—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 1.1969
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From Where We Stand ...
“When Properly Used”
For \ear> with the achent of the
u-o ot pesticides on agricultuic. emotional
p nibcm of doom toieca-4 the wiping out
o‘ buds animals, fu-h and the poisoning of
man and hi» childion Giadualli. as the
emotionalism subsided, pesticides were
recognized for what they were another
e\olutionarj step forward in the science ol
agnculture Education as to the proper use
of pesticides goes forward, led b> the pesti
cide industry and appropriate go\ernment
agencies This educational effort is world
wide.
An indication of the progress made in
teaching people about proper handling of
these chemical aids to food and fiber pre
diction may be gained from a recent news
release in a British publication, the Man
chester Guardian It sajs - "Fne thousand
tons of pesticides are used each j ear in this
country but. in spite of their highly toxic
nature, there ha\e been no human deaths
ficm occupational pesticide poisoning dur
ing the past 10 \ears . . .”
So far as the U S is concerned, an
at tide in a late issue of The Farm Quarter
ly lavs the cards on the table It savs. "Pes
ticides ha\e an enormous safety margin
when properl}' used " But, "Pesticides, like
automobiles and firearms, can be. and are,
used improperl}The article further points
out that information on proper pesticide
use comes from intensive, professional
studies made by manufacturers, the USDA.
the-Public Health Service, the American
Medical Association and various state and
pin ate organizations.
Many of the conveniences and neces
sities used by man have always been poten
tially hazardous even the horse and
buggy. But, we cannot get along without
them and, as The Farm Quarterly points
out, in the case of pesticides, as m most
other implements of modern daily life, safe
ty lies in the key phrase, “when properly
used "
The Poor Get Poorer
As gm eminent gets bigger in propor
tion to the growth of the population and the
productive capacity of the people, the ris
ing cost of supporting it must be spread
oter the backs of more and more people
The old saw about soaking the rich is an
empty phrase There aren't enough of them.
The poor also pay taxes, and if inflation and
the cost of government continue to rise, the
ranks of the poor will increase This is 9s
certain as night following day. The wealth
of the rich is like the proverbial fly speck
on a barn door compared to current govern
ment spending and borrowing. Payment
for multibilhon dollar government pro
grams must be drawn mainly from the
limited resources of the majority of citizens
including those in the lower income
brackets
U S News & World Report recently
Farm News This Week
Farm Foundation Has
Annual Meet; Elects Directors Page 1
New York Sugar Firm Offering
Beet Contracts Here Page 1
Riots Keep Milkman From
Deluerc Route, Gartle\ Says Page 1
LANCASTER TABUING
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published figuios showing that taxes take 34
pei cent ot annual fanulj incomes under
5.3 000. because of using income taxes, so
cial sccunt\ knies. stale and local sales
and propel tj taxes Tax experts, econo
mists and other authorities are now trjmg
to 1 njuro out a w ai to rehe\ e the poor of part
ol their tax burden. In the meantime, taxes
continue to go up as the cost ot government
continues to grow. Anjone who doubts this
has merelj to look at the recommendation
Go\ Shafer ga\e the Pennsylvania Gener
al Assembly this week. He calls for a 25
percent increase in state spending that
would total 52,521.836,000. an increase of
nearly $5OO million over the last budget
And he fa\ ors a 3 percent personal income
tax
Isn't it about time we started in the
direction of decreasing government as a
distributor ot wealth? Isn’t it time govern
ment started living within it's means. We
can't expect businessmen or farmers to
create jobs for the unemployed if even more
of their incentue is taken away by a state
graduated income tax. Senator Havvbaker
said the secret of over-coming
poiertj is work, not money. We agree.
There is onl j one way to relieve the tax
burden for the poor, as for e\eryone else
And that is to trim back on government
spending and debt.
And the onlj way to trim government
spending and debt is to reverse the trend to
further decrease the individuals incentive
to work as the graduated income tax does
This may mean some people with low in
comes (those with only one TV or less) will
not get quite as fat a government hand-out
check Instead they may have to work at
jobs creative and industrious employers
have been able to offer because the incen
tive to increase profits was present. But
that’s better than having Pennsylvania or
our nation literally taxed to death.
At least that’s the way it looks from
where we stand.
Across The Fence Row
A publication of the Arizona Farm
Bureau Federation observes, “There are
over 200 million Americans in this coun
try, and they are not all bad as some
would make you think. Over 68 million are
gainfully employed. There are over 180 mil
lion who are not communists. More than
40 million couples will remain married and
more than 178 million will not die of can
cer. Over 50 million auto drivers will still
be alive at the end of this year, and over 2
million new homes are being built to house
2 million happy newlyweds. So . . . CHEER
UP . . . your chances of reaching the age
of 85 are excellent.”
“If talk is cheap, they haven’t heard
about it in Washington. From Jan. 15
through July 31 of the last session of Con
gress, a total of 25,098 pages of proceedings
and ‘extensions of remarks’ were printed
in the Congressional Record. At $ll3 a page,
this monument to political bafflegab cost
the taxpayers about $2 84 million. A lot of it
was devoted to speeches lamenting exces
sne go\ eminent spending” Columbia,
Tcnn.. Heiald.
Local Weather Forecast
(Fimii the U S. Weather Bureau at the
Ilamsbuig State An port)
The fix c-day forecast for the period
Saluidax through next Wednesday calls for
tcmpei attires to ax erage abo\ e normal with
claxtimc lugns in the mid 40’s and ox er-mght
loas near 30 Little temperature change is
expected except turning colder the middle
ol next week Normal high-low is 39-23.
