AAM calls for meeting of farmers and labor ’= WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American Agriculture Movement recognizes that all working people of this country are suffering. “We suffer from high interest rates and spiraling inflation figures that lower our standard of living. The open door import policy and controlled exports have stolen millions of jobs of hard working American your American Banker. Your American Bankers William Hughes Gene Richard At American Bank, our people go right to work for you Because they’re the finest crop of Agri-Business bankers around What makes them so special is how often they’re out in the field serving you—discussing concerns, understanding needs and providing solutions. Each has a fanning background so, when they come out to see you, they speak your language. Since the turn- of the century, American Bank has had a special kinship with farmers and their land. Over the years we’ve kept pace with their needs with loans for livestock, new equipment, construction and remod t=l Ujm HOUV«C lender Qver g 5 offices tnroughout Berks Chester Montgomery Lancaster Lebanon Lehigh and Schuylkill Counties people. We have been sub jected to having tax payers made into tan recipients,” AAMsaid. Agriculture is the largest industry in America and consumes ,40 percent of all the industrial output of our country. Agriculture em ploys over 20 million people directly and indirectly. The impact of the destruction of the farming industry by The best hired hand you’re likely to shake. producing at prices less than the cost of production has prevented farmers from being able to retool. It is destroying rural communities and forcing thousands into the job markets to compete for a limited number of jobs, AAM continued. The National Delegates, by unanimous vote, adopted the following resolution ding. As times and needs changed, we helped with lines of credit and operating capital. Today, we’re still maintaining that pace with additional financial services like trusts, retirement and estate planning, and savings and checking accounts. We’re proud of our Agri-Business people and their farming hentage, but even more proud of the way their banking ideas are helping you. If you’d like an Amer ican Banker to give you a hand, just call (215) 375- 5993. You’ll get a fair shake. Good bankers Good neighbors American Bank * fllll NCffVlCt •*** MIMliKf r Whereas, National USDA Administrators have ignored the political interests of independent family farmers, and Whereas, Southern governments through the Southern Growth Policy Board have been unable to respond to the known emergencies, and Whereas, the corporate sector, the independent ■'%¥> Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8, 1950— A33 trade sector, and the major food processors have denied independent farmers’ needs for assistance in achieving party price. Therefore, be it resolved, that the American Agriculture Movement call on leaders of AFL-CIO, Teamsters, Umted Mine Workers, UAW, and In dependent Truckers Association to convene a r* v* 1 fa ' 4 \ i * conference within the next 30 days. And, be it resolved that the purpose of the conference be designed to assure sharing of resources, a definition of mutual interests and a structured operating relationship. Be it further resolved that the use of the relationship between independent fanner organizations and labor organizations be to secure unmediate commodity pnce increase to 90 percent panty and a three year debt moratorium retroactive January 1,1980. Order 4’s December milk at ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle Atlantic Order Market Administrator Joseph D. Shine Wednesday announced a Gass I milk price of |15.20 per hun dredweight for December 1980 This price is up 35 cents from the November price and is $1.17 above last December The Class I milk price for the year averaged $14.45 compared to $13.55 in 1979 Order No. 4 prices are an nounced for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat, f.o.b. plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia, and also within 75 miles from the nearer of Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD. % f#’ There is also a six-cent direct-delivery differential applicable to producer milk received at plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia. Shine announced a Class II milk price of $12.50 per hundredweight for October 1980 and a butterfat dif ferential of 16,9 cents for the month The Class II milk price also increased 35 cents from the previous month while the butterfat dif ferential is up two tenths of a cent. V These class prices are based on the October 1900 Mmnesota-Wisconsm man* ufacturmg milk price of $12.42 per hundredweight adjusted to a 3.5 percent butterfat content. The USDA reported that the wholesale price of Grade A butter at Chicago for October was $1.4706 per pound and the nonfat dry milk price $.9189 per pound, f.o.b. plants in the Chicago area. have a nice weekend... J* * m ' hL fw nfi tin IW ,w uau«»i *• *w |W 11V , im ■ - <l*l H.W- iwißf n J>w« V" *SIJV"* DESPAiI $15.20
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