—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 20, 1972
14
Pennsylvania Farmers Association
Urge Stronger Milk Marketing Law
Members of the Pennsylvania
General Assembly were urged to
take a frontal attack on three
major issues facing the
legislators. The request came in
a speech delivered by Eugene
Thompson, vice president,
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association (PFA), to more than
350 farmers and legislators at
tending a banquet at the Penn
Harris Motor Inn.
PFA is a general farm
organization with more than 15,
704 members, representing 47
county associations. It is af
filiated with the largest general
farm organization in the world
The American Farm Bureau
Federation.
Thompson, chairman of the
group’s legislative committee,
called for action to strengthen the
Milk Marketing Law, restoration
of appropriations in the gover
nor’s budget for state meat in
spection, and final approval of
reforms in the area of farmland
assessment
“The PFA Dairy Division
suggested three changes in the
Milk Marketing Law,” the In
diana County dairyman stated,
“which would result in savings to
the consumers and not wreck the
total marketing system within
the milk industry. Changes in the
law might be necessary, but we
don’t believe it necessary to
destroy the milk marketing
structure in Pennsylvania just so
we can say there has been a
change.
“Governor Shapp proposed a
new milk marketing program,
and certainly there were some
items in his proposal that would
benefit the overall milk
marketing program. It was the
decision of the dairy division
members ... to stick with our
present system of establishing
minimum resale prices for milk.
Our present system has stood the
test. We know what it can do from
its performance record, and
there has not been any evidence
produced by anyone showing that
today’s problems cannot be
resolved within the framework of
our milk marketing
structure. Instead of finding
means by which to destroy the
milk marketing law, we should
seek ways in which to strengthen
it ”
Switching to the subject of
meat inspection, the farm leader
called for “immediate action to
save the state meat inspection
program” PFA has been one of
A 10-member delegation represented
the Lancaster County Farmers Association
at the annual Pennsylvania Farmers
Association State legislative dinner *nd
briefings in Harrisburg recently. Members
of the local delegation and State
Legislators included: front row, left to
right. Representative Sherman Hill; Mrs.
the chief critics of the way the
state meat inspection program is
being operated, which was
acknowledged by Thompson:
“We are not satisfied with the
efforts to improve the program to
date, but the department is
thinking in the right direction. We
know the program would go
steadily downhill as fas as the
small meat establishment is
concerned if the federal govern
ment takes over.”
In the five states where the
federal government has taken
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assessment because it feels
agriculture is “paying an unfair”
share of the tax load. “The
General Assembly approved
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farmland assessment legislation
which was a vital first step
twoard changing the constitution
of the Commonwealth. This
revision would permit land to be
taxed on use and not on the wish
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“The next big step will require
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