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Mineola, Texas, Sunday, December 24,1944
THE SUNDAY RECORD
PcMUhed Every Sunday m Mineola, Wood County, Texas
at the postoffice at Mineola as second-class mail matter
under Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.__
- 0| paper changed from Wood County Record to The Sunday
Record on Sunday, November 26, 1938.__
”-(>neous reflection upor the character, standing or repu-
tation of any person, nrm, or corporation which may appear
"u the columns of this newspaper will be gladly corrected
upon being brought to the attention of the publishers
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY*, By COLLIN
Texas Press Association; North
°ress Association.
and East Texas
ON BONDER AND BLITZEN
This week, throughout America, a little
jallad which has lost none of its freshness
1 rill be read millions of times. Written more;
han a century ago, it has been loved by adult
ind child alike and we all know its beginning
!’Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through the house
tfot a creature was stirring, not even a
mouse;
I’he stockings were hung by the chimney
with care,
:n hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be
there.”
It is as familiar as the lord's Prayer to
post of us. But who wrote it? One literary
;cholar said one out of three person could
>§cite perfectly the first four lines, but not
>ne of one million could name the title or the
luthor.
Composer of A Visit From St. Nicholas—
tnd the title is not “Twas the Night Before
[Jhristmas”—was Clement Clarke Moore, who
vas born in New York in 1779 and died in
[863. A distinguished professor of literature,
wote the ballad in 1822 as a Christmas
rift to his children. A guest in the houshold,
so the tradition goes, transcribed the verses
3.nd gave them to the press the following
rear in Troy, N. Y. They then became history.
It popularized old Santa, in the mind of
lirery child in America, as a happy old gent
(riving his reindeer through the skies, alight-
tig on the snowy roofs of homes, scrambling
::own the chimney and distributing the toys.
Et lived because it touched the heart and
jwuj^ht happiness and excitement to the lit-
llebelievers so dear to us, eyes and mouths
?7ide open, thrilling at every word from the
;«eginning to end.
'We elders even like to believe it about this
;im of year and who wouldn’t thrill at that
lose—
[He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave
a, whistle,
And away they flew like the down of a
thistle.
|8ut 1 heard him exclaim, ere he drove out
V of sight,
Bappy Christmas to all, and to all a good-
night.’ ”—Dallas News.
to teach a new principle of human relations
with its promise of peace. All human hopes
are linked with the observance of the rules of
human kindness. All earthly fears crowd
down upon us when we fail in these teach-
ings. This war, and every other war in his-
tory, was caused bv somebody’s failure to
observe Christian rules of living as taught ir
a true Christmas celebration. All controver-
sies and quarrels between men, between
classes, between races, and between nations
arise from failure to observe the golden rule.
As we gather in our sheltered homes for
Christmas and think of our 'boys fighting
throughout the world to make our Christmas
safe, let us pray for a lasting peace in a bet-
ter world based on hopes of brotherly love
and not on fears of new wars to come.—Hu-
bert M. Harrison, in East Texas.
By ED C. POWERS
Is an American birthright won
by the blocd and sweat of our fore-
fathers slipping from our grasp?
James F. Lincoln, nationally known
expert of work incentives and pres-
ident of The Lincoln Electric Com-
pany, Cleveland, says it is.
Lashing out at Government poli-
cies which discourage the people’s
will to produce goods that go to
make up the nation’s high stand-
ard of living, the out-spoken in-
dustrialist told in an interview how
lie believes one of our birthrights
is being strangled.
A big, vigorous man of G1 with
ruddy complexion and - full shock
of gray hair, Lincoln’s eyes flashed
as he spoke of a planned drift to-
wards socialism at Washington
which is taking away the incen-
tive for the individual to develop
his latent abilities to the utmost.
Asked what the industrial in-
centive svstem he favors has to
do with farmers, the industrialist
repbed that his remarks were not
confined to industry or to systems,
rather he was thinking about the
incentive for any producer to pro-
duce.
“What would happen on two
neighboring farms,” asked Lincoln,
who was reared on a farm him-
self, “if one farmer applied him-
self to intelligent planning, plant-
ing and cultivation of his crops
and backed it up with plenty of
hard work while the other farmer
did not apply himself so diligent-
ly? You know which one of those
farmers enjoys the better stand-
ard of living.
“Now, what would happen if the
Government came_ along and told
the more productive one that he
should have r more than the
other; so from tiu» on he must
turn back all rewards received
from his farming in excess of
those of his neighbor?”
“The Government did it to us. It
could do the same to farmers,” he
said in level tone, looking dir'-tly
ir.to the interviewer’s eves while
he controlled the indignr.don with
in him. “Here is what happened.’
Lincoln first reviewed the his-
tory of his company. It took 110
man-hours to make a 200 ampere
their wildest night-
JAMES F. LINCOLN
welder before incentives were of-
fered 10 years ago and it takes 19
today, he said. A ton of welding
electrode required 72 man-hours to
produce then and 2 hours and a
few minutes today.
