* -Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Octobtr 19.1908
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From Where We Stand ...
Election Year Of
Many Surprises
The fireworks of the presidential cam
paign are in full swing. The differing ap
proach to the issues of the day are gradual
ly sharpening, and the American people, as
it turns out, will have quite a number of
choices to make between the two major
party nominees, not to mention third party
candidate, Mr. George Wallace. If ever pre
election winds of public opinion seemed to
blow in a decisive direction, it is now. That
direction points to broad support for a
change in policies which have embroiled the
United States in the disillusionment of an
Asian War, precipitated a condition of crisis
in the maintenance of an orderly society,
and accelerated the course of inflation and
rising taxes to the threshold of pain for the
average family’s pocketbook.
Mr. Nixon is capitalizing on his own
long experience in the political arena and
specifically on his personal knowledge of
the limitations which a Vice President suff
ers in establishing himself as a personality,
separate and apart, from the Administra
tion which preceded him. He offers change
in government.'a new pragmatic approach
to the war in Viet Nam and decisive action
in coming to grips with the problems of
crime, racial disorders, the rebellion of
youth, taxes, inflation and in general great
er attention to acluei mg economic stability
with orderly progress and growth in the na
tion. The Republican view is that the
government has demonstrated- its ability to
get at the real causes of poverty and urban
decay, and Mr. Nixon offers a program of
greater reliance on tax credits and other in
centives to bring the resources of business
and industry into the job of creating new
approaches to training and providing em
ployment and opportunity for Negroes and
disadvantaged citizens.
For his part, Vice President Humphrey
cites the advances in civil rights and social
progress, the prosperity of the country and
the gains in family income during the past
eight years of Democratic leadership. He
too recognizes that promises have outrun
performance and that this has been a factor
building the condition of economic and ra
cial discontent His direction in meeting
these problems is toward expanded federal
spending on programs of social betterment
and welfare Resources for this effort are
seen to be forthcoming from a growth m
the economy with resultant increased tax
collections by government, and by a de
crease in defense expenditures following the
end of the war in Viet Nam.
In general, the Democratic course is to
ward the redistribution of income from the
rich and middle income groups to the poor.
Whether this will be a unifying appoach for
the Democratic party and receive the sup
port of the American people at this time re
mains to be seen Many fear that accelera-
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tion or the trend toward income redistribu
tion will have a slowing effect on the very
economic growth of the nation, which is
counted on to generate the taxes to support
greater government participation in the
economic and social development of the na
, tion.
In the picture stands the hard-hitting,
third party candidate, Mr. George Wallace.
Mr. Wallace is a symbol of conservative
protest, and many of those feeling deep dis
satisfaction with the course of events in-ra
cial matters, law enforcement and states’
rights may consider that their opinions -will
have impact only if they cast their vote for
him. Mr. Nixon must, if- he is to win their
votes, convince these people that he .offers
real solutions to problems that' cannot be
solved by merely shouting about them.
For an election year that was supposed
to offer no excitement and no choices, this
one has held many surprises. The voters of
the United States have not yet made up
then- minds. As experience has proven
many times in the past, they probably will
not do so until they actually enter the poll
ing booths and mark their ballots on Elec
tion Day. 1968.
A Big Surprise
Mount Angel. Oregon, is a peaceful
rural community of 1.600 persons lying in
the lush, rolling hills of the Willamette
Valley. It is a religious and agricultural
center. The visitor is immediately struck by
the neatness of the community and its en
virons. There are thousands of similar com
munities throughout the United States. No
one was more shocked than the residents of
Mount Angel when they were advised by
poverty officials that 40 per cent of the
people living in the community were pover
ty-stricken.
It seems that the people of Mount Angel
are on the wrong side of the arbitrary line
that officialdom has drawn between poverty
and affluence. So now. Mount Angel is offi
cially classed as a blighted area. The first
step, apparently, is to establish a poverty
office for which the residents of the Mount
Angel area must put up one third of the
cost. Then, the people must be educated,
they must develop a new attitude, they must
learn to ask for help whether they need it
or not. The good federal shepherd is ready
to take them under his wing.
Not surprising, as a poverty official
found, ’“Most of these people don’t know
where to find help. We point them to the em
ployment office, welfare, to the abundant,
foods program or wherever they qualify.
The good people of Mount Angel didn’t even
know they needed help, but they will learn,
as will all the inmates of the welfare state,
as time goes on.
Across The Fence Row
Many obese folk have a glandular dis
turbance that makes them reach for the
second helping of pie.
Trouble is like a knife it can help us,
or it can hurt us, depending on how we use
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airpoit)
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average above normal with
daytime highs from 65-70 and overnight
lows from 45-50. No significant day to day
change. Normal high-low for the period is
65-43
Precipitation may total greater than
one-half inch as occasional rain during the
weekend and a few showers during the end
of the period.
A cloud of wltnissu
The writer, however, remind*
them thot they are not alone.
