—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 12, 1974
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How manv^runthes^glr^~^ —
before we Crash?
“Grassroots Opinion ”
HARRISVILLE, W. VA., RITCHIE
GAZETTE AND CAIRO STANDARD:
“One of the troubles of our
educational system is that young
people grow up to get the idea that
education is a process that goes on
for nine months of the year and
twelve years of their lives with in
termissions and a conclusion. This is
not the way it should be. Education is
like a remarkable plant that lives
throughout the year and bears fruit
every month as it-goes along. There
should be no intermission or con
clusion in the educational process.
There is no real end to education. You
cannot store up knowledge and use it
in the same way you store up money
so that you buy everything you want
out of this money you have in your
possession for all the rest of your life.
You can get wisdom only on the in
stallment plan and the installments
must go on its long as you live"
STINNETT. TEXAS, HUTCHINSON
COUNTY HERALD “If the value of
the dollar doesn’t stop dropping and
the cost of merchandise doesn’t stop
rising we may be forced to carry
merchandise to buy money.”
LORIS, S.C, SENTINEL: “We think
a cautious driver is the finest thing in
the world and we certainly don't
recommend tearing down the high
way in excess of the speed limit A
speeding driver is dangerous But so
is a slow one l When we say slow
driver, we aren’t referring to
someone who observes the speed
limit or drives a few miles per hour
below it We mean the driver
who insists on chugging down the
road at 30 or 35 miles per hour, while
the traffic backs up behind him No
doubt these well-intentioned folks
believe they are advancing the cause
of safety like it has never been ad
vanced before But we urge those
who think that driving 25 miles per
hour below the speed limit is a good
safety practice to ask any highway
patrolman what he thinks of the idea
We think they might be surprised by
his answer ”
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FLORENCE ALA HERALD “In
modern times man has learned how
to split the atom build planes that
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conquer space and distance and
bring people the world over within
hours and minutes of each other, yet
has not been able to find a formula
that enables men of different races,
cultures, personalities, and religions
to live together amicably.”
Viewpoints
We are but one of the
champions of the rights of
mankind. We shall be satis
fied when those rights have
been made as secure as the
faith and the freedom of na
tions can make them.
—Woodrow Wilson
Courthouse Squares
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Editor’s Quote Book
Sure, the world is full of
trouble, hut so lons’ as we
have pi ople undoing trouble,
we have a ftrelly stood it arid
Helen Killer
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Or. George S. Benson
President
NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
1 Searcy, Arkansas
GOV KKNMKNT OCT OF
( ONTKOI,
The nearly half-trillion dollars
which the American taxpayers
are paying for government in
the current fiscal year
(Federal, State and Local)
grew up out of public apathy
and citizen default The growth
from $4 billion in Koosevelt’s
first year -- is only indirectly
chargeable to the six
Presidents the Congresses and
State and Local politicians
Primarily it is chargeable to the
default of citizens on their
responsibilities of citizenship
Nearly every American has
said through the years when
confronted with his political
responsibilities "Oh, let
(leorge do if
The U't (leorge do it ’ at
titude lias permitted the rapid
creation of small pressure
groups You might say, their
name is George" all of
them For they are calling the
shots for everybody else while
grinding their own group axes
They do not care how loudly we
citizens squeal so long as we
lake no action to halt their raids
on the Federal treasury and to
some extent on Stale and local
government treasuries Where
has this put us as individuals
and as families 9
\ our I’art
If individual taxes were
absolutely equal for every
citizen in the United States
each (including babies) would
have to pay $1 MO in taxes to
meet just the current Federal
budget requirement A family
of four would have to pay
sr>$ r > too. and a family of six
$8 040 That’s the tax per person
and per family when averaged
out Of course some pay less,
and some pay more
In addition, the $505 Federal
government debt breaks down
to an average of $2,500 per
person A family of four, on the
average, would have to assume
$lO,OOO as its part of the national
debt, and a family of six,
$l5 000 And don’t let anybody
tell you ‘‘Oh. forget the
National debt, we owe it to
ourselves ” That’s ridiculous 1
The debt is held by individual
citizens and institutions, by
banks in the Federal Reserve
• system, and in paper notes in
some of the big funds ac
cumulated in Federal Govern
ment departments Individual
citizens own about $5O billion in
U S Savings Bonds Holders of
these bonds must be paid and
the only source of payment is
the taxpayers The remainder
of the indebtedness must also be
paid in like manner
Tapping Social Sec unty h und
A whopping amount of
borrowed money which the
Government has arrogated to
itself, without the permission of
the citizens, has been taken
from the Social Secunty Fund
By 1973, taxpayers were paving
sib billion MN) million a vear
into the Social Security Fund
The Fund as you all know was
set up to pay retirement
benefits Every working
American pays taxes into the
Fund most of it deducted from
piychecks The book balance of
the Social Security Fund now
stands at sibb billion
But there’s a catch a
shucking catch' Without your
permission the Federal
government has dipped into this
Fund and borrowed s)b billion
$296 million - leaving only
promises to pay it back The
Government of course, cannot
under present fiscal policies
pay it back without piling
more taxes on the people There
is only about $)«0 million in
cash in the Fund And mean
time the taxpayers are being
charged interest on the money
taken in Federal borrowing
Irom the Fund In the 197)74
Federal budget is an item for
$1 9 billion to pay the interest on
the money borrowed from our
Social Security Fund and spent
on various programs which we
mav or may not approve
A Dangerous Government Role
If a citizen thinks this is
ridiculous, let him recognize the
fact that it is his money that has
been borrowed, his money
being paid in interest, his
representatives in the Congress
and White House who are
borrowing the money for
deficit spending and for
expanding the size and cost of
government
On top of these figures I ve
gi\envou is another one which
should shock every citizen out
of his apathv The American
taxpayers are forced to pay in
this fiscal year more than s2(i
billion just in interest on the
federal debt'
It is not my wish to be an
alarmist But with the bederal
(.oy eminent s fmanc lal
stability as shaky as it is today
a depression or runaway in
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NOW IS
THE TIME...
