Present Business Recession Cause Complex;
New Financial Viewpoint may Be Cure
Recession, depression, whatever
you choose to call it, is being experienc
jed by the American economy. Business is
active, but less bouyant than it was in the
early part of 1957.
The Standard and Poor Index of
industrial production stood at 147 at the
close of the year, 13 per cent below a year
ago and three per cent lower than in No
vember. Civilian employment at 64.9 mil
lion was off one per cent from the previ
ous year and two per cent from the previ
ous month.
Steel mills are leading the decline
down 39 per cent from a year ago. Mo
tor vhicles, durable manufactures and
minerals follow.
The decline in personal income isn’t
in proportion to the drop in business ac
tivity. Hourly wage increases of three
per cent have more than offset the decline
in time worked. Disposable incomes, flow
ing at $302 billion annual rate, are slightly
higher than a year ago but the trend is
downward.
Despite a six per cent increase in
prices of meat animals between Nov. 15
and Dec. 15, in agriculture the ratio of
prices received to prices paid remained at
81. Possibilities of an increase from this
level aren’t bright as prices paid will con
tinue to advance and prices received are
likely to decline.
Many factors influnce booms and
depressions. At the present time, two are
outstanding money supply and attitudes
of people.
A national budget near $74 billion
BY JACK REICHARD
75 Years Ago
Peter Cooper, eminent New
\ork millionaire and philanthor
pist m the late 1800’s, was not
only noted for his plain manners
but also for his unassuming ways.
A writer of the Rochester Demo
crat, in 1883, did a story of the
elderly man and had this to say.
‘ When the philanthorpist was
merely a business man, I used to
see the sign upon the warehouse
in Burling Slip, ‘Peter Cooper
Clue and lion Wire’.
‘ How little did I then imagine
the distinction this name would,
hold both m enterprise and bene
volence The oflice was very small
and everything had a uiet look,
for it was m fact meiely a place
for taking orders which were
k< i ved from the factories
‘ The quiet, methodical man
who sat at the chief desk might
have been taken by a stranger
for a retired mechanic who had
become a cleik He spoke in a
calm and subdued tone, and re
sembled one of the more favored
members of the working class.
‘ Such indeed he was, and m
that light he had alwajs viewed
himself, and hence he now stands
(1883) befoie the public as one
of the most wonderful mechanics
in the world’s history
“Next door to Cooper, and
under the same roof, was seen
the plain and unpretending sign,
‘Cyrus W Field, Rags’ Here the
rag pickers found a market for
their gatherings
‘ Under such circumstances
Field and Cooper became ac
quainted and later united to form
the cable entcrpnze, the largest
of its kind then known in the
world.”
lIBEL SUITS
UNPROFITABLE
Seventy-five years ago libel
suits apparently were unprofit
able undertakings Over a period,
of fifteen jears the Baltimore
American had been defendant m
libel suits - with damage claims
amounting to $2,000,000 The ag-
This Week"
in Lancaster Farming
Alfred C Alspach, Publisher; Robert
E Best, Editor, Robert G Campbell,
Advertising Director; Robert 0.
Wiggins, Circulation Director.
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
Established November 4, ID'jS
Published every Friday by OCTORAKO
NEWSPAPERS, Quarryville, Pa
Phone STerlmg 6-2112 or Lancaster,
Express 4-3041.
Entered as Second-Class matter at
gregated damages awarded was the Post Office, Quarryville, Pa., u~lcr
esan Act of March 3, 1879
vIRAL subscription Rates: $2 per year,
" * three years $5, Single copy Price 5
An advertisement appearing in cents. .
a Western paper read- “Lost, two
COWS One Of them IS a bull”.
and menace to raisers of sheep
According to the society editor anf j poultry,
in a New York newspaper, m A bounty offered resulted in a
1883, there was a tendency on the virtual extermination of the coy
part of fashionable young men to ote> but the jack rabbits had been
wear old clothes and spend their ] e f t to increase unhindered, caus
money on bouquets. mg more damage m general than.
” " the earlier coyotes.
It was during that same year + « *
that marriage had been defined GRAIN SPECULATORS IVftW Tc Tlifl T|jma
by a cyme as “an insane desire BLAMED FOR BUY SCARE iIU W Xo XIIC X i-HIC • • •
to pay for the board and lodging
for another man’s daughter”.
The annual Farmers Institute
of Lower Lancaster County open
ed at Quairyville Feb. 17, 1908,
with only some 40 persons pres
ent, the poorest atendance on rec
ord in comparison to previous
gatherings The chief speakers on
hand were Z T. Cure, of Jermyn,
Lackawanna County, Prof. Frank
lin Memges, of York, and W.