Though uneeen, there eurrounda
them a great cloud of sympathetto
wltneieee, men like Abraham,
Isaac, Moses, David, etc. These
men have run the same race be*
fore them and they are « sympa
thetic crowd who not only watch
the race with kindly concern, but
. run the race beside us u well.
Thus, the Christian, who feels all
' alone in this great race needs to
{ remember this cloud of witnesses
and take heart.
Next, the epistle-turns fcbffl In
spiration to strategy. For one
thing, the runner must travel
•I’d glveeverything to be able
to play the piano like that!" said or carry anything that; wUI Ira
an admiring friend to a pianist P«ie his- movement. His hands
"That’swhatnttakes,"rsplledthe “ust J> e fr ® e 5?i r JSf iv *
niantit •evrrvthincl” burden. So It is withths Christian:
P Many *of us would like to excel h*mu.t "Lay asidsevenr
in this or that, but excellence re- sin.. .(Hebrews 12.1 HSV)
mains beyond- Too man y us w6Uld like to
our erasn be- run the race-wlthout giving up th*
causef in reality, thing* that would hinder us. It
THE PRIZE
Lesson for October 20,1968
■MkfMmd'ScrtplumHtkrm II Ihrauih 12.
OweKeiwl *»»4imiH«kr«wt 1 til-3, *-!S.
willing to "ffive Secondly, the runner* must
everything.” We fr “ ln and discipline hlraielf. Dlsci*
rnScht wish to P line is *be key to control. The
throw a football runner must be ? bl<r to gauge his
with the skill of speed, measure his step, regulate
Johnny Unitas his energy, controlh sbreath ng.
or play golflike » comes only with constant
Rev. Althouse Gary Player, but practice and discipline, both m
we would scarcely be willing to running a race and living the
spend the hours and hard work Christian life. We may not hike
to perfect our skills as they do. discipline, but it is essential: "For
Anyone who has ever participated die moment all discipline seems
in athletics knows that for each painful rather than pleasant; later
hour of glory on theplayingfield, * ruit ‘ (Hebrews
there are many, many hours of nov)
practice, conditioning, and disci- pacesetter
pline that must come first. , ,
v Third, we need perseverance,
The lonely runner "staying-power.” The runner who
So it is too in living the Chris- folds-up m the home stretch can-
Han life. We would all like to live no * w ** l . “*e race. As the runner
lives that radiate faith, hope, and “? ar f 1S ? oa ** v 5
love, yet most of us are unwilling bis lungs burn, but he-must not
to practice the disciplines that give up. So in discipleship we
make such a life possible. We are must conhnue on if we want the
like the man who- would- like to P .
be a major league baseball star, FmMy, wemust keep’oureye.
but without having to-go through- upon the goal. Iherunner
the ordeal offspring training. watcK- otter ranneiS' eft eye ther
The'writer of Hebrews was' stands. DoU-f l&Okback isgoojfc
well aware’of theatlalogybetween counsel for- both- rtmners arftt
Christian lining and athletics: disaples:. Inrtead. we must cob--
Possibly he was-a sports fan, pet— hnually bfc- looking to Jesus-,
haps even art ’athlete a runner, bur pacesetter who has run the
for he compares-Christian-disci- 1 ?°? 1
pleship with running a race' at’a ®^d J the pEiz«£m stor®
track meet lor-us;
For example, he knows-that ,
7 . *Vi t . , Christian EJueahan, Natianal Caunctl af
trymg to‘follow Jesus Christ can church., .(chm» m ih.<o. s. a. x.i*m«i
seem to be* a. very lonely task. c.mmumiyrr«<s.cvK*.)
It’s- like running a? race without - ”
any competitors or spectators. , j-~
Perhaps the people to whom he AirGntT The-' dIU-fCll Of
was writing were beginning to
feel this way. They may have
been the only Christians in their
area. Their uneasiness is quite
understandable.
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To Vaccinate Heifers
Heifers may legally be vaccin- tobacco cellar or shed. Fire ex
ated against brucellosis only be- tingmshers should be serviced
tween thiee and six months of and every member of the fain
age; those vaccinated over that ily instructed as to their proper
age are not recognized as legal- use A fire extinguisher that
ly vaccinated and are subject to won’t work is of little value.
blood test Also, many heifers „ TT
vaccinated above six months of To Use Phosphate in the Barn
age still show a leaction to the M an > r local faimeis are still
blood test one year later. Be i°w in available phosphorus, one
sure and vaccinate under six ™ e thod to eliminate this prob
months of age } s t 0 use super-phosphate in
the barns or cattle pens Dairy-
To Practice Fire Prevention men may use this material in
Farmers should make every the gutters 1 and-alleys and cattle
eftort to eliminate fire hazards feedeis may broadcast phos
and prevent costly fires At this phat'e over the manure pack be
time of the year with large fore each bedding One to two
amounts of stored crops and pounds per head per day may
barns filled with livestock the be used- This-will improve the
risk is higher Electric wiring balance in barnyard manure and
should be checked along with improve crop yields.
not cannot be done!
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Your Choice Sunday l '
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By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
the chimneys and flues in the