—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 27,1968
4
From Where We Stand ...
The Last Thing We Need
About the last thing farmers in Lan
caster County (and farmers in every coun
ty in the nation -as well) need, is for some
meat packer to sell decomposed beef to a
state hospital
But that’s v\ hat the charges are against
the Diamond Meat Company of Philadel
phia. according to Leland H Bull. State
Secretary of Agriculture. It seems this com
pany sold meat to the Wernersville State
Hospital that “was soft and silmy and an
alysis showed it to be decomposed and not
fit for use”
What a blow to meat producers and the
many fine packers who do produce tasty
meat products for our consumers. Even if
the state department’s food inspectors reg
ularly pick up food samples in retail outlets
and check them “to avoid this sort of thing
and to assure consumers they are getting
wholesome products,” there is still no tell
ing how far reaching an incident of this
nature has on the minds of consumers at
large.
Even if the meat grader and company
in this incident (reported on Page 6) are
made to pay for their evil conduct, the
harm done to the meat industry as a whole
may never be completely erased.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
★ ★ ★ ★
A Citizen Speaks Out
To a society as laige and diverse as
this one. large government is a necessity.
To a nation as strong as this one strong
government is indispensable. There are
many things that can be done only by
government and best bv government
There are other things, however, that
can be done only by the private organiza
tions and individual citizens working to
gether and best by them
There is a feature in the nature of
government that keeps it from accomplish
ing many things that need to be done An
understanding of that factor both inside and
outside of government would do much to
explain the frequent frustration caused
when well-intentioned programs do not live
up to expectations.
The feature is that no matter how posi
tive a gov ernment wants to be and no mat
ter how positive the statements of its offi
cials are, its efforts are often negative in
execution.
Government can pass laws against
theft, but no law can make a people want
to be honest Government can pass laws
forbidding the abridgment of freedom of
religion, but no law can make a people want
Farm News This Week
Hogmen Discuss Nickels For
Profit Program Page 1
Meat Packer Charged In Sale Of
Decomposed Meat to Hospital Page 6
Gartley Tells Dairymen Of Need
For Return To Principles That
Helped Make This Nation Great Page 1
Farm and Home Sets Annual
Meet January 29 Page 1
Management Makes High
DHIA Herd Page 1
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
P 0 Box 266 - Lititz, Pa 17543
Office 22 E Main St, Lititz, Pa 17543
Phone Lancaster 394 3047 or Lititz 626 2191
Everett R Newswangei Editor
Robert G Campbell, Adveitising Director
Subscription price S 2 per \eai m Lancaster
County SSelsewheie
Established November 4, 1955
Published every Saturday ‘by Lancaster
Farming Lititz, Pa, ;
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa
17543
Member of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn.
to worship God. Goa eminent can pass law's
against drunkenness, but no law can make
a people want sobriety.
Even in its attempt to assure basic
civil rights to all citizens, which appears
positive, government can only pass laws
against denying a member of any race the
right to live wherei er he wants and to work
wherever he qualifies No law can make
families, neighborhoods, employers or
workers want to share what they have with
members of another race.
Government can and does try to stop
people from doing undesirable things, but
it cannot make them want to do desirable
things.
The real danger to freedom today, as
w ell as the cause ot much frustration, anger
and bewilderment, is that too many people
are looking to the government to grant free
dom. assure rights, build prosperity and
create brotherhood things no government
m history has ever been equipped to do
alone. Many people expect the government
to do what only they can do for themselves.
Our nation faces an apparent wide
spread deterioration in personal integrity,
seen in practically every segment and level
of society, from the repairman who does
shoddy work .to the factory worker who
gives no thought to the quality of the pro
duct he is making . . the clerk who takes
office stamps . the salesman who pads
his expense account . the manager who
cheats on his taxes . . the attorney who
recommends an unjustified lawsuit ... to
the physician who might expand a medical
report to inflate the insurance payment to
himself and his patient It also is seen at
e\ery le\el of government, from censure
proceedings m our highest legislatn e bodies
to a City where national guard troops aie
mustered to pre\ ent election abuses
Government alone cannot solve this
problem There already are laws against
all of these tungs The solution can come
only from a heightened desire by all people
to be honest themselves and a willingness to
insist on integrity in their neighbors, asso
ciates and elected officials
Leaders in government understandably
see it as their duty to do for the people of
this country vvhatev er they believe, or what
ever they are told by citizen groups, is not
already being done equitably, effectively
and efficiently by the private sectors of
society.
When private citizens abdicate their
responsibilities and ask the government to
do a job, government responds in the only
way it can: it passes more laws and usually
appropriates more money And every time
another law is passed, it means another
small or large restriction on somebody’s
freedom.
As citizens, in other words, we have
this choice when facing a situation that
needs correcting We can do it ourseh es, or
«e can ask the government to pass a law
that says we must not fail to do it and
that sets up an administrative mechanism
to enforce the prohibition The former
choice is by far the best way r to meet a
situation, at least from the standpoint of
economy and independence; and often from
the standpoint of speed efficiency and effec-
Uveness, depending on the nature of the
problem
The government will be called on to
help. Its resources and responsibilities cer
tainly cannot and should not be overlooked.
