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

Got 5,800 to Spare? Our national debt, which now is close to $263,000,000,000, could be paid off Immediately. All that is necessary is for each and every family in this country to donate $5,874! Yes that’s correct. Your family’s share of our staggering d e b t is more than $5,80. That is our heritage from a series of wars coupled with waste and financial recklessness in government. And that’s why our biggest domestic problem is to cut government costs, to balance the budget, to start reducing the debt as soon as we can, and to reduce the tax burden. Gasoline Is Cheaper Harold Fleming has written a factual Study of the effect of competition oil oil prices, As “proof of the pudding,’’ he takes gasoline, which is the oil indus­ try’s principle product and the one used in largest quality by individual custom­ ers. Since 1925, we all know, the price charged for practically everything we buy has greatly increased. In many cas­ es it has doubled and tripled. Yet in the summer of 1925 the average price of gasoline, not counting the state and fed­ eral taxes over which the industry has no control, was 21.93 cents a gallon. The average price some 25 years later, less taxes, was 20.31 cents. So the price charged for our gasoline, before these taxes, has not increased. And today’s gas is a very different pro­ duct than the gas of 1925. According to the engineers, it has been improved at least 50 per cent — in performance, railes-per-gallon under comparable con­ ditions, and in other ways. Today’s mo­ torist can get about the same service from two gallons of fuel costing 42 cents before taxes as his father did from three gallons casting 66 cents in 1925. This is the result of research and com­ petition, which has forced everyone in the oil industry to provide a better, more economical product. Mr. Fleming sum­ med up his findings on the price of gas­ oline in these words: “Even with the in­ creased taxes it would be hard to find a bigger bargain among all the things that Americans eat, wear Or Use.” “For centuries the advance of man has been hampered * * , by do-gooders and demagogues who sought * . . to obstruct the ways of free men and free markets with monetary and physical controls,” -John W. Beck Army worms do not attack legumes, Toxaphene is best to control cutworms in corn. Wheat quotas will be proclaimed by July 1 if a t all, Toxaphene is the best insecticide to use on army worms. Cattle and sheep are not affected by scabby wheat or barley, Scabby wheat or barley may produce death if eaten by man and pigs. Poultry, except pigeons, can eat scab­ by wheat or barley without harm. Lack of crop storage probably will become more critical before winter, Bainy weather through wheat a n d barley bloom period will aid head scab. White, moldy growth on stems and leaves of wheat and barley is powdery mildew, Socialism Eats Tax Money The head o f a southern power and light utility recently made a little analy­ sis o f one economic aspect o f social!*ed electric development. He expresed his findings In these words: “The government, with one-sev­ enth the capacity of the private compan­ ies, carries only one-six hundredth of the tax load. It would have to pay 25 times as much to be on an equal footing with the private companies. Stated another way, with 12 per cent of the capacity, federal power carries less than one-half of one per cent of the tax load.” Here i3 more evidence of the uncon- testable fact that socialized power is subsidized, both directly and indirectly, by all of the taxpayers. Today national attention is focused on the problem of cutting government costs. One of the best ways would be to get governnent out of the power business as quickly as possible as has been suggested by former President Hoover and other statesmen. Until then tax all government . power the same as private power. Why ’ exempt users of public power from tax , payment? b KEEP THE4ih SAFE (2oojDercrfe in p r e v en tin g tA e S a f e a n d <=l t s e o f :\ Fir* Prevention Bureau Div. of State Fir* Marshal Legislature In Action - - GOP Seems Set Now To Spend A Little Money Ohio’s 100th Legislature would aptly he called an Interesting para­ dox — if the effect of its actions weren't so important to the state. The GOP majority is junking important segments of Its party plat­ form, and seems set for a wild spending spree, FINANCES—Senate GOP members in caucus agreed to hike revenue estimates by almost |20*million. Background: At least that much Js needed to meet minimum demands of pressure groups (mainly publla schools). The action, if approved by more economy-minded lower house, could be deficit state financing. SCHOOLS— Battle royal shapes up over school program. GOP de­ cision to delay until last minute a school allocation formula means few, if any, members at Legislature will have accurate knowledge of the compromise program of leaders that they rubber stamp In closing hours, F. E. P. C—The Senate killed the House-approval F air Employment Practices bill despite GOP party platform plaice. All id votes against consideration of bill were cast by GOP Senators, (Ths pledge: “We encourage fair employment practices."