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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1951
Page
4
The piece argues that the post office prints envelopes at a loss and calls for cooperation between the Railway Express and printers to improve service and remove government from private business. It claims if Railway Express concedes, officials have no right to complain while service would drop.
The Citizen reports a Railway Express letter and pamphlet opposing parcel post expansion. It notes parcel post cut express volumes and jobs, questions service lapses cited by the Idaho Farm Journal, and the tension over government in private enterprise.
Editorial reaction from The New York Herald Tribune The New York Times and The Washington Post on Truman's September 11 budget speech. Critics call the address flippant arrogant and evasive while urging fiscal restraint and seriousness about inflation and government spending.
An American oil company recently launched what is described as the world's largest tanker, carrying 257,935 barrels of crude. On its maiden voyage it averaged 18.09 knots, with sister ships in service and another under construction. The immense ships promise lower oil transport costs benefiting consumers. Automotive taxes were the largest state revenue source last year, contributing nearly a third of total tax income.
An editor argues against progressive taxation claiming it drains the rich and harms incentives. He cites 1939 and current tax burdens, compares U.S. and Britain, warns of rising costs for the poor and a slide toward reduced living standards. He frames taxation as a move toward communism and warns of eventual universal hardship.
Editor's note emphasizes national honor as a social contract and moral measure, citing Finland's free people and Russia's alleged failures. It laments eroding responsibility from West Point graduates to all citizens, urging personal accountability to preserve liberty and avert national dishonor. It ends noting petroleum and products dominated traffic on New York state barge canal in 1950.
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