—Lancaster Farming, Saturday,, December 12, 1959
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FROM WHERE WE STAND -
Security Is A State
It may be true that, "The love ui
money is the root of all evil," but it seems
to us that the present day craze for secur
ity must be the stalk on which it grows.
Another editor recently said, "There
is such a thing as money There is NO
such thing as security." (The capitals
are his) We can almost buy this state
ment as made. Almost—not quite. Secur
ity does exist, but you can not see it,
feel it, smell it, taste it, or hear it. You
can not buy it, steal it, sell it, or give it
away, but you can destroy it very easily.
Security is a state of mind
Police records are full of suicides who
thought they could buy security and
found out they had nothing but material
goods on a falling market History is
hill of dethroned dictators who thought
they could force themselves into security
by the use of powerful armies. We
could go on and on, but you get the idea.
When we were youngsters in school
we worshipped the rugged individualists
whet were not afraid to take a chance.
Today it is almost impossible to get any
one to enter a new venture without a
written guarantee that nothing is going
to be risked.
A representative of a feed company
recently told us that one of the farmers
who has fed broilers on contract for his
company „for several years 'has never fed
a batch that did not make a profit, bat
■when this farmer was asked to feed his
broilers on his own capital rather than
on contract with the company, he refused.
He did not refuse because capital was
unavailable, but because he was unwil
ling to take a risk to make a larger per
cent return for himself.
We realize this is only one case in
ooint, but it seems to be the general
trend in all phases of our national life.
Young people coming into industry don't
ask about advancement opportunities
any more. They are concerned more
over the tenure phrase in the Union con
tract, than whether they may be able to
advance to a position of authority, higher
monetary returns, more satisfying work,
or a position which will challenge their
natural abilities.
Farmers have
Davidson
Fifteen, years ago a promi- Ist, the motion picture people
nent public st talked to me were paid to photograph as
about a method which he much smoking as possible by
said beat all other forms as women portrayed as social
advertising and publicity, leaders In due time, it was
both as to effectiveness and reasoned, girls would think
low cost that if they did not smoke,
He said that various people too > tbey Woul< ? b * looked U P‘
engaged in the production of as be „ ng n °bodies
motion p ctures such as cam- Liquor Promotion
era men, assistant directors, Likew se he said the same
etc. were being paid under people were paid to get as
the table by people interested much social drinking into the
an promoting the sale of cig scenes as posible so that peo
arettes and liquor At that pie of both "'exes would think
*ime a large percentage of that if you did not engage in
women and young girls did social drinking you had no
not smoke standing whatsoever He said
that this plan had been even
more effective than the mil
lions of dollars spent in true
advertising.
So according to this public
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With Clinton Davidson
Payola Everywhere
Just about that time I took
a trip to Honolulu on the
Lurhne steamship I noticed
that during the dancing after
d nner, the Captain refused
to accept any drinks. He said
that he was not permitted to
drink even water while sit
ting at the tab’e; some pass
engers might think that he
was drinking gin and would
obiect to the man in whose
care the ship rested drinkmg
liquor
Soon after returning I saw
a motion picture in which a
well known movie star play
ed the role of Captain of this
'ame ship A young couple
came into his cabin to visit
and he immediately got out
0/ Mind
thing called security for a long time. Wo
are prone to shove all the responsibility
for the decisions made in Washington on
to someone else, but none of the legisla
tion' in force today would have come
about if some constituient had not brough’
pressure to bear on some legislator.
Subsidies paid out by the federal
government are paid out because some
farmer, sometime, somewhere wanted
more security than he could see in the
financial structure of the business of Agri
culture at that particular time, and he
put the pressure on his representative in
congress. But you can not legislate a
state of mind, and the farmer probably
ended the year with just as many wornes
after receiving his subsidy payment as
before.
There will probably be more legisla
tion passed on the pretex of helping the
marginal farmer stay m business, but
there has not yet/and likely never will
be any farm legislation that has not help
ed the efficient farmer vastly more than
the inefficient one.
Now lest you get the idea that wo
think the fanner is the only one in the
country seeking security through grants
of federal aid, let us assure you that this
is not the case. Many other segments of
the economy have been receiving govern
mental subsidies for years. For example,
urban renewal grants from the federal
government give cities two dollars for ev
ery one they put up. Bat where does this
money come from ? Wouldn't it have pro
vided just as much security it it had stay
ed in the hands of the taxpayers from the
beginnmg.
Security is, at best, a sort of nebulous
thing. It may be different things to differ
ent people, but of this we are sure, secur
ity can not be leg s’a ed and when sought
most earnestly will prove most elusive.
It is time .for us farmers to stop wor
rying about taking all the risk out of the
business. If there were no risks, there
would be no challenge, and without chal
enge there would be no reward. Without
reward, security would be a pretty hol
low thing. 1
At least that's
where we stand,
the liquor and began mixing
cocktails, I asked myself the
question, “how much was
somebody paid to get this
liquor scene in “which wuS
absolutely contrary to what
actually happens on the Ha
wa ian bound steamships
Congressional Investigation
Just recentlji we learned
that a depertment store own
er in Pennjlvama paid radio
and TV personnel to mention
the name of his store on oth
er sponsors’ programs. And
it appears that a large per
centage of the so-called disc
jockeys were being paid as
much as $59,000 per year to
plug certain records. Al
though they were employed
to play the records that the
public wanted most, t ap
pears that they played the
records for which they were
paid the most by the record
ing companies.
Just how far does this evil
penetrate’ Well, that is a
qeustion which a Congress
ional committee is going to
find the answer to.
