ailment was diagnosed as a*"muscle lesion," which the medics say is responding to treatment well. The Ohio Sen* liter has long been enc of the harilcsk worldng ^ men- in pubile lif e , » v ♦ * THE SlfrtJffE last Thursday unantraohsly ap­ proved* the Brawn BiH, of,, lyhich yAor *humble servant Is the author to create a new Hoover fk remission with expanded power* to study Gcv- i rmntnt policy, as well as Government reorgani- zation, and make reeommendaGens thereon, A companion tfdl fey Benalor Ferguson of Michigan, passed Hie Eenutr I t # weeks ago, The measure is expected to tje sjn t to the White House in a few days. * *■ • « * * i ’l'.ord PEBBI’ABY i to May 1 . 1953 . the num* b« t of civilian employers cf the Federal Govern­ ment was reduced from 2,559,509 to 2 /JfcG ,600 — or by 49,009 :w<ordir.g to a Civil Kcrvicc (Jamtaxi- «s»ta report of last-wtefc. I t is ostitoated. that during May and June, between 30.090 and 40,009 addilltnal Federal employees will be liken off the public payroll. I k e average saiafy p t Federai worki rs is $4^59 a year. A m o r s e s u b c o m m it t e e invesflgaung the Bureau i t Internal Revenue last wedk disclosed that former Treasury Secretary John, Snyder re­ versed his own exper Ur Id grant tax "concessions la the Vice President of SrhenU'y'Imjfusfrics add the .President to General Fowls Corporation. Both rusts were in ecnnccUtm with stock .deals, While Gnydcr denied wretjKful use of his Influence, form- t r employees Of the Bureau ol* inferaal Revenue testified the intervention of. 8cerct|ry tinytier raused them to n verse thejr <tjoi*fof» nt * cost ta tha.Treasury of well over a rnlllloft-doHar*. *■ ■* v * j A REORGANIZATIDN of the B lfcau M In* ternnl Revenue which wll!.eliminate soniA' 1S00 employees nnd elj^ht reghmal reverjue. dtartrlein Was nnnounccd by the. Treasury De week, Cincinnati will become the for a new regional revenue dhrtryhj States of Ohio, JruUnnn, Kcatucjiy,1 a»,d*Virginia, t * * THE HOUSE Banking nnd Currency ,CommItt»b . last wcck VOTfcd unanimously*tqfBcrnp-Senate a p - ir proved legislation wjblch would^gfrc J B.tbd'Preat- rlent'the power to lrc«*e aU prices, 'waglp,^-^ ranis, for ninety UABSrlk-'TcaM'- national meregcncy. The Cgmm|tte‘ out»a provisioa ia JitU-wt--- ..„t, Uiprlzc thp ,FcderaV^eeerv&*-^eijpyl'»^e^pta trols pycr instellmcw.andmaVcS&t^ ' ^ ioa-of ead4 u erf Iiuift * M " 1 ihg- the same per e •tiro*. # | « | #'