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• TNI CftAMAM liAMU THURSDAY, MAY 11, If50
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'THE FEDERAL SNOOPS
ARE AFTER ME"
^^short time ago the Saturday' Evening Post printed on
article called “The Federal Snoops Are After Me," written by
Robinson Mcllvaine, publisher of the Downington, Pennsyl-
vania, Arthive. Mr..Mcllvaine and his wife hod bought this
little weekly paper on the proverbial shoestring, and were get-
ting along nicely until a representative of the Woge and
Hour Division of the Federal government appeared with a
long bill of particulars of unfair practices which the publisher
hod unwittingly committed. Mr. Mcllvaine has since,followed
up the Post piece with a further recital of events which he
printed in his paper. It all amounts to on interesting^ first-
hand occount of how Federal laws whose intent is perfectly
good can be carried to extremes of interpretation which make
them almost incredibly onerous to business—and especially
OF OIL AND MEN
By DON H. MORKI8
PtmUhL A.C.C ____
Like the men who couldn’t mo
the forest for the tree*, the people
of North A meric*'* greatest “oil
country’’ too often do not know or
appreciate Just how vitally im-
portant the oil induitry in to ev-
ery person.
This oil country ie truly a big
country. Generally speaking, it i*
I that part of our nation that »c
call the Great Southwest. It i* big
in square miles.
Much more important than it*
sheer physical size are the re-
sources The Creator put into this
bit of Hi* earth. -------t
In this comparatively new land
almost every native past middle
age has heard from those who
lived it the story of the ’’Wild
West”—one of history,’* *trongesb
dramas of human fortitude. With
a horse, a saddle and lariat men
of the latter half of the 19th cen-
tury pioneered the development of
the surface resources of this re-
gion. The Longhorn symbolizes
that era.
As the hand of time edges past
high noon of the 20th century an-
other and jn m*ny respects s more
dynamic set of the ’Southwestern
Story’ unfolds.
Everybody's Business
Consciously or unconsciously, as
player or apectator, the life of
every American and much of the
world population Is touclyd daily
by fruits of labor of “The Oil
Fraternity.”
That lonely derrick rising there
frotn the horizon of the frontier
cowman’s “wide open spaces" sym-
bolizes this new era.
Texas produces nearly half of
the nation's crude oil. What the
industry moans to Texans is ap-
plicable in tome degree to the
people of the other 47 states and
to many in foreign lands. The suc-
cess of the oil busindto is impor-
tant to the farmer, the rancher,
TU ULTIMATE MALT
small business M ^M
Newspapers of less than -1,000 cirgulosmn nre exempt
♦he Woges and Hours Act, and Mr. Mcllvaine assumed that hood grocer—as well as to the
his Archive, with a circulation of about 1,600, naturally fgIF executives who direct the industry
— —--------- '•» seemed that the printing end »ndu^« thousands of stockholder.
both large and small.
Statistics are dry but here are
a few that have much aignificance
in ,terms of human well-being:
Texas landowners are paid 840
millions annually In rentals on
leases of 60.009,000- seres about
one-third of the state's land area.
Yet, only about twp per cent of
this land ia in proven production
areas. This "hidden crop,” spread
ao widely, has helped many small
ranchers and farmers to pull
through the hard years of drought
and depression. *
Royalty payments to Texas
landowners total approximately
$280 millions annually.
Thirty thousand Texans em-
ployed in drilling operations alone
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YOUNG COUNTY LONG AGO
Items of 25 and 50 yeors ago
token from thg early files of
The Graham Leader.
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are paid $126 millions each year.
Ifoat reliable sources show 166,-
000 Texans are employed in the oil
in marketing. (The thousands of
industry, excluding those engaged
Service station employees and
many others.)
Biggest Tax Payer
Benefits from wealth created
by oil are even more universally
felt through taxes of many kinds.
The industry contributes more
than half of revenues of the State
of Texas—90 per cent of which it
spent for schools, roads and wel-
fare.
into this category However^ it
of the paper hod been set up os a separate corporation, and
this legal quirk brought it within the scope of the law. Mr.
