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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1952)
Jiursday, March 27, 1052 — H tU J U d J , B R Q Q kJN G & U A R R O R . PILO T, s r o o k i . w c s , e r words, the price level of th in g s ' mous backlog of cash at his com we buy is not clim bing and m any | m and, it seem s to me the p resi things a re being sold below pres dent can ju st about do as he ent ceiling prices. But w atch out. I w ith w hat w as once o u r fy Harris Ellsworth, M. C. j The president has the pow er to g pleases re a t free economy. H earings a re now being held ■ tu rn inflation off and tu rn it on * • • r the question of exten d in g the 1 alm ost as he sees fit. TV) tu rn to som ething a bit iw known as th e “D efense P ro As I have so often pointed out m ore ch eerfu l for a m om ent, duction A ct.” This is a law of in these w eekly letters, the word lianv p arts. It provides for m a- I inflation” m eans the reduction th ere is evidence th a t the con t il allo catio n and control, the of the purchasing value of a dol- gress, which I m ust rem ind you is Stockpiling, production and all of la r by increasing the num ber of controlled by th e p re sid e n t’s p a r |h e things w hich have to do w ith dollars in circ u latio n —in o th er ty. is at last going to m ake some genuine reductions in a p p ro p ria p re p a ra tio n of o u r m ilitary words, it is th e inflation of the tions. H eavy cu ts in the 1953 a p Jefense. This law also provides cu rren cy th a t hurts. This causes p dor the co n tro l ot prices and w ag- higher prices. Prices, generally ro p riatio n s for independent o f fices of the governm ent w ere re c T h at p a rt is one w hich d irect- speaking, are based on the old om m ended by the house ap p ro p ri concerns all of us. ru le of supply and dem and. Gov ations com m ittee last week. The R ight now th e su b ject of price ern m e n t tin k erin g j u s t cannot budget recom m endation for the Iro n tro l is a bit academ ic. In oth- beat the old economic law. But 24 independent agencies covered governm ent can and does control by the b i l l w as $6,978,687.043. th e value (in term s of goods or The com m ittee recom m endations w ages) of th e m edium of ex call for a cut of $707,548.695 or change— the dollar. m ore th an 10 per cent. WASHINGTON >- WEEK - P IA N O S ! U'urhtzer and Jesse French So to stop the devaluation of th e dollar, which is a n o th e r way of saying to stop the increase in prices, governm ent m ust slow up its borrow ing a n d purchasing. U nder norm al conditions s u c h governm ent activ ity is obviously lim ited. Then the fluctuation of the d o llar value (prices) is not g re a t and the up o r down m ove m ent is slow. In tim e of w ar, how ever, o r as a t present when enorm ous m ilitary expenditures a re being m ade or planned, the governm ent (th e president now has this pow er) can move prices up or down by m erely expanding o r reducing th e ra te of m ilitary spending. NEW AND USED R E N T A L OR T R IA L Tuning & Repair C O N TAC T— Chetco Drug Store Brookings, or I •t J rc MUSIC STCRí COQUILLE, O R EG O N , W ELL The presid en t (th ro u g h his de- p artm e n t of defense) now has m ore th an $19 billions previously ap p ro p riated but not yet spent. I The present budget request is for ¡$50 billions more. W ith this en o r C ongressm an Thom as, c h a ir m an of th e ap p ro p riatio n s sub com m ittee w hich handled the bill, s ta te s t h a t o th e r recom m enda tions ca rrie d in th e bill, lim it ing com m unications and p rin tin g costs, re stric tin g trav e l, and o th er sim ila r item s, could bring the th e nex t m orning to give help to ta l saving to as m uch as 33 in designing individual system s, per cent. according to Jen k in s. Irrigation M eeting N ext W ednesday 7:30. th e re will be irrig atio n m eeting at G range, according to ins. county ag en t. evening at a sp rin k ler the C hetco ClitT J e n k M arvin S h earer, irrig a tio n spe cialist, will discuss law s affec t ing w a te r use, m echanics of e s tab lish in g irrig atio n , and cost vs re tu rn s. He will also be a v a ila b le Puy Your Plumbing IN STA LLE D ! CURRY COUNTY LUMBER COMPANY See W arriner SALE Limed Oak Dinette Set, 6 chairs ___ 5 125.00 W alnut Dining Table, Buffet, b o th $ 35.00 I94O Plymouth $200.00 SEE BEN KERNS or call Phone 2551 or 2891, Brookings Develop The Home O f Your Dreams Easier This Way!! D R IL L IN G ! Drill a well N O W for that extra water for irri gation for next summer’s lawn and garden! LES SHANAHAN 18 Years Experience Orders may also be left at Leonard’s Realty Office! Corner of M emory Lane and Del Norte— Brook in vs EXCITING NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY-9 PERFORMS CARPET ^L E A N IN G MAGIC!!, ' rx, CLAMORENE •K» Ho*n« boovty trootntant for yowr rv?» . . Ov«cb — S of»—E oiy' CompWtaly Different» Not o f*pv*d »oop fo ot" or powdor Focbed roedy *0 w»o Sprinbla or». tr u th m . Vocwvw o ff. DIRTS C O N E . CARFETS DRY roody to wolb on in ,3 nunwtet. Romo*«» food Stain», G reat«. C om , b p tticb, Tor . even Shoe F o b th , One G ollon te o vtifo ffy C h a n t o p p fra im a te ly four 9 b 13 rug». H o H Gollot» A 2.59 G <A » a $ 4 .3 9 Karl Ostenberg Floor Coverings O CEAN Satisfarti on G naran teed ! V IE W CAFE Now Available In Brooki .gs! FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION HOME IM P R O V EM EN T L O A N S ! TH REE YEARS TO PAY! Breakfast — Lunch — Dinner NO MORTGAGE LIENS OR RED TAPE! Open from 6:oo a. m. to 10:00 p. in. A representative of the Home Improvement Serv ice w ill be a t the UNDER THE MANAGEMENT of MR. & MRS. R. J. STOKEN O R IG IN A L O W N E R S ! Curry County Lumber Company In Brookings, Friday and Saturday,, M ar. 2 8 -2 9 I T P A Y S TO T R A D E W IT H L O C A L M E R C H A N T S ! ■■I ’ .....
