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Thursday. March IQ. 1983 (The Farm Report The Passage Os The "No-Netcost” Tobacco Program 3 By John Sledge Pmidaat I N.C. Farm Bureau Federation I The passage of the “no-net icost” tobacco program last ■year was the latest evidence ■of growers’ determination to ■continue a workable tobacco |program that has served Ahem well for many years. This legislation reflected a high degree of unity among our Congressional delegation land all tobacco growers who to enact legislation |that accomplished the Con gressional mandate for a no net-cost program. It represented a progressive and constructive effort to answer the critics of the pro gram, while leaving the basic provisions of the program intact. The new law was the result of many agonizing sessions and touch-and-go negotiations with congressional leaders. Luckily, the program emerg ed intact. Tobacco growers, feeling they had made the necessary sacrifice to stabilize price supports, and the com mitments to pay their own way, optimistically looked forward to producing another crop that they anticipated would be purchased by the buying companies. Unfor tunately, the buying com panies did not wholehearted ly respond by meeting the growers half-way in making the program - that has serv ed both parties equally well in the past -a continued shining example for the future. Grower optimism turned to disappointment, and as a result we are today hearing many diverse voices with some calling for hasty legislative changes to apply to the 1983 crop. Several points must be made relative to seeking legislative changes in the tobacco program, now or in the future. First, it is imperative that we keep the integrity of the tobacco program. It has serv ed us well. Growers have always sought changes when they were deemed necessary, but-they have always worked to preserve the basic prin ciples of the program. We must never compromise on this. Second, we must achieve a concensus before seeking any legislative changes. We have never seen a time when so many fragmented voices fill the airways and newspapers with emotional rhetoric that gUCTHtt RAIN OR SHINE SATURDAY, MARCH 12 y 1983 I AT 10:00 A.M. I MID-COUNTY FIRE DEPT. SOUTH OF SOUND BRIDGE ON NC 32 IN WASHINGTON COUNTY Route 1, Roper, N.C. 27970 70 Glastron Boat and Trailer Chain Holst tiding Mower Sire 25 302 Motor Hors* Trailer C 4 Transmission Ford 66 4x4 Jeep Wagoneer Lamps 4xß Dump Utility Trailer Ice Chest 78 Luv Truck Seat Cover 77 Chevy Suburban Gas Heaters 15 ft. Juniper Fishing Skiff Johnson 40 Channel C.B. Mobile 10x15 Five Lug Ford Truck Rims T. Berry Base or Mobile 23 Channel 42" Glass Fireplace Door Pace 23 Channel Mobile Double Bed 6 Row 50 Gal. 3 pt. 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Cable Micro Fish Machines Air Compressor 2000 4x12 Hhlte Bricks 1977 360 Honda Many Haw ttams Hava Baaa Danatad Ta Sail Aactfaaaars Nata; (Haais May Sa Addad Or Dafatad From Safa/ ANYONE CAN BUY • ANYONE CAN SELL Auctioneer: BILL FORBES NCAL 2881 FOR INFORMATION CALL: Oteaa Spruill: 7SS-SSSS BM AmaMt 7SS-SS47 BARSKQUI LUNCH AVAAABU eliminates any suggested con census. We wonder if at least some of those voices are not echoing those who really care very little about preserving the tobacco program. Third, when we consider the different types of tobacco grown, with their own unique problems, it is even more urgent that we speak with one voice when we do go to Con gress for changes. Fourth, it is essential that any changes be brought about in a nonpartisan manner; this is why we have been suc cessful in obtaining changes in the past. The success of any future change will also hinge on the handling of tobacco issues in this same nonpar tisan way. In addition to the many fragmented voices that must be weighed before seeking legislative changes, there are other considerations. For ex ample, tobacco growers, along with others who are dependent upon this com modity, are becoming alarm ed over the increasing tax First In 1983 Os Tetanus Dr. J. N. Mac Cormack, head of the N.C. Department of Human Resources’ Com municable Disease Control Branch recently announced North Carolina’s first reported case of tetanus 1983 and urged the state’s older citizens to make sure they are properly immunized against The disease. The reported vic tim was a 79-year-old Pas quotank County man who con tacted tetanus after he cut his hand on a fence post. Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, occurs when tetanus germs enter an open wound, usually a punture, and cause the body’s muscles to go into spasms and then lock. Mac Cormack said that the average age of tetanus pa tients has' increased from 15 years old in' 1952, to 80 years old in 1980. “This shows that our elderly citizens are not keeping up with their tetanus shots,” he said. “This is of particular importance because older people and newborn infants are less like ly to survive the disease.” Tetanus immunization for adults includes an initial series of three shots followed by a booster shot every ten years. Most children in the state now receive their tetanus vaccination along burdens heaped upon it. The question is: If the program is now opened up to scrutiny under the national spotlight, will those who see tobacco as a prime target for additional taxes move again to add ad ditional taxes? The smoking and health issue continues to be on the front burner. Although that issue is completely unrelated to the current tobacco pro gram, there are those who seem to believe that the way to solve the smoking-health issue would be to kill the tobacco program. Can we risk exposing the program to that kind of attack at this time? The Board of Directors of the North Carolina Farm Bureau recently reaffirmed the policy position of more than 800 voting delegates to the state Farm Bureau con vention last December when they recommended continua tion of the no-net-co6t tobacco program in 1983 without changes. The action of the voting delegates and the Board of with other basic immuniza tions. In recent years there have been no reported case of tetanus involving children. He pointed out that the relative cost for a tetanus vaccination is very small compared to actual treat ment, which averages about SIO,OOO per patieint. “I strongly encourage all North Carolinians, particular ly our older citizens, to check their immunization records to be sure they have been pro perly vaccinated against tetanus. Parents should also check their children’s records and see that they receive their booster shots. It’s very rare to find tetanus in someone who has had the basic immuniza tion series,” Dr. Mac Co rmack concluded. Citizens can obtain more in formation about tetanus im munization by contacting their family doctor or local health department. John Parker On Dean’s List RALEIGH—John W. Parker of Edenton has been added to the Dean’s List at N.C. State University. He is an agronomy major and the son of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Parker, Morgan Park. THE CHOWAN HERALD Directors is not simply an “opinion”, nor is it the result of hastily of emotional action, but represents the voices of reality as it exists today. The voice of reality is also the firm belief of many in the I Hoke Roberson, Jr. I Announces I annual PERCENTAGE RATE I Brick, OMsmokile, I I Pontiac Or GMC Tracks 1 ■ ' ~;V. B Now through March 31,1983, you can get Low GMAC financing on the finest line of low 11.9% GMAC financing on quahty 1983 GM GM vehicles ever offered. Available from Hoke ■ ■ cars and light trucks.* And this low rate is not Motor Corp. on vehicles delivered by March 31. I | just limited to selected models. Qualified Vehicles ordered by February 28 are also eligi- I buyers can finance any new 1983 Pontiac, ble. Dealer financial participation may affect A Oldsmobile, Buick or GMC light-duty truck or final negotiated price of the vehicle. So make 8* f van at just 11.9%. your best deal and ge£ft big break with low 1 11.9% GMAC financing. 'Excludes fleet sales and leased units. I PONTIAC GMAC BUCK | _ _ r THE HNANCNG PEOPLE riMrxmirvc I OLDSMOBILE FROM GENERAL MOTORS GMC TRUCKS 1 If! • s • y • * •-. Jg|[ I VISIT THE HOME OF THE *GM* GIANT I I Wllfllir MOTOR CORP. I I iAi ■H»r EDENTON 482-8421 I I & \jJIUIiLN- Broad St Ext | tobacco industry and govern ment, who have demonstrated in the past they have the best interests of the grower at heart. Despite the diverse voices, there is one thing on which all can agree: tobacco is in trou ble. Unfortunately, there is no easy or simple answers. We do know that this is a time for unity, a time for level headedness and a steady hand. Tobacco is too imoor- tant to North Carolina’s growers and to th§ total economy erf the state to act otherwise. ’ 1 ** We are not saying that legislative changes should be ruled out altogether. We are Page 8-B saying that if legislativf changes are sought in 1983 wl might be “going for broke”! We helive the tobacco pro! gram is too important to thJ welfare of too many people t j take that risk at this time, f
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