18—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 20.1971
Lancaster Co. Farmers Assn. Holds Membership Meeting
Local faunas who participat
ed in the Congressional tour of
Washington Maich 2 and 3 le
•ceive a naira reception from
Congressman Edwin Eshleman
snd Senator Richaid Schweikei
it was i epoi ted by Robei t Hess
s‘ the Lancastei County Farm
ers Association spring membei
ship meeting at the Faim and
Home Center March 12
Hess -.aid he feels more eve.v
t me he \ > it M ashing on na
big citv legishto’s aie Tealiz
ing the unpomarce of faimei
m'the Perms, h.-ma economv
Clide Wu FI K-po::ed on his
attending me Pollution and
Waste Cork ca.e spomored b.
Penn State n Febiuai. Wivell
said mam peop e a e b: ought up
<o adulthood and aie unawaie
viheie mea‘ mlk and eggs
come fiom
He said 1.-;mu - must do their
part to cortiol wa.er runoff
f~om feedfots as best the' can
to maintain cleansi stj earns He
sa’d the propei people have the
law on then side to close the
farmer s business if thev can
pio.e that drainage from his
ieedlot is polluting 'Teams
Isoah Wengei repoited on the
legislative committees visit with
local legislator Hairv Gnng
He said in Pennsvlvema now
there are fai moie people on
welfare than there aie farme s
<rnd that thev vote too He said
farmeis must speak loudei to
maintain their position
The main speaker w r as com
missioner Benjamin Weaver
His"subject was taxes
Weaver said we have to have
a tax ieform Taxes should be
moie flexible and be based on
the abihtv to pav He supports
ire state income tax
Welfaie is the numbei one
c’lemv causing increased taxa
tion and 44 pc cent o: f-dcial
i"-:es is used lo r welfaie In
f.e.v Voik C ore out of e»er
Ir live so' 01 .- b’ Irs wehaie
c'-eck In Larca- ei a’one
ovei 1 5",0 dependent did-
J cn
There die man’ lami! e= of
three to four generations that
grew up and know nothing else
but welfare Weaver said
Society is changing he said
People are more independent
li ears ago neighbors helped
neighbors in need Today we
don t do that
He said there is a lot of legiti
mate welfare but it has gotten
cut of hand We hde somehow
gi t er aw a' from the 25th Chap
ter of Ma.the* wnere we are
ms meted ‘0 feed and clothe the
needv We aUavs Ist it up to the
nc-.vi person 7 o do it
Sir he said the land owner
should not be expeced to share
tne w nole bu-den Those who
can w ork should be made to w ork
Sit Putchman.
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and those Labois who have the
ability to earn should share the
load m proportion to his ability
tc help those on legitimate wel
L.re
Lancaster County is a well
balanced county economically,
but since 1961—the date of the
last reassessment land has
grown highly in value Land
should be taxed on its piesent
use ana not on us potential,
Weaver said
Concerning faim land he said
something should be done to PiC
stive it in Lancastei County
Xew modern highways take
about 80 acres of land per mile
cf highway
Now’s the time
to buy
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