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PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
Thursday, September 2, 1948
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MRS. J. W. DISMUKES
. JESSE V. DISMUKES
- HUGH J. DISMUKES
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“Having More By Making Less Is Still Bunk!"
The Saturday Evening Post recently ran a lead editorial
with the straightforward title, “Having More By Making
Less is Still Bunk!” In it, it said: “It has become a common-
place with post-Roosevelt politicians that every American
has a ‘right’ to a good house, or a ‘right’ to inexpensive
medical care, or a ‘right’ to a standard of living represented
by a salary of $5000 a year, or a ‘right’ to ‘the good things
of life at prices he can afford to pay’ . . .
“People three hundred years ago would be mystified
by a generation which expects to enforce the ‘right’ to a
high standard of living by closing down the nation’s coal
mines, railroads, packing houses and automobile plants.
Capt. John Smith’s bustling workers and the settlers in
equally ‘reactionary’ New England would not have under-
stood how people could have more things by producing
fewer."
The philosophy of less and less work for more and more
money is the most iniquitous thing thdt can happen to a
country. Every real gain made in living standards is the
result of greater efficiency and increased production. Other-
wise ali the wage increases must simply be offset by higher
prices—which is just another way of saying that inflation
becomes inevitable.
Even worse, the philosophy of producing less and earning
more has led to a dependence on the government which prior
generations would have regarded as disgraceful. Millions
<of people seem to have come to the conclusion that the prin-
cipal function of government is to provide cradle to the grave
security—that it’s job is to stand between the individual and
every conceivable economic contingency. That is the atti-
tude that makes dictatorship possible. It was the selling
point on which Hitler, Mussolini and all the rest of the modern
tyrants came to power. And it is now approaching another
full flowering in England, where the state is determined to
control everything—and the individual is turning into a
cipher.
*“■ hft-this country, the labor unions have been major offend-
ers in developing the idea that a higher standard of living
for the masses of people can be accomplished without doing
a full day’s work and for a full day’s pay. In some fields
that illusion has reached scandalous proportions. And that,
in the long run, is the sort of thing that produces depressions.
The men who built this country, and developed the most
nearly perfect system of government ever conceived, knew
that the only way to perpetuate freedom was through vigilant
and independent people. They didn’t work on the theory that
the less an individual produced the more he should have.
It’s time we again looked the facts of life in the face, and
learn that the only real “rights” are those we earn.
Talking too much and thinking too little has spoiled many
a career.
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THIS WEEK
IN PALACIOS HISTORY
FROM OUR EARLY FILES
10 YEARS AGO
Silver Courts and Camp Allen
were struck by a freak storm in
the nature of a tornado, the former
badly damaged.
Miss Grace Evelyn Barnett and
Mr. T. M. Ferguson were married
at the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Barnett. Dr.
M. M. Wolf, of Houston, officiated.
Miss Fanell Barrier and Mr.
John Cobel Richards were married
in Port Lavaca at the home of the
officiating minister, Rev. John W.
Parten.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Crawford
announced the birth of an 8V»
pound boy, and Mr. and Mrs. M. O.
Burton a fine baby girl.
In the run-off election, Stevenson
was elected Lt. Governor; Mann,
Attorney General; Giles, Land
Commissioner; Sadler, Railroad
Commissioner; Graves, Judge Crim-
inal Appeals; Critz, Associate Jus-
tice.
The Farmer’s Cooperative gin
had put out 306 bales of cotton up
to September 1.
John Albert Helander died at
his home in this city. Remains
were taken to Ganado for burial.
15 YEARS AGO
W. E. Green was fatally injured
in a car wreck near Sonora, as he
and his wife and two daughters
were returning from a trip to the
west coast.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bieri an-
nounced the birth of a baby boy.
Coach Renfro, of Damon, was
bringing his football boys here for
a two-week training period.
J. E. Mercer, new athletic direc-
tor for Palacios High School was
here getting things in shape for
the opening of school on September
4.
In a state-wide election Mata-
gorda County went into the wet
column along with the state by a
vote of over 2 to 1, however Pala-
cios voted dry.
20 YEARS AGO
Work on the 9-foot concrete slab
on the road from El Maton to
Collegeport was about completed.
Miss Beatrice Chaddock and Wy-
lie Milam were married in the
Methodist Church at Victoria.
In the Democratic primary run-
off Tom Connaliy led his opponent
Earle B. Mayfield by more than
55,000 votes.
A research party representing
the Australian government was
here looking for a speciman of a
bug or worm that work in cactus
with a killing effect.
25 YEARS AGO
The Manhattan Cafe was pur-
chased by Ulvin Aldrich.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gillespie moved
to Robstown and Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Marshall to Houston.
A new Ford model was on dis-
play at the Palacios Auto Co.
A new place of business was the
Palacios Market with H. P. Taylor
as proprietor.
35 YEARS AGO
The uity council ordered a spe-
cial election to vote on bonds in
the amount of $10,000 at 5 per
cent for 40 years to be used in
improving streets, bridges, etc.
Postmaster Wm. H. Clement
made a requisition asking Uncle
Sam for a flag for the local post-
office and received one which mea-
sured 5 x 9 Vs f»et.
Ancient Jewish high priests con-
fessed the sins of the people over
the head of a goat, after which
it was released into the wilderness
Hence the modem term “scape-
goat.”
HEALTH NOTES
AUSTIN, TEXAS, Sept. 1 Dr.
Goo. W. Cox, State Health Officer,
urges the parents of all children
who will respond to the school hell
for the first time in September to
be su'-e the child is physically ready
for school duties.
"First nnd foremost is the need
for vaccination against smallpox.
Parents and physicians should see
that children are vaccinated before
they are one year of age; however
if not done previously, at school
age vaccination becomes absolute-
ly necessary,” Dr. Cox said. “If
your child has not been vaccinated,
have it done immediately so that
the scar will be completely healed
before school opens.”
Immunization against diphtheria
is also highly desirable, Dr. Cox
believes. This disease, which causes
serious illness nnd deaths among
young children can lie prevented
with toxoid. The child who has
never been protected should he
given this safeguard against a
dreaded disease. Even though he
may have been immunized as a
baby, doctors and health officers
usually recommend an additional
dose of toxoid to strengthen im-
munity before entrance into school.
“In addition, before you send
your child to school you are urged
to take him to your family physi-
cian and dentist for a thorough
examination,” Dr. Cox adds. “You
will want to know that he is in
good physical condition and can
compete with the other children
on equal terms. If the check-up
reveals any weakness or defect
there will he time to build up his
general health and correct dental
defects before school opens. Don’t
let your child start his school life
with any avoidable handicap.”
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WARREN E. HART, Secretary-Treasurer
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LABOR
DAY
We join in tribute
to America's working
men and women for
the contribution they
have made to our
welfare.
Greenwood-Curtis
Post No. 476
Who gets him
off to work—
—and does everything
but kiss him goodbye?
His wife? ... Sure, she helped a lot—and
she kissed him, too! But the co-star in this
morning drama is really electricity.
All through the day, electric service doe,s
so many jobs so quietly and efficiently you
almost forget it’s there. But try and live
without it! Yet it costs so little. As a matter
of fact, electric service is by far the biggest
bargain in your family budget. What else
does so much—for so little?
No, electricity can’t kiss you. But it can
do almost everything else!
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Dismukes, Mrs. J. W. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 1948, newspaper, September 2, 1948; Palacios, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth725986/m1/2/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.