4— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 1.1969
From Where We Stand.,,
Closing The
Generation Gap
We are deeply concerned with what is
going on at our agriculture college Penn
State University in the way of riots. In
the depression years of the early and middle
1930'5, a college education was a privilege,
often reserved for those with the stamina to
work and go to school at the same time. It is
exceedingly difficult for people of that gen
eration to view with a great deal of toler
ance, the riots and vandalism that are mak
ing a shambles of college campuses today
a condition that seems to go along with
the assumption that higher education is an
inalienable right. How inalienable this
right remains may depend on the course of
inflation.
The cost of going to school is soaring,
and education is among all the other fine
social goals threatened by the declining
\alue of the dollar. For example in Oregon,
the State Board of Higher Education has re
used upward the cost estimates of building
projects proposed in 1967. Rising construc
tion costs caused the Board to boost its
recommended outlay by hundreds of thou
sands of dollars in the space of one year,
and eventually these additional outlays will
be reflected in higher tuition fees and other
costs of going to college.
Present day affluence may partially ex
plain the generation gap we hear so much
about. But, rising costs of inflation may
help close that gap as young people begin to
learn that a college education is something
to be respected, treasured and earned not
taken for granted.
Re-examination Needed
One thing President Nixon has done
which has met with favor has been to re
examine matters such as welfare payments
from tpp.to bottom. Instead of giving snap
judgment on these matters, he has his task
force re-examine the system from beginn
ing to end.
And that is what we need in Harrisburg
today! For if Governor Shafer would do
nothing more than re-examine some of the
vast expenditures which continue from year
to year, he would likely find funds to make
up the supposed deficits of today without
the need of discussing an income tax along
with boosts in other taxes on the books.
And while most of us are concerned
over the possibility of a state income tax, a
move is on foot to give state legislators a
pay boost of from 57,200 to 512,000 a year
plus an increase in their expense accounts
from the current 54,800 non accountable ex
pense allow ance to $7,000 , but the recipients
be made to account for every penny
This salary hike is the substance of re
commendations of the Commission for Le
gislative Modernization, whose 12 members
w'ere hand-picked by the legislature, an-
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LANCASTER FARMING
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Office 22 E Main St, Lititz, Pa 17543
Phone. Lancaster 394-3047 or Lititz 626 219-1
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nounced at Harrisburg earlier this month.
A 60 per-cent pay hike seems to be the com
mission’s version of “modernization.”
The recommendations were among 56
contained in a report based on a five-month
study of the legislative branch of the state
government. The commission also recom
mended that:
1. Legislators give full accounting of all
their reimbursable expenditures.
2. A special citizens commission be
formed to recommend future salary raises
for legislators, judges, the governor and
cabinet members.
3. Legislators be required to disclose
relevant financial or occupational interests
and that lobbyists report their expenses.
4. The number of standing committee
in the House and Senate be reduced to 13.
5. Safeguards be taken to insure against
legislators voting for absent collegues.
6. That the legislators’ work week be
kept at least to or above a three-day mini
mum for legislative sessions.
The added compensation would cost
about $l.B million, only a small share of
Governor Shafer’s budget which was $493
million in the red.
Most lawmakers stated ways would be
sought to cut proposed spending and hope
fully, avoid new taxes.
We fail to see how a legislature could
now turn around and vote its members the
proposed increases.
The Commission admitted that the cur
rent salary received by-Pa. Lawmakers
compares favorably with that paid to legis
lators in other states. The report said Penn
sylvania ranks sixth from the top.
Last year, the Senate was in session
only 61 days, the House 54, although, time
is spent in committee work, etc.
A more REASONABLE increase may
be justified and certainly more easily un
derstood by the electorate.
Across The Fence Row
Failure is the line of least persistence
* * y
"I have but one lamp by which my feet
are guided, and that is the lamp of experi
ence. I know of no way of judging the future
but by the past.” Patrick Henry.
Lots of people know a good thing the
minute another fellow sees it.
If you think the world owes you a living,
hustle out and collect it.
A man who drives while drunk, should
carry his coffin in his trunk
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and
complain . . . and most fools do.
“Postage in the past few vears has
soared, while the quality of service in the
post office has deteriorated to a point where
customers have every right to be infuriat
ed ” Adams, N.Y., Journal.
“We Americans have learned we can
make a lot of money by charging one an
other too much for goods and seruces, but
we are making little progress in learning
that this kind of money isn't worth much ”
Alamo, Texas, News
Local Weather Forecast
(From the U. S. Weather Bureau at the
Harrisburg State Airport)
The five-day forecast for the period
Saturday through next Wednesday calls for
temperatures to average near normal with
daytime highs in the 30’s to low 40’s and
overnight lows in the 20’s. Little day to day
change
Precipitation may total less than one
fourth inch with snow flumes about Tues
day.
THE MYSTERY
Lesion for March 2,1969
l«clf rcuiul Scnplur. Mark! 77 through 9 50.
