In the nearly 200-year history of our country, we have never before run short of bread. Even in wars, severe drouths and floods, we have always had enough of the staff of life. Usually, we have had magnificent wheat surpluses. Now our Government … [Read more...] about SHORTAGE OF BREAD
GOLD
What is the best investment a citizen could have made during the last five years to protect his family from galloping inflation? Not common stocks. Not government bonds. Not city real estate. Certainly not life insurance, or annuities, or … [Read more...] about GOLD
BUSINESS LOAN TERMS
If you go to your bank to float a business loan, the bank will fully investigate your credit history and your plans to repay the money. If you pass this financial third degree, then you get around to terms. If you are a blue-chip company such as … [Read more...] about BUSINESS LOAN TERMS
THE SOVIET GAS DEAL
Natural gas is the cheapest and cleanest of our energy sources. Although gas is in short supply on our East and West coasts, our Government's policies toward solving this shortage, in the words of Alice in Wonderland, grow "curiouser and … [Read more...] about THE SOVIET GAS DEAL
STEALING OUR FISH
With food becoming more expensive and sometimes even in short supply, many of us would like to get more of our protein from fish. Our tremendously long coastline and thousands of lakes and rivers should give Americans an abundant supply of cheap and … [Read more...] about STEALING OUR FISH
Federal Spending For Education
One of the evidences that our society has become more materialistic than idealistic is the general presumption that all problems can be solved by spending more money. Nowhere is this delusion so rampant as in the field of education. Between 1961 and … [Read more...] about Federal Spending For Education
SOLVING THE OIL CRISIS
History is full of examples of how government controls of various kinds create shortages of economic goods. There simply is no way that a government bureaucracy can run an economic system as efficiently as the free market. Russia was a … [Read more...] about SOLVING THE OIL CRISIS
BLAME FOR GASOLINE SHORTAGE
Who is to "blame for the gasoline and fuel oil shortage? The Middle East War? The environmentalists who blocked the Alaska pipeline and California offshore drillings? The politicians who thought frozen tundra and wilderness were more important than … [Read more...] about BLAME FOR GASOLINE SHORTAGE
INGENUITY AND TAXES
The recent news story about the Michigan man who makes his own gasoline in his back yard is a good reminder that Americans are a most ingenious people. This ex-chemistry teacher named Floyd Wallace feeds leaves, grass clippings, table scraps, coal, … [Read more...] about INGENUITY AND TAXES
GASOLINE PRICE CONTROL
Last Sunday, as my family was enjoying pot roast and discussing the energy crisis, my youngest son suddenly piped up and said, "Say, Mom, whatever happened to the beef shortage you were complaining about a couple of months ago?” The answer to that … [Read more...] about GASOLINE PRICE CONTROL
