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V2 TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, Ma; ' 1945 Money Babion Prefer Something Elie By Roger W. Babion Babson Park, Mass., May 4 (Special Correspondence) Mark Twain would eay that money is something like the weather everyone talks about It; but nq one does anything about it. Everyone wants money; only to exchange It for something else. Hence, few do anything to pro tect it. WHAT IS MONEYT The simple fact is that money Mother's Cards Day Choose from the finest lines In America dis played here. SWEM'S Book & Gift Shop of Itself is no good. Certainly, this is true of paper money which has no use whatsoever ex cept as a medium of exchange Money is good only for what it can buy in food, clothing, shel ter, education and happiness Yet, it is very difficult to inter est people in these five import ant things. Labor leaders talk some about working conditions; but 80 of this talk is about wages. They almost never discuss what wages will buy. Yet, while they get 10 wage increase, they lead their union members to adopt some policy which increases prices 15. Hence, in the end although the workers get 10 more money, they really get 15 less In food, clothing and shelter. MOST PEOPLE ARE BLIND Labor leaders are not the only ones to mislead the people by talking money.money, money, Bankers, brokers and others who sell securities are blind also. rwflQPS FOR QUALITY JPeptl-Cola Company, Long IHand City, N. Yo FranchliecTBottlor! Ppl-Cola Bottling Co. of Modford Laurel and Hardy Hit Coming Laurel and Hardy in a scene from their latest hilarious mo tion picture, "Nothing But Trou ble," with Mary Boland opens e four day engagement at the Rialto theatre Wednesday. Johnny Mack Brown in the west ern romance "Navajo Trails' with Raymond Hatton and Jen nifer Holt Is the companion fea-ture, They say, "Give me your money to invest ana i will make more money for you." So you let them invest for you. The stock you buy goes up In price or the divi dend is Increased and you have made money." But are you any better off? No! During the time you "made money," the cost of living went up more. But then come along the "smart boys" in Washington who are also blind and say: "Leave it to us. We'll fix prices right where they are so that when you get more money you can take this money to the stores and get more goods. Just leave it to us. Well, we have left it to them and they fixed the price of but ter, sugar, canned goods and other foodstuffs. But with what results? We can't get anyl WHY WE CAN'T GET GOODS These Washington boys give as an excuse that these things are going to the army. Of course the army is getting foodstuffs, but are these soldiers getting any more than if they were home? How about women's stockings? Before the war you could get good stockings for $1.00 at which the price was "fixed." Now you go to the store to get these same stockings and the clerk says: "Sorry, but we haven't got any of those stockings." She offers you only a new brand, the price of which nasn't yet been "fixed." It Is easy enough to "fix" the price of some one grade of stock ings, cotton dresses or handbags; but Just as soon as the smart boys do this the manufacturers stop making that grade and get out another grade, or shape or color, the price of which has not yet been "fixed." "All right" you say, "then fix the price of every grade, shape and color." Well dear reader if you did this then the manufacturers would stop making them all. Un der similar conditions farmers would stop raising food. It they must pay more wages, they must in some way get more money for their goods or else quit. COST OF LIVING - However, the purpose of this article is not to criticize my Washington friends. They are doing the best they can. Only they should honestly tell you that while they can fix prices, they cannot fix both the cost of living and the standard of liv ing. So long as people think only of money, one of these goes down just as sure as the other goes up. Jesus knew this when He told the world 2,000 years ago that the "love of money is the root of all evil." "Well, what is the answer?" you ask. The answer is that we should worship money less and work harder. There is only one way to get more food, clothing and shelter. That is by raising more vegetables in your back yard, making more of your own clothes and building more houses. Our standard of living will never permanently be raised by getting more money. It will be raised only by thinking harder and working harder. 1 also get this answer from the Bible. Jesus said, "Give good measure." Paul said, "Unless a man work he shall not eat." It Is okay for everyone to have a higher standard of living and better working conditions; but It Is very foolish to have MONEY which gives neither. Hollywood, May 8. U.R) Comedian Bob Hope today bur ied the hatchet with Paramount Studios, his opponent in a six months filmland feud, and an nounced he had signed a new seven-year contract. The radio screen star went on Paxamount's suspension list No. 9, when he refused a part In "My Favorite Brunette" with Paulette God- dard. BOBBY SOX GOODBYE Hollywood, May 8. U.R) Andy Russell, singer popular with the bobby-socks crowd, an nounced today he will marry Delia Norelle, of Philadelphia, former night club singer, on Oct. 10. Canberra, Australia, was the first city in the world to be planned completely before con struction began. It was designed in Chicago by Burley Griffin, an American architect, who won the honor in international competi tion. AMERICAN FRUIT GROWERS EEF AHE IP Your tractors, trucks and general farm machinery are going into a very heavy season's work, and since parts and good me chanics are very hard to find, it is only reasonable that you should think very seriously of repairing and overhauling your rarm machinery while this service is available. A few hours work now may save you thousands of dollars later. As many of you know, when your tractor, truck and other farm machinery breaks down, it is very disappointing and costly. The American Fruit Growers' shop Is staffed with four capable mechanics, including one diesel man, and has all the modern equipment essential to making a good and efficient shop. We want vou to feel free to come in and ask for estimates on the ' M l L I - I, Wn uimiU !cn lilro f n havA VAU falcA advantage of our parts and general supply store located in the main building. We are dealers for Cletrac Crawler Tractors, Oliver Wheel Tractors and other farm ma chinery, Friend Spray Rigs, Federal Trucks, Waukesha Motors, Westinghouse-Bendix Air Brakes and Myers Pumps. Look for the BLUE GOOSE SIGN! 213 South Fir Street Blue Goose Ji 'm ii.ii i ur-3wrmmmm' 1 ,, ,. MEAETTS MEAT JPM)UM.Y . OYes, this day brings final and complete victory one step closer. To those men who have fought for this victory we owe our solomn pledges that their sacrifices were not in vain that this Nation, under God, will have a new birth of Freedom, Opportunity and Security for them when x they return home.. Let each one return to work with renewed determination to do his, or her, job better than ever, until the last mile . . . yard . , . foot . . . inch has been won and the way home made smooth for our fighting men. We will practice what we preach. WE WILL work harder than ever to provide "civilian soldiers" with wholesome and nutritious foods -a fair share for every customer. WE WILL keep prices down to earth to prevent inflation which would rob servicemen of the fruits of their victory. WE WILL KEEP FOOD FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM, be cause In this way, we will be making a down payment on our debt to the valiant men who are bringing Victory to America! w M -susf 09S PPf mm A gS 1 U Am erica Mmk fP grafml f'v -;! 1.,; ..VH-Sf 9 99 &9 mwrnt Glenn H. Utz MEN'S WEAR
