LnncnMfr Forming. Saturday. January 24.1970 10 WASHINGTON REPORT Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman gISII I*tk DUtr)*»-r«nn»yl»«nUi ftCSHIH Wo loud So think of tin* infla tion piohl'MH in toi ms of those things vihnh affeii u-> most cli rcctly using food puces, in creased interest i.itcs. dwindling individual bus ms; powci and many other items on a ncaity endless list What we often for get about i» the toll taken by in flation in some of the primary institutions of our national life As one conceiened with the field of education. I am dismayed by •the adveise affect that inflation has had on our goal of quality education foi all Americans. In recent yeais spending for schools has mci eased dramati cally. and the bill paid by the taxpajer has leflected the sub stantially higher educational costs Yet. theie exists little evi dence that the mci eased spend ing has impioved significantly the quality of education Teach eis, administiators and school boaids are not at fault Infla tion. which has burned up most of the new funding set aside for schools, is the culpnt Accoiding to a iccent aiticle by Oilando F Fumo and James E Doheitv in the magazine School Management, the past ten years have seen inflation con sume nearly 60% of mci eased school spending Just last year we expeuenced one of the shaip est school spending hikes ever, but inflation wiped out most of the gams The money left after paying foi inflationaiy costs went pnmanly for higher teach ei’s salanes because they, too, aie caught up in the rising price spiral. While the bettei salanes are certainly an investment in educational quality, we still are left with no funds to cairy out the functional changes needed to upgrade and refine our school ing. The reaction to inflation by most school districts has been to offset higher costs with greater spending While their choice m the matter admittedly has been limited, the fact remains that the greater spending led to still higher costs almost a case of trying to use gasoline to douse a • JACOB MUSSER (Continued from Page 1) they don’t eat their straw bed ding and keep the pens diy Ac tually, wood shavings make bet tei bedding than straw because they don’t eat them,” he said Mussei has 5’ x 8’ pens to house 10 pigs in each section To be eligible foi sale, the pigs must have pink ears, nose, eyes and feet A dealer regulaily visits the Mussei faim and buys the guinea pigs for use in school and college laboratories The litters are bom in a nest made by the sow and the babies aie running aiound within a tew houis According to Mussel’s FFA project lecord book last yeai, he weaned 86 out of every 100 of his little charges This shows his good management pi actices His average net in come per sow yast year was $2 98, which takes into account all expenses and includes carry ing 60 young sows to breeding age to increase his numbei of bieedeis this yeai Although guinea pigs are his favorite pioject, they are cer tainly not his only one He also has veal calves, steers, capons and sheep He likes farming veiy much Jacob Mussei is the son of Mr and Mis Jacob H Mussei Then home is located at the cornei of Route 322 and Mussei Road just file What has not been faced up t... but should be faced up to now. is that education must Join the fight to stop inflation for rca sons of self-interest. Many educators have been an guished by the iccent moves by the Fedeial Government to curb inflation, moves which have cut back on school expenditures. Yet, it seems evident that infla tion is much more damaging to education than any of the steps taken at education’s expense to bring the rising price spiral un der control. Until the economy is cooled, moie money pouied into the schools will simply be like spinning one’s wheels feeding the fuel but going no where While a slowing down of federal funds to education in deed is a gloomy prospect, the long range anti-inflation benefits to education, to the taxpayei and to the nation will moie than bal ance the piesent disappointment The answers to the questions above show how easily you and your family can lose money each year in your search for quality The fact is that you, like so many others, may be buying virtually “blind folded.” For example; On the basis of impartial laboratory tests, the color TV set priced at $359 95 was judged better in overall quality than the model priced at $429.95 (Possible saving- up to $7O 00) The washing machine priced at an average of $254 98 was judged inferior in washing ability to the model priced at an average of $206.18. (Possible saving up to $4B 80) The instant-load autoexposure camera priced at $69 95 was top rated over similar models priced as high as $ll9 50 (Possible saving, up to $49 55) The radio-phono console priced at $379 95 was judged better in overall quality than the console priced at $499 95 and was rated a “Best Buy” (Possible saving up to $l2O 00) These “hidden” values and savings were revealed in recent issues of Consumer Reports Hundreds of products like these are rated in the latest 448-page issue of the famous Consumer Reports Buying Guide A copy is yours as a gift with a one year subscription to Consumer Reports. Consumer Reports is published monthly by Consumers Union, a nonprofit, public-service organization CU has absolutely no con nection with any manufacturer and prohibits the use of its findings for promotional purposes It accepts no advertising, no "gifts” or “loans” 6f products for testing, no contributions from any commercial interest, it derives its income from the sale of its publications to over 1,500,000 subscribers and newsstand buyers all over the U S Consumers Union’s own shoppers buy, on the open market, random samples of automobiles, clothing, foods, household appliances and supplies, photographic and sports equipment, cosmetics, hi-fi com ponents, and most other kinds of products you may be thinking of buying These are tested comparatively by chemists and engineers Fach regular monthly issue of Consumer Reports brings you the latest findings, with ratings by brand name and model number as “Best Buy,” “Acceptable” or “Not Acceptable.” Facts you need for your family’s welfare Tn addition, Consumer Reports brings you a wide range of authorita tive —sometimes startling—articles You regularly receive candid, —— m cppc with your subscription to Consuiper Reports -1 ' *■* 1 the brand new 448-page Consumer-Reports -3 Buying Guide Issue ' C' M Partial listing of contents Many of these products are rated comparatively; general buying guidance is given for all. 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The documentary examines one of today's vital questions How the land can be made productive without destroying it. The program was filmed as a How these impartial tests are made Air mattresses Zigzag sewing machines Hi-fi stereo kits Electric toothbrushes Portable dishwashers Automatic clothes washers Recommended used cars Floor waxes and wax removers Lawn mowers Outboard boats Television sets Cameras Fabric softeners Caulking compounds Laundry bleaches Spinning tackle Camp stoves Radio-phono consoles Crib mattresses Life preservers Room heaters Slide viewers Bacon Electric vaporizers cooperative effort of the Nation al Academy of Sciences and NBC News, with Hugh Downs serving as na-ralor. The special will include six minutes of ADA commercials: two minutes devoted to all dairy p r oducts; one each to milk, cheese and sour cream, and cream cheese; and 30 seconds each to ice cream and butter plus opening and closing bill boards. Two more natural history documentaries will be telecast by ADA later in the year. They will feature “The Coral Jungle” of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and “The Eskimo”, and will in troduce ADA’s summer and fall promotional periods. Iron-Mending With the use of ii on-on patches, you can cut your mend ing time, says Mrs. Ruth Ann Wilson, extension clothing speci alist of The Pennsylvania State University. When knees of pants and elbows of shirts and jackets begin to wear thin, reinforcing them on the inside with an iron cn patch can prevent a sudden breakthrough. 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