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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, July 13, 1973
The problems of private
enterprise continue to escalate
aimost every month. For nearly
two years, the economy has
been in deep trouble. The first
real signs of this became clear
in the weeks before the
President made his historic
August 15, 1971 announcement
that he was declaring a 90-day
freeze on wages and prices.
Twenty-three months later
under Phase 3>/^ of the
Economic Stabilization Plan,
we find that controls do about as
much harm as good. What
seems to be a blessing for
consumers has turned into a
New Bern
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nightmare for fciod producers.
manufacturers, broiler-
chicken and egg farmers, and
other segments of the
agriculture industry have
curtailed and in some instances
closed down. Administration
offlcials, recognizing this, have
indicated that food rationing is
a possibility.
At best agriculture rests on a
basis of operations subject to
many uicertainties, but up to
now there has seldom been any
doubt that America could
produce what it needed to
insure adequate supplies of food
and fiber in the marketplace.
The present condition relates to
the ability of farmers to buy
their supplies at a cost that will
allow them to comply with price
ceilings and make a reasonable
profit, or, as they put it, a
livelihood.
The price ceiling is not the
only major worry of farmers.
How to obtain adequate fuel
supplies to produce and harvest
their crops is a real concern. In
response to this situation, along
with other members of the
Noirth Carolina Congressional
delegation, I recently wrote to
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the President and presented the
desperate plight of farmers as
they seek to obtain fuel sup
plies. The members of the
delegation pointed out to the
President that the tobacco crop
is ready for curing and fuel for
this purpose is simply not
available. We urged the
President to “redouble your
efforts to obtain vitally ne^ed
fuel supplies for our farmers
and for other essential ser
vices.”
We expressed the belief that
“Amercia has no choice. Either
she intelligently harnesses and
allocates her limited supply of
fuel resources and successfully
weathers the present crisis, or
she knuckles under and admits
that the problem is too big to
handle.”
We went on to say that
“whatever the origins of the
problem, all of us are now faced
with it and cannot see when it
will end.”
Agriculture is the most basic
industry of any nation. Without
food and fiber, the machinery of
our country must, of necessity,
grind to a halt.
The delegation expressed
support of the Administration’s
pledge to “Keep tractors
running,” and to ensure
adequate fuel supplies for all
other aspects of farming
operation. It was our suggestion
that the Administration assign
agriculture a first priority
during this emergency, that the
present allocation program be
carefully analyzed to gauge its
effectiveness, and that steps be
taken to insure that the nation’s
supply of food and fiber are
adequate.
In substance, our message
was that “we are now faced
with a challenge of enormous
magnitude, but, working
together, we are convinced that
this challenge can be over
come.”
MIRROR MORSELS
Without the ability to be gay
and to treat serious things
lightly after the serious thinking
is done and the decisions
reached, I doubt whether any
man could long carry the job of
being President of the United
States.—Eleanor Roosevelt.
Thoughtfulness for others,
generosity, modesty, and self
respect are the qualities which
make a real gentleman or lady,
as distinguished from the
venerred article which com
monly goes by that name.—
Huxley.
Look not mournfully to the
p^t, it comes not back again;
wisely improve the present, it is
thine; go forth to meet the
shadowy future without fear,
and with a manly heart.—
Longfellow.
Men of all ages have the same
inclinations over which reason
exercises no control. Thus
wherever men are found there
are follies, aye, and the same
follies.—Fontenelle.
It is a dangerous crisis when a
proud heart meets with flat
tering lips.—Flavel.
There is one way of attaining
what we may term, if not utter,
at least mortal happiness; it is
by a sincere and unrelaxing
activity for the happiness of
others.—Bulwer.
Genius is supposed to be a
power of producing excellencies
which are out of the reach of the
rules of art; a power which no
IH-ecepts can teach, and which
no industry can acquire.—Sir
Joshua Reynolds.
Subtract from the great man
all that he owes to opportunity,
all that he owes to chance, and
all that he has gained by the
wisdom of his friends and the
folly of his enemies, and the
giant will often be seen to be a
pigmy.—Colton.
A government for the people
must depend for its success on
the intelligence, the morality,
the justice, and the interest of
the people themselves.—Grover
Cleveland.
We can learn nothing of the
gospel except by feeling its
truths. There are some sciences
that may be learned by the
head, but the science of Christ
crucified can only be learned by
the heart.—Spurgeon.
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