Big
By
Dr. George S. Bensen
President
NATIONALEDUCATION
PROGRAM
SEARCY, Ark. - As "far
ming became big business in
America and as the number
of farmers dwindled from 80
per cent of the population to
4 per cent of the population,
it became good politics to
regulate agriculture “on
behalf of
'if)
■* & #
Truck Spreading Service Of
BAKER'S LIMESTONE AND ROYSTER BONANZA
FERTILIZERS, UREA, AND AMMONIUM SULFATE
OR TRACTOR SPREADERS AVAILABLE.
We handle fertilizer in bulk and bags, retail and wholesale.
- ALSO -
ARCADIAN GOLDEN URAN 30%, Poly-N 10-34-0, or
prescription liquid mix fertilizer wholesale or spread.
Plus retail Insecticides and Herbicides.
Si ,r
MARTIN’S LIQUID SERVICE
c/o JOHN Z. MARTIN
RDI, Box 716, New Holland, PA 17557
warm and cozy
with AgGlo
Give your hogs the warmth they need with
less cost, less work and less worry.
AgGlo catalytic heaters feature...
* Low maintenance * Low operating cost * Efficient radiant heat
* No hazardous flame or smoke
See your nearest equipment or LP gas dealer. Or, call or write
Colonial Metals, Inc. for free brochure.
. colonial Metals, me.
iWR) P.O. Box 726
Elkton, Md. 21921
(301) 398-7200
Catalytic Heaters
business farming affected by politics
The anti-polutionists
started a big campaign “on
behalf of the people”, and
with the aid of the courts,
have driven some industries
completely out of business
and have put very heavy
yokes on many others. The
regulators of the prices “on
behalf of the poor” made the
search for new oil reserves
unprofitable. As a result,
large' numbers of drilling
rigs were stacked, as it
Call Us For Ali Your Chemical Needs.
actually became cheaper to
import oil from the Near
East than our American
companies could produce it
under the government
regulations and restrictions.
With rising wages and rising
costs of all kinds the search
for gas could no longer be
carried on profitably, under
government regulations and
price controls.
Several steel companies
have actually been closed
Phone: 717-354-5848
because of these
and restrictions. - The
bellwether of the steel
companies - U.S. Steel -
reports that the en
vironmental regulations
alone will have cost that one
company a total of $1 billion
by the end of 1978. They also
report that the pollution
control facilities have added
“$265 million to their annual
operating costs”. They
further reported a loss of
$58.7 million in their
operations for the first
quarter of 1978.
Speaking at the firm’s 77th
annual meeting of
stockholders, the Board
Chairman said: “More and
more management efforts to
reduce costs and increase
overall efficiency are being
offset by counter-productive
actions within govern
ments.”
Has big business now
become an enemy of the
nation? Must it be looked
upon as an unnecessary
adjunct? Must anti-pollution
requirements suddenly
become so great as to
jeopardize the future of
basic industries? Must our
October DHLA reported
TAMAQUA - The herd of
William R. Daubert, Pine
Grove R 2, had the highest
milkfat in Schuylkill County
for the month of October,
1978, according to in
formation released by‘Penn
State and Allan
county agent-agriculture.
With 70.9 cows on test, his
cows averaged 2.00 pounds
&
K
©
SAVES
LIVES
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978
“love for the poor” lead us to
try to make the whole nation
poor? Must our concern for
equality lead us to reduce all
people to the poverty level?
Is the search for political
issues and political support
to reduce this nation to two
classes - one large class of
“poor” and one small class
of “rich”? Shall the popular
politican be the one then that
is for the “poor” and shall
our Congress favor the
regulations presented by
these politicians to the ex
tent they will destroy the
very basic industries that
have built the nation? Will
they take away the ability of
these industries to meet
competition coming from
other private enterprise
economies such as West
Germany and Japan? Shall
our “love for the poor”
reduce our defense posture
to the extent that we become
No. 2 in a very critical and
dangerous world?
Shall the politicians, for
the sake of issues and votes,
be allowed to destroy this
nation as politicians
destroyed all great nations
that preceded us?
of milkfat per day, with 51.4
pounds of milk per cow per
day. Second for the month
was Miller & Rex, Inc.,
Andreas Rl, with 1.98 pounds
of milkfat per day. Third for
- the month was Heisler
Brothers, Tamaqua Rl.
Fifty-seven cows finished
lactation records with 600
pounds of milkfat in October.
W r
rks!
the year the 55MPH speed limit began,
>mgle biggest factor in reducing high
by more than 36,000 And don't forget
. Driving at 55 rather than 70 can im
leage up to 39% So keep up the good
'our speed at 55 Itworks-forallof us
A Public Service
of This Newspaper 4
The Advertising Council
4 The Department
ol Transportat on
In my opinion, America is
literally dying for wise
leadership. The honor and
dignity and wisdom being
displayed in Washington
doesn’t appear to equal the
honor and dignity and
wisdom of the average
citizen.
All of this has resulted in a
rapid increase in the number
of employees on government
payrolls. It has also led to
constant increases in taxes.
One way of increasing the
taxes has been to push wages
and prices higher and higher
by way of inflation which
pushed people into higher
tax brackets automatically.
For instance, if a man is
paying 20 per cent of his
income in taxes and then you
double his income you have
doubled his taxes. But if
inflation has prevented any
increase in his purchasing
power, in spite of the in
creased number of dollars in
his pay check, then, in
relationship to his pur
chasing power his taxes
have much more than
doubled, actually leaving
him decreased funds for his
own needs.
High for the month went to a
cow called Sugar, owned by
Miller & Rex, Andreas Rl,
with 965 pounds of milkfat.
Miller & Rex also bad the
second high cow, and Em
met W. Rhein, Kne Grove
R 3, had the third highest
cow.
India ink originated in China,
not India.
W* '
rv v
39