Farm Group Fights For Freer
Trade With Pacific Nations
WASHINGTON The Nation
al Farmers’ Union recently
called Tor “far freer trade re
lations with the democratic na
tions of the far Pacific commun
ity, including Oceania ”
NFU pressed the point as
plans advanced for the U. S
Food and Agriculture Exhibition
in Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 5 21.
The exhibition in Tokyo will
seek to maintain and expand
the Japanese market for Amer
ican farm and food products,
now a $1 billion a year market
NFU said that while it favors
liberal trade policies, it doesn’t
want to see U. S industry ruin-
Cope & Weaver
Has Open House
The open house held by Cope
and Weaver Co., New Provi
dence, Monday through Friday
of last week was attended by
350 people. 35 prizes were
awarded.
The company also reported
three employees recently com
pleted an intensive course of
instruction on hydraulics, diesel
feul pumps and alternators at
a special IH Co. school in Tif
ton, Ga.
These Cope and Weaver rep
resentatives are Albert Warfel,
George Eisenberger Paul
Cope.
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ed in the process It emphasized,
however, that "trade is a two
way street ”
The farm group declared that
each country “should produce,
what it can produce most ef
ficiently trading the excess for
goods produced more efficient
ly by other countries ”
Japan, a heavy purchaser of
US. farm products; exports
steel, chemicals and textiles
She seeks the right to sell her
products in this country com
petitively
NFU warned that “a piece
by-piece dismantling of the
gains in improved and expand
ed trade arrangements by seg
ments of our industry and busi
ness would be disastrous in that
it would endanger the broader
advantages ”
NFO Meeting Is
Held In Cochranville
The weekly meeting of the
National Farmers’ Organization
was held in the Cochranville
Fire Hall on Monday evening,
March 11 A film was shown of
the Holding Action Meat pack
ers are continuing to sign mas
ter contracts, according to Mar
vin C Wrigley, vice president.
“The packers claim they do
not need meat, so this is why
some farmers are shooting pigs
to cut down supply,-.because
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AT DAIRY DAY. Samuel Dum, (left)
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discusses points in his Dairy Day presen-
they are determined to get a
fair price for meat that the
packers do need. Chester Coun
ty has no plans for killing pigs
at the present,” Wngley said
Seven new members joined
N F. 0 on Monday evening
The next meeting will be
held at Cochranville Fire Hall
at 8-00 PM A tape of Vice
Pres Humphrey’s speech at the
National- Convention will be
played.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 16,1968
SECOND SECTION
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Twin Valley YF
Holds Meeting
At Elverson
The Twin Valley Young Farm
er’s Association held its second
•annual banquet at the High
School Cafeteria, Elverson R 2,
last week One hundred-fourteen
persons attended.
Awards and special recogni
tion were given to the following
members
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Serving on the banquet com
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