6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1,1965 • Form Bill (Continued from Page 1) bIU; and “No." when asked if he though it could be passed without a suitable provision for cotton. These questions and others were vigorously debated by Rep. Paul Findley, R-111. and Sen. George McGovern, D— SO., before a gathering of Newspaper Farm Editors of America. Senator McGovern speaking in support of the bill said he had heard no consumer oriented reaction to the of ten-cited “bread tax” aspects of the wheat bill. He said, “there is a growing aware ness in cities that city prob lems are influenced by rural area problems.” He cited the city employment problems re sulting from farmers migrat ing to the cities. He maintained that all sec tions of the farm program must ,be presented as one package to pass. “We can’t ask urban representatives to vote for agricultural appropri ations five or six times with out getting them into diffi culty back 'home ” But, he be- Merves they will support the legislation if they only have to vote for one bill. He was also quite firm about the need to include a cotton plan in Your Knoxweed Dealer P. L ROHRER & BRO., ING. - - j SMOKETOWN the omnibus bill to maintain the southern-mldwcstern coali tion of legislators. Congressmen Findley, on the other hand, felt the gen eral farm bill could not pass WITH the cotton legislation. "The cotton bit! is such a mess that without a major shift in the current cotton program, it would be more of a handicap than an asset to the omnibus bill,” he said. Findley went on to say that one often-overlooked item in the proposed farm bill is that the right of a fanner to grow a commodity will itself be- come a commodity (ed. He was referring to the section which deals with the buying and selling of allotment quo tas by farmers.) ‘‘This will lead to the day when farmers will have to buy up a federal franchise to produce anything of consequence.” Findley claimed that the main resistance to the farm bill is coming from taxpay ers. USiDA expenditures con tinue to increase, he said, and the taxpayers want to cur tail this spending. “The soon er we get back to a market place commodity system the better off we’ll be,” the Con gressman Said. He told the group, that he had submitted a biU to relate crop loans to market prices. Also, that he Ph. Lane. 397-3539 prefer* a land retirement • No Zip type approach rather than di rect payments ‘'which tend to (Continued from Pago 1) become habit forming.” McGovern said that farm ers will always need’ some form of compensation, -wheth er direct 'payment or other wise. “If we reduce support to farm communities it will work an extrem'e hardship on the entire economic commun ity.” Tn response to this, Find ley cited a study he had m'ade by an outstanding economist at the University of Illinois. It concluded that farm prices are so heavily effected toy foreign trade that the influ ence of government programs had no effect in the long run. “I ran for reflection oft this thesis in a farming district, and received more votes than I had in the previous election and this in the face of the Democratic landslide,” Findley concluded. Alfalfa Weevils THE FIGHT IS ON! THEY ARE HERE! Agway's First Line Of Defense Check with' your Agway Service Man for conditions under which alternate materials are recommended. Agway 111., addressed the farm edi tors. From his prepared talk, the Secretary commented on the inequity of incomes of skilled workers and farmers saying that of the 3.5 million farmers only 400,000 have incomes com parable to those of skilled la borers. “And yet the average American family spends a less er percentage of their take home pay for food than fami lies in any other nation.” But, he stated, if we are to continue to enjoy low cost food, and if the farmer is to receive a recent reward for his efforts, then farm commodity programs must be continued and strengthened. Without such programs, net farm income would drop in half, Freeman maintained. In discussing the loan money available t o communities through the Office of Econo mics Opportunities (OEO), Cttthnn SC FARMERS FEED & SUPPLY. New Holland, Pa. HENRY B HOOVER EHOS *’ BUCKWALTFR neNKT B. MUUVtK 2281 Old PWla. Pike Ephrata, Pa. WILSON M. SCOTT MAURICE M. GOOD Willow Street R 1 Gordonville R 1 Freeman said that only about 5 percent of it is going to rural areas. "Rural areas arc at a disadvantage both in not being well-informed and be cause they are in many small units each of which must ap ply separately for loans. A large city, In comparison, can initiate action on a large loan with a single phone call.” • Form Calendar (Continued from Page 1) Farm Bureau Bldg., Diller ville Rd., Lancaster. May 3 and 6; Poultry Products Short Course at Penn State. May 6 2 p,m, Dedication' of new Pa. Dapt. of Agricul ture Bldg, toy Governor Steranton at Harrisburg. May 7 2 p.m. County fIFA Milk Products Contest at Bphrata High School, May 8 40th Annual Dairy Exposition at Penn State University, at 'the new dairy barns. QUARRYVILLE AGWAY STORE Church St., Quarryville, Pa.
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