4—Lancaster Farming. Friday, Oct. 11, 1957 -r* |_ancaster ' farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly Newspaper Established November 4, 1955 Published every Friday by OCTORARO NEWSPAPERS Quarryville, Pa. Phone STerling 6-2132 Lancaster Phone EXpress 4-3047 Alfred C. Alspach Robert E. Best Robert G. Campbell Robert J. Wiggins . Subscription Rates: $2 00 Per Year Three Years $5.00; Per Copy Entered as Second-Class matter at the Post Office, Quamville, Pa., under Act of March 3, 1879 The Tobacco Situation REPORTERS for the Agricultural Marketing Service ad mit in the current Tobacco Situation Report that statis- tical data on cigar manufacture and consumption is “dif- ficult to interpret ” They also sav that a considerably longer period will be requned before Internal Revenue Service figures on tax-paid tobacco removals will be of maximum use fulness This statement is illuminating in that .the AMS had been so reluctant m admitting that their reports on tobac co removals and utilization in the past might have been in error They now say that production and consumption apparently have moved sidewise, although monthly totals fluctuate considerably and sometimes appear inconsistant Internal Revenue figures show that during the first half of 1957, about 52 per cent of all cigars retailed at eight cents,or less. 42 per cent retailed at 81to 15 cents, and the remaining six per cent, higher than 15 cents each Manufacturers’ prices for cigars, as indicated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics data, rose comparatively little during the past several years In the five years ended July 1957, the index of cigar prices roses 3 3 per cent “Popular” and “medium” priced cigars were up five to six per cent but “low” and “high” priced cigars were nearly unchanged compared to five years earlier Cigar manufacturers utilize processed binder in an increasing proportion of their output Perhaps a third of all cigars and cigarillos made will have a processed binder by the end of this year Further displacement of natural leaf binders is likely in the next two or three years. Pro cessed binder makes substantial savings possible due to the smaller quantity of binder tobacco required, less stor age and less labor needed for handling and manufacture Cigars made exclusively from imported tobacco in bonded manufacturing warehouses and cigars coming from Pueito Rico have grown in importance during the last few years Both sources still supply a small fraction of total United States consumption The 1956-1957 disappearance of Pennsylvania and Ohio filler types 41-44 is estimated at 58 million pounds, about lour million pounds less than in 1955-56 Most of the decline is indicated in the Pennsylvania type 41, which was at a postwar high in 1955-56 Exports of filler in the year totaled about half a million pounds, the great bulk of it went to Algeria The disappearance of binder types 51-55 is estimat ed at 47 million pounds, about three million pounds less than in each of the preceding two years Being hit hardest - is the Connecticut Valley type. The expanding i lse of manu factured binder sheet is probably the cause 1 The Oct 1 carryover of Pennsylvania and Ohio fil- \ ler is estimated at 127 million pounds, about the same as j last October The September estimate of production is 46 ] million pounds, 20 per cent below 1956 harvestings. The j acute drouth here is chiefly responsible for the sharp drop. ( The 1957-58 supply of contental filler, now estimated at 1 173 million pounds, is about six per cent less thdn in 1956- 1 57 and the lowest on record. 1 The Puerto Rican crop of filler (type 46) harvested early this year totaled about 24 million pounds, 20 per cent less than a year earlier and the smallest crop in 10 years Canyovcr of approximately 53 million pounds this Oct. 1 is likely Figures also show that the 1957 tobacco consump tion per person, 15 years and over, is estimated at 11 4 pounds slightly lowei than in 1956 and the lowest for the post war period. Consumption in cigarettes, at 9 2 pounds, accounted for 80 oer cent of the total Although the number of cigarettes consumed has risen in the past three years, equivalent unstemmed poundage figure had declined since more cigarettes are being mad from a pound of tobacco Cigar consumption per person has held nearly level lor several years Consumpt'on per person of both smoking and chew ing tobacco is the smallest on record STAFF Publisher Editor Advertising Director Circulation Director BY JACK REICHARD 50 YEARS AGO (1907) Half a century ago Lancaster Cbunty scrapple producers held the ingredients of their product