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understand the great frustration
of the housewife. She is aware
that the prices of other things she
buys are also up. But she doesn’t
buy new furniture, or new
clothing or a new television set
every week.
“She does shop for groceries
every few days, however, she
is extremely conscious of
changes in the cost of food.
“Then, when s(ie re£ds in her
newspaper, or sees and hears on
radio or television, that farmers
are to blame for the high cost of
food, she’s angry.
“Farmers, knowing the equally
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bitter frustration of seeing
everything they buy go up and up
in price, while the already thin
profit margin narrows even,
more, are tempted to lash back
when blamed for high prices.
“This dramatic controversy is
grist for some of the media. They
play the game of advocacy
journalism - choosing their side
and developing their conclusions
first, then hammering on
whatever facts support their pre
conceived conclusion,” Agnew
asserted.
“If the general public is going
to get the facts, you’re going to
have to present them. This is a
challenge not many farmers or
their organizations have really
faced up to yet.
“It’s a whole lot easier to talk
to those who already know your
side of the problem, and are
sympathetic to. your point of
view, than to attempt to present
the facts to a suspicious, and
often hostile audience,” the vice
president asserted.
Gently chiding farmers for a
lack of educational efforts,
Agnew said, “When was the last
time your organization made a
concerted effort to tell the con
sumers of Philadelphia, or
Baltimore or Trenton what’s
really taking place in the dairy
industry?
“I’m not talking about
disseminating information to
your members or to others in the
trade. I’m talking about in-
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forming the families whose in
come comes from factories and
refineries and department
stores,” he declared.
Agnew warned his audience
that unless farmers educate the
public there could be dire con
sequences for the farmer and
America.
Defending the Nixon Ad
ministration’s farm and
economic policies Agnew said,
“The public also needs to learn
the weaknesses of (food price)
controls - how they can dry up
supply without satisfying
demand - thus leading to
rationing and black market
activities.”
“In the food-cost battle, ef
ficient production is the best
friend the consumer has. Only as
it is profitable to produce will
more food appear on the
supermarket shelves.”
Agnew said the Nixon ad
ministration “intends to do
everything in its power to see that
productivity continues to in
crease.”
“For people engaged in
agriculture,” he said, “our goal
is to help farmers obtain more
income from the marketplace
and close the gap that exists
between the average income of
farm and nonfarm families.
“And we are making progress
toward that goal. We have just
completed a year of record net
farm income nationally - $19.2
billion - and we’re shooting for a
new record of $2l billion in 1973.
Farm prices have strengthened.
The demand is strong here at
home. And farm exports are
headed for a record $ll billion
total this fiscal year.”
Agnew then declared that the
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Fulton Grange 66 held its
regular meeting April 23 at
Oakryn. Master Richard
Holloway was in charge of the
business session when the
Charter was draped in memory
of Edgar K. Brown.
Fulton Grange will present the
program at the County Grange
visitation meeting May 1 at White
Horse Fire Hall when Salisbury
Grange will be the host. The
theme of the program will be “100
Years For Pennsylvania State
Grange.”
The Women’s Activities
committee is still selling Penn
sylvania State Grange cook
books. They must have all ap
plications in to enter the National
Grange sewing contest by April
30 and the dresses will be judged
at the next meeting of Fulton
Grange May 14.
The Lecturer, Mrs. J. Stanley
Stauffer Jr., presented the
program which featured a
reading by Mrs. Thomas Bradley
“Telling It Like It Really Is.”
Amos Funk of Millersville spoke
on The Land Use Assessment
referendum which will be on the
biggest enemy to farmers and all
Americans is inflation.
“Costs are rising faster than
productivity, and the pinch is felt
first, and probably hardest, at the
farm level. And government
spending is rising faster than
revenues, compounding the in
flationary pressures.”
“One way to curb inflation is to
stop spending money for low
priority, or unneeded, projects.
Another" is to eliminate the
overlapping programs that
compete with each other for
federal dollars.
“The federal government
already takes 20 percent of the
Gross National Product. State
and local governments take
another 14 percent. Even citizens
not on the public payroll are
working for government about
one-third of the time.
“This administration finds that
statistic deplorable. When
President Nixon submitted the
1973 budget to the Congress, he
called for an expenditure of $246
billion, based on a full, em
ployment surplus of $700,000. By
July 1 of last year this balance
had been disrupted by additional
Congressional appropritations.’
Agnew declared, “.. .President
Nixon is leading the crusade to
keep down taxes and choke off
inflation. For the stake is
American jobs, American taxes,
the prices you pay for land and
machinery and the prices urban
Americans pay for milk and
cheese and butter.”
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After explaining it he urged
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The next meeting, May 14, will
feature a fashion show of Easter
dresses made by the Grange
women.
Farm Calendar
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Monday, April 30
10a.m. --SouthCentral (Area No.
4) Milk Marketing public
hearing, Agriculture Building,
Harrisburg.
6:30 p.m. - Fruit Growers and
Honey Producers annual
meeting and banquet,
Meadow Hills Dining House.
7:15 p.m. - Penn Manor 4-H
Cooking and Sewing Club,
Penn Manor High School.
7:30 p.m. - 4H County Council
meeting, Commonwealth
National Bank, Lititz Pike.
Tuesday, May 1
1 ; 30 p.m. - Area Public Speaking
and Parliamentary Procedure
Contest, Brownstown
Vo-Tech School.
Lancaster County Farmers
Association meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
Grange visitation meeting. White
Horse Fire Hall; Salisbury
Grange, hosts.
Wednesday, May 2
6:30 p.m. - Lancaster County
Bankers banquet, Host Town
Motel.
7:30 p.m. - Red Rose 4-H Baby
Beef and Lamb Club, Farm
and Home Center.
6:30 p.m. - PP&L Environmental
Conference, Farm and Home
Center.
Thursday, May 3
10 am. - 2:30 p.m. - Spring
Homemakers Day,
Cochranville Fire Hall.
4:30 p.m. - LCVATA meeting,
Pequea Valley High School.
Friday, May 4
7 p.m. - Silver Spurs 4-H Club
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Saturday, May 5
7 - 10 p.m. - York 4-H County
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