C34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 4,1980
HARRISBURG Penn
sylvania Agriculture
Secretary Penrose Hallowell
Tuesday urged U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland to recommend
adoption of quantitative
restrictions on the import of
mushrooms in light of recent
rulings by' the U.S. In
ternational Trade Com
mission.
Hallowell, in a letter to
Bergland, said, “The time
has come for the federal
government to take action on
Mastersonville 4-H
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plants, cooking, rocketry
and a community horse dub
project
Ruth credits the leaders
for the dub’s success, and is
obviously proud of the way
they accepted their
responsibilities. At the
second meeting of the dub
which was to be election of
officers, Ruth was in Ger
many through the Friend
ship Force Exchange
program. Her leaders went
ahead without her and the
officers were elected and
carrying out their duties
when she returned.
“Most of the leaders bad
some limited experience in
4-H as members themselves.
Furthermore, most of them
have agreed to serve next
year, and I think that’s a
good sign,” Ruth says.
Reflecting on the past few
months, Ruth says, “I’m
glad I got involved in it. 1
really felt good about it when
it was over.” The dub was
unusually active from the
beginning, and Ruth proudly
notes that they had three
grand prize winners at the
County Achievement Day
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Hallowell urges quotas on mushroom imports
behalf ‘ of its constituent
industries. I strongly urge
you recommend to the
President that he considers
the minority opinion of the
USITC ruling of August 6,
which calls for quotas on the
import mushrooms for a
five-year period, beginning
with 78 million pounds for
the first two years, and
escalating at a 9.7 percent
annual rate for the sub
sequent three years."
Hallowell told Bergland
that the minority report
including one in ceramics,
cake decorating and sewing.
Furthermore, the Master
sonville Club had three
contestants in the county
talent contest including two
finalists, and two queens in
that contest.
Ruth said many parents
have expressed their ap
preciation for the 4-H did),
saying, “It gave the children
something to do.” She
agrees that the experience
was beneficial for all con
cerned. “I think it is good
experience for them in
leadership in the offices. It is
helpful for them to be in
charge of a group and to be a
part of a smaller group. The
leaders benefited too by
seeing the children achieve
and do well. They gain
satisfaction from ac
complishing something.”
Her goal for the dub’s
second year will be to ex
pand the number of projects
offered. But with the en
thusiasm of the youngsters,
she feels another letter to the
school will not be necessary.
The Mastersonville 4-H
Community Club is now well
established.
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would be the only action
which might assure the
domestic mushroom in
dustry of a period of stability
in which to rebuild and
regain its strong position in
the agricultural economy.
Should the President fail to
approve the minority report,
he urged that, “He, at the
very least, accept and ap
prove the majority opinion
and a three-year quota on
mushroom imports."
The Agriculture Secretary
noted Pennsylvania is the
mushroom capital of the
nation.
“Our 350 growers and the
dozens of mushroom
processors annually account
for (250 million in direct
sales,” he said. “Ap
proximately 5680. Penn
sylvanians are employed on
the state’s family-owned
mushroom forms, and the
mushroom processing in
dustry adds several hundred
Grange meeting dates
CEDAR RAPIDS, lowa
The 114th annual session of
the National Grange will be
held in Cedar Rapids, la.,
Nov. 10 to 16. The Grange
will be the first major farm
organization to meet
following the Presidential
election.
Edward Andersen, Master
of the National Grange, said
“ No ipatter who is elected,
the resolutions our delegates
will be debating will reflect
the everyday grass roots
concerns and attitudes of
farmers and people in rural
communities.”
Andersen said while
agriculture is the Grange’s
primary concern, “it is not
one-dimensional.”
He said “Rural citizens'
are also consumers, tax-
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But he added, “In recent
years, the relative position
of the Pennsylvania
mushroom industry has
suffered at the hands of
imported mushroom
products. Employment by
mushroom processors has
dropped by 50 percent in the
last eight years, and the
number of canners involved
in the industry has been
reduced by more than one
third. The effects on the
entire economy has been
severe, especially in
southeastern Pennsylvania.
It is unforgivable (hat our
mushroom industry is forced
to dose its doors while
domestic consumption is
increasing.”
Hallowell said the U.S.
government has, in effect,
been subsidizing the foreign
mushroom industry for
decades - initially by
providing technical
payers, property owners arid
businessmen: They are just
as affected by high inflation,
taxes and interest rates as
their urban neighbors. ”
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growers, and more recently
through its inaction in
meeting the threat to the
domestic industry from
foreign markets.
He noted the ITC majority
opinion, which calls for a
three-year period of global
quotas on mushroom im
ports at an initial rate of 84
million pounds, would “at
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HalloweU said Bergland
would .be making recom
mendations to the President
prior to a decision on
adoption 'of the ITC
recommendations.
A. final decision must be
made before October 10,
1980. Similar rulings by the
U.S. International Trade
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