Editorially Speaking: What Has Happened To Meat Prices? Is any form of “price control” workable? The answer to that is yes—but not the kind of arbitrary and antificial controls which Tue Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION DALLAS H R governments sometimes impose, to the eventual sorrow of their - people. The only kind of “price control” which does a sound job is that which is part and parcel of the supply-demand system of production and distribution. : Meat has been providing an exceptionally good sample of that. This winter there was a seasonal increase in meat supplies. As a result, between September and mid-January the general wholesale price of all meats, for the country as a whole, declined about 20 percent. This was reflected in sharp declines in retail prices. In the Chicago area, over the same period of time, pork chops dropped an average of 2 per cent, round steak, 25 per cent, and so on down the line. Lard, which is one of the major by- products of the meat packing industry, sank 30 percent. This, to repeat; was the result of increased meat supplies available to the consumer. How long that will go on, no one knows. But all of us should know, from experience and obser- vation, that government controls and allocations would inev- itably create shortages—precisely as they would act as a welcome shot in the arm to the black market. No one will do his utmost to produce more meat for the future if he knows that the prices he will receive, and the markets available to him, will be dictated by the whims of politicians whose principal interest lies in seek- ing favor with the voters. Supply and demand continues to demonstrate that it is the best and fairest economic system yet devised by man. Lies Breeding More Lies It is an indefensible lie to say that struggle between employers and employees is inevitable. Such a lie can only be supported by other lies. The current version of this lie is that American business is a parasite controlled from Wall Street, nurtured in monopoly, charging extortionate prices and making outrageous profits. The truth is exactly the opposite. American industry is the * greatest strength of the nation, owned and controlled by millions of Americans either as stockholders or self-employed businessmen. x ¥ X FROM. PILLAR TO POST By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Hats off to Phyllis. She's writing an exuberant autobiography with ' no holds barred, and it makes amusing reading. “Three Acres” isn’t a column, nor should it be assayed as such. It is the beginning of a book which when completed will undoubtedly find a publisher, for though it is suggestive in its treatment of “The Egg and I”, it is far more cleverly written. It is breezy in spots, but life is breezy at times, and a person who Veterans Have Busy February can take everything as it comes with the future, | The following is a summary of with a grain of salt and with the ‘ougue in the cheek, Bas yome a Every writer should resign him- | activities of Dallas Township Vet- ! way toward milking w bai, self with his first published word | erans’ Agriculture Class for Feb- | to the fact that it is impossible | ruary. to please everybody. Break into| The class started February with print, and there you are, a handy a wonderful chicken supper served target. That's the price for ex- by the Home Economics Department pressing yourself, a lifelong resi- of Dallas Township Schools on Feb- dence in. a glass house with not enough Venetian blinds to go Miss Margaret Kane. around. | Atty. Peter Kanjorski spoke on As a general rule, if you approach | rural law and answered questions ruary 7, under the supervision of | | writing or life with the ambition | for the veterans. Others attending of giving no offense and pleasing everybody, you give offense where none was intended, and you please nobody, not even yourself. If you don’t achieve either of these dis- tinctions, you take shape in the local mind as a vague and formless wraith, entirely lacking in person- ality. You can’t win. I remember with wry amusement that a local mer- chant took exception to my account of a harmless thumbing through the pages of a Sears Roebuck cata- logue in search of some luxury item that would amount to precisely ten | dollars, postage included, ten dol- lars: being the exact amount of binge money with no strings at- tached to it which was mine to spend. The fact that