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The Hines-Shelf is light in weight but it's o giont in strength which mokes it universolty useful onywhere-in the home, office, foctory or store. Completely prefobricoted, the frome of cleor Ponderoso Pine, ond shelves of Mosonite Temperd Presdwood go together with potented codmium ploted hordwore simply ond quickly. No noiling or sowing!The only tool you need is o screwdriver-ond instructions ore so simple, o child con ossemble o Hines-Shelf. Eosy to point or decorote to fit ony surroundings. Sotd by leoding deolers everywhere ond oll porls come corlon pocked.

(Continued from Page 8) together. He divides. He subtracts. But he does not create. I{e cannot think of a color that he never saw. Ife cannot imagine a sound that he has never heard. He cannot describe a taste that he has not experienced. Man does NOT create'

"From the mouths of babes,', says the old adage, sometimes there cometh forth wisdom; And from the mouths of humorists, and entertainers, and night clubbers too, strange as it may seem. There is a famous New york entertainment fellow by the name of Billy Rose, who now edits and publishes a column. And in that column I have recent- ly found-and been surprised to find-various pearls of wisdom; or so they seem to me. yet who aml to "ay where pearls of wisdom should originate? *t,t

The other day he talked about the recent great wage raise given the coal miners, and he handed me a brand new slant on the thing that sank,into my thick skull. He suggests it might be a wise idea to make the coal miners our highest paid common laborers, and for vital reasons which he enumerates. Our whole economy depends on coal. With_ out it, the steel industry with all the other great industries that depend on steel, would go down the drain, and chaos would come to this land. And how the wild-eyed boys in the Kremlin would love that. ***

There is no romance or glamour about coal mining. It is dark, dirty, dispiriting work, and all you can offer a young man to induce him to become an apprentice in the mining of'coal (and thus keep up the fow of labor in that direction) is "money and lung trouble", as Billy Rose puts it. So, be says, let's be smart and make it worth while for young men to go into the mines to work, make it pay them handsomely in wages, to the end that in these troublous world times ure may keep the furnace fire burning and the great industries employing men to the highest peak. Most other laborers could quit and we might get by. But we can't hold the line for private industry. and private enterprise without plenty of coal. A few years later, maybe, but not now. At least, that's the way Billy Rose' talk sounded to me; and it sounded sound. rl+t tlr. Paul D. Clorc

Says Dr. George S. Bensori: "If, we would like to increase inflation and have more dollars in our pockets but be able to buy less with them, thin we should encourage a high federal. budget, high federal taxes, and still higher wages. All these things have an inflationary influence on our economy. If we want a solid economy where dollars will buy more and we can actually live better, then we must do these things: (1) Work for lower taxes, which wquld leave more in the purchasing stream and would stop discouraging investment on new industries and new tools for workmen, (2) oppose the high budget with extravagant federal spending, and (3) work for stable industrial relations. Industry, labor, agriculture, and all other American groups should understand these facts. With shoulders to the wheel we must work for a stabilized America that can lend stability to a confused world."

We have just completed the installation of a modern dry kiln at our Hardwood Distribution Yard, and are now in position to furnish our trade with thoroughly Kiln Dried Hardwood Lumber. Ife will also have limited space for commercial drying, and solicit your inquiries.

Distinguished insulation author. ity, author of many technical books and articles, Mr. Close is recognized as one of America's leading insulation engineers r He is the author oI "Building Insulation," "Thermal Insulation of Buildings" and other books. In addition, he has contributed manv articles on insulation and heating to technical and trade publicationg and has presented various papers before technical societies o Mr. Close was &ssociated with the Insulation Board Institutg Chicago, for seven years and was technical secretary of the American Society of Heatin! and Ventilating Engineers, New York, for four years. He is an active member of several engineering societies and has had many yeane practical experience in the insulation field.

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