—1S52 GOP. plat­ form), HIGHWAYS—Stilt no agreement on correctional amendments to axlc-mite (disguised weight-distance) tax, WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION—Compensation increases werejeo- pardized as employers sought law-changes th a t labor said would tie awards Up in courts and deny injured workers right of appeal Proposed boost in maximum award Is $4.40. It's an employers' session as fa r as labor Is concerned in the fields Of jobless pay and injury pay, The $33.6-milUon capital improvements bill will come up for a Lower House vote Oil June 16, The measure, changed little from GoV, Frank J, Lauschc’s recommendations, will then go to the Senate for hearings and action. Around The Farm * - One Thing or Another - Now It’s Chinch Bugs By GEORGE L, ZEIS Wet weather, dry weather, tornados, Cicada, army wormr and now comes another threat to the Ohio farmer •—chinch bugs, BUt, unlike most of the other things just mentioned, the chinch hug3 have always been serious pests, They may be with us again If June turns out to be a dry month, DURING THE .WARM, sunny days of spring they fly to fields of small grain. They feed by sucking the sap from wheat, rye, oats or barley. Chinch bugs like dry weather. They had a field day for the past two years in infected areas of Ohio, If this month turns dry — or remains dry as it has been in some areas of the state — there will be another Infestation. Chinch bugs thrive on small grains, grasses and corn. They don't like soy beans or clovers, T H E ! GENERALLY move into the com fields during late June or early July when the small grains begin to dry up. Since the Insect does not have wings, they must crawl in search of the nearest corn­ field, And herein lies one of the major secrets of control measures to be used, IT IS TOO late to do this now, In most eases, but It win tie well to remember In the future. Try to keep the small grain fields separat­ ed from the com Adds. Adjoining fields make tt a simple matter for the chinch bugs to crawl from one to the other. Another method at control is to plant n barrier a t soybeans srenad the corn fields. Bw bugs tarn their asses up at soybeans. Buckeye In Congress - - Sen. Taft Won’t Exactly Retire By CLARENCE J. BROWN Member of Congress, Seventh Ohio District Following another hospital ciicck-up in New York last week, which disclosed his hip aliment to be more serious than first thought, Senator Tait announced he must give tip Ills Floor work as Republican Senate Leader for the remainder of the present Session of Congress in order to ob­ tain needed rest and medical treatment. Ths Ohio Senator, however, will continue to hold his leadership position, attend White House confer- enccfi. and direct Republican activities In t h s Senate. .WMSHl LAST WEEK the Ways and Moans Commit­ tee approved a bill to extend for one year tho Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, US requested by President Eisenhower, Tho measure, scheduled to come to a House vote early this week, repre­ sents a compromise between tile White House and Capitol Hill. “Peril point" and other “escape’' clauses to protect American industry and labor against unfair foreign competition are included in the bill, as well as provisions for Increasing the membership of the Tariff Commission from six to seven members; reducing to nine months the time in which the Tariff Commission must take action on applications for relief under the so-called “escape" clauses; and the establishment of a special commission to study foreign econo­ mic policy, The bill is expected to be approved by Congress promptly. * * • WHILE GENERAL Vandenburg, Chief Of Staff of the Air Force, has urged Congress not to ap­ prove the $5 billion plush cut in Air Force ap­ propriations for the coming fiscal year a# re­ quested by the Administration, it now sccma likely Congress will go along with tho President and Secretary of Defense Wilson in making tha reduction. Secretary Wilson has pointed out that the Air Force has not yet been able to spend the billions In appropriations atilt available for its use. He promised new planes will bo purchased as rapidly as they can be manufactured, and convinced most members of Congress tho Admin­ istration’s defense program should bo approved, Wilson and the President pledge Congress Ameri­ ca Will continue to have the world’s best Air Fore* a t a lower cost. • * a IT IS PLANNED to bring before the HOUM some time next Week the Administration-sponsor­ ed bill to authorize the appropriation of soma $5,400,000,000 for aid to foreign countries during the coming fiscal year. Most observers believe the amount requested will bo materially rccduced on the Floor of the House. Incidentally, In th i last eight years the United States has given Euro­ pean countries and peoples some $40 billion In direct aid. At tho present time, each American citizen is putting up $69 a year for the defense of Western Europe, While the Citizens of the Euro­ pean nations in NATO are putting Up only $56 per year each to meet the cost of their own de­ fense. Letters To The Editor - - Reader Says Rid Dear Editor: 1 sat In on the lecture discussion sponsored by the Association for Civic Action. The prihCipat speakers were Mr, and Mrs, Edmiston and f ib Adams, It Is my understanding th a t the above-men­ tioned group Is concerned With the reputation of the Yellow Springs Community, and wish i* do something about it, For an hour and a half the discussion waa centered around the dire threat of Communism to the U. S, The discussion was very general but Very enlightening. Finally, a question was ask<d about the direct facts concerning Communism in Yellow Spring* in 1941 and at present I t was answered by Dr, Adams with a lengthy discussion about not want­ ing to hurt anyone’s feelings, I cannot understand how anything can bn done about the situation without karting any­ one's feelings, It Is my Impression that to rid the community of its "reputation", the first steg should be to get bold of soma substantial facta and figures of the source of the bad name. In this way, I believe the community might find that there may or may not he a greatly exag­ gerated situation. I propone that a group, taking action against any ’Tam", should take direct, action, Any behind- the-back movements can only be compared witfti "Ism" methods. G. P. Reinhardt.