LnncnMfr Forming. Saturday. January 24.1970
10
WASHINGTON REPORT
Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman gISII
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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
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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
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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
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findings, with ratings by brand name and model number as “Best Buy,”
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Buying Guide Issue ' C' M
Partial listing of contents
Many of these products are rated comparatively;
general buying guidance is given for all.
Paints
Inexpensive slide
projectors
Antenna amplifiers
Audio components
Convertible sofas
FM fringe antennas
Auto cleaner-
polishes
Power Tools
Tent heaters
Household timers
Fire extinguishers
Projection screens
American Dairy
Assn. Plans
TV Promotion
Ann*i ican Dairy Association
will kick off its first all-product
piomotion period of 1970 with
an hour-long, prime lime tele
vision special on the NBC net
work February 13.
"Survival on the Prairie” tells
the story of America’s central
grassland how it was before
the pioneers, how it is today and
how it got that way. Within the
framework of the seasons, the
program will examine the deli
cate balance of existence in
which all prairie inhabitants
human, plant and animal are
often dependent on each other.
“Survival on the Prairie” shows
the continuing struggle between
the needs of man and the land
in the sometimes harsh but al
ways beautiful American prairie.
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. Mending is not a
lost art, but it has changed a
little in how it’s done.
down-ta-earth discussions of deceptive packaging practices (with eifc»
amples cited by name), advertising claims,- credit buying and tire
actual cost of credit . honest reports on vitamins and other drugs ~c
revealing facts about new, highly promoted gadgets that are often a
waste of money.
“Hidden" values and savings discovered for you
Here are a few more examples of the “hidden” values and savings dis
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a portable circular saw priced at $24 95 was judged better in over
all quality than another model priced at $49 95 (Possible saving;
up to $25 00)
a coffee urn priced at $l3 95 was top-rated over other models priced
anywhere up to $45 95 and was judged a “Best Buy ” (Possible
saving up to $32 00)
a stereo amplifier kit priced at $64 95 was judged better m overall
quality than a unit priced at $99 95 and was rated a “Best Buy ”
(Possible saving up to $35 00)
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