—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1964 4 From Where We Stand... Are States To Be Denied Their Right Of Self Government? By ruling that both houses of the state legislature must be elected on a basis of population, the Supreme Court has said, in effect, that the people in the states have no right to decide how they shall be represented. We doubt if even the most severe critics of the Court’s decisions in recent years would have expected this august body to go as far as it has in rewriting the Constitution. Granted, our Founding Fathers could not foresee all our modern pro blems when they composed our Constitu tion over 150 years ago, but they even anticipated their own fallacies by in cluding the provision for amending the Constitution. We think they were wise enough to anticipate the day when, if population were the only basis for ap portioning the vote in the state legisla tures, a rampant majority could run rough-shod over the rest of the popula tion, and therefore they left that phase of apportionment up to the individual states. The bicameral (two-chamber) sys tem has served us well over the years, both on a national and ° state basis. However, it is true that some of the states have ignored their own constitu tional requirements calling for reappor tionment every ten years and this has, in a sense, brought the wrath of the Court down upon aU our heads. The repercussions of this legislative act of our Judicial body will seriously effect the voting strength of our rural populations. It means actually that now the big cities have clear sailing for whatever legislation they want to foist upon us. It means that many state legis latures will be controlled by big city machines, which are sometimes corrupt, and these machines will be able to per petuate their own existence indefinitely. It means that these political bosses will tell state legislatures where roads will be built, how water is to be used, what land is to be seized for recreation al uses, and how state aid for schools is to be distributed. In short, it means that small town people and rural resi dents will have little voice in the af fairs of their state governments. The U S. Congress has reconvened primarily to settle Sen. Dirksen’s pro posal to postpone the Court’s decision until it can be properly voted on by the people. We sincerely hope the Senators will be wise enough to support that pro posal. Who knows, it is conceivable that theirs may be the next legislative body that the Supreme Court decides to re organize! It is worthy of note that some of the most thoughtful criticism of the Supreme Court has been coming from one of its own members, the highly respected Justice Harlan. In the past year he wrote 20 dissents, and the year before that 22. Representing the minori ty opinion in the Court’s 6 to 3 decision on reapportionment Justice Harlan said, “The Courts elaboration of its new ‘con stitutional’ doctrine indicates how far and how unwisely it has strayed from the appropriate boun'ds of its authority.” Loncaster Farming Lancaster County's Own Farm Weekly P O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. Offices: 22 E Mam St. Lititz, Pa. Phone - Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 623-219* Don Timmons, Editor Robert G. Campbell, Adver tising Director Established November 4, 1955. Published every Satur day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit -tz. Pa. *, Entered as 2nd class matter ■al°Lrtitz, Pa. under Act of March 8, 1879. i Following one of his earlier dissent ing opinions he commented, “These deci sions give support to a current mistaken view of the Constitution and the con stitutional function. This view, in a nutshell, is that every major social ill in this country can find its cure in some constitutional ‘principle’, and that this Court should take the lead* in promot ing reform when other branches fail to act. If the time comes when this Court is looked upon by well-meaning people or, worse yet, by the Court itself as the repository of all reforms, I think the seeds of trouble are being sown for this institution.” To this we can only say, “amen” What Do YOU Think? ★ ★ ★ ★ Hi-Ho! Let's Go To The Fair! It happens every September to bacco harvest begins in earnest, school bells wake from their long summer’s silence, and country fairs sprout from the streets and sidewalks of Main Street and from the cow pastures out side the small country towns. The country fair is a real part of our heritage. It’s a firm link with our past. It’s a tradition