C22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 15,1980 Inter-State hears passionate plea for progress LANCASTER - Some 1000 members and guests heard a passionate plea for a return to “progress” at the 63rd annual banquet of Inter- State Milk Producers’ Cooperative at the Host Farm Tuesday night. Featured speaker and author of a book, “The War Against Progress,” was Herbert E. Meyer, associate editor of FORTUNE magazine. On the outcome of this war HAPPY NEW YEAR Commodity Credit Cor poration’s purchase of over 60 million pounds of butter powder and cheese at the new support prices were enough to mcrease the average Mmnesota-Wiscon sm price by 35 cents $12.42 for 3.5 test milk m October. That was the biggest jump in the M-W since August 1978 and a good way to start the first month of the new marketing year. Once again, you’re still far away from the support pnce by just about the .‘•ame distance as last April after the Spring pnce mcrease. Now you're aiming at the new support pnce of $12.80 instead of $12.07. And, it just keeps getting harder to catch up by increasing government purchases with each new mcrease in the support pnce. The 35 cent boost to the M- W means a corresponding 35 cent mcrease over Sep tember in the Class n pnce to $12.48 in Order 2 for Oc tober milk. That’s on top of a 12 cent mcrease in the Class I pnce to $14.11 (also for October). The October M-W pnce will be reflected m your against progress rests the future prosperity of the country, according to Meyer He defined progress as letting people lead the lives they want to lead. Meyer said the anti progress philosophy of the past 10 years has promoted the concept that a country can only go so far and it’s time to stop. This philosophy, according to Meyer, has been spread The Milk Check TOM JURCHAK County Agent Class I price in December when it goes to $14.67, a nice Christmas present from your 35 cent happy new year. NOTTOOSHABBY You may feel like com plaining about CCC pur chases that don’t get pnces up to the support level quicker but the increases they’ve given you haven’t been too shabby. From May to October this year CCC purchases have given you an mcrease of 76 cents m the Minnesota- Wisconsin price. That may not sound like much to you but during the same period in 1979, when CCC purchases were not your sole means of support, the M-W increased only 58 cents. You’re domg better with the government than when you were on your own. While we’re on the subject, I should mention that CCC purchases from April to September did move butter, powder and cheese prices up to the support level. The support pnces after April were $1.40 for butter; 89 cents for powder; and $1.32 for cheese. In Sep tember the average market prices were $145 for butter; by such people as liberals, bureaucrats, members of the media and movie stars - “very well educated and quite affluent people who have made it and want to pull the ladder up behind them ” He described them as being people who would say: “I got my gucci loafers and when I go back-packing in the wilderness, I don’t want to see anyone else out there.” Johnstone honored LANCASTER - William F. Johnstone, Penn State Extension economist, received the Agricultural Communicator Award of the Inter-State Milk Producers’ Cooperative on Wednesday. Johnstone received the award during the Young Cooperator Breakfast Program at the Inter-State annual meeting at the Host Farm. A member of the Penn State Extension staff since 1948, Johnstone was honored for his more than three decades of service to the dairy industry. Johnstone specializes in milk marketing. It was also announced at the annual meeting that five fieldmen have been added to the co-op’s staff of dairy sanitarians. They include William H. Kilmer, who will work in Berks and Bucks counties and part of New Jersey; Lester L. Lau, Seven Valley, in Adams and York '''■"in- 89 cents for powder; and $1.37 for cheese. So, the CCC did their job within the program as it was laid out. The problem was the supply of milk was so heavy it was impossible to get the manufacturing grade milk price up to the support level even though the sup port prices on the products had been exceeded. In addition, there has been no adjustment in the make allowance during the past year and this has con tributed to the price dif- KIP SYSTEMS FARM - URBAN - COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SPECIALIZING IN COMPLETE SYSTEMS FOR HOG AND DAIRY DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR SCHULD BULK FEED BINS AND A' MECHANICAL FEEDING SYSTEMS <T From 3 Ton to 125 Ton Capacity _ • Factory Built • Factory Delivered • Factory Erected Dealer for GINGWAY FREE STALLS T MERVIN MILLER • High Pitch Top • 60° Center Draw * SALES & SERVICE ★ BUILDERS OF FINE SYSTEMS 7 KEENER ROAD. LITITZ, PA 17543 717-626-5204 ‘Meyer said that these “prophets of gloom and doom” nave made targets of such projects as the development of Alaska, offshore oil drilling and building of the SST. “It’s tune to talk about and speak up for progress,” Meyer said. “We must make a decision whether it’s a go or no-go situation. If we’re for progress, then let’s fly high and move ahead.” William Johnstone ties; Sterling H. White and Chester Gelwicks, working west of the Susquehanna River; and Andrew Potocek, in the western, central and northern sections of Lan caster County. These additions bring the dairy sanitarian field staff to 23. ferences. The make allowance, or the margin, is the estimated average cost of processing the milk into butter, powder or cheese. These costs have gone up for the processors just as your costs have gone up. But no increase has been provided in the price support program it has to come out of the price paid for the milk. This is an area that needs examination when a new price support program is supported by Congress next year. SPEOALISTS IN CABLEVEY FEED CONVEYING AND AUTOMATION He said that progress can be recaptured by returning to a climate suitable for economic growth. The necessary ingredients for such a climate, according to Meyer, are low individual taxes, high corporate profits, an absolute minimum of governmental regulations and a forward push toward new scientific technologies Dr James E Honan, Inter-State general manager, honored two retirees with gifts during the banquet. Galen Furry, of Mar tmsburg, retired as fieldman and Lester C. Jones, dairyman from Medford, N J , as co-op president. Toastmaster lor the evening was Grover C Gouker Jr, of Dale Car negie, Inc., and en tertainment was provided by Life, a singing group.—DA J^SCMUtO
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