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THE PILOT. INCORPORATEDSOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA

JAMES BOYD ...- PUBLISHER

DAN S. RAY GENERAL MANAGER

BESSIE CAMERON SMITH - - - EDITOR

CHARLES MACAULEY -- CITY EDITOR

MARY BAXTER .... SOCIETY EDITOR

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PULPWOOD FALLSON BERLIN

If you picked up this newspa-per and read that American Lib-erator bombers had just dropped100 cords of pulpwood on Berlin,you could be excused for think-ing that the editor, or the authorof the war communique had gonecrazy.

Or, ifyou read that our power-ful Battleship X fired threesalvos of pulpwood from its 16-inch guns and sank one of Tojo'sdwindling airplane carriers.

Well it wouldn't be madness,necessarily; just another way ofstating a fact. For pulpwood suchas we are cutting in this com-munity today goes into the mak-ing of smokeless powder forbombs and shells just as it doesinto hundreds of other materialsof war.

So, if you feel like taking partin the shooting, just get out youraxe and saw and cut yourselfsome pulpwood. Your Uncle Samwill see that it gets deliveredwhere and when it will do theArmy and the Navy the- mostgood.

NO TIME FOROLD GRIEVANCES

The great value of freedom ofthe press is that it enables pub-lic opinion to be informed of awrong and so mobilized to cor-rect it.

For an officer to strike a sol-dier is utterly inexcusable.

In the recent case of GeneralPatton, the wrong had been al-ready corrected as far as possi-ble. The General had been sharp-ly admonished by his Comman-der and, so far as he could, hadmade amends to the soldierwhom he had struck and to thehospital authorities.

It is hard to see what goodcan now be accomplished by

publication of the incident.Under the circumstances, to do

so can only give comfort to theenemy and, by rousing public op-inion here, may possibly depriveGeneral Eisenhower or a com-mander who, whatever his de-fects of temperament, has showngreat skill in the fiery ordeal ofbattle. Such skill not only winsvictories; it also saves lives.

Battle-tried leaders of provedability are never so plentifulthat we can afford to dispose ofthem. And General Eisenhowerhas problems enough and needsall the able officers he can find.His judgement in the past hasbeen infallible and should betrusted now. In this case, it in-cluded a quiet investigation ofhow the men of General Patton'scommand felt toward him afterthe incident. It appears that theystill trust him as a leader andthat since he recognized his errorthey are disposed to forgive it.Perhaps they understand thetensions of front-line service bet-ter than we do. At all events theyare the men who have to do thefighting and their opinion shouldoutweigh that of all the civiliansin the world.

Drew Pearson, the columnistwho broadcast the Patton story,has performed useful services inthe past. But this time he hasrisked depriving American sol-diers of proven leadership for thesake of airing a wrong that hasalready been dealt with.

THE ABCOF SUBSIDIES

We reprint the following byWalter Lippman, a somewhat

frequent visitor to the Sandhills,because we consider it the bestexplanation of subsidies that wehave seen. It appeared under theabove headline in the New YorkHerald Tribune of November21st.

"Having read the debate on subsid-ies, it seems to me that it may not beunuseful in clarifying a real issue totreat the matter as an elementaryproblem in economic science. Theword "subsidy" is one of those wordswhich mean so many different things

and arouse so many emotions thatthey prevent us from thinking clearly

and relevantly; the statistics and theprocedure of the program are socomplicated that it is for all practicalpurposes as impossible for the lay-

man to master them as it would befor him to go aboard a modern bat-tleship and know how to operate it-

"Yet it is essential that we under-stand the essential principles suffici-ently lest we now make an irrepar-able and dangerous mistake.

"The elementary fact which is gen-erally forgotten in the debate is thatit costs some producers more to pro-duce than it costs others. This is theparamount fact which we have to fixin oyr minds in order to understandthe real issue in Congress. Unlesswe do fix this fact in our minds weshall never understand the subsidy

I isuue-

"To make the arithmetic as simpleas possible, let us suppose that thereare in the community three men whocan produce a particular gadget.Smith can produce it and sell it for$1 and still make a profit. Brown canproduce it and sell it for $2. andmake a profit. Jones can produce itfor $3, and make a profit. If the com-munity wants all that Smith. Brownand Jones can produce, what will bethe price of the gadget? It will beJones's price?that is $3- If the com-munity does not need Jones's pro-duction, and can get along with whatOne-dollar Smith and Two-dollarBrown can make, what will be theprice? It will be Brown's price?thatis $2, and Jones at S3 will not getany business.