a scared thing An inquiry during October, 1907, brought forth the following statement fiom a large sciapple producer “ Our scrapple is now getting npe and will soon be prime It comes with the frost upon the fodder and the haidening of the corn It improves as the pigs can get chestnuts and acoi ns and have the run of leavings of the orch aids We use he best brand of hog for sci apple and get our cornmeal in the old-fashioned mill “These are the foundation of our scrapple The missing ingre dients we will not give The pro portion of compounds we wil not divulge ” “Our secret is sacred ’ 810,000 FIRE LOSS ON LANCASTER FARM An early morning lire October 11, 1907, destroved a laige barn and aiommg buildings on a faim owned by John M Denlinger, near Millerscille The blaze, starting in the tobacco shed, was believed ol incendiary origin The bain and the suiiounding buildings were burned to the ground Four cows and two heifers perished in the 1 lames The crop from eight sues of tobacco, hay, wheat and all farming implements were burned Total loss was estimated at SlO,OOO >• OCTORARO FARMERS HOLD SESSION Octoraro Farmers’ Club, one of the most progressive farm groups in Pennsylvania, held its October session in 1907 in the form of an, all day gathering on the farm ot George Webster, with Emmor Moinson chosen president foi the day, and Lucy Jackson, the acting secretary. One of the chief subjects dis cussed followed a question asked by H K Newcomer ‘ Has cabbage any value as green food for cows and hogs ” The majority of those present believed cabbage had a food value equal to corn COST OF A LEGAL SUIT In 1847 a Pennsylvania farmer cut down a chestnut tree on a neighbor’s property Fitty years ago this week the heirs of the two farmers paid costs upon a fi nal decision of the suit It was estimated the total expenses in volved through the years amount ed to $30,000 Fifty >ears ago North Dakota farmers were just beginning to raise products needed tor their own consumption Pnor to 1907 they were so devoted to growing grain that many of the fannies did not even produce their own butter, eggs and many common garden vegetables Through the efforts of J J Hill of the Great Northern Railroad the farmers di versified their farm crops and raised products for their own do- niestic use PIGEON RAISING ONCE BIG BUSINESS Back in 1907 a north lowa pigeons laiser had in his coots more than 10,000 birds, which he pioduccd to supply the needs of ■trap shooteis and for use as food His operations were naturaly on an extensive scale, he purchased his grain in carload lots on the Minneapolis and Chicago markets 25 Years Ago Joseph L Walker, Gap, and Glenn Riley of Christiana, were re elected president and secre taiy, respectively, of Christiana Week* ter Farming Local of the Inter-State Milk Pro ducers Assn at a meeting held in the Christiana bank building Chief speakers at the session were Frederick Shangle, Inter- State vice piesident, and Robert Bnnlon, milk control head 'of the Stale Department of Health Other speakers were J Ira Book from Strasburg and C-E Cowan, of New Holland MEMORIAL TABLET PLACED AT INDIAIMTOWN Twenfy-five years ago this week the Lancaster County Historical Society unvieled and dedicated a bronze tablet at Indiantown, Clay Township, in memory of Nanti coke Indians, w'ho once inhabited that area The unveiling was made by Milton Eberly and Katlhiyn Brubaker Addresses were made by Capt H M M Richards, president of th Lebanon County Historical So ciety, Dr Hairy E Bender, Lit itz, and Charles P Wolfe, of the Lebanon County Society Two Indians, in full regalia, participated in the ceremonies PRESBYTERIANS CELEBRATE 200TH ANNIVERSARY The 200th Anniversary in cele biation of the founding of Done gal Presbjteiy took place Oct 11 Background Scripture I Corinthians I—6, 13 Derotional Reading: Romuns 6-12-23 A Moral Church Lesson for October 13, 1957 THE letter of Paul .to the church at Counth shows us, so to speak, a church with the lid off. These letters were plainly not in tended for publication,—that is, they were pot sent out broadcast over the church at large. They weie sent to the church concerned, one of Paul’s problem churches. If Christians to- day sometimes think that their church would be free from its faults if only they could get the right pieach er, they should remember the Apostle Paul Even he had Dr. Foreman problem churches—almost “noth ing else but ” Last week we noticed how high ly Paul speaks of the church as an ideal, and yet how dark the reality sometimes was One illus tration of this was the crime at Corinth For crime it was, right in the church, the crime of