—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 22, 1972
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Across the
Mr. Stanford Smith, president and
general manager of the American
Newspaper Publishers Association, put
freedom of the press in proper perspective
when he said “ . . . . History teaches us
many lessons if we will but learn. The
genesis of freedom of the press under the
First Amendment to the United States
Constitution is an example The important
point which is sometimes ignored today is
that the original demand for a guarantee of
press freedom came not from those who
According to the Public Service Company
of Colorado, "Tree farming in America
started in 1941 with a tract of 120,000
young trees in western Washington. Today
more than 33,000 tree farmers are growing
forests on over 72 million acres. Forty-five
million of these acres are in the South,
which expects to double its wood volume
Mr John W Gardner, former Secretary
of Health, Education and Welfare, writing
in The Reader’s Digest, asks, "Suppose
that you could offer one word of advice to a
young person living in the year 2000 One
word 1 What would it be 7 ” Mr Gardner has
posed this question to many firends over
the past several years He found the most
frequently mentioned word was “Live”
Live ranked among the three words most
often mentioned for first place The other
Bedraggled American taxpayers are
having another record thrust upon them
Each household will average $4,530 m
state, local and federal taxes for fiscal
1972, according to the Tax Foundation
That's up $2OO from 1971 and is, once
again, an all-time high
This year’s hike is due to boosts in social
security taxes and state and local taxes,
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Genesis of Press Freedom
Tree
Words
The Bedraggled Taxpayer
were then engaged in the business of
publishing newspapers or other types of
publications. The demand came from
persons in all walks of life who knew from
recent experience the threat to all in
dividual liberties if there is not freedom of
the press and no freedom of speech.
“We need to emphasize that point
continually. Freedom of the press is em
bodied in our Constitution for the benefit
of all the people and not as an exclusive
prerogative of those who are engaged m
the business of news dissemination . . ."
Farming
production by the year 2000. This will be
accomplished by extension of sound forest
management to small private ownerships,
new tax incentives, and increased federal
and state financial assistance for tree
planting, timber stand improvement, and
fire control."
To Live By
two words were “Love” and “Learn"
After these first three words, Mr. Gard
ner found that agreement breaks down for
choice of a fourth, a fifth and so on.
However, after much searching and
meditating, he arrived at what he calls,
"Seven Words to Live By.” He placed them
in the following order - “Live, love, learn,
think, give, laugh, try” As a final ob
servation he asked: "Can you pack better
advice into seven words?"
which will more than devour some relief we
all will enjoy in our federal income tax load,
the Tax Foundation said.
In the past ten years estimated total
taxes have increased 77.5 per cent per
household Total current tax payments at
all levels, (Federal, state, and local)
amount to $295 billion—6.s per cent above
fiscal 1971.
The spending side of the picture is even
more startling. The Foundation predicts
total spending to rise by 12 per cent from
$363 billion in 1971 to $405 billion in
1972 This means, of course, deficits at all
levels of government and, probably, higher
taxes in the future to help pay the interest
on money governments must borrow to pay
their bills.
This accelerating tax burden is very
nearly out-of-hand. It is estimated that 71
per cent of the federal budget is “un
controllable”—that it involves spending
already committed by previous
Congresses. If Congress won’t call a halt,
others will have to by refusing to send the
“big spenders" back for another spending
spree.
NOW IS
THE TIME . .
By Max Smith
Lancaster County Agent
To Use Proper Pesticide
The growing season is here and
many food and feed producers
will be using various kinds of
spray materials. We urge
growers to be very careful in
what materials they use; some
are illegal to use and some are
not recommended but are still
legal. Our Penn State Extension
Service is very careful in
suggesting materials that are
safe to use. We are aware that
some may still be permitted by
law but in the minds of the Penn
State pesticide committee should
not be used due to the possibility
of a crop residue; examples
would be Aldrin and Dieldrin for
soil insect control. All growers
are urged to read the label
carefully and follow the direc
tions. Always keep accurate
records of the spray application
relating to date, amount, and
materials used.
