4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 28, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - And Success In The Next 75 Years Grant (Tick) Hurst, the widely faiown - teacher at McCaskey High School, says in his speech on develop ing a sense of humor, ‘T)o you Know what'makes a thing a classic? It lasts. Look at all the good things that have been around a long time and you will see what I mean.” If standing the test of time is what it takes to make a classic,, then surely among agricultural organizations, The Holstein-Freisian Association of Amer ica ia one of the classics. „ We would like to take this oppor tunity to congratulate the association on the celebration of its Diamond Ju bilee. ' The convention to mark the seven ty fifth year of successful growth is scheduled to begin on Monday-at Syra cruse, New York where the association began in 1885. Both the association and the Hol stein tow have come a long .way since the beginning convention when 284 charter members banded together for the promotion of better dairy cattle. Today some 50,000 dairymen hold >v Da vldaan The Superme Court ruling that farmer cooperatives which engage in monopolis tic practices are subject to prosecution is a victory for those who have insisted that limitations should be placed on < competition by coopera tives. The high court ruled that a Maryland-Virginia coopera tive of milk producers con trolling 85% of the Wash ington, D. C, milk supply violated the law when it purchased a large milk dis tributing company. It has long been contended by private businesses set up to return a profit to the own ers that farmer cooperatives which attempt to set prices and control markets are en gaged in unfair competition. Now, for the first time in 40 years, the Supreme Court appears to agree with them. It is no 1 onger_.necessary, the court ruled, that the gov ernment prove collusion be tween farmer cooperatives and an outside company in order to sustain charges of violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act The court turned down the coopera tive’s contention that it was exempt from anti-trust pros: (ecution. Far-Reaching Effect Farmer cooperative offici als in Washington concede that the decision can have iar-reaching effects on opera tions of some of the many thousands of cooperatives and their nearly four million farmer-members, but con tend that the vast majority operate within the law as in terpreted by the Supreme Court. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P O Box 1121 Lancaster, Ptnna Ofrices r>t North Dnlio St Lancaster, Pinna Phone - Lanrastta m press 4-1047 TpcP Ovon Bdctor Roi rt <; Campbo’]. Adveitlscmj i> , r ton & Business Manager Bst i bshed N'ovembtr 4 19 r ,> Pub iv'-wl C\cc r<-n’ MirA, -s Pi New spaper Pnb’i"h irs *•' *’on National T'antor ial ai ri t on ~ 7 *"~ THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson * } Farmer Cooperatives ij The - Mary’and - Virginia milk cooperative did not deny if operated a monopo ly; only that the 1924 Cap per-Volstead Act which set up authority for cooperatives exempted farmers from anti trust prosecution. The court ru.ed that this was not the intention of Congress. The ruling does" not me,an, co-op officials here contend, that farmers cannot own and operate their own marketing facilities; only that in doing so they must not create a monopoly or operate in re straint of trade. A rash of court cases can be expected on that point. Farmers last year sold $8 - 3 billion (about 25%) of their products through co operatives, and purchased $2 3 billion worth of such supplies as seed, feed, ferti lizer and gasoline through their cooperatives. Combined these represent between rls and 20 percent of total farm sales and purchases. Appeal to Congress The Supreme Court Decis- Grandmother on a winters day Milked the cows and fed them hay Slopped the hogs, saddled the mule, And got the children off to school; Did a washing, mopped the floors, Washed the windows, and did some chores; Cooked a dish of home dried fruit, Then pressed her husband’s Sunday suit. Swpet the parlor, made the bed, Baked a dozen loaves of bread; Split some firewood and lugged it in' Enough to fi 1 the kitchen bin, Cleaned the lamps and put in oil. Stewed some apples she thought would spoil; Churned the bu ter, baked a sake, And then exc aimed, “For Goodness Sake, “The calves have got out of the pen!" And went out and chased them, in again; Gathered the eggs, locked the stab.e Back to the home and set the table; Cooked a supper that was delicious. And afterwards washed up all the dishes. Fed the cat and sprink’ed the clothes, And mended a basketful of hose; Then opened the