"Now, this being war time whenthe community wants all that can beproduced, Jones's production is need-ed- That means that the price will be$3 for Smith and Brown as well asfor Jones. Yet if each of them gotwhat he really needed, Smith wouldget sl, Brown $2 and Jones, $3. Thetotal cost of the whole supply of gad-gets would be 1 plus 2 plus 3: or $6

altogether. But in fact since Jones's$3 price would, unless the govern-ment interfered, become the price foreverybody, the total cost of thewhole supply will be 3 plus 3 plus$3?or $9 altogether. In order to get

Jones to produce, all the prices haveto rise to his high level.

"Now this is where the subsidy

comes in- Suppose you say: Two dol-is the accepted price for this

gadget?at $2 we can get Smith's andBrown's product and they will bemaking a fair profit; now then howcan we get Jones's $3 product, whichwe want, without paying Smith andBrown $3, which is more than theyneed? We get it by paying Jones $2,and in addition a subsidy paymentof sl.

"This works out as follows: Thecommunity pays Smith $2 andBrown $2 and Jones s2?a total of$6?and the community as taxpayer

also pays Jones a subsidy of sl. Thusthe whole supply costs $7, whereasif the price were allowed to rise toJones's level, the whole supplywould cost SO-

i "This is the principle of the par-

I ticular type of subsidy now under! discussion, and the example demon-strates how by paying $1 in subsidythe community makes a net savingof $2 which it would otherwise haveto spend-

"lf this is plain, then we can seei clearly what, among those who un-derstand it, is the real issue in Con-gress- By the payment of the subsidy

| to Jones, the consuming public gets

I the gadgets at the lowest feasiblecost. But Smith and Brown, who cansell profitably at $2, do not get asbig a profit as if the price rose to$3. Smith is denied an extra profitof sl. As a purely commercial matter,and ignoring all other public consid-erations, the use of the subsidy notonly denies them the extra profitbut compels them as taxpayers topay their share of the cost of the sub-sidv-Instead of making the extra S3for themselves, they have as taxpay-ers to contribute something toJones's $1 subsidy.

"So, as a commercial matter, theyfight the subsidy and want the ceil-ing lifted-

"This is the crux of the whole con-troversy. and once it is understood,the necessity of using subsidies tostabilize prices in war time is self-evident. There is no other way ofgetting Jones's high cost productionwithout raising all other prices tohis high cost level- There are differ-ent ways of applying subsidies toachieve this end, and it is by nomeans certain that the Administra-ion has selected the best way. But

to prohibit such subsidies entirely

The PassingYears

BY CHARLES MACAULEY

FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER1942

Men 18 and over to begin registra-

tion December 11th, with MooreCounty Draft Board.

J. F. Carter buys Mowry house |on East Massachusetts avenue.

William S. Coursey. Jr.. is now a jsecond lieutenant.

1938R- F. Tarlton builds new home-Miss Ruth Thompson of Raleigh

spent Thanksgiving with her parentsMr. and Mrs. Carl Thompson.

Frances Foley Butler and JeanCurrie Edson opened "franjeans"new sportswear shop in the ArcadeBuilding.

1933Among Civil Works Projects ap- !

proved for Southern Pines is $5.- j475.00 for beautification of roads-1Thirteen to be employed.

Proposed project for extension of!Pennsylvania avenue through West ISouthern Pines. 80 foot highway. 1

Dr. Anita McGee Newcomb el-ected Commander of Southern PinesCamp of Spanish War Veterans.

"Sunnyfield Butter, 27c lb. Yorkapples 3 lbs- 10c, Turkeys 23c lb. A& P" Adv.

1928"Poe's Store" as the place is fam-

iliarly known, will be the scene ofanother sale this Saturday, this one

| held by the Guild of the Episcopal

J Church.j The idea of a community Christ-

! mas tree will be realized and will| come as a special reward to those'who did their bit towards making!the rummage and food sale of lastweek the big success it was-

-1920I No wonder this city was so quiet,'Friday. The hotels served such grandfeasts for Thanksgiving, guests wereheard to say they ate until they jcould eat no more.

