with passenger cars, on pub- ials on those un-American
• Govt. Subsidies u c roads. farm subsidies.
(From page 12) Cruising along at 10,000 Deciding to nap before his
feet John condors “Wondei business conference, John
his car is going to lun on a J what asks the stewardess for a han
tankful of subsidized gas He “ s a d Sdteuckers say ger for his coat. She brings
is sharing m a maior subuoy. the andl trucKers sa> g shiny steel hanger ,
One brought about through a 4 ubs idized aMines ” that came from a plant built
special “depletion allowance the S n U '^the trainmen are during World War II on a
tax” regulation which cuts men tn | b ™ n ™ e " ckers -cost-plus” baas by the gov
the oil mdustry’s dnnual op- ~ s - the pu bhc roa ds for less crnment and sold to a steel
eratmg expense by about $1 than % he actual cost of truck company for a song a few
billion. damage to highways I know years later.
Well, about 30 minutes at- -(-pucks shifting gears sure ha- To assure his comfort, she
ter ol ! John Q reaches the ve c hewed up the hill out by provides a foam-rubber pil
office, his boss calls him m home » l ow> an d you know, that too
and sends him on a tup of But-'John you’re forgett- was made m one of those
several hundred miles, by } h ’ t ma n y y r ai’roads shar “cost-plus” P ants, built by
air, of course Its popular land grants Uncle Sam and sold at a ‘bar
these days Less cost in act- wfaen th constructed lines gain basement” price to busi
ual time, you know par i iw V ears In fact one nessmen, who borrowed the
It should be. Unkle Sam has a tagger pro- necessary capital from the
donates several million an- fit frQm mcome on some government to swing the deal
nually in direct subsidies o that land than lt does f rom Well, go t o sleep, John,
airlines, plus, these pubic railroading But , before you do. *ou
carriers” enjoy tax support- . magazine John know, this plane you’re Tid
ed airports, air traffic control Turning “ ® n was bullt in o ne of
systems, weather reports, cr- stoes mi thL “cost-plus” plants, too.
ash investigation and rescue ?. at lower rates Now, look down there m
operations 1 “ g out the that field See that thievin’
Once airborne, he looks A subsidywhichhascutthe Wel%
down on a network of ground annual,:? ra w asmuch as he and millions iust like him
transportation Trams oper- pie P b lt costs produced the most vital am-
S SW » d.stntulo ed.tor- mu„.t.o n for presorv.ng 0„r
Penn State Prof Edits Grasslands' Book
Termed “the most authoritative publication in the field
of grassland farming” is a new book emitted Grasslands
edited by Dr. Howard -B Sprague, head of the Department
of Agronomy at the Pennsylvania State University.
Grasslands features topics
44 prominent scientists
included Dr. John B Wash
ko, professor of agronomy at
Penn State, who has a chap
ter on “The P ace and Con
tribution of Grasslands to
the Agriculture of the North
east ”
The book is compiled from
a 1956 symposium of the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science, and
was published by the Asso
ciation in June of this year.
The volume is divided in
to eight sections, featuring
topics such as engineering
aspects of grassland agricul
ture, grassland climato'ogy,
and forage utilization and re
lated animal nutrition prob
lems
The vital importance of
grassland I o the United
States economy is cited by
Dr Sprague in his preface to
the book
“Agricul'ural lands util
ized *or production of forage
that is harvested by direct
consumption by grazing ani
mals occupy about twice as
much acreage m the United
States as al' other cropland,”
he points out
“Although the dearth of
data on the production of
forage in grasslands preludes
a precise evaluation of the
economic importance o f
grass and resources, various
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freedoms. They're still do- price support $ ,
ing it So well, in fact, thatj |ernalional
we re the first nation in his- a ment
toty to have absolutely no Gr a ants in aid
fear of hunger. service, expenm-m ll
There weren’t any ‘ cost- sta i ions , e tc.) s ?!
plus” contracts during the other USDA
war for farmers. _ _ operations so,
There aren’t any mini- (Turn to 9
mum wage laws for the fam- __ 15)
ily farmer and he is being • -
charged with the cost of one
meal per day for your chil
dren, milk for them—AND
food which is being used as
bur most effective weapon a
gamst Communisum overseas
Take a good look and then
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