The Mathis News (Mathis, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1953 Page: 2 of 8
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Page 2 — THE MATHIS NEWS — Mathis, Texas, Friday, July 19,
Editorial Comment
We Can't Afford to Relax
Most of us believe that this Administration will attempt to
cheek what has accurately been termed “creeping socialism.’’ That
trend has been especially noticeable in the electric power field,
where billions of the taxpayers’ money has been spent for socialized
electric plants and transmission lines — the eventual goal being a
political monopoly of this all-important service.
However, it will be a tragedy if the friends of freedom and
private enterprise ever come to the belief that the battle has been
won. The socialists and those who follow the socialist philosophy
may take reverses, but they never give up. They simply bide their
time, looking for a new chance to get their program over. This was
recently stressed by a leading labor leader—President D. W. Tracy
of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFofL. He
said: “Pressures in this country toward public ownership comtinue,
with varying degrees of strength at different times. Those who be-
lieve in the free entrprise system cannot afford to relax—they must
continue the, day-to-day job of supporting the system. . . .”
Freedom is not guaranteed- It must be nurtured and defended
if it is to survive. That goes for political freedom, religious freedom
and economic freedom. All are part of the same philosophy all will
stand or fall together.
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Have We the Guts?
“ ‘False economy’ is a budget cut you do not favor,’ says tne
Washington Daily News. That attitude has prevailed both in govern-
ment and in the grass roots for many a weary year. And it is to a
great degree responsible for our staggering national debt, our eternal
deficits, and our punishing taxes.
“Finders keepers, losers weep-
ers.” Is this old rhyme true or
false? Lawyers say is is not al-
ways strictly accurate under the
law. It is sometimes rather diffi-
cult to define the rights of a
finder in court.
There are some rather fine dis-
tinctions and exceptions to the
“finders keepers” maxim that
have plagued the courts — and
finders — for generations. In the
first place, the finder is not en-
titled to keep the property unless
the original owner is not known
and cannot be located. Neither
may he keep it unless the object
is truly “lost”, and 'not merely
“mislaid.”
In general, property is legally
“lost” when parted with involun-
tarily — through.accident, neglect,
forgetfulness or any other uninten-
tional circumstance. Property is
not lost in the legal sense when
voluntarily left by the owner, in-
State CAPITOL
another good, soaking rain.
Thousands of the devout, and
perhaps some of the not-so-devout,
prayed for it Sunday in response
to a plea from Governor Allan
Shivers.
The governor urged ministers of
all faiths and their congregations
to “turn to the One who is the
source of all help.”
At the same time, Shivers tele-
graphed President Eisenhower to
thank him and other officials of
the administration for their speedy
aid to drouth-stricken Texas.
From the White House had come
word that the President would
allocate $8 million for emergency
drought relief in 152 Texas and 10
Oklahoma counties.
The plan was to furnish feed
at low prices, permit the railroads
to grant lower rates on feed and
cattle, and extend credit to ranch-
men and farmers.
Simultaneously the Department
of Agriculture announced that it
The great question now is whether we have the guts to accept ^phe same is
and applaude economies in government that will affect us all—not just I pen falling through a hole in one’s
„ „ ,, pocket unobserved. In such cases,
“the other fellow.
tending to pick it up later — j would buy 200 million pounds of
even though he fails to do so.
Such property is “mislaid.”
Thus, if one loses a watch on
the street by having the clasp
break, not knowing where or when
it was dropped, it is legally “lost.’’
true of a fountain
One Thing Is Certain
At various times, surveys have been conducted to find out
what the general public thinks businesses earn in the way of profit.
Some of these surveys have concerned retail trade. And it has
been learned that many believe th typical rtailer pockets as
much as twenty-five cents out of each dollar spent with him.
The retailer would be a mighty lucky man indeed if that were
true. But it isn’t. In 1952, for instance, the nation’s department
stores, after taxes averaged but 2.4 per cent of sales. In 1951 the
figure was 2.3 per cent. In other words, every time you spend a
dollar in a general merchandise store only a fraction more than
two cents belongs to the owners. All the rest, almost 98 cents, goes
for merchandise, wages, taxes, rents and all the other costs that
are an inescapable part of running a business.
Profits may be a trifle larger than this in the future, or they
may drop even lower. But one thing is certain. So long as we
maintain the free competitive system, profits will be moderate.
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Your Senator Reports:
By Senator Lyndon Johnson
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RETAIL TRADE: Business is off
in Texas towns.