Theodore Wittman, Allentown.
Neal Hambleton, of Wakefield,
presided An orchestra made up
of local talent consisting of piano
two violins, cornet and trombone
furnished music during the ses
sions.
The Rev. James A Boehm, of
Quarryville, offered prayer and
gave the address of welcome He
iclerred to the time when a pack
age of seeds was all that agricul
turists received from governmen
tal officials.
In response Mr. Hambleton
made a few remarks, stating that
the success of the institute de
pended entirely upon the interest
fanners themselves took in it.
JACK RABBITS INVADE
NORTH YAKIMA, WASH.
Back in 1908 a rather queer
situation confronted fanners, or
chardists and gardners m the
vicinity of North Yakima in the
slate of Washington, where jack
rabbits in swarms had put in
(heir appearance. In years gone
by coyotes were the chief pest
practically guarantees plenty of money.
Defense projects will get moit of the in
crease.
A second most difficult problem to
overcome in reversing a business trend is
attitudes of people. The price level has
been rising for several yearsf Many peo
ple look upon gross national product, the
value of all goods and services as a mea
sure of general welfare.
In the first nine months of 1957,
the annual dollar rate of output was up
about five per cent while the physical out
put was only slightly above 1956.
Realization that the economy was
slowing down caused business sentiment
to deteriorate during the autumn. Coupled
with this was a decline in orders for dur
able goods, reduced spending for plant
expansion, pessimism in business forecasts
and sharply lower stock prices.
An upward shift in "consumption
would raise the level of business activity,
but it’s hard to understand how more
goods can be bought at higher prices when
non-union workers, farmers and other self
employed people don’t share in the in
creased incomes that raise costs.
Three items are essential to business
revival in 1958. They are a shift of labor
and capital from heavy metals and con
ventional types of military equipment to
light metals, jet engines, and fuels with
lots of power in relation to weight; expan
sion of trade with extension of credit to
countries that want American goods and
equipment; and diffusion of income among
all of the people so the general level of
consumption can be raised.
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50 Years Ago
Lancaster Farming
A writer in a farm journal in
February, 1908, pointed out that
the reports of the green bug be
ing circulated indicated the epi
demic of the pest was apparently
started by “a bunch of gram
speculators” instead of meteoro
logical or entomological condi
tions. He declared that the work
of bugs propogated by the form
er was more difficult to counter
act than that of the real pest it
self.
“How to clean a carpet”, was con
tributed by a farmwife, 50 years
ago, who did it this way;
“Take half a dozen large pota
toes, which will be enough for the
carpet in one room, grate them
and rub well with a dry rag into
the carpet; then take a cloth
wrung out of hot water and wipe
oft thoroughly, and your carpet
will look like new”.
25 Years Ago
In addition to having more di
rect market outlets than any oth
er state, Pennsylvania had a fruit
and vegetable canning industry
equalled by few, according to a
report by the State Bureau of
Markets.
- Pennsylvania stood first in the
canning of mushrooms. Canned
apples and apple products were
surpassed only by those from the
slates of Washington and New
lork. Sour dhernes, grape juice,
tomato juice, catsup, chile sauce,
peas, com, limabeans, whole to
matoes and stringless beans were
all canned in large volume in
4—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 31, 1958
BIH» Materiel: Matthew 18:19-20;
John 4:33-34; Acte 1:12-14; Coloeelans
3:12-17.
Deretieeel ■cadlnt: Ptelm 100.
Public Worship
Lesion for February 23,1958
WHY DOES the church wor
ship In public? Didn’t Jesus
condemn, or make fun of the
Pharisees for doing just that?
Didn’t Jesus say, “When you pray,
go into your room and "shut the
door”? A second thought will show
that what Jesus condemned is in
dividuals praying
or otherwise wor-
shipping by
themselves
in public places.
This is making a
show of religion.
Jesus on the
other hand never
condemned, but
encouraged, and
took part in,
group worship. He promised to be
wherever two or three are gath
ered together in his name.
Worship in the Spirit
Of the many things Jesus said
about worship, either directly or
Indirectly, we may well select one
single sentence, or two phrases
from It, for special notice. It is the
well-known statement, spoken not
to a learned man but to a simple
minded woman, that God is a
Spirit and those who worship Him
must worship in Spirit and in
truth. Worshipping in the Spirit is
not to be contrasted with wor
shipping (say) with words and mu
sic. We know that Jesus attended
synagogue services regularly. We
know he visited the elaborate wor
ship services of the great Temple.
