The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965 Page: 10 of 14
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The Cherokeean
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A LOT WOR EVERYBODY
Boom or Bust?
The 40 per cent Jump in the minimum wage
J>ropoKed by a I fount Labor subcommittee, even
though spread over throe years, could wreck the
base at this country's steady economic progress,
"how in its sixth year.
This base has been the absence of inflation.
Because of this abscnce, the Administration,
with general business support, has been able to
cut taxes and hold interest rates low.
The tax cut and low interest rates have been
credited with encouraging the set-up in Job-pro-
ducing investments. These have stimulated growth
and reduced unemployment.
Perhaps the main reason for the absence of in-
flation ha* been that wage increases in this period
have closely paralleled annual productivity in-
creases of 3 per cent or so. Production costs have
remained steady and so have prices,
But the raise in the minimum wage proposed
by the Labor subcommittee, from $1.25 an hour
to fl.75, in of such magnitude that it could not
help but push wages up faster than productivity.
Not only would wages of millions of persons be
raised directly, but wages of many more would
have to be increased in order to maintain essen-
tial differentials between Jolw.
Moreover, this inflationary threat would come
on top of the billions more dollars that this coun-
try inevitable will have to spend for efforts in
Viet Nam. which in themselves may be no small
inflationary factor.
Faced with auch prospects, the U S. might not
only have to forego further tax cuts but might
have to bear the burden of higher interest rates
in order to damper inflation. For if there is one
thing the U.S. doesn't want, its the quick boom-
bust cycle oí an inflation.
"Grim" Fairv Tales!
Here's a fairy tale. The federal government
decided there were too many autos. So it paid
auto makers to take some old, obsolete plants out
of production.
The federa! government paid the car makers
the equivalent of $9.000 for every $-'1,00(1 in autos
the plants could have produced.
The auto makei's cheerfully closed down the
old plants, accepted the money, aiv| reinvested
it in new machinery for the plants which t'hey
were allowed lo continue to operate- Auto produc-
tion soared to record levels.
Government planners called the program a
success. They said that had the closed down plants
been operating, production would have been even
higher.
The economic absurdities of this fairy talc arc
clear. None but ;i lunatic would apply this scheme
to autos But take agriculture, that's a different
tale
All you have to do in the above storv Ls subs-
titute "feed v.V
auto makers and \
A four-year ii-.ii
cost taxpayers up
sake of diverting
duct ion. Farmers
autos and "farmers" for
¿ve a true story.
-.•ram in feed grains has
•Í $."> billion, all for the
land from feed grain pro-
•> ttin;: the equivalent of
$3.60 for every bushel of com they could have pro-
duced on this land, almost three times the current
market price. Yet despite—really because—of this
tremendous outlay (if cash, feed grain production
has risen. Com yield Ls up 17 per cent. Grain sor-
ghum production is up three bushels per acre,
Barley yields have risen one sixth.
And as in the fairy tale, the Department of
Agriculture claims the program is a great success,
including the taxpayers.
We believe that the federal farm subsidy pro-
grams like that for feed grains have failed in al-
most every respect. They have stimulate,) yields,
boomed costs for taxpayers, boosted prices for
consumers, and added nothing to net farm pro-
fits, which dropped $13 billion between 1901 and
1954.
Fanners would be better off if the programs
were phased out in a transition period, during
which they would receive direct payments to help
them adjust.
Farming, which is rapidly taking on the
characteristics of industry, could then assume
the chief characteristic—the chance to earn pro-
fits by producing for people, not for government
programs.
THEY MAY
LOOK ALIKE
FROM THE
OUTSIDE
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Tax Objective - - Regulation or Revenue?
Editor Discusses A-Bomb
Preceeding Japan T ragedy
EDITOR'S NOTE: Perhaps Hie
greafa st problem in history which
ever arose and challenged the con-
science and convictions of men
was the question of the atom
bomb. Today we are still faced
with Its terrifying pronpectM of the
wholesale destruction uf I iff and
property. Because its farsighted-
ness and interest due to time
lapse, we nre reprinting the fol-
lowing written by former Rusk
Chorskeaan Editor Frank L. Main,
August 2. 1945, Just four days be-
fore the bombing of Japan.
It's generally recognized as good
policy to refrain from talking a-
bout matter* one knows nothing
about. It is an even better policy
to refrain from writing about such
matters because it is right there
in black and white to mock you
after it becomes evident you gues-
sed wrong. But everybody's doing
it, so here goes.
Anxious as we all are to see
the end of the war with Japan
the effect of the use of threatened
use of the atomic bomb to bring
this about to insignificance when
we think of the possible post-war
use of this fantastic new power.
It takes but small use of the imag-
ination to see that it would be
possible for atomic power to make
supermen of us all- A few ounces
of this energy would give a man
power to soar through space for
a lifetime, cariying his supplies
with him and with bombs enough
in his pockets to blast a score of
cities from the face of the earth.
But supermen of the comic
strips with altruistic ideals are
generally opposed by superclvil-
lians, and if atomic powes is
available to the former it will be
obtained by the latter. And such
a villian could well bring dc-
See EDITOR. Page 5
Uu until fairly recently, the tax-
ing objective of American govern-
ment was to secuiie nóvame. But
now there has been grafted onto
the taxing system the principle of
using taxes to regulate the econo-
my.
