4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 12, 1966
From Where We Stand...
Public Opinion On Cut-Rote
Milk Prices
Wo know that the image of the
farmer in the consumer's eye is net
good. Speakers at M mcr banqu,:,ts
and meetings tor the past several years
have been raving we must improve that
imago cr suffer the consequences of
more stringent federal control over
farm product pnce.».
The average consumer probably
knows that milk is produced by cows,
not by supermarkets, although there’s
some doubt whether the next generation
will be even as well informed! But the
average consumer has no idea of the
problems on the input side of milk
production. They don’t know, for ex
ample, that the advancing costs of
producing milk, eggs, pork, or what
ever, have continued to undermine even
•the best farm prices in recent years. If
.the price of milk goes up a cent, con
sumers generally figure the increase
goes right into the farmers’ pockets. It
will be a long, up-hill fight to educate
consumers on some of these food prob
lems, and to show them that the extra
services they have demanded on the
processing and retailing end of the food
chain accounts for most of the price
increases which they protest.
This point was highlighted this
week, when, on the way to the Live
stock Exposition in Harrisburg, we
caught the tail-end of a radio man-on
the-street broadcast. The interviewer
was asking the people what they
thought of the cut-rate prices being of
fered on milk by two retail stores in
the Philadelphia area. And, after tell
ing them that the price of milk was
controlled in Pennsylvania, asking if
they approved of milk price controls.
The interviewer was thinking of
control on milk prices in the normal
consumer sense of price controls that
is, as a lid rather than a support Con
sequently, he had the people he talked
with as confused as most of us are on
this milk price situation
Most of the people said they would
certainly buy the 79-cent per gallon
milk being offered in preference to
paying the $1.06 price for milk pre
scribed by the Pennsylvania Milk Con
trol Commission To the second part of
the question, however, all agreed the
price of milk should be controlled, and
favored a state commission to do this'
But to illustrate the point that
farmers can get their message to con
sumers, one woman interviewed said
she would not buy the cut-rate milk be
cause she felt that it would hurt the
farmer. She said farmers have to work
hard for their money and anyone sell
ing milk that cheap would eventually
be taking money out of the farmer’s
pocket.
What this interviewer failed to
make clear,' however, was that PMCC
• Groff Named
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promotion was J Mowery Frey
Jr, 401 Beaver Valley Pike,
Lancaster Daniel Stoltzfus,
Mount Joy Rl, Was reelected
secretary, John Kreider, 523
Willow Road, Lancaster, was
elected treasurer -to succeed
Daniel Martin, Manhelm Rl,
who retired fiom the boarjd
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controls the minimum price at which
milk may be- sold in Pennsylvania;
competition and supply-demand control
the maximum price.
What the final outcome will be ol
this challenge to the authority of PMCC
by the two milk firms involved, wo
don’t know. The courts will have In
decide that. It would seem that without
the Commission, or some comparable
slate authority, the situation could got
really chaotic in a hurry. On the other
hand, the present supply-demand con
ditions on milk would probably discour
age much actual price-cutting.
The Commission seems undoubted
ly the best answer at the moment, but
the long range solution to milk and
all food prices lies in better com
munication and understanding between
farmer and consumer.
Great- Society Backlash
Now that the elections of 1966
are in the record books, all the analysts
are busy trying to interpret the results.
What does this tremendous resurgence
of the “out-party” mean in national
terms?
While it is undoubtedly true that
the Negro civil rights cause pushed
aside a lot of friends through the ir
responsible behavior of a minority of
city-dwelling Negroes . . who even over
ran the moderate leaders of their move
ment . . . we can’t see the white “back
lash” theory accounting for the GOP
landslide. Of course it was an impor
tant factor in some area races, especial
ly those hosting the summer riots . . .
California and Illinois, for example.
But rather than white backlash,
we see Great Society backlash as the
voting opinion expressed by millions
of Americans this week.
