Political Farm Planks Are Reported
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trnm Piirrn 11 blit tO liquidate SOHIG Of his
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farmer*, from taxes paid by con- Farm tenants are even worse
sumers, have far from offset off. since they have no com
this loss parable investment for inflation
INFLATIONARY policies of tp increase in value as their in
the administration and its Con- deblcdness inci eases.
gress have contributed greatly* THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
to increased costs of production, is committed to the concept
Using 1958 as a base year with that a sound agricultural ccono
an index of 100, prices paid by my is imperative to the nation
farmers in 1967 had risen to a al interest. Prosperity, oppor
weighted index of 117. whereas tunity, abundance, and efficien
the prices they received were at cy in agiiculture benefit every
a weighted index of only 104. American
From the 1958 index of 100, in
terest was up to 259. taxes 178,
labor costs 146, and farm ma
chinery 130.
THE COST-PRICE SQUEEZE
has been accompanied by a dan
gerous increase in farm debt
up.nearly 24 billion dollars in
the last seven years In 1967
alone, net debt per farm in
creased $1,337 while net income
per farm went down $605.
While net farm equity has in
creased, it is due mainly to in
flated land values.
WITHOUT ADEQUATE net
income to pay off indebtedness,
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OPEN HOUSE
AT NEBA
Aerial View Showing The New Facilities at NEBA
SEPTEMBER 19-22
NEBA, the home of such A.I. proven sires os Whirlhill
Kingpin, Simpson Form Tidy Gent and Woodacres Master Chief,
will hold an open house during t'he period of September 19-22.
Highlight of the 4 day affair will be the dedication of our new
modern laboratory and bull barn facilities on Saturday, Septem
ber 21.
We are located 1 mile South of Tunkhannock on Rt. 309
TO PROMOTE the develop
ment of American agricultuie,
we pledge:
—Farm policies and programs
which will enable produceis to
receive fair prices in relation to
the prices they must pay for
other pioducts:
—Sympathetic consideration
of proposals to encourage farm
ers, especially small producers,
to develop their bargaining posi
tion;
—Sound economic policies
which will brake inflation and
reduce the high interest rates;
—A truly two-way export-im-
Tunkhannock, Penna.
Wby not visit us during our OPEN 1 HOUSE
port policy which protects
American agriculture from tin
fair foreign competition while
increasing our overseas commo
dity dollar sales to the rapidly
expanding world population;
—Reorganization of the man
agement pf the Commodity
Credit Corporation’s inventory
operations so that the Corpora
tion will no longer compete
with the marketings of farmers:
—lmprove programs for dis
tribution of food and milk ,to
schools and low-income citizens;
—A strengthened progiam to
export our food and farm tech
nology in keeping with the Re
publican-initiated Food For
Peace program;
—Assistance to faim eoopeia
tives including ruial electuc
and telephone cooperatives, con
sistent with prudent develop
ment of our nation’s resources
and rural needs;
—Greater emphasis on re
search for industrial uses of
agricultural products, new mar
kets, and new methods for cost
cutting in pioduction and mar
keting techniques;
—Revitalization of r ural
America through programs em
phasizing vocational training,
economic incentives for indus
trial development, and the de
velopment of human resources;
—lmprovement of credit pro
grams to help finance the heavy
capital needs of modern farm
ing, recognizing the severe
credit problems of young farm
families seeking to enter into
successful farming;
—A more direct voice for the
American farmer in shaping his
own destiny
SERVING YOU IN
LANCASTER COUNTY
NELSON KREIDER
717-681-6214
717-733-1224
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 14,1968
Democrats
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wages rise with productivity.
At the same time, market pi ices
should continue to reflect sup
ply and demand conditions and
American farm products must
continue to compete effectively
in world markets In this way,
maikcts at home and abioad
will continue to expand beyond
the record high levels of recent
years.
TO THESE ENDS, we shall
—Take positive action to raise
faim income to full parity level
in Older to preserve the effici
ent, full time family faim This
can be done thiough piesent
faim piograms when these pro
grams are piopeily funded, but
these piograms will be constant
ly scrutinized with a view to im
provement
—Actively seek out and de
velop foreign commeicial mar
kets, since international trade
in agiicultuial products is a
major favorable factor in the
nation’s balance of payments
In expanding our trade, we
shall strive to ensure that
farmers get adequate compensa
tion for their production going
into export.
—Expand our food assistance
programs to America’s poor and
our Food For Peace program to
help feed the world’s hungry
—Establish a strategic food
and feed reserve plan wheieby
essential commodities such as
wheat, corn, and other feed
grains, soybeans, storable meat
and other products will be
stockpiled as a safeguard again
st crop failuies, to assist our na
tion and other nations in time
of famine or disaster, and to en
sure adequate supplies for ex
port markets, as well as to pro
tect our own farm industry
This reserve should be insulated
fiom the market
—Support the right of farm
ers to bargain collectively in the
market place on a commodity
by commodity basis Labor and
industry have long enioyed this
right to bargain collectively un
der existing legislation Protec
tive legislation for bargaining
should be extended to agucul
ture
Continue to support and en
couiage agncultuial coopera
tives by expanded and hbeial
credit, and to protect them from
punitive taxation
—Suppoit private or public
credit on reasonable teims to
voung faimeis to enable them
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FOR FALL SEEDING
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*
Smoketown, Pa. Phone 397-3539
Pequea FFA
Has Truck Use
For Activities
The Pequea Valiev FFA Chap
ter has icceived a Cheviolet x >z
ton pick-up truck from Shirk
Chevrolet m Piu.uhse The
tilick is for use in all FFA acti
vities
Ralph Iloichler, Vo Ag teach
er. reports they have used the
truck to take hogs and othei ex
hibits to shows, ti anspoi ted pi o
jects to and from school and
gone to sales to pui chase stu
dent’s projects
Each year a new model will
be given to the school when the
used one is letumed They ex
pect to use the tiucks about 10.-
000 miles per year
Shnk Cheviole also supports
Pequea Valley High School with
two cais foi their dnvoi turn
ing couise Dave Shirk is piesi
dent of the Paradise auto deal
eis
In America, we have the light
of free speech, whethei we say
anything worth saying or not
to purchase farms on long terra,
low interest loans.
—Support the piesent federal
crop insurance program
—Reaffirm our support of the
rural electrification program,
lecogmzing that rural America
cannot be revitalized without
adequate low-cost electric pow
er We pledge continued sup
poit of programs to assuie fi
nancing to meet the giowmg
genei atmg and disti ibutmg
power needs of uiral areas We
suppoit the rural telephone pio
giam
—Support a thorough study
of the effect of unlimited pay
ments to farmers If necessaiy
we suggest graduated open-end
limitations of payments to ex
tremely large coipoiate fauns
that paiticipate in government
piogiams
—Take a positive approach to
the public interest in the issue
o£ health and tobacco at all
levels of the tobacco economy
We lecommend a coopeiative
effoit in health and tobacco re
seal ch by goveinment, industiy
and qualified scientific bodies,
to ascertain lelationships be
tween human health and tobac
co giowth, cuiing storage, and
manufacturing techniques, as
well as specific medical aspects
of tobacco smoke constituents
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