4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 17, 1964 From Where We Stand... Will You Vote For The "Great Society"? The tempo of the political cam paign is quickening as the incumbent and the contender move into the final few weeks of the slugfest. Many strong charges and counter charges have blackened the air and muddied the issues. Lest we forget, the main issue is still a radical difference in political philosophies. At the risk of over-simplifying this difference in our two major parties, we see it this way: the Democrats, under Johnson, seek to move us a little further down the road toward the “negative Utopia” visualized by George Orwell in his “1984”, and by Aldous Huxley in “Brave New World” (recommended pre election reading). Johnson’s utopia will be called “The Great Society”; the Re publicans, with the Conservatives in the driver’s seat, maintain that this is not the direction the American people want to travel. The Communists claim that the Ca pitalist system is rotten to the core, and that it will destroy itself with little help from them. Some economists have pre dicted for years that as our population expands, and our economy becomes in creasingly more complex, and as the federal government takes over more and more authority and services, we will inevitably, though perhaps impercep tibly, move toward Socialism. For the first time in a generation a political party has dared to question both the wisdom and the necessity of such a movement. Their thoughts, perhaps not always completely clear, and their words, per haps not always concise, have been re peatedly twisted and criticized out of context by the Democrats. But should we not keep one thing in mind through this campaign? The conservative philo sophy is quite a radical approach to our modern problems. In our society of “managerial industrialism, in which men build machines which act like men and develop men who act like machines” the old concept of the integrity and the pre servation of the INDIVIDUAL is almost blasphemous. Or is it? Principles that made this Nation great are seemingly being aban doned. We are told that society is be coming too complex for the individual We are told that even our state govern ments are no longer able to cope with their internal problems because of the magnitude of these problems. But, we are told, all is not lost; the Federal Government in its infinite wisdom and benevolence will take care of us. We inherited rich ideals of indivi dual liberty. Ideals that are unique in all the world. These ideals are ours to live A wise man hides his wis dom, a fool reveals his folly. Truth is the safest lie. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E. Main St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626-2191 Don Timmons, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Adver tising Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit- It_, Pa. Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. and at additional mailing offices. with and to use. But are they ours to squander? Are we obligated to pass these ideals to future generations, or do we have the right, by possession, to cheat them of their American birth right? This is the real issue in this paign as we see it. All the polls, official and unofficial, seem to predict that we will cast aside the ideals of our proud past and that we’ll usher in the era of The Great So ciety by popular acclaim. In a demo cracy we abide by the wishes of a simple majority, but one fact should be kept in mind: if only 40-45 percent of the voters reject the Great Society, the Republi cans will lose the election, but they will still be expressing the sentiments of 72- 81 million Ameericans. This will not ex actly give Mr. Johnson a mandate to pursue his desires with our blessing! Perhaps you feel that the American people are at the crossroads of history, and that our only salvation lies in collectivism, or socialism, or whatever name you wish to give it. Perhaps you feel that the day of the individualist is past, and that to become a part of the “world order of things” it is necessary that we bow to the wisdom of “Big Brother” who humbly offers us the shel ter of his protective wing. This belief is your privilege to ex press on Election Day. But such a deci sion, once officially tallied, will not be reversed in our lifetime. Immediate security has always been more tempting than braving the unknown alone. His tory tells us that the great achievements of mankind, since our humble beginn ings such a short time ago, have been made by the relatively few men of vi sion who turned their backs to their fellow men who huddled by the fires of safety and security, and strode off into the unknown wilderness. But times change, don’t they? At least the Democrats would have us be lieve that now individualism is a dirty word. Decisions must come from a cen tral authority only. After all, why should the people interrupt their work or their play to worry over such matters when Big Brother is there to do that job so much more effectively for them 9 Now that Pres. Johnson has presumably finished purging his official house of its long-protected immorality, he can preach to us of our need to put our houses in moral order! In summary, we think the impor tant issue in this election is the future of America. We think that if the voters decide in favor of taking the “Road to Utopia”, they should at- least be aware of what they are getting, and of what they are giving up. What Do YOU Think? New Methods Of Corn Tillage Tillage practices for corn are changing rapidly. New herbicides, new machines, bet ter use of fertilizer and new knowledge of basic soil science promote tillage practices that more accurately meet the needs of crop, soil and climatic conditions on any farm accord ing to W E. Larson, with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service at lowa State Univer sity, and G. R. Blake, with University of Minnesota. Many new tillage practices for corn have been proposed Minimum tillage systems, for example, permit seedbed pre paration with less cost than conventional tillage methods, according to the scientists. Minimum tillage also lets more water into the soil and reduces runoff and erosion. Yields from minimum tillage have been equal or superior to con ventional tillage methods. Research has also shown that corn can be planted in grass on grass-legume sods previous ly killed with a herbicide. Com yields from the no-tillage prac tice have equaled those from conventional plowing - disking methods. No-tillage requires only three trips over the field spraying with herbicide, planting and harvesting. Other new tillage methods include wheel-track planting, strip tillage, plow-plant, plow and plant, rotary tillage and till planting. Each of these methods can be used under certain soil and climatic condi tions. But the tillage method best adapted to any farm depends on the soil and climate of the particular farm where used, Larson and Blake caution. They say a farmer needs to thorough ly understand the tillage re quirements for a particular crop and soil before he can select his best tillage method. Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you sit there. Church Offices Lesion for October 18,1964 Boekffound Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:1-11; E; Titui 1 -t-9. Devotional iteadinfi Ephcaianj 1 :11-11. AMBITION is na sin. Pro vided—! Provided the ambi tious man is not just scheming foe himself. Provided the man has the qualifications and does npt fool himself Into believing he amounts to more than he dues. Provided also that he can serve God better if his ambition is fulfilled. Now the posi tion of an over seer in any line of work is a highly respon sible one. The title makes no Dr. Foreman great difference; it may be foreman, manager, su pei visor, colonel, bishop. The top man in the outfit, that’s what we mean, —the man who not only has his own work to do but has to supervise and direct the w ork of otheis also. In the church such a man is called a Bishop. He may be given different names, such as Executive Secretary, or Moder-' ator, or just Overseer, churches that don’t like to use the Bible word Bishop have leaders all the same. And we have it from Saint Paul himself that it is no sin to be ambitious to be a Bishop. No lover of money By the time the letters to Tim othy and Titus were written, years had gone by since Pentecost. It looked as if Christ were not com ing back right away, and the church might have to last for a long, long time. It w as time to get organized. This called for leader ship. The old apostles were dead or dying off, and the church had giown so that they could not have handled it alone even if they had all come back to life Officers were needed, more and more Paul lax <• down the qualifications for church offices in these “pastoral” epistles When the first officeis of the Now Is The Time . .. Chickweed is a cold weather plant that get started in new legume seedings; manv new stands of alfalfa get strong competition from chickweed the first winter. We suggest that the field be sprayed with Chloro IPC during November or December when an temperatures are below 50 degrees Young Chickweed plants are easier to kill than ma ture plants .next spring. ■ ' To Recognize Value Of Manure , Barnyardmanure is a -good source of plant nutrients if handled carefully. We heai reports to the. contrary but they are unfound ed. 'Most grass and annual farm crops will respond to applications of manure. A ten-ton application of manure.reinforced with'superphosphate is equi valent to about 500. pounds of a-10-10-10 fertilizer; the super phosphate is important' to increase. the phosphorus content of the manure. If manure is to be stored,, it should be undei roof and be on a water-tight barnyard or platform. MAX SMITH To Continue Mowing Lawn Pasturing is the easiest way . . . , to make use of this forage It is best to mow lawns cro p while not a complex and other ' turfgrass areas in ration) they OT u furnish the fall until the grass stops j-pughagg and may be sup growing. When grass is al- piemented with some grain in* lowed to grow higher than eluding protein. This is a very normal in late fall it will mat cotianon prac tice in the corn down, and be more suscepti- country of the midwest. 1 11 ble to snow mold injury. Many addition, corn stalks make •*>« lawns had snow mold injury 0 f very best beddings £o last winter.’ We advise mow- livestock, mg as 'long as the grass con tinues to grow. Over 30 nations have issued invitations to Project HOPG< seeking medical assistance Cornstalks can furnish con- through the hospital ship S S siderable low-cost feed for HOPE. Thus far, the ship has beef cattle or for young stock visited Indonesia, South Viet during the late fan mnntiK Utilize Cornstalks church.were chosen soon after the* first Pentecost the leading quali fication mentioned was being filled with the Spirit (see Acts 6). But in these pages of Paul on church offices not a word is said about the Spirit. Why is this? One reasonably good guess is that the church had found that not all spiritual men or women make good leaders. Sansibla and dignified Almost every quality Paul men* tions is an everyday common sense one. He is planning for a church that will hve-and grow In 'a liighly practical world, a church with its feet on fhe ground. Such a church does not need a poor innocent lamb for a leader. It does not need: an egg-head nor a lazy dreamer. ■ How solid fhardly inspiring!) the phrases aro— above reproach, temperate, sensi ble, dignified. . . . Most of us know people who are • bright enough, but they never seem to hold jobs very long nor to make many friends, just because for all their brilliance they don’t make sense. A bishop who is long on prayer and short on sense does not make a good bishop. (The same goes for any church officer.) A bishop must be dignified. Trivial? Not at all. Some things that are no sm when other people do them, are sins for a bishop. It was not a sm for a small boy to shinny up the pillars in front of a church; but if the preacher or the bishop did that, what would we all think? Gifted man wanted When Paul wrote to the Corin thians he spoke about spiritual gifts, and some of these we should call miraculous; but in this letter there is not a line about miracles. What must a bishop be able to do? Not turn stones into bread nor water into wine. Very simple things; for example to teach, and to manage those whom he loves. To teach and to manage; it would sound more romantic to say “to speak in tongues and to cast out demons.” But good teachers and good managers are the kind that make good bishops. E|or after all, an overseer or supervisor of men must know men; he must know how to teach men, he must love them and at the same time know how to manage them. (Based on outlines copyrighted J>y tits Dmsion of Christian Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ m tha U. S. A, Released by Community Press Sen ice.) ATTEND THE YOUR CHOICE BT MAX SMITH To Control Chictweed CHURCH OF ON SUNDAY
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