But the initiative, leadership and work
should remain in the hands of the citizens.
Weather Forecast
The fue-daj. forecast for the period Sat
urday through next Wednesday, calls for
temperatures to average below normal.
High is expected to be in the uppei 20’s to
30 s and over night lows in the teens to low
20's Generally cold through the period. Tne
normal high is 39 and normal low 24.
Precipitation may total one-half inch
water equivalent, occurring as snow or ram
about Monday.
IN PIRS€K!
Lesson few January 28,1968
kclcgrounrf S<riphir«: John 4 1 42,
D<voh«n«l footing: Luk# 19 1-10.
"I can’t find it anywhere,”says a * e a P ro Phef, she exclaims, but
the saleswoman. Though the f* 16 soon realizes that he is more
package had borne my name^ an .^ at: 18 long-awaited
and had been placed on the"^ 68813 * 1,
"hold” shelf, one of the clerks had 000o 00 a Uon
obviously sold the item which R T ll , .
was to have been held for me. the woman dashes
Intended as a. oi ?h e 1S so excited. ftat she
cift it was t h e for Sets 016 water J u £ and leaves it
last one in stock as she hurries to fee
and in town. I Clt y to tell everyone there of this
was anerv and str ange man from Galilee. Often
she was indiffer-1 1118 is t* l ® wa y people are affected
nfwhen they encounter Jesus Christ
us’ managed to personally. He makes such an
keep our masks i m P reBBlon that t less . e J things are
in place. "I’m for g° tten or P a t aside and fliere
„ _ sorry,” she said 18 felt , a . compulsion to tell others
Rev. Althouse and it was ob- a^^^ im * , , .
vious that she wasn’t really. "All The woman’s testimony was
right,” I replied in a way thatim- com Pellmg enough to bring
nlied it wa? anvthlns- hut all man y Samaritans to him at the
plied it was anything but They agk him to stay
° ’ longer and he does. As a result,
Chance Encounters
This brief encounter is but one believed m him.” A simple en
of the great number of encounters count ® r between two strangers at
that make up so much of our
daily lives. A few words l° come 1° know Jesus
spoken to someone, meaningful j
looks are exchanged, proprieties
are observed, and that’s it. Per
haps we never see these persons^ 4
again or perhaps we see them P®
regularly but the relationship re-™ a “ was^recept^e b a
mains essentially the same, They
seem to us totally unimportant fa*rhviat°* P eo P le encoun *
not the kind of thing onewouia °
pnfaw a diartr or a imirnfl] Xhom3S Csrlyl6 OUCC S&ld)
"What this parish needs is what
Itl Johns gospel, however, we prrp*.** Tm nppriG A man whn
find that even the so - called
<tp"U n Y*ipp anroiintarc” of Tpqhq warp hnOWS GOO. 3.11110X6 th3H Second*
cnance encounters ot desus were jj an( j.» We all need a first-hand
encounter with Christ. For the
is illustrated in chapter four when peop j e of Samaritan town, the
Jesus encounters the Samaritan it,®
tirntyinti n( Aa «*«11 A r*nis WOIH3HS t 6 S 111X1 Onv W 39 106
woman at the well. Aiiursty Gali- beginning of their encounter, but
Siffi 1
beyond the mere events and
words themselves and see the e p '
transforming at ctt'tr
work in even this common sxtua- Wh*s •; chnsi m th« u. s. a. fa?
tion. Community Pr»ssS»rvic*)
Her reaction is hardly unex
pected. She taunts him sarcasti-
Lancaster Farming Ads Pay!
To Do Forage Testing
Forage testing is included in
the new testing laboratory at
Penn State University, this new
unit handles both soil and for
age We have not had the activi
ty in the testing of forage in
Lancaster County that it really
deserves Some dauymen have
experienced lowei production
this year from their cows could
it be that both the quality of
their hay and their silage is low
ei than in recent v eai s’ Foi age
testing is the wa> to learn the
leal feeding value
To Repah Machinery
The new planting season is get off to a fast start will grow
approaching rapioij when rapidly with less trouble fiom
ev erj one will be lusmng around other ailments. Special effoit
trying to get their crop planted and attention is strongly recom
first. I’m wondering if the farm mended.
lly: Why should a Jew ask
.er of a Samaritan, if, as Jews
obviously believed, Samari
ns were beneath their contempt?
hen Jesus does not make the
iticipated hostile reply, she re
•ts to arguing with him, bait
j him. And still Jesus refuses
become involved in a petty dis
te.
; 'Go, call your husband, and
come here,” he suggests. Now he
has struck a nerve: your hus
bandl "I have no husband," she
replies. Can you imagine how
his next words shocked her: "You
are right in saying, 'I have no
husband,’ for you have had five
husbands and he whom you now
have is not your husband.” You
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
machinery including the trac
tors have been repaired and ser
viced since last fall. This work
should be done now in order to
avoid costly delays later in the
spring
To Use Pig and Lamb Brood eis
The new crop of both pigs and
lambs are arriving on many
farms, the careful management
of the new-born animal is very
impoitant especially the first
few hours We urge the use of
bi coders to keep the animals
vvaim and to get them diy as
soon as possible Animals that