TAKE SOIL SAMPLES
In February, March, and
April more than half of all
soil amples for the whole
> ear are received at the
Pennsylvania State Universi
ty soil testing service labor
atory Wayne Himsh, Penn
State extension agronomist,
remind? that samples should
be taken before the ground
freezes and thus avoid the
rush.
CARE FOR TOOLS
Clean the garden tools
thoroughly before they are
put away for the winter, re
minds A O Rasmussen, Penn
State extension ornament? I
Horticulturist Check for
needed repairs and coat rhe
tools with grease to keep
mst away.
how
it looks
from
Bible Material : Acts 9 32 tluough 11 IS,
Devotional Beading? John 10 9-16.
Not Smpassibße
Lesson for December 13, 1959
Every CHURCH that is really
alive is actively looking for new
members. These members can be
gained in two ways, one bad, one
good The bad way is sometimes
called “sheep-stealing,” a diction
aiy word for it is "proselyting.”
The church that practices this
never goes after non-Christians, it
is not truly evan
gelistic; it gets
its members
from existing
churches, chiefly
by slander, assur
ing these people
that the- church
to which they be
long is not really
Christian.
One such Dr. Foreman
church recently had the light turn
ed on it Of its more than 100 mem
bers, every one had been proselyted
from other denominations; and in
a year’s time not one new member
had been actually been won to
Christ.
The truly evangelistic church, on
the contrary, while it does, like all
churches, welcome people from
other denominations, nevertheless
puts its main drive into winning
people who have not been Chris
tians before.
Possibles and Impossibles
The evangelistic church, in short,
is interested m conversion, first of
all. But for many such churches,
even good ones, the list of pros
pects is a list of "possibles.”
There are persons in the communt
ity who are impossible, so far as
that church is concerned.
Now if the Bible teaches any
thing it teaches that there are-no
really impossible cases. To be more
precise about it, there are no cases
which we as Christians have a right
to label “impossible ” The book of
Acts tells a number of stories
about conversions which we today
would think very unlikely. The
story of the Roman aimy officer
named Cornelius is a case in nomt
Now Is The Time ...
BY MAX SMITH
TO ADD SUPER PHOSPHATE TO MA
NURE All forms of livestocks manure
are low in phosphorus, by the same token
over 90% of the soils tested in Lancaster
County are also found to be low m avail
able phosphorus. This means that by re en
forcing manure with super-phosphate din
ing the wmter months we will be improv
ing our soil fertility. In the dairy barns
IV2 to 2 pounds per cow per day in the
gutter will aid crop yields as well as make
the barn more sanitary In the steer pens
MAX SMITH an application of Bto 10 pounds per head
per week before adding new bedding is iccommended.
TO EXERCISE THE MILKING HERD—Good dairy held
management includes the turning out of the cows at least
once a day for exercise and for detecting heat periods This
will keep the animals in better physical condition, stronger
on their feet and legs, and prevent fast foot growth How
ever, the cows should not be out long enough that they will
be permitted to lie down on the cold ground or on concrete
floors.
TO USE CARE IN STORING CHEMICALS Don't store
spray materials of any kind with or near teed supplies
Many insecticides and fungic des are poisonous and may
easily get into ihe feed. Also, herbicides such as 2, 4 D
can kill the germination on most all of our grains and
farm and garden seeds. Don’t use the milk house either, be
cause milk wll pick up the odors from most chemicals
Store the materials in a dry place, away from feed and toed
supplies, away from children, and be suic they are well
labeled
TO PROVIDE FIRE PROTECTION Aie you ready to
fight a fire in one of your buildings until the fire company
arrives? During the winter months theie is more chance ot
farm fire and more at stake in case of a lire. In the first
place chimneys should be inspected and fixed to close cracks
with mortT and keep sparks confined E\cry farm should
have at least one fire extinguisher that is m working order
and all employees know how to operate it Advance atten
tion and planning may save lives and considerable property.
Enemy’s Man
It took a vision from heaven to
convince Simon Peter that God
wanted him even to speak with
this Cornelius. Certainly under
normal circumstances Peter would
have crossed the street to avoid
him. For Cornelius was an officer
m the Roman - army of occupation.
All during the time covered by the
Gospels and Acts, Palestine was an
occupied country. The undergiound
was active, and eventually bioke
loose in a ruinous rebellion The
Romans had to keep an army and
permanent military installations
all over the place, to hold down
rioters and restless people. Chns
tian congregations (as we now call
them) at that time were made up
entirely of Jewish converts, and
you may be sure no such congre
gation would have regarded an
officer of the Army of Occupation
as a likely piospect.
A Despised Race
Worse than this, the more le
ligious a Jew was, the moie he
looked down on all non-Jews We
have lace prejudice in Amenca,
but it is hardly anything com
pared to the prejudice the ancient
Jew had against the non-Jewish
races It made no difference how
important or wealthy the foreigner
might be The mere fact that he
was foreign marked him as un
touchable. There are many
churches m America today, one
race churches like those in early
days, who would definitely
off from their list of prospects a
person of another race.
A Good Man
Furthermore*, if any member of
the Jerusalem church had got near
enough to this Roman officer to
know something about him pei
sonally. it would have come out
that he was already a very good
man. Possibly even better than
some of the Christians. He was a
charitable, prayerful man, quite
unlike the run-of-mine Roman sol
dier. It might have been said,
“Here is a good citizen, he doesn’t
need us. Let’s concentrate on real
sinners. Talking to a yian like Coi
nelius about ‘salvation’ would get
nowhere.” But God saw otherwise.
The man Cornelius was good, but
no human goodness is good enough
to earn God’s grace. What Simon
Peter had, Cornelius needed: Christ
the Savior, and the Holy Spirit.
Cornelius brought much with him;
but God gave him much moie ,
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the Division of Christian Education.
National Council of the Churches of
Christ in the U. S A Released hy
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