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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
2
The text argues that funds sent to other nations through the Marshall Plan and similar programs drain Idaho markets. It claims payments return as devalued imports from countries whose products harm American labor and scrap machines that harmed U.S. industry.
The essay argues that government gifts cost citizens personal liberty and wealth. It warns that free medicine housing and subsidies erode freedom as the state imposes rules in exchange for aid. It laments reliance on Uncle Sam and stresses the value of enterprise and individual responsibility.
Idaho expects a firm potato market through the season as frost and lower government purchases limit the crop. Potatoes forecast at 32 million bushels for Sept 1, with 3.9 million bags bought by Sept 6, while last year’s figure was 15.4 million bags. Apples show a dark outlook due to slow fall movement and a 47 percent rise in U S apple production to 129 million bushels.
The article notes an indecisive apple purchase program under discussion with uncertain details and doubts on sufficient volume to ease Idaho’s fall supplies. It suggests consumer prices should reflect grower pricing and forecasts apples as a good buy, with consumption possibly rising. The piece also references seasonal shifts and broader trade context including Egyptian sea routes in ancient times.
Idaho mourns U. S. Senator Bert H. Miller who died of a heart attack in Washington. Miller, Idaho’s junior senator for less than a year, had risen to prominence after defeating Henry Dworshak. Friends warned the workload might threaten his health, and the citizen pays tribute to his service to the state.
Former Idaho Republican chairman condemns devaluation and tariff cuts that flood U S markets with foreign goods. He cites J R Simplot as a model for processing Idaho’s raw resources locally to create jobs and wealth, urging development of regional plants for phosphate, cobalt, antimony, copper, starch, seeds and timber.
Notice of an election to elect two commissioners for the Whitney Cemetery Maintenance District. Voting at Whitney School on Saturday October 29 1949 from 1 to 5 pm. Nominations due five days before election with secretary George O Wallace. Judges named Ethel Dursteler Edna Swainston and Lilly B Wallace. Dated September 30 1949.
A critique of socialist policies arguing that pursuits of “something for nothing” lead to diminished incentives and rising costs. Cites The London Sunday Times warning that Britain’s walls close in, enterprise shrinks, and opportunity ceilings lower as defense of private initiative wanes.
University of Idaho enrollment topped 3 500 with late registration ongoing and a projected near record total of 3 673 set last year. President J E Buchanan predicts stable enrollment for a decade with a future rise as war babies attend college. Graduate school leads gains at 25 percent, followed by mines education and forestry schools with 10 and 4 percent increases.
The United States is more than twice as densely populated as Russia based on available demographic data. This contrast highlights stark differences in average residents per square kilometer between the two nations.
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