These remarkable gains were at-
tributed by Lincoln to his com-
pany’s incentive system which re-
wards workers in proportion to
what each contributes to total out-
put—either by production efforts
or helpful ideas on production.
While such production strides
were being made, _ the average
yearly income of Lincoln factory
workers climbed from $1300.00 to
$5400.00 and the prices for their
output declined. For example, few
men in farm areas would have
found it practical to buy a weld-
ing outfit 10 years ago at a price
of $550.00 to carry on a repair
business for broken farm equip-
ment in their district, but many
are doing a useful and successful
business today with the same type
of welders bought from Lincoln'at
$190.00. Simultaneously, the re-
duced prices so widened the sale of
Lincoln equipment that the plant
had to increase employment from
206 persons to over 1000.
The widespread “know how”
gained during the past ten years
made welding on; of the important
tools in speeding war production
beyond anything axis dictators
Dallas Morning
dreamed
mares.
After explaining how his com-
pany had made this production-at-
a-low-cost and high-wage record.'
Lincoln said: i1
“The Treasury Department step-
ped in and slapped a $1,600,000.00
assessment on the company and
the Price Adjustment Board added f
a renegotiation penalty of $3,250,- >
000.00 after this splendid team of
production workers turned its ener- |
gies to war production.” j
Lincoln questioned the Govern-!
ment’s sincerity in desiring to I
save the people’s money through!
renegotiation and stated that it
had cost this country billions of!
dollars more than it had saved. He J
stated that this was because ef- i
ficiency had been penalized and in- j
efficiency encouraged. “For exam- ;
pie,” he said, “How long will the j
efficient farmer, whom I mentioned '
earlier, continue to produce in that ?
way when he finds that
of his efficiency are
him, and the inefficient'
patted on the back? '
negotiation. That is an
Washington economic thiArtng;
“Renegotiation,” Lincoln said, “is (
making it impossible for reconver-j
sion to peacetime business in many"
cases. We are resisting in the
courts Governmental threats to
our hard won efficiency just as
the efficient farmer would resist,
having his earnings taken. To com-f’
ply quietly with such threats '
would cripple our incentive system !•
and cut out the very guts of aii* '
American method for giving the
nation the most for its money l&'-j
war or peace.”
If industry is so crippled as to 1
be unable to provide post-war jobs
under present Government - ilft-l
posed handicaps, Lincoln believtyp,
the Government will have to St49-
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News
in to become the “feudal lord”_____
furthermore, he believes “it is Wjii
ing planned that way.” 1
It doesn’t make much different
what happens to The Lincoln ElM> .
trie Company or any other single
company but it is tremendously fig*-j
portant what happens to the Amer-
ican standard of living, as Lincoln j
sees it. He is devoting much time
and working with all his energies,
which are not inconsiderable, to
get other people to see it too. ^
English Fio' r
MRS. B. L. ENuLxciii, Own!
101 Pacific St Fhone
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HOPES AND FEARS
- “O little town of Bethlehem,
How still we see thee lie?
’. Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
*: The silent stars go by.
Yet in thy dark street shineth
The everlasting Light;
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight.”
_ As we come to another war-time Christmas
II—and give up hope of having the boys
;k home for the holidays—there is much
Jason for thanksgiving. Since last Christ-
inas the tide of battle has definitely turned
igyor of otaT armed forces and our allies.
a>year ye can forsee the day of victory
ti the dark days of nineteen forty; we
d that the lights must not go out. The
vf democracy and liberty flickeredgmd
low but thank God they did not go
the flame o?f fredom burns brightly
IBn tthe altar of renewed courage and
le are fighting enemies who do not
in Christmas and who have sneer
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Soil’s Fourth
Dimension
Fertility
COLLEGE * STATION. — Ir
time to come, hay production
will probably be measured in
terms of nutrients instead of
fnns and bales. Dr. William A. J
Albrecht, chairman of the de-1
nartment of soils. University of
Missouri, told Texas agricultur-.
al workers and farmers in a *
series of talks over the state!
last week.
j “As agronomists, we are ap-j
j plauded when we make one and
| one-fourth blades of grass grow j
i where one grew before. But i
j what about the chemical com - j
j position of that blade? We may ’
be feeding only bulk, not nu-1
| trients,” he said. The speaker
| deplored the practice of “try-
i ing to make a mowing machine:
out of a cow.” I
Dr. Albrecht. nationally-!
known authority on soils, ex-;
plained that a sheep can eat
only 2.1 pounds of grass per j
day. He reviewed some studies'
where sheep were fed on soy- j
bean hay and lespedeza. Sheep
fed from untreated plots gained j
eight pounds in 63 days, while I
sheep fed on hay from plots'
treated with lime and phos- j
phate gained 18 pounds in the <
same period, he said.
The speaker talked to inter-
ested agricultural groups at j
College Station, Dallas, Tyler, j
Houston, and Corpus Christi.}
His appearances were sponsored i
by the Agricultural Adjustment!
Agency, the Agricultural Expor-1
iment Station, and the Extea-j
sion Servilce of Texas a&Mi
College. . ,
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