"Boy wanted to learn the prin-ter's trade." Adv.

1914The exterior enlargement of St.

Anthony's Catholic Church is prac-tically complete and work is beingpushed on the interior. The improve-1ment on the property is very strik-ing.

The electric lights have been run- ining all night for the past two weeks jand it is supposed that the day cur- irent will be started on December Ist. '

1903The cold spell of weather for the

past two weeks has been an unprec-icfented (sic) one?not even equalledin the memory of the oldest inhab-itant-

A new property deal places H. C-Flint in possession of the Cobb build-ing on Pennsylvania avenue.

Another visitation from fire comesin the destruction of the pretty homeof Mr. and Mrs. S. W- Thomas, whichoccurred last Thursday night.

1900Thanksgiving Day was a quiet one

in Southern Pines, and nearly every-one had turkey and cranberries. Oneof our market men. Mr. D. P. Kelley,

is to make a rise of prices inevitableif Jones is to be kept producing.

"The debate has shown that re-sentment against the rise of indus-trial wages is a powerful emotionalforce in the opposition to these par-ticular subsidies to stabilize the costof living. But resentment, howeverjustified, is never a sound basis forlegislation-The fact is that while theblow against subsidies is aimed atoganized labor, it will really fall up-on the unorganized and most helplessmembers of the community. For or-ganized labor, just because it is or-ganized, will parry the blow bythreatening to strike for higherwages to meet the increased cost ofliving. And Congress, which wouldnot enact universal service, has noother effective means by which itcan legislate miners or any otherorganized group of workers back towork.

"But the rise of the cost of living,which cannot be prevented withoutsubsidies, will strike all governmentemployees on fixed salaries, includ-ing Congressmen, all state and mun-icipal employees, all soldiers' depen-dents on fixed allowances, all veter-ans and retired officials on pensions,all elderly people living on the in-come from their savings, all ownersof bonds and insurance policies, allthe school teachers, policemen, fire-men, and virtually all the white-col-lared workers. For they cannot dowhat organized labor can do: threa-ten to strike and push up their wagesat once.

"For these reasons Congress willhave to reconsider the matter."

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THE PILOT. Southern Pines, North Carolina

GRAINS OF SAND

You can call the fire at the South-land an act of God .

?.

But considering the housing short-age here . . .

It looks more like an act of theOther Fellow.

The editor of a country weekly hasjto be able to turn his hand to almost[anything ? .

.

And if its her hand a few moreitems can be added. . . ?

i Bessie Cameron Smith made the: sacks that the Pilot newsboys (and

newsgirl) now carry ....

And Dan Ray printed them-

In fact we claim there is nothing

we can't print . ? ?

Almost nothing we can't do ...?

From repairing a Mergenthaler lin.otype machine to rigging up a venti-

j lation fan . . .

| To reading Jim Boyd's handwrit-ing.

j A lady who used to visit here, knows a boy who commanded one of

i the largest barges at Salerno.

i They were being convoyed by a

i British corvette.

German dive-bombers got in thej salvo of near misses that carried

j away everything above decks onI both ships.I

j After a while the British blinkerbegan to signal.

The Americans, still holding theirhats, feverishly took down the mes-

: sage-

It said; "Unfriendly, what?"

j Several months ago a citizen ofthis town consulted a doctor in an-other city.

He was a German refugee-

"Do you know", he said, "lastweek, in going through my trunk, Ifound a very large-scale map of theBerlin suburbs that my walking-club once got out. Here it is".

"Of course," the doctor said, "herewhere it shows a park is now a warplant under the trees. And in thisthick wood along the lake is a bigelectric works. Do you think the gov-ernment would wish to see mymap?"

I "We'll soon find out." our towns-man said and put in a call for theBoard of Strategic Warfare, right

i then.

] They lost no time. Had the doctor| and his map in their office withouti delay-

So maybe a local citizen had asmall part in the plastering Berlin

j is getting today.

says he handled 63 turkeys.The mineral spring in the rear of

the Piney Woods Inn is a great at-traction to that hotel. The formerspring house has been rebuilt andpainted white with green trimmings,presenting a very artistic appear-ance.

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