FROM WHERE WE STAND - The Customer Is Always Right What has happened to the old slo gan, “The customer is always right.”? It used to be, the rule Tor most businesses as well as the slogan. Mer chants 'went out of their way to try to satisfy the customer before he got out of the store. Persons with something to sell tried to make the customer feel that his business was appreciated and welcomed. Now the feeling seems to be, “We can get along without your business. There are plenty more customers.” There appears to be a general feeling that if customers -are hit hard enough and often enough with high pressure advertising they will be eag er to snap up anything offered to them. We'realize that during the few days before Christmas, extreme pres sure is on the sales people, but we do not believe this is an excuse for rude ness. During the shopping season in De cember, we were in the market for a small electrical appliance, but had not settled on any particular stylfe or trade name. When we asked to see some samples of the appliance in the store we were told, “We have (a well known brand). The name is what sells them”. When we ventured that we believe in the value of a good name, bjit would still like to know what we are buying, the salesman became rath er huffy and told us that there was no need to show the model to us if we didn’t know what we were getting -\yhen he mentioned a name like that. We will admit that this is an iso lated case, but we feel that it points up the general attitude that seems to be developing among all too many peo ple in sales jobs. There is a lesson in this for us as farmers too. A few weeks ago an ag ricultural economist explained in a talk, that he had just recently been ex aming some eggs shipped into our state from the deep south, now we have never before worried much a bout the eggs coming here from other areas because they were always of such poor quality that they could hot compete with our locally produced ones. The economist went on to say that the eggs he had seen were of excellent quality and had been packed Davldman It’s the custom m Washington between Christmas and New Years, to take inventory • of where the Nation stands and to make plans for the year ahead. To get an appraisal of 1959 and a preview of what Wash ington expects m the year ahead, we’ve talked with government officials, as well as with congressmen who are here for the session which begins next week Lancaster Farming Lancaster County'* Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1524 lanrii stcr, Penna. Offices. 53 North Duke St. Lanc.ibtei, Penna. ■phone . Lancaster Express 4-3047 Jack Owen, Editor Robert G Campbell Advertising prospects of continued na- Dncctor A Business ißmager tional prosperty, as well as a Established November 4, 1955 further thaw in the cold war. Published every Saturday by fhp eyrention of fai*. Lancaster Fa> ming. Lancaster, Pa Wlin me exception ox id. Entered as 2nd class matter at nders, 1960 IS expected to be ■Lancaster Pa under Act of Mar. a better year for almost ev- Jov 'pa entry af Mol,nt eryone than 1959. People Subscription Rates: $2 per vear; Will have more money to years ts. Single copy spend and factories will turn Mernbcn- Pa Neuspsper Pubisb |i°Ut m Ore things they Can ers' Association, National Editor jibuy 4»i Association. M Washington expects Presi- pr ■■ .y _j ; „ . H lent Eisenhower’s forthcom- THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson Take Inventory Almost without exception they rate 1959 as a “good year ” It has been, they agree a year of marked economic recovery, marred only by the steel strike and sharply low er farm income. This has been a year of un precedented prosperity. Na. tional income lias set a new ali-time record, more than $2O billion above last year. Unemployment has dropped and employment has increas ed by about two million. . Peace is more secure than it was a year ago. There has been at least a crack m the cold war ice. World War 111 seems more remote and less likely than it did a year ago. The Year Ahead There is unanimous agree ment in Washington that the year ahead offers good and shipped in .such a way as to/ keep them jn good condition. i There was a time not long ago when my helpmate would specify Maine or Idaho potatoes when she would ask her husband to do the weekly grocery shopping. When asked why, she answered, “They always wash them.”, and the neatness that was added to the package -was enough to cause her to ask for these particul ar spuds. Apples from the state of Washing ton have long been considered the very tops in quality. Oncg. very in nocently we asked an orchardist from the State University why we couldn’t grow apples of as good quality in this state. His reply was very direct and to the point. “We don’t have to.” He maintained that we have the ■ know' how and the material to produce high quality fruit, bus growers in Washing ton State must, grow only the very highest quality apples in order to meet competition after’ the • long haul to the ■ eastern markets. Transportation and packaging have taken such giant strides in the pas't few years -that the barrier of dis tance is much, less than it fornjerly was. We can no longer produce' second quality merchandise and hope to hold 7 ’ our markets just because we are in a favorable spot geographically. We still have the advantage of being .near - several large centers of population, but our advantage is shrinking all the time.. We must remember this, because if we do not give the consumer what he wants in the tVay of food products, he will look elsewhere for his supply. We are going to "have to put more em phasis on quality than ever before, and we are going to have to demand that the quality of ouf food products is maintained until it reaches the consu mer. High pressure advertising will not for very long sell inferior merchan dise, nor can we maintain a market with the attitude of, “Let the buyer beware.” In agriculture as in any oth er business, the customer is always right. