Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, December 20, 1969, Image 5

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    r # Nationof have the best system of govern
(Continued iiom Page 1) mcnl," ho said.
Listing ways we are belter,
more to the management ability Eshleman said, "We have a dec
of the farmer r.ilhei than his net way of life If we would lose it,
wol 'th- we would appieeiate it We even
The farm leadei pied.eted can have th'> fieedom to fail This
tioiled enviionment systems foi implies vou have the Irecdom to
all types of livestock and the in 11 V 111 the Id si place And f.ul
cicased use of irrigation as nielli I|IC 1S not always failuie, ’ he
ods to increase production said
Congressman Edwin Eshleman “And we have fice cnlcrpiise
Pa. 16th District, keynoted the Tll ‘>t is the only pa‘h to dignity,
opening session Monday morning A man must have dignity,” he
with his “What’s Good About ia,tl ‘‘ Y ° ll can P llt a man on wc] -
The United States” topic fare and give him $1 000 a month
Eshleman said, “We have all and y° u shll have not given him
been talking negative Every- dignity.”
where you look, in newspapers Eshleman pictured the times
and on TV, all you see is a neg- in which our nation lives a per
ative attitude. But in the 5,000 iod of crisis that we are “half
years of the history of mankind way through”. But he said, our
our democracy is the best one crisis is not as bad as our nation
yet. Even our enemies admit we has gone through before. “And
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With Reverence and Wonder,
We Greet a Glorious Day ....
And as We Celebrate the Season, We Heartily Wish
for our Friends Many Holiday Joys and Blessings.
As we return in heart and spirt to Bethlehem
and the Manger, may the miracle of His birth
and the joy of His message ever be our blessing
and inspiration. For all, we wish the lasting
gifts of true Peace and Contentment,
In the spirit of the season, we take thought of
our many friends, with renewed appreciation
to our Patrons for their loyalty and trust May
the holidays hold all good things for you.
we will come out of it Again.” he
said “Our greatness docs not lie
so much in the men of high I Q.
we turn out, but the multitude of
‘aveiage men’ we produce who
pul moie into the nation than
they lake out"
On internal pioblcms, the con
gicssman said, “Ninety-live pri
ce n,. of oui youth aie OK You
aic reading about only live per
cent. Ninety-five percent of the
Blacks mo not militant and 95
percent of the Whites are not
bigoted You just lead about the
five percent I am a little tired of
seeing Kooks being Kookie on
TV and in the newspapers,” he
said.
“Many people like to remem
ber the fall of Rome and say we
are going to go like they did. But
they fell because bread and cir
cuses were provided by the gov-
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Dcccmobr 20. 10f,0 5
eminent. We are not going to do
that in the United Stale'-."
On anothei subject. Eshleman
‘•aid. “We all agiee on sepaia
lion of chinch and slate But di
vomng God fiom the nation is a
difieicnt matter Sighting the
first iccordcd document in the
nation’s hisloiy, wiilten or. the
Mayflower, the congiessman quo
ted it as start.ng, “In the name
ot God, Amen”
“No industry is as vital to the
nation as agncultuie,” said Hai
lan K Arp, Manager Pioduct Re
liability and Quality, Interna
tional Harvester Co. Aip was the
Tuesday night banquet speakei
“If man fails to land on the
moon, we loose pride and if we
fail to get faster speed from our
ah planes we jusl get thoic slow,
ci." he said "Hu; a we don't
„iow food, we don't e.d and then
stojis "
Noting advances that will come
in the ne\l ten \eais, \i|) said,
“I don t think we will be able lo
icniove the opeialoi fiom the
liacloi in that lime but ceitair.ly
oui .ndviitiv will be moving in
that dn action
“Rows wcie made foi the ox
and the hoise,” he continued,
"and the time may come when it
will not be'economical to plant
ciops in lows The next five lo
10 yeais may well show as much
advancement as we have seen m
the last 15 to 20 yeais And these
advances may be as fantastic as
man walking on the moon.”
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