Recent experiences show that
when government seeks to adjust
economic conditions by tax poli-
cies, there is a constant conflict
between common sr^sc and poUci-
cal expediency. In the end, so far,
political expendiency has won.
According to the information
being gathered all this year by a
special field survey conducted by
the National Federation of indep-
endent business, the 1964 income
tax cut has not been considered
very helpful by the nation's in-
dependent businessman.
Now there is a great deal of
static being set up In Washington
about a tax measure that would
relieve those considered in pover-
ty income levels from paying any
tax.
On the other hand, there seems
little official concern over the fact
that it does cast a family more
than $600 per year to raise a child.
Representative Walter Rocers of
Texas realizes this fact and has in
troduced a bill to raise the per-
sonal exemption to $1,000. In a
nation-wide vote on this bill con-
ducted bv the Federation, 83 per
cent of the independent business-
mii favor such a means as com-
mon serse, practical tax relief.
In addition, for several years,
men such as Senator John Spark-
man of Alabama, Representative
Charles ChamJoerUan of Michigan,
and Representative Abraham Mui-
ter of New York have sought to
get passed the so-called "plow-
back" allowance-
Briefly, this would permit any
business to plow back into the
business tax free up to 20 per
cent of the year's profit, to a
maximum of $30,000 to expand.
Now it is recognized (hat a
ficient lack of jobs, and this sit-
uation is being aggrevated by the
main cause of proverty is a suf-
automation programs in huge in-
dustry which releases men to un-
employment.
On the other hand, nation-wide
surveys belag conducted by the
Federation diow dearly that in-
dependent business, gn i a
chance, will expand, aii< eate
more Jobs.
The best example ou. It , "act
is shown by the data gath .. by
this survey. Many inde it
business firms were able to i
the small business tax rel^..i act
passed in 1968. In one year,
32 per cent expanded wflh fte re-
sult that in 1965 there are ovar
3,500,000 more employees in small
business than there were in 1964.
It is to be hoped that futas*
tax cuts will be predicated an an
awareness of the new Jobs that
will be created, not the votes that
may be influenced.
Touring East Texas
By BOB BOWMAN
Restoration work has begun nea-
Chester on a country chapel and
schoolhouse built more than
years ago by timber magnate
John Ilenry Kirby.
The dilapidated brick building
stands in a pastoral, pine-shaded
setting beside Farm Road 2097 a
few miles north of Chester.
Once used as a school, church
and meeting hall, it has been a-
bandoncd for years.
A committee of Tyler County
leaders, including former Gov.
Allen Shivers, is raising funds for
repairs that will open it as a his-
torical and tourist attraction.
Kirby built the chapel in 1912 at
Peach Tree in memory of his
Father, John T. Kirby, a Ken-
tucky-bom farmer who lived most
of his life in the village.
Letters...
TO THE EDITOR ...
Mr. Whitehead, Editor:
In a recent speech in Washing-
ton D. C., a so called "Civil
Rights" advocate declared, "We
is tired of Hamburger, we wants
Filet Mignon." He failed to state
just whom he wished to provide
him with such culinary delicacies
but the implication was plain that
it should come from the labors of
others. He was not speaking in
the name of "Civil Liberties", he
was simply saying, "Big Daddy
Government, get busy, take from
the workers and give to us com-
plainers." The name of this game
is Socialism.
Leo Quimby
Rt. 1
Rusk, Texas
It was also at Peach Tree, a
one-time Indian settlement,
Kirby found solace from the
sating pressures dtf the
million dollar timber and
t.ial empire he created m a
young man.
A door has become a tourist
attraction in San Jacinto County—
and therein lies a tale.
For years, a sturdy but weather-
beaten old home—the one-time
farm house of Texas' second gov-
ernor, George T. Wood—stood
near Pointblank in the northern
part of the county.
But it was finally reduced to a
hay-storage cubicle and, in the
end, torn down.
A few months ago, a Poiat-
blank citizen noticed the front
door of the old house leaning
against a service station and
brought it to a historical group
at Coldsprings, the county seat.
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THE CHEROKEEAN
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Enterprises.
E. H. WHITEHEAD, Editor mU
Publisher.
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Cherokee County
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E-Z Vision
Cable Co.
Phone MU 3 2257 er MU 3-2251
Pearman Chevrolet
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Many good organizations are working with our
youngsters, developing an interest in other lands and
the ones who dwell there. The church thrdurii
God's word also teaches us about rar
neighbors and what our attitude should be
toward them. The earth ie the Lord's and the fulness
thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Hie (fwrA ft faft appointed agency in this world
for spreading the knowledge of His love for man and
of His demand for man to respond to that lov by
loving his neighbor. Without this grounding in tho
lov of God, no government or society or way of lifo
will long persevere and the freedoms which w« hold
so dear will inevitably perish. Therefor , ev n from
a selfish point of view, one should support the Church
for the sake of the welfare of himself and his family.
Beyond that, however, every person should uphold
and participate in the Church because it tells the truth
about man's life, death and destiny; the truth which
alone will set him free to live at a child of Cod.
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Hear "Gospel Train"
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Insurance Company
V. J. Leny
Rusk. Texae
Piggly Wiggly
Rusk, Texas
Lyons Butane
Serving Cherokee County
over 15 years
Alte, Texas
Manning Grocery
Rusk, Texas
"A place you Ilka ta trade"
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Whitehead, E. H. The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1965, newspaper, August 26, 1965; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150615/m1/10/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.