We Jmow he was familiar with that
ancient hymn-book of his people
which we know as the Psalter. If
a man offers one prayer silently,
and another prayer aloud, perhaps
In unison with others, and sets still
another prayer to music and smgs
it, we hive no right to call the
unspoken prayer “spiritual” and
the other's not. Perhaps they are
all three spiritual; perhaps none
Is. But the spirituality of a prayer
Is not to be measured by how loud
or soft it sounds.
la Tuna With God
By MAX SMITH
County Agricultural Agent
TO PROVIDE WATER FOR LIVESTOCK
During cold weather some livestock are forced to
go without water for long periods due to freezing.
Extra insulation or some electrical devices may
be used to prevent freezing. Water is probably
the “cheapest” ’feed for all livestock; to limit
their supply is to limit their maximum produc
tion.
TO CHECK FIRE EXTINGUISHER There s
one thing worse than not having a fire extinguish
er to have one that won’t operate or not know
ing how to use it. In case of fire there just isn’t
time to repair it or to study the instructions. All
farm operators are urged to invest in an ex
tinguisher and be sure that it is ready for instant
Max Smith
use at all times.
TO BRED HEIFERS FOR FALL FRESHENING It will pay dairy
men to have first calf heifers freshen in the fall. By freshening in
the fall these heifers will return greater profits because milk prices
are greater at that time. These animals should be bred within the
next few weeks in order to come into production when prices are
the highest.
TO PREVENT FALLS Simple broadcast applications of common
salt sand, or calcium chloride on slopes, ramps, or steps may prevent
serious injury to both livestock and humans around the farm home
stead. Recent weather conditions have provided plenty of use for
this practice.
1932. The demand for Pennsyl- Twenty-five years ago this
vama canned goods was extreme- week W B Crosien a farmer of
Jy g^ at , among housewives near Poplar Bluff, Mo, aimed at
throughout the eastern part of a hog which he wished to butcher
the country. ano shot himself in the foot.
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•» *
Because one of hxs chickens While John Marcy, of Cleve-
H 3 n in !° a w nC1 T gh v! >o « S gar ' land - 0hl °- was sitting in the
den at tenners. Pa., John Pastuch tub in the bathroom all lathered
vvas arrested for trespassing and wxt h soap, the door opened and
sentenced to 12 days in jail. a voice sa ; c j j “stick ’em up!”
' A bettor contrast lx to nay that)
"In tho Spirit” or "In Spirit” (both;
expression* nva lined In the New!
Testament) Is In harmony slth the)
.God who Is Spirit. If It I* out oil
tune with God, If It I* not tin har
mony with thu nature of God, It is
not acceptable worship, or service,,
pr doctiine. God's Spirit Is always
a giving, not n sottish one. Selfish
.prayer Is not prayer In Spit It.
.Worship that Is oontoiod In the
,woi shlppei»' own do tires andt
needs Is hnully worship in Spult.
Furthci more, prayer that places
most emphasis on physical. m»-
teilal welfare, pisyer that IS
mostly for more pay or moi a com
foit or more ptomotion in this
woild, Is both selllsh and material.,
(Any leader who knows the Lout’s
Prayer will remember that Jesusi
did not mean to shut out piayer
for mateiial blessing* entirely; but
that Is not the main lino of the
Loid's Prayer.)
Worship in Truth
Moie could be said about woishlp
In the Spirit. We might raise the
question whether thcio Is not such
a thing as collective selfishness in
some chui dies. But let us glance
at another point: the God of tiuth
.must be wot shipped In truth. For
,one thing, this means that other 1
things being equal, worship Is bet
ter as it comes closer to a genuine
knowledge of God You would no!
try to persuade your mother to go
with you in the same way In which
you would try to persuade a cnml J
nal to go with yeu In a patrol
wagon The way you talk with your
mother, or with a buiglar, Is dxfJ
ferent because they are different.
Talking with God, or about God in'
a service of worship, or singing to
bis praise, is far better when the
worshipper remembers it Is GOD
to whom he is speaking. Talking
to Him as if he were only a "Man
upstairs,”
But Why at Eleven O’clock?
An objection must have come to
many, many minds m the course!
of the centuries. Granted that wor
ship must be all that is suggested
In the majestic words "Spirit and
Truth,” how can we have any as
surance that we shall be in the
right frame of mind when Sunday
comes and the clock strike*
eleven? Well, of course there Is not
any such assurance. The church
knows this very well What the
church dees is to open her door*
at certain time* every week, and
Invito worshipper* to enter and
take part It i* often true that
though wa have gone to church
just as a matter of routine, w*
come away from the worship re
newed and blessed. Suppose th*
church had not given us this op
portunity?
(Bated to outlines oopyrlghtsd by lb*
Division ol Christian Education Na
tional Council of tbt Chnrohet of Christ
In tht U. 8 A. Rtltatod by Community
Frost (eyvlss.)