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Farmers Vote Yes In First NationalPollOnßargaining PHILADELPHIA—NearIy nine out of 10 farmers voting in a na tionwide poll conducted by Farm Journal over the last 40 days bc lir\e that they should Join farm bargaining associations to obtain better prices from processors and buyers. Nine out of 10 also want Con gress to create a legislative cli mate that would allow farmers to use bargaining power on their own behalf. Nearly 70% of those voting fa vored holding farm products off the market to try to win higher prices and get processors to sign long-term contracts. More than 60% opposed a plan whereby the government would certify farm bargaining associa- SUBURBAN 26 Ph. 354-9221 Lancsfrter Farming. Saturday. May 4.1968—1 Horn and require the processors and handlers to bargain with them. And 67% voted against having farm prices and produc tion determined by a govern ment board made up of farm, processor, and consumer repre sentatives. Nearly eight out of 10 opposed the present law which authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to void farm bargaining agree ments if the government feels that they unduly enhance prices. These results were revealed this week in the May issue of Farm Journal, the nation's larg est f a r m magazine with three million circulation. The maga zine printed a list of 19 farm bar gaining choices in its March is sue. By last week, more than 12.- 500 readers responded—the vote reported in the May issue is bas ed on 5,000 representative re turns from active farmers and the results computed in propor tion to Farm Journal’s circula tion in each of its six regional editorial editions. Results printed in the maga zine are shown by differences in age, income, region, and mem bership m the four major farm organizations; Farm Bureau, Farmer's Union, Grange, and National Farmers Organization. Farm Journal claims that this is the largest such survey ever undertaken on the nationwide sentiment of farmers toward tarm bargaining The magazine also stated that the results are highly indicative of how farm ers, in general, feel However, individual findings cannot be taken as precise measurements as some readers may have vot ed because of strong feelings for or against certain of the 19 bar gaining choices listed. But be cause several of the choices were favored or opposed so over whelmingly by all those voting, there can be little question where tanners, in general, stand on major bargaining options The magazine also added that they were surprised at the size of the response Experienced staff members anticipated any where from a few hundred to possibly four or five thousand it plies In an editorial in the same May issue, the magazine said that it interpreted the survey re sults to mean that the nation’s farmers favored 'bargaining that included seven procedures - 1) Programs would be farmer in spired instead of arising from political compromises in Con gress 2) Plans would be flexible so that if a program failed farm ers could vote it out quickly 3) Farm prices and income would come from the market, farmers would rely less on direct pay ments from the government 4) Farmers would elect their own commodity representatives to run their programs 5) Farmers, instead of the government, would decide how much freedom they would give up for the gam they hope to achieve 61 Program choices that farmers would vote on would be more realistic than typical government-held referen- in the past 7) Farm pric ing would be an exciting, fast moving affair with commodities vying with each other to see who could come up with the best pro gram The editorial concluded by say ing “We hope that official Wash ington will take the cue Politi cians have long despaired that farm programs are nothing but trouble: and they have com plained that tarmers never‘get together ’ Well, here’s a chance to let farmers wrestle with their own problems That’s what farm ers want—and they are remark ably together. 3
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