We think very definitely the voters
have said to the Great Society, “Enough,
already!”. Much of the G. S. legislation
passed by the 89th Congress did so by
slim margins. A gain in House seats of
47 by Republicans has whittled the
Democratic majority to its lowest point
since 1956. A net gain of three senators
and eight governors for the GOP cer
tainly adds credence to the theory that
Americans are fed-up with the whole
free-wheeling Great Society business.
How severely this rebalancing of
representation will restrict President
Johnson’s legislative and spending plans
will depend to a great extent on the
political and economic philosophies of
the new electees. Simply because they
are Republicans is no guarantee of
their conservatism, but some polling of
the individual opinions of these new
Congressmen seems to indicate trouble
for LBJ’s plans. We surely hope this
will be the case, and that the 90th Con
gress will succeed in restoring a little
fiscal sanity in Washington and in the
nation.
Paul Zimmerman, Ephrata
Rl, along with Kreider and
Frey, were the new directors
elected during the business
meeting.
Some 280 members and
fnends-i-,, of 'the association
heard George J. Morgan, At
tomey-at-Law, speak on some
of the pioblems and laws pei
laimng to wills and property
ownership “Whether or not
you pass on more of your hard
earned money to your children
will depend 'on how you work
with the tax laws,” he said
Morgan urged everyone to
make a will “Even if you just
make a simple one,' you save
money,” he said -“And, if you
have a will, you can say how
you want it Otheiwise, the
state has a' law that ‘will dis
perse your property for you,
but it may not be done the
way you would have wanted it
So get a will,” Morgan said
Nelvin Enrpet, fiekhnan for
★ ’
the Pennsylvania Holstein As
sociation, told the gatheiing
that the 206 herds enrolled In
the recent classification pio
gram conducted in the South
eastern district was the larg
est such program in the cOjim
try Eighty of these herds were
in Lancaster County, Empet
said
Other speakers on the pro
gram included Miss Carol Hess,
Lancaster County Dairy Prin
cess; Elam Bollinger, chair
man of the junior project com
mittee; and Blvin Hess, Jr,,
state director.
President Clarence Stauffer
served as master of cere
monies
(See Photo Page 7)
WHERE DOES THE
MONEY GO?
Less than 60 percent of our
national income is now spent
for essentials; in 1900 about.BB
percent went for that purpose.
/ Irrcfiillblo pSwer of unarmed
thX M** truth) the powerful attraction ~f
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,'I .sense of what w« mean by ”ai n -
, I a, i, •■■ . Y'.'Mfi and "weapons” hut it pii-
V/i!fiTTkvfl veres with an irnsi-tihle po .
1 1 * ' over which no man. nation.
' elvlli/alion eannltnn.il ly p’e\.
•I j ii. . _! Ue may silence the pi oph
Unarmed VIC TO r mav burn their books, w. ii
| crush truth lo earth atra! .
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anain and nj;aiii lucau'. i.
Hod's truth.
The
CocfcgrtwmJ scriptvr« »
Dtvartignol Rtoding ••nt li> c * 6
"I he opponents of truth alwass
seem to be by f.ir thebet* n-armed
warriors, 'the toes of I’ailandhis
gospel had the whole weight of
the Roman Empire and thc.lewish
nation behind them. Galileo was
of one before the
combined colos
sus of Church
and Slate. While
volume after vol
ume was thrown
upon the sinister
bonfires of Xa/.i
Germany, no one
seemed able to
oppose Hitler’s
brown-shirted
Rev. Althouse legions.
So it was when Judah’s King
lehoiakim determined to silence
the troublesome prophet Jeremi
ah, and his prophecies. All the
power seemed arrayed against
truth, its few friends impotent to
carry on the fight. Jeremiah, the
king ruled, was forbidden to
speak any longer in the area of
the temple.
More Than Prudent
A prudent man would have
quit right there, but Jeremiah was
more loyal to his God than pru
dently responsive to good reason.