incest The case seems to have been well known, Paul does not need to men tion names. But the chuich had done not one thing about it None of them had had the nerve even to speak out about this (Were they too squeamish to mention it, or were the sinners peihaps pi emi nent people 7) Thi Church Talks Morality The chmch at Connlh is dead and gone long since. But we ask questions about the church of to day Is it moial’ It certainly should be, the Rim foi every one of its membeis is nothing less than to be like Jesus The church ceitamly talks morality At least half an hour every week is spent listening to a senous talk which, In spite of what rambling theie may be, does hold up high ideals The Ten Commandments are post ed on the wall of the Sunday school hall Eveiy Sunday school class is in favor of morality. You couldn’t get ,i vote against moral- in 1932, when Presbyterians from Lancaster and York Counties, and other parts of Pennsylvania, as sembled in an all-day gathering. The aftcinoon session was held in the Donegal Presbyterian Church, Ml Joy, and the evening session in the First Presbyterian Church, of Lancaster Among the speakers was the Rev Hugh T Kerr, pastor of the Shadyside Presbyterian Church/ at Pittsburg In southern Lancaster County, 25 years ago this week, Calvin Herr, near Pleasant Grove, Ful ton Twp , discovered the theft of 75 bushels of wheat, in bags, when he went to the barn that morning. Herr, vVho was a member of the Fulton Detective Assn, reported the robbery to that organization Slate troopeis were called and investigated They believed the wheat was hauled trom the bain in a truck, but the thieves left no tiace of a clue in carrying out their activities CLUB MEMBERS’ WIVES 3IAKE NEWS At Saginaw, Mich , wives of Ex change Club members took over -the club’s weekly luncheon ses sion and voted unanimously to ban all night meetings. “A husband’s place is in the home helping his wife with house -hold tasks at night”, read the resolution passed by the wives However, the wives fully agreed with Miss Bui nice R Bibbs, the guest speaker at the session, who said “The reason husband s tell so many lies is because wives ask 100 many questions” tty m the whole place. But docs the church talk mor ality? Does it teach social re sponsibility? Does it hold up the same standards for the rich and the strong as for the poor and weak? Is the church putting its finger on the sms of our time or does it spend more energy de nouncing a few simple sins than some of the bigger ones’ Doei the chuich talk morality on any higher level than (say) a lunch eon club’ Does the church lead the moia) pi ogress of the time, or does it do no better than to follow prevailing trends’ Th« Church Understands Morality The cnuroh can see into moral ity, what it really means, too. The church today, at any rate, — lust any chuich on any corner or country road — knows, or at least it has heard dozens of times, that immortal 13th chapter of I Corin thians, “ greatest of these is Love.” The chuich knows, or has often enough been told, that love is the fulfilling of the law (Romans 13 - 10) Ask almost any church member what is the most impor tant quality in the Christian life, and he will usually say “Love.* But does the church understand this 7 On the one hand it under stands that all the law of God chmes down to and is focussed in just those two commands, love God and love your neighbor But has the church often struggled with the question, how does love work out, in business, in educa-j j tion, in race and industrial rela tions, in any of the complex areas of today’s puzzling, pushing life 7 Is the chuich’s Understanding of love something of words more than of works 7 The Church Upholds Morality The chaich upholds and insists on moial standaids, too Active in civic lefoiras always is the Ministerial Association But what ministei s and churches do in their l ! own cucles may be something else again In how many congre gations will the church toleiate a minister if he peisists in pointing out and condemning, in God’s name, sms and wiongs committed generally by the members of that church? Don’t congregations often muzzle their ministers, as good as telling him he must not preach about this or that “contioversial” theme? And, most painful quesHl j tion of all When there is known to be wrong-doing in a congrega tion, what aie the members likely to do about it? Do they, like the Corinthians, shut their eyes and pietend not to see it? Can a church be said to uphold morality if it never does a thing to, about or with those who drag morality down?
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