that few of us would want to discard. Can you imagine your grandchildren growing up without knowing the joy of “goin’ to the Fair”? It could happen. There are probably many reasons why it could happen, but there are two important ones that occur to us. First of all, the wonderful home spun quality of the country fair could deteriorate, resulting in a gradual fall ing off of interest and attendance. We have seen many local fairs go this way. They seem to stagnate as far as the fair management is concerned; atten dance falls off somewhat, and the man agement panics; they begin to bring in more and more of the hurdy-gurdy carnival atmosphere to attract their declining patrons. Before they realize how far they have gone, the carnival flavor has completely destroyed the country fair tone, and this is the be ginning of the end. Carnivals may have their place, but they should be labeled as carnivals, not fairs. The second thing that could kill off the fairs is your lack of interest and support of your local fair. These two points are probably closely re lated, but they are a little like the chicken and the egg which comes first ? We think perhaps your interest comes first, for it is your participation as an exhibitor or as a visitor that will sustain your fair. Anything will suffer from neglect, and fairs are no exception. So, support your local fairs. De mand that they be maintained as fairs, not as carnivals. Help your local fair committee constantly upgrade the quali ty of your fairs by adding new things that are appropriate and would be of interest to the fairgoers. Most impor tant, don’t wait to see if “Joe” will do it; you do it! It will take everyone’s help to keep the Country Fair tradition alive for our grandchildren, but we firmly believe it can and should be done. “LISTEN TO YOUR PLANTS £rom t he air and water, and Someone once said, “If Phosphorus, potassium calcium, starv ed plants could only magnesium and iron squeal like hungry pigs, we "hjch come directly from the would pay more attention to Sol * Copper, zinc, boron, man their fertilizer needs.” Even = anese > an( t perhaps others though plants cannot squeal, w , h come directly from the they have means of telling us * Ol ’ aie re< J ulre d only in min of their plant food deficiencies. am ounts but are important which we speak of as hunger t rom the standpoint of plant signs Of the 92 elements of growth or the well-being of which the earth is composed, those animals that consume the plants require for proper p growth considerable amounts , s y m Ptoms of a mineral -of only 10 major elements oohciency in the soil may be and minute amounts of a num- re = ar( t e d 3:5 the language plants ber of others The maj’or ele- Use *° ,i us their lack ments aie carbon, hydrpgen,’ proper-nourishment. At oxygen and mtiogen which IS ' 'ory difficult to come directly or' *indire - ctly I '(Continued on‘Page 15)‘ »3‘ >1 !‘l . n.tll.i ti4i!ti(!il'« t!it|*|'(lt*lli (•! . .t Is £ iiKl.it THE / \©a©as/: SPEAKS I Lnl*m r ' ] Sunday letioni j I Spokesman for God Lesson for September 13,1964 Background Scripture: 1 Samuel 1 thiough Devotional Beading: Psalm 11.1-7. WHAT DOES the word "proph et” bring to mind? Fortune teller, tea-leaf reader, weather predicter, "Old Man Mose’” One meaning of “prophet,” to be sure, is a man who can tell you today what is to happen tomorrow. In the Bible this is sometimes the meaning of the w ord. Most proph ets went m for prediction some of the time, and most prophets’ predictions sound ed most unlikely to those who fiist Dr. Foreman heaid them; but they came true. Indeed, according to Deuteionomy 18, one test of an alleged or self-st} led piophet is the same as for a true one; Does what he foretells come true? If it does not, he is no true piophet. If it does, he is. Exception to the rule As a general rule, a prophet’s contemporanes do not recognize him as such. Since most “proph ets” are fakes, people suppose the tiue prophet is a faker too. Jesus said a piophet is not without honor except in his own country. Familiarity breeds contempt, the proverb says. How can an oidi nary man we see every day be a prophet? Now Samuel, whose story is in the Old Testament, was an exception to this rule In his own day, in his own country, his own people did recognize and honor him. Samuel was a man of many affairs and many talents. He was a soldier, levivalist, jutjge, historian, kingmaker. But he is best known as p-ophet. He had an extraordinary life. Every one knows the story of how his moth er prayed for a child, and