Farm Bureau Federation Official Hits U. S. Farm Policy Pennsylvania agiiculluie may survive the final quartet of the Twentieth Cenlmy in spile of the active intervention of the federal government, the assis tant director of the Washington office of the American Farm Bureau Federation said in Lan caster Wednesday John C. Datt, a veteran of 20 years as a lobbyist in the Nation’s Capital, spoke at the Lancaster Rotary Rural-Urban luncheon on “Will the Federal Cbvernment be successful in EThninatlng Pennsylvania Agri culture?” A native of Butler County, he holds an advanced degree in agricultural economics from Pennsylvania State Uni versity. 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"President Nixon's govern ment farm program bill, on which the Senate may vote to day (Wednesday), is the latest example of discrimination against Northeastern agriculture on the part of Washington. “It continues the indefensible ‘cheap food' policy. “It does not move away from farmers’ dependence on govern ment checks, as President Nixon promised during his campaign to do. “Fortunately,” Datt said, ONLY BROCK has all this. 6 ft. I Sizes 2 Models E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. R. D. 1, Willow Street' Brock Builds a Better Bin WE SELL, SERVICE AND •Pennsylvania's membeis of Congress have not been a parly to passage of the Nixon farm bill Twelve Pennsylvania Dem ocrats and 13 Republicans voted against it m the House of Repre sentatives and only one Demo ciat voted for it Senator Schweiker voted against it and Senator Scott was paired against it “No state in the union had a better record in this respect.” Datt reported. 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November 21.1970 form licnlmcnt of .ill wheat Tim has taken away any pieinuim which Pennsylvania farmeis might have had because of the superior milling qualities of their grain " "Another area in which Wash ington is working against your intei ests,” Datt told his Lancas ter audience, “is the field of en vironmental controls. “If the federal government un duly restricts farmers' use of pesticides, animal drugs, and other production tools, farm pro duction costs will be driven to new highs. “No research scientist has yet discovered the odorless hog,” he said in a humorous reference IP .. b i< INSTALL 717-464-3321 to tin- (It m,nuts of people whom hi e.illul '(nMioHmvnt.il pur- I'ts " "An ovemding consideration affecting the future of Pennsyl vania agnculluic." Datt said, "is the economic policy pur sued by the fedeial govern ment " "It now appears,” he forecast, "that full employment will be more of an objective than in flation control is. "If this course is indeed fol lowed.” he said, “watch out'” "More inflation will increase farmers’ costs and reduce the availability ol farm labor with out necessarily increasing the dollar incomes of producers,” he said. While conceding that be was bringing only "forecasts of stormy weather from -the Nation’s Capital," Datt said Key stone State farmers and businessmen have “at least one remaining avenue of opportunity open ” “Work foi understanding among yom fellow citizens and your Congressmen ” he said “You have a fine tradition of active involvement in public af fairs Keep yom farm and busi ness oiganizations working for you and remembei that, while Washington may try to lead us in the wrong direction, we Penn sylvanians don’t have to be fol lowers The direction we go is up to you ” Farmers Hit High Taxes At Ag-lndustry Banquet Rising land prices and taxes stemming from population growth are major concerns of local farmers, it was indicated Thursday night at the tenth an nual Agriculture-Industry ban quet at the Farm and Home Center Raymond Stoner of 1051 Eden Road near Lancaster, said, “A major problem is development which increases the taxes on farm land. “Developments increase land value The school taxes on pro perty out our way are terrific.” Noting that “city people are moving into rural areas,” Carl Hess ot Lampeter said, “In rural aieas, the bigger popula tion creates more of a tax bur den on the farmer Added ser vices require more taxes Farm land is taxed as real estate ” Raymond Witmer of Willow- Stieet RDI also noted that ‘ we’ie losing the faim land” to investment speculators and de velopments Melvin Stoltzfus of Ronks RDI said “development isn’t a pioblem in my aiea yet, but it is one we have to think about. I’ve heaid stones of a faimer selling paits of his land for development Then the people objected to the farm odois and forced the faimei out of busi- ness” Stoltzfus indicated he is moie conceined about the consumers blaming using food costs on faimeis He said, “These costs can be attnbuted to packaging and marketing The faimer pio tit is not much higher than it has been This has been possible only because the farmer has been the most efficient busi nessman, increasing yields with out greatly inci easing his own costs ’ ’ Try A Classified It Pays! 11
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