. Mcllvaine didn't, think he was engaged in interstate com-
merce either. But he was wrong again—simply because he
printed letterheads for firms which mail letters out of the
stated----r-- —*/--'~v---7—T
Thot was only the beginning of the troubles It hod been
a common practice for, years for groups of people, young and
old, to drop in at the little plant eoch Wednesday evening
and fold the papers for moiling next day. They earned a lit-
tle money and they hod lot of fun. But, according tel the
Woges and Hours agent, each one would henceforth have to
. have a time card, o social security card, and all kinds of rec-
ords woufd have to be kept. Result: Mr. Mcllvaine, who was
alreody heavily in debt, borrowed more money on his remain-
ing assets and bought a press which mechanically folds the
papers.
______ Some time later the Wage and Hour people moved ogoin.
Mr. Mcllvaine was ordered to pay $744.25 in back wages,
which he didn't have. Of this, $156 was to go to the foreman.
The foreman, incidentally, had been paid a straight $80 a
week, with paid vocation, and had been away two more weeks
because of sickness. So he had already received $320 for time
he hod been absent But he got the additional $156.
Most amazing of all, $582 of the bock wages, according
to the Woge and Hour division, had to be paid to himself!
Apparently he'd been takingi oujfi- less than the proper salary
and thot just wasn't legal
Mr. Mcllvaine cites more instances of this sort, ond ob-
serves thot the Archives' dosier at the Woge and Hour office
"is now obout 1 5 inches thick and it would be hord to esti-
mate how many of our tax dollars were spent on this investi-
aation " In oil probability, thousands of little businesses have
found themselves involved in similar predicaments. The big
business, with its legal ond accounting departments, can take
the huge mass of laws ond rulings ond bureaucratic practices
pretty much in. stride The small operation, on the other hand,
tokes the beating
'MEN OF DISTINCTION'
— A Texas columnist reports o well-known architect chosen ;
as the first from that state tc^have his portrait featured in
the full-page whiskey ads, offer "at least o dozen Texans
were considered by the distillery for the award " The same
columnist reports that an even better-known orchestra con-
ductor was asked—and refusd —,
The former earned a case of whiskey with his picture on
eoch bottle, together with the dubious hopor of helping to
suggest to young people thot sophistication and success are
somehow linked with the drinking of liquor. The second, well
—he's our candidate, for Texas' real "mon of distinction"
right now—Christian Science Monitor
to state,
tricts and cities. Many .oil country
school plants > compare favorably
with those of the most progressive
urban center*.
So, any threat to the oil indus-
try is a real threat to the whole
life of our country amt its people.
Risky Business
Of $800 millions spent in
to drill Texa* wells, 82«Q »tlltons
went^ihto ‘‘dry holes.”-The wild-
catter’s chance' of striking oil is
about one in 17. The tremendous
risk proves necessity of depletion
allowances for tax purposes long
granted oil explorers that some
powerful forces now seek to de-
stroy.
This la but one foreboding men-
ace that the industry fasaa.
Others ate foreign imports of
oil, federal efforts to nullify titles
to leases off shore from coastal
states, and attempts to fasten gov-
ernmental control upon the nat-
ural ■ gas industry “from well
mouth to domestic burner.”
V Keep It Free
As long as individuals are al-
lowed freely to engage in the oil
business as employers and em-
ployees—free from undue govern-
mental control—there will remain
opportunity for young people.
And they may be pioneers as
real as were those St the cattle
trail and of the colorful “oil boom”
era when the wildcatter often op-
ened tremendous new fields with
25 YEARS AGO
_Irs. Wra. G.. Smith left Satur-
day for her home in Houston after
a visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J, E. Dowdle.
Earl Wheat of the Loving coun-
try was in Graham today with a
load of oats. ~ [
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stewart vis-
ited in Bridgeport Sunday.
Dr. and Mrs. D. E. Winstead
were in Shreveport this week.
F. H. Bowron was a business
visitor in Newcastle this week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. King and
little son were Wichita Fell* vis-
itors Sunday.
G. D. Hinson and Roy Miller
made a business trip to Throck-
morton Monday.
Wm. Miller, proprietor of the
Miller Market, returned Sunday
from Oklahoma City.
D. McKeichan of Throckmorton
was a business visitor in Graham
yesterday.
Rev. Sam Malone, the new Bap-
tist Missionary for Young county,
began his work May 1.
Dr. C. C. Klingman of Coman-
che, Texas, who was recently cell-
ed as pastor of the First Christan
Church here will begin his work.
May 18.
Board of directors for .the
Chamber of Commerce were an-
nounced at the annual C. of C.
banquet Tueeday night held In the
old Mecca Cafe building. They are
-durance.