how this child was promised to the' Loid before he was born. Well j Now Is The Time . . . To Seal Silo Promptly All silos that are not to be fed cmt oi soon after filling, should be sealed within « hours after filling In the case of the tienci silo, it is very important to seal at ores n> order to reduce the spoilage over the area exposed. On upright silos spoilage can be reduced, if not eliminated, by toppi>'= with poor quality green material, 01 bj mg off with plastic. The use of ph> s ™ weighted down has worked very well on many types of horizontal (or tiench suosh the important thing is to keep the pin s ™ down tight at all times. Proper sealing ot tne silos will save valuable feed. To Lime For Small Grain MAX SMITH Small grain fields that are to be seeded to alfalfa or clo' e next spring or next summer should be limed this fall before «> gram is seeded; by working the lime into the soil thb we give the lime a chance to sweeten the soil before » Igumes are seeded. The practice of liming the field after tn legumes are started is not using lime most efficiently To Cut Sorghum We notice some fields of sorghum are heading out and will soon be ready for making silage Research work shows that sorghum will have its greatest feed value as silage when cut in the soft dough stage of the sorghum seed head The crop should be chopped fine and no preserva tive is needed Sudan grass should be cut in the early boot to heading time. When either of these crops are allowed to ripen the feed value decreases. The rashness of youth keeps the home sires burning. I i l lII'. 11l r ! 11 r* HIIII II 1 I 111 known too is' the story of his li( ( in the shrine at Shiloh as a ]( ln(1 of apfcientice piiest; and how he first became a sensation by i Us denouncing High Priest Eli, aged, respectable and venerable Eli, head (if we may put it t|„ t way) of the State Church. "What most people don’t know is the rest of the stoiy. Did his later life prove a failure 9 Was h e , wonder child, fading into obscuti. ty after his one outburst? Leader of man E By no means. That incident a| Shiloh was just the start. Jleas. ured by immediate results, Samuel was perhaps the most sud cessful prophet who ever lived, The people listened. When he led a revival, there were many con. versions; when he led an aimy, the army won. When he selected a king, the people elected Sam. uel’s man. As long as the king followed Samuel's guidance, hi was a success . . . but that’s so other story. The point is, Samuel was a true leader; he was be. lieved, obeyed, followed. His judgments were accepted as God's judgments. His decisions and h« commands were obeyed just as if God had been literally speak, mg with Samuel's mouth. No man lives forever Samuel’s successes as a military man did not make him a war monger. His own battles were fought to set free his people from foreign domination; his aim was justice and peace. And justice and peace the Hebrews had for a generation. And then what? Something slipped, everything seemed to slip. Not until the time of Solo mon was theie such a peace as in Samuel’s time, and Solomon's peace, not being founded on jus tice, did not enduie. There is a point here sometimes forgotten, No man lives forever; and no matter how good, brave, smart and successful a great man may be, sooner or later "his place knows him no moie ” Even a man who lives close to God must go the way of all flesn We make a mistake if we think any man however good and great can ar range things so that the evils he has successfully fought will riever return. The Philistines, the ene mies of Israel, never came back in Samuel’s time. But in later dajs they were even more trou blesome than ever before So un less there are successors to gieat men, the great man's good may die with him. (lla'sed on outlines reps rnthteJ ly Ik* I)i>jsum of Chnslitn 1 duration SnUGUM, ( ouncil of the Churches of Const in the b. S. A, Released by Community FrcM; bcmcc.) J BY MAX SMITH To Maintain Herd CondiW# Pasture growth on uian j farms has been reduced d u l to dry weather. This ® eall J that stored feeding of hsy ar "j silage will be needed m J to hold the flesh conditio" 1 the cows. This is ' ery J portant in the late sU ® I T.J or early fall; if the allowed to get thin m "A now, it will take no° r€ a jl to get them back to "W 1 for high winter P lO " I *, J Many permanent pastui<» J only an exercise lot a J moment and all feeding » , | tie "bti a' winter-unio "*V' | II I" II If HIT It !■ II 1. ■! !l (Ol 1 '
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