To Ventilate Barns
Warm weather has arrived and
more will surely come; livestock
and poultry suffer from high
temperatures along with the high
humidity the same as humans.
Barns should be opened in order
to get cross ventilation unless
there is an automatic controlled
air system. Windows should be
opened or removed in order to get
air movement through the
building. In some cases large
fans may be used to keep the air
moving. Animal comfort is very
important in order to get efficient
gains or production. Animals that
are outside should have shade in
order to get away from the hot
sun. Fresh water is very im
portant at all times.
A STEP UPWARDS
Lesson for April 23,1972
■ackgraunrf Scripture Acts 1.4-40, II;
24-21, Mark 51-20
Duvuliunal Reading Acts I 26-35.
What were they to do with
these followers of Jesus of Nazar
eth? They had tried imprison
ment, threats, intimidation—but
these had all failed. Finally,
thwarted at every turn, they re
sorted once again to violence—
just as they had
with Jesus. Saul
and his cohorts
seemed to work
on the principle:
when in doubt,
use violence!
An unexpected
result
Rev. Althouse
The world has
not changed very much, has it?
Many people today still operate
on that same principle. Yet his
tory has shown us again and
again that violence not only fails
to achieve its objectives, but
often brings about the very op
posite results.
Violence was used to silence
Jesus, but they failed to silence
him or remove his leadership.
Furthermore, they found that
they now had, not one spiritual
revolutionary, but many. This is
also what happened when vio
lence was used against Stephen
and persecution broke out against
the church.
To Inspect Lightning Rod Systei
The thunderstorm season is
here and severe electric storms
are always a threat to buildings.
Owners with lightning rod in
stallations are urged to inspect
them at this time of the year to be
sure they are in place, remove
any objects that may be hanging
to the wires, and be certain the
system is grounded deep into
moist soil. The idea of the rods is
to carry the bolt of lightning from
the building into the earth; all
connections must be free and be
tight. We are aware of some
cases where the ground cabel has
been broken or taken out of the
soil, and when the strike hap
pened, the rod system was of no
value. Another case blamed the
ground cable for not being placed
deep enough into the soil and in
times of extreme dry weather
during the summer, the cable
was not down into moist soil. Be
sure that the rod system is in
good working order because
lightning strikes very suddenly.
To Stay With Corn
During the past year we have
heard numerous discussions
relating to the place of corn in our
present cropping system since
several kinds of blight and some
insects seem to be causing a
problem. I’m of the opinion that
some of the substitutes men
tioned, such as grain sorghum
and soybeans, will not give the
yield of total feed nutrients that
corn will give. The major blight
problem may have been solved
with resistant strains and with
the use of insecticides the insect
problem can be controlled. With
good corn growing practices I
feel that this crop is still one of
the most important and will give
the most beef, or milk, or pork
per acre of any of our feed grains.
So the disciples learned two
important facts. First, they learn
ed that the will of God cannot
be defeated by violent opposition.
Just as it had not really stopped
Jesus, persecution could not stop
the mission of the church.
Secondly, they learned that
when they are truly open to
God’s power and purpose, he may
sometimes carry them further
than they intended going. In this
case, it meant carrying the gospel
to Samaria, hardly an attractive
prospect for most Jewish Chris
tians, for the hostility between
Jews and Samaritans was tradi
tional.
Beyond the good arguments
God made it very clear in send
ing Philip into Samaria that the
age-old barrier between Samari
tan and Jew was to be broken
down. If Philip had had any
doubts about carrying the gospel
to these people, he soon found
reassurance as Samaritans listen
ed to him and responded in faith.
On these people, just as on the
people of Judea, signs and won
ders were performed at the hands
of Philip. ITie Samaritans had
well-reasoned arguments to sus
pect anyone who came to them
from Jerusalem, but the sheer
power evident in his life over
powered both prejudices and ar
guments.
Imagine the amazement with
which the people of Jerusalem
heard the news from Samaria!
Their traditional enemies had re
ceived the Gospel and were ready
for baptism. So Peter and John
“came down” (8.15) to Samaria.
Actually, they came down in
more than one way. They came
down from their perches of pre
judice and suspicion.