4 Heppner Gazette Times, March 1 1, 1943
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of us against peacetime crippling of
competition. When peace returns, the
free competitive system should be re
stored. Frozen prices mean frozen pro
gress that is, now being proven.
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WHY WORRY NOW?
Why all the hullaballoo about Rus
sia's plans for the future? Isn't she
putting up a whale of a fight right
- now? At least every Russian has a job
to do and if there are speechmakers
running around over there stirring up
sentiment over what the democracies
plan to do after peace comes, it is, not
being circulated by the press, and the
radio. With a powerful, ruthless ene
my still in control of a generous slice
of the homeland, the Russians have no
time to listen to oratory they have a
job to do now or their future will be
bad, very, very bad.
If the vice president and some of the
other "future" worriers, would devote
more time to war work and less time
to oratory they would be taken a bit
more seriously by the men and women
in the factory and on the farm. Our
worry right now is to win the war, win
it decisively, so that we will have some
thing to say about the kind of world
we will live in when peace comes. The
men of Guadalcanal and the other far
flung outposts know what they are
fighting for, and their thoughts on
peacetime conditions of the future may
not exactly coincide with those of the
starry-eyed dreamers.
It would appear that the self-appointed
future history makers can best
serve in the present crisis by sparing
the oratory and expending their sur
plus energies in raising Victory
gardens..
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AN OBJECT LESSON
Advocates of peacetime laws to kill
competition in retailing, should now
look about them. Competition has been
definitely ended, as a war measure. In
stead of trying to attract business, the
average merchant has to discourage it
in his attempt to comply with price reg
ulations and other restrictions which
became inevitable when the natural
laws of supply and demand, and free
competition, were suspended
The new system has been cheerfully
accepted because war made it neces
sary .Out of this necessity, we will gain
valuable experience. We will have a
practical example of how restricted
competition immediately reacts on the
consumer.
Under peacetime competitive retail
ing, consumers were able to buy what
they wanted, when they wanted it, at
reasonable .prices .Their standards of
living rose year by year. The establish
ments in which they made their pur
chases steadily became more attrac
tive and sanitary. Service became bet
ter. These things the public came to
take for granted without realizing
that they would not have occurred but
for the magic of Wholesome competi
tion which is the handmaiden of pro
gress. The war emergency should warn all
NO ACT OF GOD
No tales of fuel shortage have been
brought back from the fighting fronts.
In spite of disruptions in the transport
system and the loss of priceless oil
fields to the enemy in various parts of
the world, together with shattering
changes in production methods, the oil
industry has managed to produce the
gas and lubricants needed by the armed
forces. Not a single tank, plane, ship
or truck has failed to move for lack
of fuel. This fact should give comfort
'to every citizen, for oil is vital to vic
tory. And the American oil industry
has proven that it is equal to the de
mands of military necessity.
Increased output of 100 octane gaso
line stirred Secretary of the Interior
Ickes to remark: "I wish that I might
make public, as a tribute to your n
dustry, the present production of 100
octane, because it represents a near
miracle, the proportions of which can
not, unfortunately, be appreciated by
anyone who does not understand the
"intricacy of the refinery equipment
which is necessary and the complica
tions of process involved."
It was, an act of God which gave our
nation her vast oil reserves. But no act
of God makes that oil available for our
use. The latter was done solely through
the efforts of men who dared to take
risks, men who strove to build and to
produce under the stimulant of pos
sible profit. They were encouraged in
their activities by a government and a
people with boundless faith in the com
petence of individuals. The perfor
mance of the oil industry in time of
national emergency has justified their
faith. It was built by individuals.
RESIGNS AT BANK
Jack Van Winkle closed his work
at the First National Bank of Port
land, Heppner branch, Saturday
and has taken a job at the W. C.
Van Winkle farm in lower Clarks
canyon. Jack and Mrs. Van Winkle
will retain their home in Heppner
but they will be doing their bit to
help boost rami production for the
duration.
and has been quite ilL
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs .Lucy Rodgers, county school
superintendent, has been confined
at Heppner hospital since last
Thursday. She was suffering from
a severe cold and throat condition
CLUB MEETING SLATED
Business and Professional Wom
en's club will meet Tuesday eve
ning March 16, for potluck at the
E. R. Huston home.
BEATRICE THOMSON WEDS
J. EDWARD BENNETT
Although announcements have
not been received, the Gazette
Times has been ijeliably informed
that Miss Beatrice Thomson, dau
ghter of Mrs. Anna Q. Thomson
of Heppner, became the bride of
J. Edward Bennett in a ceremony
in St. Thomas Episcopal church,
Washington, D. C, Sunday, Feb.
28.
WHY NOT TELL ALL?
Recently, the Secretary of the Inter
ior of the United States, in publicizing
the federal government's Bonneville
Grand Coulee electric, system, said: "It
is no idle assertion to s,ay that the
great war output from the Northwest
planes, metals, chemicals and ships
virtually would have been impossible
had it not been for this progressive
power system."
It would have been more gracious
and accurate if the Secretary had
added that without the generating ca
pacity of private electric companies
throughout the United States which
furnish upwards of 90 percent of the
electric power required by our coun
try, the war output of the nation would
actually have been impossible, and that
in the Pacific Northwest, without the
private electric companies the war pro
gram would have been stymied. Also,
the private electric companies are fur
nishing hundreds of millions of dollars
in tax revenue to help maintain our
government and war activities, while
federally-owned and operated plants
are tax exempt, thereby adding to the
tax load the hard-pressed general tax
payer must carry. .
' It would have been good sportsman
ship for the secretary to have said
that in sections where no federally
owned power plants have been built,
private electric companies have met
the full war load and production has
not been retarded for lack of electric
power. A public official is supposed to
represent all the people and he should
not be biased in giving them the facts.
ATTENTION
Dog Owners
Due to the extreme urge and necessity for
Victory Gardens, dog owners are request
ed to prevent their dogs from running at
large in the city this spring and summer.
When complaint has been made to city
police against any dog, whether licensed
or unlicensed, the police will give the
owner 5 days notice to keep the dog off
the streets and if this notice is not com
plied with, the police are instructed to
dispose of such dog.
Also, all cow and horse permits must
be renewed by paying the recorder the
$1.00 fee if the privilege is to be contin
ued. By Order of the City Council
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