Retail trade in towns of under
2,500 population was down 11 per
cent during the first five months
of the year, as compared with the
first five months of 1952. Even in
the larger centers, reports the
Bureau of Business Research of
the University of Texas, business
in May was 5 per cent below the
January high mark.
Drought and the continued de-
cline in prices for farm products
are mainly responsible, the Bureau
says.
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HARD MONEY: Texas home
builders and automobile dealers
write me that they are being
especially hard hit by higher in-
terest rates resulting from the
Administration’s “tight money”
policy.
Some temporary * relaxation of
the policy was indicated in the
Federal Reserve Board’s action
in making new money available
to banks. But interest rates are
still up.
Congressman Wright Patman of
Texarkana is pressing for House
action on his resolution requiring
the Federal Reserve System to
support prices of Government
bonds at par. Congressman Pat-
man, an expert on fiscal policy,
told the House his resolution is
sponsored by Democratic Leader
Sam Rayburn, Democratic Whip
‘ John W. McCormack and a major-
ity of the Democratic members
of the House Banking Committee.
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HELP FOR TEXAS: A number
of Texans came here to press for
immediate action to furnish gov-
ernmental assistance to drought-
stricken farmers and cattlemen.
I conferred with them and with
President Eisenhower before in-
troducing my bill to authorize im-
mediate aid in the affacted areas.
This is a matter in which there
is no room for partisan politics.
I was happy to have several Re-
publican Senators as co-spon3ors
of my bill.
# * *
KITCHEN ECONOMY: “Money-
Saving Main Dishes” is the title of
a bulletin published by the De-
partment of Agriculture. I will
be glad to send a copy free to
any Texas housewife requesting
one.
* * *
COTTON QUOTAS: Several West
Texas cotton growers appeared
before committee hearings last
week to urge that the increased
production of cotton in their area
be taken into consideration when
acreage allotments are set for
next year’s crop.
Included in the group and wel:
come visitors at my ofice were
A. M. Muldraw of Brownfield,
J. D. Patrick of Pecos, M. T.
Glenn of Tulia and W G Kirklin
of Odesa
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HILLBILLY MUSIC: Cathy and
Jim Wells of Alice write as fol-
lows about the proposal to estab-
lish National Hillbilly Music Day:
“Let the people have their hill-
billy music, but with this stipula-
tion — that it be the ONLY day
in the year when Hillbilly music
could be played.”
* * *
CONSERVATION: I tried to get
an increase of 30 milion dollars
in funds for the Agricultural Con-
servation Program. My amend-
ment was defeated, but it had the
effect of nulifying an effort to
reduce funds recommended by the
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the finder ownes what he has
found against all but the true
owner.
On the other hand, a package
left on the seat of a bus is “mis-
laid” rather than lost. In one
southern state, a pocketbook left
in a barbershop by • a customer
was held to have been “left,” not
“lost.” The barber was arrested
and convicted of larceny when he
spent the money that was in it.
Under the law the finder of
either lost or mislaid property
should make a “reasonable effort”
to find the real owner.-
When articles are left on a train
or bus, in a public hotel room,
or even when dropped on a shop
floor, under circumstances indicat-
ing that the true owner will later
return to claim them, such items
are not considered lost. The proper
custodian to hold them for the
owners return would be the po-
prietor or other person in chage.
Remaining unclaimed, the pro-
perty sometimes goes to this cus-
todian, sometimes to the finder.
The distinction here appears to
be whether the place it is found
is. private or semi-private, or a
place used by the general public.
(This column, based on Texas
law is writen to inform—not to!
advise. No person should ever
apply or interpret any law without
the aid of an attorney who knows
the facts, because the facts may
change the aplication of the law.)
beef from cattlemen in the dry
Southwest.
Secretary of Agriculture Benson
hoped that this purchasing would
remedy the “runously low prices”
for cattle.
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Good rains h~d fallen over a
good deal of the state, but the
precipitation was not enough, gen-
erally, to put the drouth out of
'die picture.
From Washington came a long-
range weather forecast that held
out hope for the eastern part of
the state, with “substantial” mois-
ture from Central Texas eastward.
The outlook for West Texas was
dry.
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There was more and more act-
ivity in the political field.
Not any time recently has there
been so much political maneuver-
ing so early.
I but three factions are already
preparing for the struggle, and
individual candidates are' going
through the usual routine of
speechmaking and handshaking.
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Paying a visit to the state was
Stephen A. Mitchell, Democratic
National Chriatman who said he
would invite Adlai Stevenson to
come here later.
Mitchell asked party members
who supported Eisenhower to the
Democratic fold, and predicted
Democratic victories next year.