organ and began to play, “When you come to the end of a perfect day.” membership in the association making it the largest organization of its kind in the world. . More than 2,000 members and friends, along with 197 official dele gates are expected to attend the three day event. As a Special feature of the program, American Dairy Frihc6§s,„.JVlary Sue Hodge, Snover, Michigan, will official ly launch, “June Dairy Month” from the convention platform. We feel that all the breed associa tions are worthy organizations and have added immeasurably to our live stock in America. We do n6t mean to single out any~one in. particular aod endorse it above the others," but we do feel that size and age make the Hol stein-Fresian association worthy' of congratulation. With the forward-looking leader ship which, the association has had, it should be around in good shape to cel ebrate its sesqui-centennial anniver sary after another 75 years. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand. RURAL RHYTHMS GRANDMOTHER Author Unknown lon is not necessarily final. It ruled only that the -Cop per-Volstead .Act was not in tended to exempt farmer, co operatives from anti-trust prosecution. Congress may be asked to pass a law say ing that cooperatives do have that exemption. . Such a request., vyaa. last year and a bill to that effect was at first approved, then recalled, by the Senate Agriculture Committee. It was not endorsed by the Na tional Council of Farmer Cooperatives, an association speaking for most coopera tives. Most farmer spokesmen a gree with- the court that the law does not, and should not, give cooperatives freedom to engage in “predatory trade practices at' will,” nor does it “immunize cooperatives engaged in competition-stif ling practices” from man Act prosecution. The decision, howeve*,_did not touch upon the main point of contention between private business and cooper atives: Whether farmer co operatives enjoy tax exempt ions which constitute unfair competition with private businesses? That is a ques tion Congress has been asked to answer before adjourning. -Many a housewife spends two hours a day telling her neighbor she doesn’t have enough time to do her house work. in heaven, not even f Jesus told a parabl en 7‘ er whose crops Wer , a « his barns would not I s ° i he planned to build k* 14 ! He gave no thoughtH might do with hi, I 1? other people, only to And one night God sent tl •' - so then dMcoJJj soul was poor It did credit. He was not God” that is. f TOm point he had nothin? tn°3 That’s a thing Chh..,l always to remember Its value to a man 1 rary. It isn't truX? long time dead ” that you’ll live enorm J in a world where mon than you can eV(!r moneyed planet. ! Your Fathor Knswj Another thing (Speaking of property? kinds) “Your heavJJ knows that you need thew was not speaking 0 i C of necessities There a» in which “holy” men go|i begging-bowls, depend,,, lives long on hand-outs j (presumably) unholy „ er3..Christianity Is not thi religion. Refusal to ear, in opdinary ways i S not» SlavH of Monty - ' • holiness in the Bible, and In a few sentences from the U3 ‘ But th «re is a d Sermon on the Mount we can get, between earning the thj not all .of What-Jesus taught about f. re needed to sustain ourli money m relation to the-Christxan’s “Ving for these thmgs ala life, but some of tie main points. Seek til* Kingdom “You cannot be Ages of God and men a ' man 1S TOt at the end of Matt. 6:24.) Very he 0 H few people worship or serve carved ht not to be p ® idols. God’s chief rival for man's necessary , but th “ s is noisome gold-plated tool s J vants not Idol frota Qie pnmiUve world, it is sbould bc Wlth m te money. What you-think most of, chnstian . It ls a mnn t what you thmk most about,-what- MtQ what end , J you work for, what you depend on. wish Jcsus had J what you treasure about anything teU What shot f ld b 4 J else,—that is your God. that is your to hfe ? « s £ master, that is your reason for liv- but bow? Ca / he mg. in that you put your -byeverybodyor onl b j Jesus says it caift be God AND rest of ua y money it is God OR money. Jesus le .n onti ne<; copyr the Division of Cnmf*an 1 National Council o' the (S Christ in the t. S A ft Community Press Service) »Y MAX SMITH TO MAKE QUALITY HAY All C have a proper stage of maturity to K in order, to get the maximum reedn ents; with -grasses this stage is at he* time; with alfalfa and~ clover it is u> bud stage, and with trefoil it is m full blossom stage. Every effort si be made to cut the forage crops, « for hay or silage, in these proper slj We realize that weather conditions been adverse but producers are urj« harvest at these times if at all P oS r