THESE DAYS
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G EC P/’t K E. SOKOLSK\
Watch That Inflation!
The really big problem that this
country faces today is inflation,
which means that money is con
stantly being cheapened, so that
prices go up because it costs more
to buy a given item. Sound money
is usually based on gold; inflated
money gives the possessor the
“feeling” of having plenty while
actually he has less bcause he has
less purchasing power.
"Political Action of the Week”—
organ of the C. I. O.—P. A. C.—
does not fear inflation. In fact, in
its February 5th issu;. it points
out that the "freeze” orders are a
fake and does so very clearly;
“Watch for a series of revisions
setting the 10 per cent-above-last
June standard for wages. The first
of these cleared the way for the
raises. Another set of order's is due
to open the way for cost-of-living
raises and there are good pros
pects for the same sort of action
on pension payments and other
items. At present these are frozen,
the same as bonuses, vacation and
holiday pay, and higher rates for
night shifts. The difference is that
the cost of living raises lag several
months behind higher prices and
thus do not cause them. Pension
and similar payments are actually
money taken out of the buyers mar
ket. But higher pay for vacations
and other benefits goes right into
people’s pockets ready to be spent.”
While none oi tms has yet hap
pened quite as indicated here, the
fact is that such an arrangement, [
would have pleased the C. I. O.,
and when it does happen, they will
be temporarily contented, even
though every increase in prices, j
wages, rents, profits is not an in- j
crease in value but a boost to the ,
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OPTOMETRIST
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SOUTHBOUND
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From Seattle
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I H. E. Green, Agent—Juneau—Phones 2 and 4
inflation. The old adage “whatever
goes up. must come down” coulc f
hit this country with such a bang
that it might be more disastrous
than war.
The real trouble is that we all
want more money and we are ac
customed to think in terms of cur
rency rather than in terms of pur
chasing power. The housewife tells
you that a $10 bill flies over the
butcher’s counter as though it had
wings, and then she wants her
husband to ask for more wages.
That is human nature without the
restraints of disciplined thinking.
More money can be less money,
if the purchasing power of the
dollar goes down. The statement:
"The difference is that the cost of
living raises lag several months
behind higher prices and thus do,
not cause them,” is just careless
thinking.
Prices rise on Lends in the mar
ketplace. because the merchant or
manufacturer must calculate re
placement costs as well as future
buying and therefore tries’ to set
his price so that he does not get
stuck when he has to pay more for
w’nat he needs to sell. Of course,
sometimes - trend is misunder
stood, and also buyers' resistance
can set in and the merchant is
caught with goods on his hands
which he cannot sell. That could,
over a period, break him.
It is true that "higher pay for
vacations and other benefits goes
right into people’s pockets ready
to be spent,” but this precisely is
the inflationary process. The vol
ume cf money increases; the value
of money decreases. That is infla
tion. This is complicated by the
very intricate transaction which is
involved in the quarrel between the
treasury and the federal reserve
board.
It would seem to me that the
labor leaders would devote them
selves to a deflationary program at
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K I N Y
Alaska Broadcasting Co.
CBS — NBC
DIAL 1460—JUNFAU
FRIDAY EVENING
6:00—News.
6:15—Dinner Music.
6:30—Billboard of At.
6:45—Local News.
7:00—IF WE FIGHT WE MUST
NBC.
7:30—ARTHUR GODFREY-CBS
8:00—Proudly We Hail.
8:30—THE SAINT-NBC.
9:00—Alaskan News.
9:15—EARL GODWIN-NBC.
9:30—Bubbles at Baranof.
10:00—Alaska Line News.
10:15—Sports Round-Up.
10:30—Weather.
10:35—Sign Off.
Saturday Murniur an6 Aiiernovti
Sign On.
7:00—Sunnse Surprise.
7:30—Morning News.
8:00—Morning Thought.
8:10—Headline News.
8:25—Weather report.
8:30—ARCHIE ANDREWS-NBC.
9:00—Music for the Missus.
9:30—Weather.
9:35—INVITATION TO EARN
ING-CBS.
10:00—News.
10:05—Just Jazz.
10:30—Kids on KINY.
11:00—FRANK SINATRA-CBS..
11:15—MUSIC YOU KNOW-CBS.
11:30—SAM SPADE-NBC,
12:00—Weather.
12:15—News.
12:30—CROSS SECTION-USA
CBS.
1:00—CAPITOL CLOAKROOM
CBS.
1:30—Christian Scienc e
1:45—Excursions in Science.
2:00—MAKE WAY FOR YOUTH
CBS.
2:30— MARINE BAND-NBC.
3:00—MEET THE MISSUS-CBS.
3:30—LIVING—1951-NBC.
4:00—Catholic Information Center.
4:15—Children’s Chapel.
4:30—TAKE YOUR WORD-CBS.
5:00—FUN TO BE YOUNG-CBS.
5:30—Viking Varieties.
5:45—Waltz Time.
6:00—Dinner News.
All programs subject to change
lue to conditions beyond our con
trol.
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this time. Their members cannot
benefit from faked increases during
an inflationary period, even if in
creases give the impression of won-!
lerful successes for the labor lead- |
ers.
But such successes, while person- 1
ally gratifying, can in no way safe- |
fuard the value of the dollar which [
the worker earns, or anybody else’s I
dollar, for that matter. And our
task at this moment is to protect
the value of the dollar.
It would appear that Charles E.
Wilson faces lots of trouble with
labor leaders who place themselves
above enonomic law. If they push
Wilson too hard, he will have no
alternative but to resign, for it is
impossible to believe that he will
permit himself to be reduced to J
the position of Donald Nelson of j
World War II, who was pushed j
around by every kind of pressure |
group. Wilson is bound to stand j
firm on policy and to protect the j
country against every self-serving;
elemeent in the population, busi- !
ness, farmer and labor. j
BOB SYRE HERE
Bob Syre of Bellingham, Wash.,
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM EGIGIK
Alfi and Nana AlU of Egigik are
at the Baranof Hotel.
beavers here
Sidney Beavers of Sitka is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
J. J. MATUSKA
Murphy and Murphy Office
First National Bank Bldg.
Income Tax Returns
Bookkeeping Service
P. O. Box 227 Phone 676
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