Friday, October 23, 1970
THE NEW BERN MIRROR. NEW BERN, N. C.
Rage Five
Washington Report
— By —
CONGRESSMAN WALTER B. JONRS
Congress took an “election
recess” on Wednesday, October
14 and will reconvene on
Monday, November 16.
From many statements which
I have made, I trust I have
shown a rounded interest in the
total development of the First
Congressional District. This
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involves the attraction ot new
industry, improved highways,
pollution, problems of our
public schools and many other
areas. So, the fact that this
column will be basically
devoted to a discussion of a
general farm program is not to
be construed as being my only
interest, but is because the
House last week accepted the
Senate-House version of a new.
farm bill. I emphasize again'
that this not the farm bill I
would have preferred, but is the
only one which the present
Administration would agree to
support. And without their
supi^rt, no farm bill could have
been enacted.
To some-farmers are people
who wear straw hats and carry
a hoe or till the soil. Farm
programs, to most people, are
laws passed by the Congress
which pay the farmer for doing
nothing-because that is what
the urban people are led to
believe through critics of all
farm legislation, but to thinking
people, unbiased in their
opinion, farmers and farm
programs are still the backbone
of our economy. This statement
is more true in the First District
of North Carolina where
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farming is still our major
industry.
The First District of North
Carolina, which I have the
honor of representing, is one of
the remaining great
agricultural districts of the
nation. I am proud of the
contributions made by the
farmers, not only to the
economy of the District but to
all people throughout the
natiion. It is difficult to relate
the value of an industry such as
agriculture without using
figures for illustration.
Complete data is not available
for farm income in the District
from production of crops in 1969
or 1970; however, a review of
income from tobacco in 1969 and
the income from ten other
principal crops in the district
for 1968 will give you a view of
what the agricultural industry
contributes to our economy. In
our District in 1969, farmers
sold 122 million pounds of
tobacco for more than $88
million. When you add to this
the estimated value of the other
ten crops, you have a total
estimated income from farming
in our District of $172,695,000.
Most of this money was spent
within the District by farmers
purchasing materials and
services used in their farming
activities. It has been said that
each dollar earned by the sale of
an agricultural product by the
farmer generates an additional
seven dollars of economic
activity. If this is true, farmers
of the District are responsible
for $1,111,000,000 from the
eleven principal crops alone.
Date is not available to show
farm income from livestock,
hogs and poultry. If such data
were available, it would show a
tremendous increase over the
figures already stated. In
addition to income from crops
and livestock, government
payments from farm programs
amounted to $13,204,348.00 in
our District. Government
payments alone do not give an
indication of the full value of
farm programs. As a typical
example, there are no
government payments under
the tobacco and peanut
program and we know that
prices received by farmers
would not be as high without
such programs.
As your Representative in
Congress, I have had the
pleasure and responsibility of
serving on the House
Committee on Agriculture.
Serving on such committee
certainly has placed me in a
position to represent your views
and the best interest of farmers
and all other people in the First
District.
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