Forbidden to speak the truth m
public, he wrote it on a scroll
and gave it to Baruch, his sec
retary, to read before the minis
ters of the king. Equally resource
ful, the king cut the scroll into
strips and contemptuously burned
them. Undismayed, Jeremiah
wrote his prophecies on another
scroll. Scrolls and books may be
burned, but truth, no matter how
impotent it may seem in its own
self-defense, will be the ultimate
victor!
In Pasternak’s novel, Doctor
Zhivago, Uncle Kolia protests
that what man needs is not
suppression by force, not the
lion tamer with his*whip to hold
down "the beast who sleeps in
man.” To the contrary, he says,
.. what has for centuries raised
man above the beast is not the
cudgel but an inward music: the
Lancaster Farming Ads Pay!
Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Check Farm Agreements
Partnership agreements between land
lord and tenant should be checked annually
to operate in a satisfactory maimer This
will remind the partners of their obligations
and provide a chance to evaluate the various -
terms to see that they are doing the intended
job. Agreements in writing eliminate many
misunderstandings.
To Vaccinate Heifer Calves
' A herd of cows -with some resistance to
Bang’s Disease is preferable to one without
any attempt to prevent the disease. Young
heifers should be vaccinated when about 4
month of age to get the greatest amount
of resistance with the least amount of un-
desirable reactions. Don’t run
the risk of not vaccinating.
To Finish High School ~
Education .
Every once m a while I
comg in contact with a teen-age
Jad who has quit high school
and wants to become a farm
er. There are many reasons
why a student may not like
school and' want to drop out,
but not any of them are good
enough to justify the failure of
getting a high school education,
as a te’en-ager With the
competition for educated and
trained people now and in the
future, the high school diploma
is the foundation for any
career. ' .
To Suffer A Season
Men of courageous lo alt .
therefore, will hnl. them*!. i
unarmed truth and sufiei v in
for a season, even a hfeti it. i> -
cause they know it mi-t in
mately prevail in God -gi 1
time. Woodrow Wilson ont. s.i i ,
"I would rather fail in a cat -
I know must ultimately muu ,
then succeed in a cause j know
must ultimately fail.' A f arnu*
put it more picturesque! )
rather chase a rabbit a d i < •
catch it, then chase a skv ik ai d
catch it.” Better to sufft win
and for the unarmed tru a tn i
prosper with the powci ul !
Truth'may seem to stand alon,
a frail, impotent creatuie, b .
behind truth there stands t
awesome pow’er and purpose < i
God. That is why in the lung m i
this unarmed warrior is tre
victor.
Friends of Abraham Lincohi
advised him not to make a pct
ticular speech during his unsuc
cessful bid for the United Staks
Senate in 1858. The speech,
though true, would be harmf.T
to him, they said. But Lined i
would not agree: "If it is decreed
that I go down because of Ih s
speech, then let me go down
linked to the truth.”
The friends of truth must he
willing to "go down linked to (re
truth,” to pay the price th s
friendship may require. Jeremiah
was such a friend, so was Baruch,
and so were the king’s ministers
who bravely carried to him (re
forbidden scroll. The contents of
the scroll would likely mfuna.e
him and jepoardize their lives,
but, confident that truth wouid
ultimately prevail,'they wjerelov ?1
friends of this unarmed w arnor.
Are you?
(latad an •uHmtt capynghtad by tha Diw»«tc*»
at Christian Educatian, National Cauncil *1 ♦'•a
Churchat af Christ in tha U S. A Ralaasad k/
Cammumty Prass SarvKa)
ATTEND THE CHURCH
OF YOUR CHOICE
SUNDAY
To Protect Evergreens
- Freezing weather and cold
winds will soon be here and
the evergreen shrubs may need
sbme protection. A good
ground mulch to prevent sud
den; changes in temperatuie
will help protect the roots;
this is especially true of plants
that will get the winter sun
Screens 'of burlap, canvas, 01
wood will break the stiong
winds and keep out the sun
rays during the winter. The
■ mpistiire conditions,of the soil
should, be very good at this
time, and if the plants are pi°'
tected as listed, there should
be a minimum of winter J»'
jury this year.
SMITH