Thoughtful merchants warn on abrupt price rises by control advocates
Thoughtful merchants argue sharp price increases empower permanent control advocates who seek to extend influence over production and sale of goods as costs rise and markets shift.
04 Jul 1946
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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
1
Thoughtful merchants argue sharp price increases empower permanent control advocates who seek to extend influence over production and sale of goods as costs rise and markets shift.
The piece argues price regulation delays cause bigger spikes later as costs of production rise. It notes milk butter and cheese were kept below market value by hold the line orders, subsidies misled consumers, and predicts prices will rise to match wages taxes and production costs. Regulators, producers, and retailers cannot halt the trend.
The passage argues that railroad strikers understand the ownership structure of railroads, noting ownership by hundreds of thousands including many workers. It contrasts liberal stereotypes of strikers as downtrodden with the strikers’ own informed view of management and ownership.
Unlike cattle brucellosis, swine brucellosis is a herd disease. Herd control measures and herd blood testing at periodic intervals seem to be the best safety measures available to date.
Representative Oren Harris argues that transportation owners are mainly life insurance policyholders and small investors, with banks, foundations, and hospitals as beneficiaries. He warns labor union chiefs resemble dictatorial rulers expropriating others’ property for a few, and cites a parable about a mule named Railroad.
Belgium stamp editor and author 3 B Moens is identified as the earliest known stamp collector. He began collecting stamps as a boy in 1848.
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