He forcast that “Sam Rayburn
will return to the speakership of
the House, and Lyndon Johnson
will be majority leader, not min-
ority leader.”
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But there was evidence that the
rift between Eisenhower and Ste-
venson Democrats was still there.
When the Texas Federation of
Labor convened at El Paso, dele-
gates booed when a speaker charg-
ed that Governors Shivers of Tex-
as, Thornton of Colorado, and Me-
chem of New Mexico were “state’s
righters last year when it was a
matter of dough in the pocket,
but this year, when it’s a matter
of drouth relief, they’re quite
willing to be Americans and
accept relief from the central
government.”
Shivers led the Democratic re-
volt that gave the state to Eisen-
hower last year. Labor leader-
ship generally was for Stevenson.
Could Mitchell and the other
party leaders pull Texas back into
line?
It was obvious that they were
going to work hard to reach that
goal.
And it was equally clear that
the Republicans were going to
fight them every inch of the way.
They hoped to make outright
party members of the Democrats
who voted for Eisenhower, and
for every elective office.
It was easy to make one pre-
diction: the Texas political battles
of next year are going to be big
and bitter.
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If Governor Shivers had party
politics on his mind he didn’t say
so in his speech to the state bar
convention in Fort Worth.
His remarks concerned liberty
on the national and international
level.
Americans, he said, “are the
best in the world at selling soap
and,television sets, and we’ve got
so sell liberty like we sell soap.”
Shivers added: “We haven’t sold
liberty at home or abroad. We
tried to buy it abroad, but this
hasn’t worked and it never will.”
The political experts were bound
to make their interpretations of
the speech.
Did it mean that Shivers would
run for a national office next
year?
The governor has said that he
might make the race for a third
term as the state’s chief executive.
But then, again he might not.
Your guess is as good as any:
if Shivers has decided what he is
going to do, he has confided in no
one.
And if we can judge by past
performance, he won’t say a word
about his intentions until the dead-
line gets here.
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There was a bit of shuffling
around as a result of one of the
governor’s appointments.
Weldon Hart, one of Shivers’ as-
sistants, is now chairman and
executive director of the Texas
Employment Commission, one of
the state’s biggest departments.
Hart, a former newspaperman
of wide experience, served as
secretary of the State Democratic
Executive Committee. He had a
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Texas Farm Income^
Drops 18 Per Cent
AUSTIN, Texas July — Texas
fam income for the first fivi*
months of 1953 totaled $546,000,-
000—18 per cent below the same
period last year, the University of
Texas Bureau of Buriness Re-
search reports.
Some commodities showed in-
creases this year. Wheat earnings
rose 15 per cent; oats, 96 per
cent; and sheep and lambs, 70
per cent. Eggs, fruits and vege-
tables, and poultry accounted for
smaller gains.
Other commodities registered in-
come declines, ranging from milk
and milk products (3 per cent) to
cottonseed (69 per cent). The drop
in cotton income, which accounted
for almost half of the total re-
duction, was 34 per cent by the
end of May.
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DISTRICT COURT
HELD ON MONDAY
SINTON — Judge Frank W.
Martin held District Court on Mon-
day, July 6, and will hear addi-
tional cases on Monday, July 13.
One suit in particular on the
docket for next week is the case
of W. B. Breeding vs Groce Wear-
den Co. and R. E. Hopson. It is
a suit for damages resulting from
an auto accident.
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Entered as second-class mail matter, Jan. 21, 1945 at the post
office at Mathis, San Patricio County, Texas, under the Act of
Congress on March 3. 1879.
NOTE: Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or
reputation of any person, firm or corporation, which may appear
in The Mathis News will gladly be corrected as soon as It is brought
to our attention.
During the past’ year a specially
prepared combination of bacterial
i cultures has been throughly proven
and tested throughout Texas for
the composting of gin wastes..
During the 1952 ginning season,
over fifty cotton, gins bacterially
converted all, or part, of their gin
wastes into a rich and useful
humus fertilizer.
This humus, applied at the rate of
three tons per acre, will provide
sixty pounds each per acre ' of
nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and
potash. In addition, over 5,200
pounds per acre of humus build-
ing organic matter is supplied.
This organic matter is the equiva-
lent of the decomposed residue of
a cover crop, and will hold up to
four times its own weight in
moisture.
The quality is high, but the cost
is low. A single heavy application
of a high quality commercial fer-
tilizer costs approximately the
same as the three tons of com-
posted humus fertilizer.
Ginners in this area are using
the bacterial inoculant in process-
ing their gin wastes this season.
See them for complete literature,
fand information. tAdv.)
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