Dtv«h«n«l RowMinf John] 6 25 33.
In a sense, the first half of the,
Gospel according to Mark is a,
mystery story. Have you noticed?.
Let me refresh your memory with
some of the clues that have ap
peared along the way. TWO questions
(1) Up to this point, only the! 1 “
"unclean spirits”. Light is shed on the mystery
of those who are »» *sus asks and the disciple*
■T M sick in mind answer two questions. TJeftat of
■ Vuive hinted at these is the easier of the two: Who
Jesus’ true do men say that I am?" (Mark
identity 8:27) The disciples easily remetn-
I* And immedi- her some of the suggestions that
afgjy there was they have heard from the crowds.
; n the svnaeoeue Some believe him to be a resur
a with «cted John the Baptist. There
m unclean spirit; was a similarity in what these
Rev. Althouse an£ j be criw j out two men said concerning theking
. . . "I know who you are, the dom of God. Others, remembering
Holy One of God." (Mark 1:23, that Malachi had promised that
24 RSV) (See also Mark 3:11; Elijah would return brfore the
S-2-7 i ' ["terrible day of the Lord comes
(S) Whenever he is recognized, (Malachi 4:5, 6), identified him
Jesus orders the unclean spirits
to keep secret his true identity; the other great Hebrew
But Jesus rebuked him, saying, prophets.
"Be silent and come out of him!” Then Jesus asks the molt Im
(Mark 1:25 RSV) portant question of all: "But who
And he strictly ordered them not do you say that I am?” It wa«
to make him known. (Mark 3:12 natural that impulsive Peter
HSV) should have spoken for all: "You
(3) He frequently requested si- are the Christ (Messiah or "an
lence of those whom he had nomted one”) "How wdcom*
healed: And he sternly charged Peter’s words must have been to
him... "See that yousay nothing Jesus. He had penetrated th*
to anyone". (Mark 1:43,44 RSV) secret; now they were ready to
And he sent him away to his begin the last half of their
home, saying, "Do not even enter preparation.
the village”. (Mark 8:26 RSV) "And he charged them to tell
(See also 5:19,43; 7:36) no one about him”! (Mark 8:30)
(4) People frequently wondered "But why?” the disciples must
who he was, as though they sus- have wondered. This is the kind
pected that he was someone more of news that one should shout
than he appeared toibe: Why keep it a secret any longer?
And they were filled with awe,) For the time being at least,?
and said to one another, "Who they have traded one mystery
then is this, that even the wind |for another.
and sea obey him?” (Mark 4:41 ... .... ~ -..
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(Sfi6 cUSO 1.27, 2.12) Christian EdiKch«n, Nihtnal Cmiml tE A*
Who is this man?
The writer of Mark, then, has
been building up a sense of sus
pense, an aura of mystery so that
the reader will ask, or even de- Attend The Church Of
mand, Really, who is this man?
When we reach Mark 8, we have v e IIH J MM
come to the point at which he »OUr ChOICC SUnflOf
is ready to begin to shed some
To Broadcast Legume Seeds
Fannies who aie going to
make a spring seeding of alfal
fa or clover in w intei wheat
should be planning for this
woik soon Research work along
with experience indicates that
late Februaiy or early March
seedings have a better chance
for a good stand than late
March or April seedings This
is with the broadcast method
The seeds should be inoculated
and broadcast early in the
morning when the air is still
and a more uniform seeding
should result.
To Be Careful With Pesticides
The growing season is ap
proaching when many supplies
will be accepted and stored for
later use All food and feed pro
ducers are urged to keep all
types of chemicals and spray
materials away from food and
light the mystery.
The* setting is Caesarea
Philippi, a less populous area
north of Galilee. The disciples
probably assumed that Jesus was
taking them there for one of the
periodic rests they took when their
energies were depleted. There
would be no crowds here to follow
them about, no scribes and Phari
sees to snipe at them with their
cynical questions. In this gentile
city nestled at the base of Mount
Hermon they could catch their
breath before going back to their
arduous tasks.
If this is what they thought,
however, they were wrong. Their
sojourn here was to be die climax
of" Jems’ Galilean ministry. Tha
course of his mission ln the day*
ahead would depend upon their
conversations with him in fhia
place.
Churchtt •( Christ in th« U. S A. fatMtwlty
Community Prtu StrvK*)
NOW IS
THE TIME...
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
feed supplies, away from field
and garden seeds and most im
portant, out of the reach of
children and farm animals.
Pesticide safety is very impor
tant and all members of the
family should be cautioned
against the dangers.
To Remove Livestock
From Pastures
Some pastrue fields are used
as exercise lots during the win
ter months; all of these fields
become very soft and muddy
during the early spring live
stock should not be permitted
to run over them and damage
the grass roots. They will make
the area very rough and de
crease the grazing capacity |of
the area lacer this summer.
Keep the animals confined until
the frost gets out of the groujid
and* the topsoil becomes firin,
and actually producing forage
growth. I
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