Max Smith
County Agr. Agent
Telephone 394-6851
To Control Parasites
Parasite control should be
a regular part of your
management program for
livestock. With most dairy
and beef cattle now in winter
housing, external parasites
must be kept in check.
Hopefully, when the animals
were brought in for the
winter, internal parasites
were taken care of with one
of the new easy-to-use worm
medicines. Check your
animals closely for external
parasites such as lice and
bam itch. These problems
will first appear on the un
dersides of the animals,
eventually working to the
top. Sprays are prefered for
control since it is difficult to
get complete coverage with
powders and dusts. Con
trolling external parasites is
more important than just
making your animal com
fortable. Production ef
ficiency is also a factor.
To Check Feed
Mineral Levels
The importance of
minerals in livestock feeds
flation or any such crisis could
paralyze the economy and wipe
out the Social Security
payments which now partially
maintain it) million elderly
citizens It could wipe out all
financial values That is why as
I have said for nearly 40 years,
the Government can provide no
genuine economic security for
the people as Thomas Jef
ferson and our other founding
fathers lepealcdlv warned
Next week more on big
Government dangers
BELIEVING
IS SEEING
Lesson for January 13,1974
Background Scripture- John 112-20
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Devotional Reading: John 9 24-33
“Seeing is believing!” ,ssu !t ‘ lf 5™ w « re K bl,nd ’ yoa
So goes the old saying It means WOuld h ™P° gu^t; but no V h ?
simply that we will believe only In y ° Ur *
what we see Show us what you mains (9-40, 41 *-
say is true and then we will be- The blind man sees
. . There is an interesting contrast
y, i s a dubious, cym- between the blind man and the
cal approach to pharisees Ordinarily, it would be
life Unfortunate- p TeS umed that they have two
Jy, some people great advantages over him (1)
a J" e 80 doubtful tj,ey have physical sight, and (21
at>out life that they are regarded as men of faith
they are unwill- an( j understanding Yet, ironic
mgeventobeheye a ii y> ls the “blind man” who
r«l at n y see ., ln believes without seeing who ac
John 9we see this tually sees both physlC alK and
.- v r P I „ perB ° n spiritually, while the Phansees,
m 1 at J he despite their evesight aie spirit
, man born blin d uallv blind
the a fir e s n t tl tL POSeS r g , r’ S s ° >t mav be that we, because
some neonlp r p™o! m bls b^e ' of our lack of belief, our picdis
say “It is he ” Rnf 't'h 8 him ’ P° sltlon to doubt, are unable to
willmir to ° tb . ers l un ' ‘see” what should be obvious in
monv of thpir nw * Ven * be es i*' life Lack of belief lobs us of
but he iVhke hZ”7o oi Say “ N °’ seein S Dl 0 Carl Simonton, a
. 9 9 cancer specialist m Fort Woith,
They did not believe Texas, has found that the differ-
Nevertheless, the man born ence bet ween recovery and de
blind says, “I am the man'” Sure chnc ln a cancer patient - 18 ofte "
ly now they must believe what tho ablllty of the patient t 0 S ° e
their eyes tell them 7 himself recovering
No, now their doubts arise at a U may well be , that J bcl,e^ in f
different point they questioned 15 somctimos n g ht! >’ dependent
whether he had actually been n pon , scein e. but " e ™ us rem t c "’
bom blind in the first place'And be . r . thal °- ftcn i l “ als ° trUG
when the man’s parents affirm Sieving ,s seeing.
that he had definitely been bom {■osed on outlines copyrighted by the
blind, instead of accenting af lact 2 ,v15,0n , of Chnst,on Education, Nahonjl
th* at last Council of the Churches of Christ in the U S A
C -CViaence, they Stubbornly Ke“as*d by Cbmmumty Pre-» Service i
should not be overlooked.
Many problems we en
counter in dairy herds can be
traced to mineral im
balance. Even with the in
creased prices and potential
shortages of some of our feed
minerals, they are still one of
the best buys you make.
Free choice mineral feeding
is desirable for all livestock,
but with the dairy cow we
should include most of the
mineral needs in the ration.
Obviously, to correctly
balance the minerals in a
ration, needs must be known.
This means forage testing
for minerals as well as other
nutrients. Minerals may
make up a small portion of
total ration, but not a portion
to be overlooked.
To Give Cows Exercise
The current fad of
“jogging” as a form of
human exercise indicates
the importance of exercise to
living creatures. We have
recognized for a long time
the importance of exercise
for the dairy cow. Ap
parently, many dairymen at
this time of year disregard
the important practice.
Aside from many benefits of
exercise, getting the cows
out once or twice a day gives
you a good opportunity to
observe them for signs of
heat. Don’t overlook this
opportunity. This is one of
those many management
practices that doesn’t cost
you anything, but a little
time, and pays big
production efficiency
dividends.
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cling to their disbelief ‘ . we
know.that this man (Jesus) is a
sinner” (9:24). No longer able to
refute the seeing “blind man,”
they focused their doubt now
upon his healer No wonder that,
on another occasion, Jesus re
marked that there were some
people who would not believe
even if they saw a man rise from
the dead' This is true blindness,
not a blindness of the physical
eyes, but a spiritual blindness
Some of the Pharisees standing
near Jesus ask “Are we also
blind’" Jesus’ reply pinpoints the