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t—SECTION TWO
Senator Scott .'Jil
l from WASH/NGTOqH
Last week the headline hop
pers jumped on the recent Public
Health Service announcement
: concerning smoking and lung can
cer to again stir up a controver- j
iy that is very serious to North j
Carolina and the entire Nation.
For some unknown reason, the
campaign against tobacco has
1 been getting more and more in-
I tense' in recent months.
The latest release dealing with
cancer and smoking served to boil
Over what has been simmering tor
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, quite a while.
Sentiment has been growing in
i Washington, mainly since Secre
tary of Agriculture Benson made
j an open move in May to gut the
j tobacco program, to treat tobacco
like an illegitimate child in com
parison with our other agricul
; tural commodities.
On the other hand, though,
many of the same people who are
after tobacco sober up considera
| bly when they take a look at the
facts involved. In the first place,
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if there is a cause and effect re
lation, then the scientists don’t
know what it is.
Secondly, should any definite
relationship be found, then those
who pound their chests about the
public welfare ought to get be
hind programs to remove any un
desirable components from tobac
co that may be found instead of
trying to kill the industry.
I can’t help but believe that
those who are ready to destroy
the tobacco industry are a little
rattled. They seem to be wholly
ignorant of the pertinent facts in
volved.
Since the days of Sir Walter
Raleigh, we have produced tobac
co as a major commodity for both
domestic and foreign trade.
Had it not been for tobacco and
corn, this Nation could well have
died in its cradle.
The significance of the industry
is clear enough when we remem
ber that each year the Federal
government gets over a billion
dollars in tobacto taxes. In ad
dition to this many states tax to
bacco heavily as a primary source
of revenue.
It would not, pnly be folly but
fooligh to make a deliberate, sys
tematic effort to kill off tobacco
as a basic farm commodity. How
ever, legislation was introduced
>n the Senate last week that
would do just that.
Certainly, those behind the leg
islation would not have or con
sidered introducing it had they
taken the time to consider the
facts involved.
The legislation was offered on
the pretense that it is “ridiculous”
for the government to pay the
load of subsidizing the production
of tobacco.
Had they taken the time to call
the Commodity Credit Corpora
tion, they would have found:
1. Tobacco is the only commod
ity that is in a “liquid” condition!
today. That is, CCC would bet-!
ter than break even if all tobacco
accounts were settled up as of
now.
2. It has cost far less (a mere
$300,000) for CCC to administer
the tobacco program since 1932
than any other basic commodity.
3. On the loans that have been
made to the Tobacco Stabiliza
tion Corporation, the organization
that handles all surplus tobacco
stocks, CCC (the government) has
made a fat profit. Ovey 32 mi.-
lion dollars have been paid in in
terest to the CCC by Tobacco
Stabilization against Josses of a
little over seven million dollar:.
Another 72 million is outstanding,
but the callateral against it is i s
good as stock in Fort Knox.
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tiipe his blindness occurred to fi e
an application for a VA grant for
an automobile.
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LESSON
Continued from Page 3—Section 2
possible conflict with his father
and with his,own people. Taking
ten men of his servants, ard
working by night rather than by
day because of fear of his fami
ly, Gideon destroyed the altar of
Baal, and did as God had direct
ed. He erected an altar to Ji
hovah, and offered one of his fa
ther's bullocks as a sacrifice,
thereon.
When the townspeople heard
what Gideon had done, they were
very angry. Upon learning that
it was Gideon who had done this
thing, they went to Joash, his f ir
ther, and demanded that Joash
bring out Gideon, his son, bit
the father refused to do so, sav
ing, “Will ye plead for Baal? . . .
he that will plead for him, let him
be put to death ... if he be a god,
let him plead for himself.”
While Gideon was convinced
that the Lord wanted him to de
liver Israel from the Amalekitos j
and the Midianites, he wanted j
further proof. So, summoning j
the members of nearby tribes to
gather under his leadership, he
made trial of Jehovah, using a
fleece of wool. God patiently
convinced him. Being of a
cautious nature, Gidfeon Wanted
further proof, so he ! asked • God
to reverse the former miracle.
Again, it was even as Gideon had
requested; and, from this time on,
Gideon raised no more questions
and sought no more signs, but did
explicitly what God told him to
do. >
Then, Jehovah put Gideon’s
faith to a severe test, advising
him so that over two-thirds of his
men departed from him, leaving
only ten thousand to help him
fight their enemies. These were
further selected until only three
hundred remained. Using a
carefully devised strategem, Gid
eon was successful in defeating
the Midianites, They were pur
sued until utterly shattered with
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a destruction so great that Isaiah
latej referred to it as on a parity
with that of the Egyptians at the
Red Sea. ‘
:After this victory, the Midiari
ites troubled Israel no more, and
the land had peace for forty
years. The people were so im
pressed With Gideon’s leadership,
they wanted to make him their
king, but he refused them, say
ing, “Thd Lord shall rule over
you.”
Among the many excellent
qualities which may be found in
the character of Gideon, four are
outstanding: They are his hu
mility, his caution, his courage
and his faith in God. Gideon, an
humble man, was transformed by
divine power into a mighty cham
pion Os Israel’s faith and a suc
cessful leader of Israek agaihst its
foes.
Surely, the storsr of such a man
has a message for us today. God
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can use men—no matter how
humble—and can transform them
Into living evangels by His divine
power. While few in this great
nation of ours bow themselves
down to idols of metal or stone,
too mahy of us worship material
things—money, appliances, fine
cars, precious stones, and other
things which only satisfy their
selfishness and greed. They have
missed the pearl of great, price.
did you know this G3Q3LEJ
fact about...
Our North Carolina forests are one of jur greatest natural
resources. Through them have developed and grown our
tremendous woodworking industry, an;! more recently our
growing pulp and paper industry. Th-re are 88 counties
with a total of 16,805,200 acres unde - State Forestry fire
protection. The Forestry Division also o; erates several nurs
eries, raising pine seedlings for commercial distribution to
help insure continuing re-forestation a ,d the future of our
"wood crop."
Also tied in with the enlightened progr ss and development
of North Carolina is our system of "legal control" of the
sale of beer and ale —a systeib that has widely demon
strated itself as working in the best interests of wholesome
and law abiding conditions.
North Carolina Division
UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION, INC.
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Only Jehovah God can command
'the continued allegiance of his,.'
followejy. • Material gods decay;
only Jehovah God is eternal arid
everlasting.
(These commentaries are bas
ed on liftertialionttl Uniform
Sunday School Lessons, copy
righted by the . International
Council of Religious Education,
and uSe 1 by permission.)