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. ing visit to Russia, and the Summit Conference which is expected to follow, to lay the groundwork for peace be tween the great powers of the East and West. There is hope, too, that a least a start can be made to ward disarmament in 1960. Negotiations for arms reduc tion would be expected tr follow a successful Summi Conference. Problems in 1960 The general feeling of op timism in Washington is mix ed, however, with the realiza tion that 1960 will not b* without serious problems. Some of the problems which those we talked with see a head include: How to keep national pros perity rolling without it turn ing into inflation. Prices that go up faster than incomes could leave all of us with 1 (Turn to page 8) Rural Rhythms NEW YEAR THOUGHTS by: C. D. H, The decade ends, we re view the past years; Add up all the joys, sub tract all the tears, Multiply the good memor ies, divide all the bad; The 50’s were the best that we’ve ever had. What will we say when the 60’s are gone? Will the children be mak ing homes of their own 1 Will these be the years we will never forget? Will these be the best of all years yet? BIW* Material: Acts U. Devotional Beading: Esalm 9*. World Mission Lesson for January 3, 1960 CHARLES Darwin, the famous scientist, is' reported tp have said, “If I am ever cast adrift on a savage island, I hope it will be one where Christian missionaries have got there first.” Dr. Pitt Van Dusen during World War II wrote a book called “They Found the Church There," describ ing some of ,the many times Al- lied trooga had been -astonishes to find Christians in the' lei sT-hßely places. AT, young parafrobper*lost in New • Guinea,- expe citing noth- ing better than to be eaten by cannibajs, would hear the sound of. a familiar Christian hymn,-something he used to sing in -Sunday-school. When he made his way toward the -sound, he dis covered not cannibals but ex-can mbals, now'changed men because Christ had come to, their village. Tai-hoU* . One ofthe -most thrilling sights this writer has, seen years was a book, in fapt two books— though he could read' neither one! One of these wan the first book of any kind-printed in one of the Miao languages (Miao rhymes with a. cat’s meow). Some youngmission anes, trained in the studyfpf prim itive languages, have for' the firat time in history put this Mispj lan guage into writing so that these mountain tribes, living In the bor der-lands between China and Thl land, can learn to read, and in time read the Bible. This new book is only a primer, but it Is a kind of toe-hold for the Christian mission aries. The other book is a reprint of the first New Testament ever printed in Korean. Seventy-five yeara ago, to be a ,Christian in Korea called for the death penalty. No missionary could go there. But in .China this Testament was printed In the Korean language, and smuggled into Korea by the Now Is The Time ... of a trench silo, it is very important that the plastic cover be kept tight on the balance of the silo It is a common practice to keep rolling back the cover and little effort is made to keep air from blowing back unchi the cover that is over the remainder of the silo When ai 1 gets under the cover, spoilage sets in Sawdust, soil, molct silage, or other heavy matter may be used to keep iW cover down tight over the un-open surface | TO POINT OR TREAT INSIDE OF SILOS—To treat the; inside of an upright silo when it’s empty is a major taiA? however, d the silo needs attention, it might be done fn? quentiy as the silage is fed out and the area within *ea c 'i reach. Mild weather usually comes often enough during the feeding period to permit use of mortar, cement, or otl'3 er silo-treating materials ’ ■ TO MACHINE-STRIP THOSE COWS—Many modern dan '■ men do not do any hand stripping of the cows following the milking machine; this practice is accepted however, wP feel that it is a good practice to machine strip most cows* this means taking the one hand and bearing down on tlujj claw of the machine while massaging the udder wn 11 ! the other hand. This practice also prevents the teat cup | from crawling up, on' the teat and blockihg the outlet Cau j ful attention is needed not to leave the machine on the covl too long; this has been blamed for many cases of mastitis I "Christian,. Undergpmd.” SwaHfoglnnlnga The story of Christian miss t 0 isdpng, and dhlyp, Vplewhd do not getjgthrlll out o( •;ttrelhepeoplewho;£et no thrill, of Christianity itself. A chut member who 'T believe Christ but not in missions” u good as saying “I 'don't believe Christ." The Christiah religion ls missionary which is to it is for all men everywhere, it not "American,” “white,” “occid. tal" any more than it is Asian, j, low or oriental. Missionaries hi gone everywhere, that is to s, into all sorts of places. But wj. wo call foreign missions, or woi missions, began, with the day wt, two men set out from the citj j Antioch headed west. They w (: the best and ablest men m th church, they were its associa pastors as we would call the; They had been, so' to speak, q missionaries in the metropolis Antioch. Now sent the out. But ,the church *d!id' not sei themuntil they Were'sure this® the -will of the ’ Holy Spirit Ti thoughtof sending, fhese-men cair asfari inspiration, > and the -chur recognised it as such'. So Paul ai Barnabas, became _,the first re "foreign missionaries” in histo Target: World ' "Go into all the world," Jesi had said. There is no “here” i for Christian missions an American Christian goes share Christ with the Koreans, 1 is a "foreign" missionary; if Korean comes here for the san purpose he is a “foreign" missus ary too. (That is one reason wi some churches do not speak "missionaries” homeorforeignbi qf "fraternal' workers.”) Preaci mg a Gospel sermon to a Spanis speaking congregation to Texas “home” missions: preaching tl identical sermon to a- Congregate in Mexico is "foreign" mission Its’ geography that draws the li» Thera is no Mne, really. That fit “foreign missionary” party start by going to the old home of Barn has himself, where they would ht (in our lingo) "connections ’’ E the world is always the tarp Places and countries may be bam to us, for shorter or longer tirai But the church sets no limits { itself. Wherever in the world the there the Good News God is needed, and there Chnsl men will joyfully go. (Based on ontlintfs. copyrights the Division of -Christian Ednculu National Council of the Churches Christ in the V. S. A. Keleaseil 1 Community Press Service.) BY MAX SMITH TO ORDER LEGUME SEEDS—Grassland producers are urged to order and accept' early deliveries of quality legume seeds! Red Clover or Alfalfa that is to be seeded! next spring may be gotten on hand for it ■>! only about eight weeks until the time loj make broadcast seedings Certified seed J recommended to get maximum yields ofj ' quality roughage. j TO KEEP TRENCH SILOS SEALED—A' feeding operations progress at the one end|
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