the money was never spent at all, but laid philosophically aside to finance an umbrella for a rainy day, didn’t figure in the argument, which was that if Mrs. Hicks was not going to spend ten dollars she ought to not spend it rummaging ‘through a local store to the confusion of the clerks and the ruination of’ the shelf arrangements instead of not spending it comfortably in front of the fire with the feet elevated to the top of the Franklin stove and the shoulder blades comforted with cushions. After all, the proof of the pud- ding, etc, etc. I note that the readers who profess to be the most deeply disturbed about the biologi- cal inferences in “Three Acres” are the very ones who dive the most precipitately for the second page of the Post in order not to miss anything. And I'm now sitting back and waiting for reverberations. , State Master To Speak at Pamona Pamona Grange 44 will meet with Mountain Grange at Carverton on March 19. Sharp Fullerton, Mas- ter of the State Grange will be the speaker. were Don Evans, president, Floyd Chamberlain, Secretary, and Tom Moore, members of the School Board; R. H. ‘Kuhnert, principal; Frank Wagner, William Liem, and Veterans’ Administration Training Officer Holleran. Anthony Beckant, Swoyerville, treasurer of the Agricultural Club, was toastmaster. On February 14, Robert Parla- man, public relations officer of the State Game Commission spoke on | “Wildlife as A Crop” and soil con- servation. On February 21, James Hutchison, county agent, discussed the latest developments . in soil conservation seed, fertilizer, spraying and mod- ern farming. The class opened Monday, Feb- ruary 28 under the leadership of Joe Price, president of Dallas Vet- erans Agriculture Club, discussing the newly organized State agricul- tural club called Young Farmers of Pennsylvania, and very similar: to the long established F. F. A. The new club will deal mainly with adults. After a lengthy discussion about the State club and its by-laws, a motion to join was tabled until the next monthly meeting, so that there can be further investigation and study of the by-laws. The class is under the super- vision of H. L. Chambers and E. J. Keller, accredited instructors. Library Book Club Will Meet Wednesday There will be an informal book discussion at the meeting of the library book club next Wednesday afternoon starting at 2 at the lib- rary. Members of the serving commit- tee will be Mrs. S. L. Alberts, Mrs. Charles Ashley, Mrs, John Benner, Mrs. Primo Berrettini, Mrs. Norti Berti, Mrs. James Besecker, Mrs. M. A. Briggs, Mrs. Alfred Bronson, Mrs. Luther Brown and Mrs. Harry Coolbaugh. Vol. 59, No. 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949 6 CENTS PER COPY {INGSTO ACKSON E TO TOTAL BOX SCORE Back Mountain Highway Deaths and Serious accidents since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed 2 11 1 TOW IP 20 4 3 2 1 2 20 N 31 | Firemen Back Scout Movement Committee Approves Ward-LaFrance Truck Deciding that its responsibility to | the community is not limited alone | to fire protection, Trucksville Vol- | unteer Fire Company at a well | attended meeting on Friday night | voted to take over the sponsorship | of Boy Scout Troops in its com- | munity. Among those who spoke for the | project were: Stanley Cashmark, | who has considerable experience in | Scout work, and Rev. Robert Web- | ster, pastor of Trucksville Metho- | dist Church. . President Don Finney appointed the following Troop committee: Stanley ' Cashmark, Dr. John =H. Doane, ‘Rev. Robert Webster, Tom | Jenkins, William" Johnston, Stanley Farr,’ S. Dy# Finney and Warren Unger. Mr<*Ungar is a former Eagle Scout with more than twenty years experience in Scouting. His father was also interested in Scouting. | Bert Fennell will be scoutmaster and Dr. Carl Bradbury will have charge of Sea Scouts. Meetings of both groups will be held shortly. It is also hoped that a Cub Pack can be organized under the super- vision of the firemen’s committee. Leaders reported that there are sixty boys in the community who are definitely interested in some phase of scouting. There are ap- proximately twenty-nine who want to belong to the Scouts; twenty-one who would like to join the Cubs and twelve older boys interested in Sea Scouts. Choose Fire Truck William Strange, chairman of the committee to select a fire truck, said that members of committee have visited Penn Argyl, Hamburg and Hanover