Federal “Security Reserve” Opposed
The American Farm Bureau islative director, said in a state-
Federation said recently that mejnt prepared for presentation
congressional proposals for a at a Senate Agriculture Subcom
“security reserve” of agricultur- mittee hearing,
al commodities advocated by Lynn said government-con-
President Johnson in his State trolled reserves are "bad from
of the Union message would the standpoint of producers, ex
‘‘put another patch” on-*current pensive from the standpoint of
unsatisfactory government farm taxpayers, unnecessary for the
programs. protection of domestic consum-
Farmers very much oppose ers, and not necessary for ex
any program strategic re- ports or foreign relief.”
serve or otherwise that will Farmers do not want to com
tend to build up stocks in pete with government in the
government hands, or control market place, Lynn said. And
again, John C. Lynn, AFBF leg- he added -
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“The idea that reserves can be
isolated from the market is
fallacious.
“No matter how tightly the
Congress may attempt to lock
reserves up market prices will
be affected to some degree be
cause the trade will always
know that (1) reserves are sub
ject to release under specific
conditions, and (2) the condi
tions specified for the release of
such reserves can be changed at
any time.
“Actually, on the basis of pre
sent proposals and past experi
ence, there is every reason to
believe that any legislative ef
fort to isolate government
stocks from the market would
be riddled with loopholes.”
The Farm Bureau legislative
director said establishment of
a reserve program at this time
would “change the rules” and
be “most unfair ”
“Many produceis will aheady
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Milk Chairman Huber, Concedes
Unfair Prices Paid To Farmers
Dairy farmers in Pennsylva
nia probably are not getting a
fair return on their milk, the
chairman of the State Milk Con
trol Commission concedes, but
that does not mean the commis
sion is a failure.
The chairman, J Lin Huber,
defended his agency Monday at
a hearing of the Senate Appro
priations Committee. He was
have sold their 1967 crop by the
time this legislation could pos
sibly be enacted,” Lynn said
“As a consequence, a large
part of any so-called ‘benefits’
the proposed piogram might
produce in terms of higher mar
ket prices for the 1967 giain
crop world, of course, go to
middlemen and speculators
This would not make farmers
happy ”
there to request $600,000 for the
commission for fiscal 1968-69.
The 31-year-old commission’s
effectiveness was challenged by
Senate Minority Leader Ernest
P Kline
“Every evidence I have indi
cates you have failed in your job
to bring about a healthy dairy
industry in Pennsylvania.” the
Beaver County Democrat told
Huber "The dairy farmers are
not making any money and the
consumeis aie quarreling over
the price of milk Where have
you succeeded?”
“If we increase the price to
the producer, milk dealers cer
tainly will pass that increase on
to consumers," Huber shot back.
“Is that what you’re suggest
ing’”
Huber said the commission
was established to “insure the
inhabitants of the commonwealth
an adequate supply of pure and
wholesome milk by regulating
all economic facets of the dairy
industry with few excep
tions ’’
• Poultry Debate
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be sold out of state He said a
refeiendum vote should be
brought before the producer and
let him decide He defined a
producer as the one who does
the physical work of production.
In anticipation of the next
speaker’s comments, Berenson
added, “All you have to do is
simply control production ”
Richard Ammon based his
side of the debate on the Tal
madge Bill introduced into the
90th Congress last month Called
the "Table Egg Marketing Act”,
it listed one of the powers con
fered on the Secretary of Agri
culture as “To protect the in
terest of consumers ” Ammon
told the group, “We (poultry
menl people don’t count in
Washington now It is the con
sumer who rates ”
He pointed out in anothei sec
tion under required terms in or
dei where the Secretary is au
thorized to make regulations.
“He can do anything,” he said.
“Don’t think the producer board
set up in the act would have any
authority ”
The proposed law also has pro
vision wheie the producer must
qualify to vote And it forces
producers to pay for the pro
gram through assessments
In discrediting the proposed
law, Ammon listed five reasons:
—I. it gives complete govern
ment control, —2, Expenses
would be higher and paid for by
producer assessments, —3,
Leaves little room for new peo
ple in the business. —4. Would
speed up integration, and —5,
Leaves a chance to cheat
In summary, Ammon said, “I
don't think this bill has a chance
this yeai but it will be back
next year ’
The fourth poultry Education
al meeting will be held March
13, at 7 45 in the Farm & Homs
Center
• Hosteller
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tory We will not see extensive
use of the milk-o-tester until
we get better shipping
methods ”
Hess also discussed the once
a-day testing experiment being
tried and reported there was
very little difference in final
results “In fact,” he said, “in
some cases it has proved even
more accurate than the two*
times-a-day test It might not be
official for a while but it is
something to look at if we want
to get more out of our men
(testers),” he said.
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