“She’s feathering her nest and
looking for some old bird to share
it with her.”—Opera 8inger Exio
Pinza.
mT‘~ “She disappeared 18 years ago.”
—Green Bay, Wis., man, reporting
to police that wMe is missing. >
higher than the coat of food, they
ate the tax collector.”—Note on
tax return of Theodore B. Larson,
LitchfisM, Mina.
“Our economic strength ia the
bulwark of a fra* world.”—Presi-
dent Truman.
K. Graham, A. A. Morrison, R. V.
Tidwell. Graham Stewart, had S
B. Street A. W. Kay, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, pre-
sided in his usual efficient man-
ner. .
Secretary Walker with the as-
sistance of several members had
planned a good program: ~
50 YEARS AGO
Political announcements in the
May 11, 1900 issue of The URA-
and H. C. Williams; For County
Attorney, J. E. Simpson; For Tax
Aaaessor, W. P. Beckham; For
County Treasurer, J, A. Dixon and
H. C. Fields; For Com. Precinct
No. 1, Frank Herron and J. S.
Starrett; and tor Justice oP the
Peace, Precinct 1, J. S. Starret.
Several drummers were in town
this week.
Miss Julia Gay is visiting rela-
tives at Fort Worth.
Prof. W. F. Keathley of True
spent Tuesday night in the city.
Poker playing seems to b* popu->
lar, on the sly, on the mountain or
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"Tba cannibals had a way of __
Solving high taxes. When theygot HAM* LEADER Bated the" follow
big candidates for political offi-
ces: For County Judge, Jo. W.
Akin, N. J. Timmons; County and
District Clerk, F. M- Burkett,
Georgs Mil sane, and Chas. Gay;
For Sheriff and Tax Collector,
J. E. Parsons, Marion A. Wallace,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Norris have
been spending a few days in Jacks-
boro.
Frank Burkett took hie parents
ap to Spring Creek last Monday,
where they an visiting their
daughter, Mrs. W. P. Beckham.
8. R. Crawford, R. F. Arnold,
P. A. Martin, J. W. Akin and J. E.
Simpson have returned from a
visit to Fort Worth and other
points.
Georg* Stout, who has been liv-
ing with J. S. Watson of Indian
Mound since childhood, left Wed-
nesday for his old home in Mis-
souri.
Mrs. S. B. Yates of Boulder,
Colorado, is visiting her brother,
J. B. Whittenberg of Duff Prairie.
ft. W. Cook passed throdgh here
Monday evening with a herd of
r.00 cattle whkh he had jrintered_
Id Palo Piirito county anil was-mov”
ing to hi* ranch north of Graham.
The handsome stone Ihrery sta-
ble of A. C. Anderson has been
completed and ia one of the most'
imposing and commodioua struc-
tures of the kind to be found in
Texas.
Posrinas ter Cunningham has re-
ceived a lot of new issie'of stamp*”
In books. *
The Graham High School can
enter her graduate* into any state
or denominational college la Texas
without a seminations.
Shying.”—Bep.
Ohio.
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COURTESY TO SAVE LIVES
A traffic expert m a large city,expresses the opinion that
most fatal traffic mishaps would not have occurred "if the
drivers involved hod not been heedless of the rights of others."
Consequently, -Michael 4. -Aheorn,..traffic chief of Chicago,
points out that every fatolity involves not only a violation of
traffic lows, but "an oct of discourtesy os well."
The observation of this expert emphasizes the necessity for
constont vigilonce in the enforcement of oil traffic regula-
tions. The habit of beating the lights or taking o chance ot
a corner may not produce an accident every time, but it pro-
duces a corelessness of mind which, in the end, will un-
doubtedly provide a traffic Occident
It has long been our observation that individuals, once they
get behind an automobile steering wheel, forget their man-
ners. Everybody who drives o motor vehicle has witnessed
numerous exhibitions of bod manners by motorists trying to
get ahead of somebody else. At other times, it is apparent
that drivers do not prefer to await their turn, but take chonces
in trying to get somewhere auicker than prevailing traffic per
mite.—Stephenville Empire-Tribune.
Men who talk about the foolish clothes thot women weor
will aobn be sweltering in foolish clothes thot meh insist on
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Mercury engine!
When it comas to all-round value — you just can’t
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It’s got the power, performance, and dependability
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It’s tops for all-round economy, too—Grand Prize
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