Township to view equipment and have decided that Ward-LaFrance equipment costing approximately $12,000 will = best meet requirements of the company. purchased within the = next few months. It was also reported that due to the unusually mild weather - two grass fires were among the four fires to which the company sponded during February. re- Jackson Firemen Answer First Call A telephone call by Ira Van Orden brought Jackson's high pressure fog fire truck, driven by Harold Bert- ram, assistant fire chief, to the scene of the fire in less thap” three minutes. It was tn Jno com- pany’s first response a fire call. A brush fire started by Mr. Van Orden got out of control and threat- ened Harold Palmer’s residence and buildings. There was no damage done by the fire. Fire Chief Bonning asks all resi- dents to be extremely careful in starting brush fires and if they get out of control to call the Jackson Volunteer Fire Department immed- iately. “It is ‘better to answer a call and find the fire out than to answer a belated call and find ser- ious damage already done. In short, call first.” Dallas Township PTA To Sponsor Hobby Show Dallas Township P. T. A. will sponsor a hobby show in the high School building Monday, March 21. when the public will be invited to show displays or to come and en- joy other people’s. The Home Economics Farm Bur- eau will display all available mater- ials_and classes of hobbies. Hobbies already lined up for the display are dog collections, tea cups, salts and peppers, pitchers, wedgewood, woodwork, weaving, { house plants and paintings. Persons wishing to display hob- bies will kindly get in touch with Mrs. Jean Mitchell, Mrs. Mildred Pruett, Mrs. Arline Evans, Mrs. Dorothy Hislop, Mrs. Mary Hart- man, Mrs. Minnie Sidorek, Mrs. Eleanor Barnes, Mrs. Iona Davis, Mrs. Catherine Mulcey, or Mrs. Helen Evans. No Socialized Medicine Dallas Kiwanis Club has informed Congressman Daniel Flood thap” it is opposed to any form of seectilized medicine being adopted at pre- sent or future sessions of Congress. The equipment will probably be; {to cheer him during his long ill- BE |] 8 Among the talented groups and) individuals participating in the sec- | ond Annual Musicale of Back Moun- | tain talent will be the Dallas Wo- | men’s Club Chorale under the dir- | ection of Mrs. Norman F. Patton. | This festival of music is scheduled for next Friday night, March 18th, | School. Members of the Dallas Women’s | Club Chorale present in the above | picture are: Front row, left to right, | Arvilla Keiper, Mary Bennallack, ' Judges Named For Farm Show Centermoreland Grange Plans Exhibit J. D. Hutchison, Luzerne County Agent; Ellis Swingle, manager of Sterling Farms, Alderson; William Schaefer, manager of NEPA Arti- ficial Breeding Coop; and Gilbert Burr, secretary of Bradco, will be judges at the Farm Products Show at Centermoreland Grange Hall on Saturday, March 12, starting at 10:30 A. M., according to Harold Appleby, master of the Grange. There will be displays of hay, silage, corn, eggs and other farm products. Ladies of the Grange will serve dinner at noon. Topics for discussion will be: “Good Hay and Good Silage Help Milk Production”—H. A, Bronson, County, D. H. I. T. Tester. “New Castle Disease in Our Poul- try” —Gilbert Burr, Meshoppen. “Green Wrap Tomatoes”’—J. D. Hutchison, Trucksville. “Grassland Farming’’'—Ellis Swin- gle, Alderson. “Our Interest in Grade Cows’—William Schaefer, hannock. “Food For All Ages’—Clara A. Stankowich, Wyoming County Home Economics Extension Rep. and “Accident Prevention in the Home.” Miss Stankowich will meet with the ladies for a separate meeting in the afternoon when the home | economics exhibits will be discussed. Mother And Son Have Broken Legs Mrs. Lizzie Moore, formerly of Sweet Valley, is a patient at Nesbitt Hospital where she was taken Tues- day afternoon after suffering a broken hip. Her son, Cecil Moore, is now confined to his hgme re- cuperating from a broken_leg~ he received less than three months ago.’ Mrs. Moore, tripped at the Sam Morgan home, Kingston, where she is housekeeper. She was rising from a chair with an infant in her arms when she lost her balance and could make no effort to recover. The child was uninjured. Her condition is good. Dairy Tunk- Schuyler Kase Seriously Ill Schuyler Kase, president of Northeastern Pennsylvania Volan- teer Firemen’s Association, whé has conducted fire schools for