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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, Ma; ' 1945
Money
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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