Precipitation may total greater than
one-half inch as rain showers Monday or
Tuesdax.
ISaiajJ
SMLI EVENTS
Lesson for February 2, 1969
lecitgreund Scripture f‘ar*3 7 35.
Devctienol Reeding Philippions 2 5 13,
A number of years ago on the
television program, “This Is
Your Life!”, a man was honored
for the influence he had had on
scores of lives, particularly upon
some people who had become
quite prominent. He was over
whelmed by the
tributes of those
whom he had
influenced, for he
had never real
ized the contribu
tions he had
made to their
lives.
He was partic-
Kev Althouse cularl y amazed
Kev. Aitnouse at testimony
of a prominent churchman who
attributed his vocation to the in
fluence of this man as his Sunday
schoolteacher. "I had no idea
... no idea,” the man said re
peatedly.
The end result
Anyone who commits himself
to seeking the kingdom of God
would do well to heed this story,
for it shows how the kingdom
operates in our lives. Often we
must go about our work for
Christ, fulfilling our task, with
out knowing what will be the
end result or even what is the
result of that which we have al
ready done.
In his short ministry, Jesus
spoke constantly of the kingdom
of God (or the kingdom of
heaven. Yet, not once can we
find him defining that term. He
knew how fruitless a definition
would be. People could not fully
comprehend all that the kingdom
meant. Words could not ade
quately express its meaning. So
Jesus spoke of the kingdom in
parables, telling sfoiies that il
lustrated some aspect of the truth
about it.
For example, "The kingdom
of God,” he said, "is as if a man
should scatter seed upon the
ground, and should sleep and
rise night and day, and the seed
should sprout and grow, he
knows not how,” (Mark 4 26, 27
HSV) He is saying here thatboth
God and man are essential for
To Check That
Fire Extinguisher
One thing worse than not
having a fne extmguishei is
having one and not knowing
how to use it oi not being suie
that it is in good woiking con
dition In case the extingmshei s
weie not checked in the
past few months, all Lnm
eis aie ruged to give this some
attention All membei s of the
famnj and the fanning opeia
tion should be familm v ith the
evlmguisheis and know ho>v to
use ihem vithout a moment
v a mn Onu L doiav this inspec-
tion . w longei
To Use Soft Watei
In this limestone section ol
the countij manv watei sup
plies aiexeix lued that is Ibex
contain laigo amounts of cal
cium caibonate this kind of
watei lequnes laigei amounts
of soap and detei gents and the
lime deposits will develop in
the coming of the kingdom. Man
must sow the seeds God gives
him, but it is God -who causes
the seeds to grow. Jf a man does
his part, God will do his. Jf the
Christian is obedient to the task
God gives him, he does not ha\ e
to concern himself with the
success or failure of it. It is Cod
who causes the giowth to take
place.
Humble efforts
The man on "This Is Your
Life'” did his best to influence
the lives of those around him,
but he seldom w T as able to see
the results' of that work. He might
have grown discouraged and
given up. But he did his part
and left the results in God’s
hands. Only many years later
was he priveleged to discover
how much good fruit God had
been able to bring forth from
his humble efforts. Many of us
never know what has resulted
from our planting.
All of us, then, would do well
to remember this, for we too come
restless when it seems that our
efforts produce no visible results.
How often a church school teach
er or youth advisor are tempted
to quit because they do not seem
to be accomplishing anything!
Yet, we must remember that it
is God alone who does the "ac
complishing.” As Paul sa>s; "I
planted, Apollos watered, but
God gave the growth.” (1 Corin
thians 3:6 RSV).
The greatest
Another parable tells us some
thing else we must know about
the kingdom and its growtn; "It
is like a grain of mustard seed,
which, when sown upon the
ground, is the smallest of all the
seeds on earth; yet when it is
sown it grows up and becomes
the greatest of all shrubs . . .
(Mark 4:31, 32 RSV). In other
words, Jesus is saying that the
kingdom’s work may begin m
the tiniest form, but, by the grace
of God, that humble effort will
bear much fruit.
God is not hmited by tiny be
ginnings. Jesus was horn uj-a
stable to a humble family; tlie
Church of Jesus -Christ began
with twelve ordinary men. It is
by just such small events as these
that God shakes the world and
furthers the growth of his
kingdom.
(Bosed on outlines copyr/ghfed by the Divtuon
of Christian Education, Notional Council of th»
Church «s of Christ in th* U $ A Released by
Community Pross Svrvica}
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
heater coils On farms soft wa
ter cleans dairy utensils and
eggs moie economically and the
homemakeis will be moie sat
isfied with clothes dishes and
haii-dos Watei conditioners are
available and these concerns
will also test walei to deteimme
the degiee of haidness
To Use Caie With Heat Lamps
Dining the coming months
iranv swine and sheep pioduc
-01 s will be using heat lamps to
piotect then nowboin pigs and
lambs This iu one economical
v\ n to piovidc heat and eli
minate dampness fiom the pen
PicJiutis aie meed to keep the
lump and coid saieli awv fiom
all animals suppoit the lamp
secuielv so it does not fall down
into th<> bedding and clean the
dust fiom the lamp fiequentlc
These piacticcs will add to the
safety of the heat lamps and
picicnt seuous fue losses.