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that farmers are not getting
[ a fair deal from the
government. His style in
cludes plenty of off-color
I jokes and verbal punches
[ which others might be afraid
; to deliver.
; One of Bute’s chief con
: cems is the deterioration of
; this nation’s incentive
system. The farm, he says,
is one of the few places left in
America where the incentive
system is still practiced. The
family farm, he added, is the
best illustration of it.
Blasting this nation’s
welfare system, the former
agriculture chief said he
doesn’t blame the man who
is taking advantage of
welfare payments, but
rather the system which
pays him more to loaf than to
work.
. Bute is also sharply
P.ritical of Congress,
charging that a third of its
members are owned by
organized labor.
“We sell this as a national
philosophy,” Bute declared,
referring to give-aways and
other programs which cut
personal incentives. “What
we need to do is get our story
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out... we need to mount an
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informing the people and get
some fiscal sanity in
Washington, D.C. We’ve got
to get this story across,” he
emphasized.
While sharply critical of
the Carter Administration’s
agricultural policies, Bute
also reminded his listeners
that they themselves take
food for granted.
To illustrate his point, he
referred to the Lord’s
Prayer and the plea: “Give
us this day our daily bread.”
Bute claimed that most
people in this country don’t
take that portion of the
prayer seriously. “You take
food for granted,” he said.
But around the world, he
explained, two out of three
people would realistically
pray for food and mean it.
“Here in this country two
out of three people pray:
‘Lord, give me courage to
remain on our diet’,” Bute
opinionized. “Full-page
newspaper ads are trying to
trick you into buying food
you don’t need,” he con
tinued.
Lowered food prices and a
“cheap food policy” are also
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on the former agriculture
secretary’s “hit list.” He
claims he once told a
reporter that food prices will
go down when his station’s
advertising rates go down
and his pay check is
decreased. “Now, where do
you want to begin this
cycle?” he claims to have
demanded of the man.
Noting that USDA
economists just this week
predicted a food price in
crease of 8 to 10 per cent for
1979, Butz said it was a story
which received attention in
every household because all
housewives can identify with
it. Leaving his audience with
the obvious impression that
talk of high-priced food
angers him, Butz praised the
American farmer for his
production and reminded
them that nowhere else on
Earth does it require so little
to put so much food on the
table. According to Butz just
17 per cent of a person’s net
pay check is spent on
groceries.
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Dr. Earl Butz
Recollecting the era of
mass demonstrations, Butz
said he used to see signs
declaring that “food is for
people, not for profit.” His
rebuttal is an emphatic: “If
there isn’t going to be any
profit, then there won’t be
any food for people. ”
According to Butz, who
was forced to resign from his
post two years ago because
of an allegedly offensive
ethnic slur, the Carter Ad
ministration has done
nothing to improve the
farmer’s situation. He calls
Assistant Agriculture
Secretary Carol Tucker
Foreman “the ultimate
insult” to agriculture and
charges that she has done to
red meat meat consumption
what the Titanic did to ocean
traveling. He says that Mrs.
Foreman is on an un
warranted crusade to
associate cancer with
nitrites in meat, and in doing
so she is exposing
Americans to the risk of
botulism. According to
Butz’s findings, a person
would have to eat 15 tons of
bacon per day to reach the
level of nitrites that
laboratory rats are being
exposed to in cancer
research.
Butz is vigorously
defensive of the American
diet, claiming that attacks
on food quality, punty,
nutrition, and price are
unnecessary.
The Carter Administration
is following a so-called cheap
food policy, Butz continued,
explaining that the grain
provisions are designed to
keep prices down and to
insure that “never again will
the farmer receive $5 for a
bushel of wheat.” Butz
claims that the reserves will
be used to dump grain on the
market when the price rises
to above Administration
allowed levels.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18,1978—29
Implement dealers
hear
SEVEN SPRINGS -
Members of the Penn
sylvania Farm and Power
Equipment Association met
here this week for their 65th
annual convention with
former USDA Secretary
Earl Butz as their headlined
speaker. The former
agricultural chief, who
reportedly “told the story of
agriculture as it is,” spoke
for over an hour and
received a standing ovation.
Held here at the Seven
Springs Resort Hotel, the
annual meeting got un
derway Sunday and lasted
through Wednesday. An
estimated 550 people at
tended the affair, which was
complete with a trade show
hosted by 50 exhibitors.
Exhibits were only open to
the approximately 500
members of the Association,
explained Arthur J. Smith,
who organized the meeting
and serves as executive
director.
Praising farmers for their
accomplishments and
dedication, Butz remarked
that today’s agriculturalist
is no longer a laborer.
Rather, he is a capitalist who
has hundreds of thousands of
dollars invested in his
profession. According to the
former ag chief it takes in
the neighborhood of $200,000
worth of investments to
create one agricultural job
on the farm.
Concluding that he is “fed
up with the administration’s
cheap food policy,” Butz
urged farmers to stand up
for their fair share.
Butz
The exhibits featured only
short line equipment
distributors, while major
manufacturers hosted
breakfasts and luncheons for
attendees.
With numerous speakers
featured during the 4-day
convention, PFPEA
members had opportunities
to listen to talks on topics
ranging from marketing to
dealer-employee relations.
New officers were also
elected. They are as follows:
Elmer Eisenbrown, New
Brighton area White Farm
Equipment dealer,
president; Jim Straley,
Dover area Ford dealer,
first vice president; and Web
Snyder, Massey-Ferguson
dealer from Watsontown,
second vice president
New directors from each
of the eight membership
districts were also chosen.
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