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With Clinton Davidson
ARE FOOD PRICES TOO HKH?
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Davidson
The housewife who complains
that ibe is paring for government
subsidies to farmers twice ? once in
hi gher food costs aad again in higher
taxes? sincerely believes that she is
getting gyped.
She hears and reads about high
farm price supports, about the
government buying billions of
dollars of food to be stored or given
away abroad, about paying farmers
not to produce, and she reasons
that this is the cause of high food
prices.
Newspapers and the radio report
that Congress has just appropriated
another $5 billion to finance farm
programs for another year, and that
adda to the tax bill. It all looks as
simple M two plus two equalling
four, but It isn't.
It is trae that food costs are at an
all-time record high, when measured
in dollars aad cents. There are two
principal reasons for that. First,
more aad more foods are sold pre
cooked or pro- mixed. Second, labor
costs connected with processing and
selling foods are higher.
Fanners Sell For Lees
Although retail food costs have
gone up 13% since 1952, prices paid
to farmers have gone down by about
the same percentage. Processing and
distribution ? both costs after the
product leaves the farm ? have gone
up rapidly and are responsible for
all of the increase in food prices.
Food producers get only 39 cents
out of each dollar spent by the
housewife for the average family
food. The cost of distribution in
creased from 47 cents in 1950 to 61
cents last year.
In 1947 Ike average family offonr
spent $911 for food, of whieh
fanners received $467 and $444 was
marketing costs. Last year the same
amount of food coat J 1,079, of
which farmers received only 9400
and marketing costs amounted
to $807.
The average factory worker last
year could feed his family on one
third fewer hours of work than ho
conld in 1947. The Labor Depart
ment reports that average hourly
earnings of factory workers in
creased by (7% during the 10-year
period.
Food Purchasing Power Up ?
Figures supplied us by the Labor
and Agriculture departments show
that the average factory employe
worked 30 minutes in 1947 to earn
enough to buy one pound of choice
steak; but only IS minutes in 1937.
It took 10 minutes work in 1947
to buy a quart of milk, but only
6 Vi minutes in 1937; 32 minutes to
buy a dozen eggs in 1947 and 19
minutes in 1937; 27 minutes to
buy a 10-lb. bag of potatoes in 1947,
but only 13 minutes in 1937.
Foods that come from price
supported commodities have in
creased less than those for which
there are no supports. Beef, pork
and egg prices are not supported.
Farmers' costs of operation have
increased by approximately 20% in
the past six years, at a time when
their net income was going down by
about 30%. The per capita income
of farmers last year was $993, but
the non-farm per capita income
was $2,045.
Folk School Plans
Benefit Party For
Country Dance Soc.
A special party for the benefit
of the Country Dance society of
America will be held Friday
night, July 25, at the John C.
Campbell Folk School.
Phillip M errill well known
musician, caller and teacher, and
head of the Society's music, will
be at tke school for this party.
Mr. Merrill has been at the folk
school for the past 18 summers.
The Friday night community
evening of folk games and dances
has been cancelled for this week
because of the Craftsman's Fair
in Asheville
A folk school spokesman said
that a large number is expected
to attend this fair from Cherokee
and Clay Counties because of the
high interest in craftsmanship in
these areas.
Adequate forage is necessary to
livestock production.
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(tollman's Views
Editor's Note: This is the sixty
second in a series of articles by
Heinz Rollman, industrialist, Way
nesville, N. C.
"OBSERVER CORPS"
(Continued)
Admittedly, there will be a shift
ing of jobs, but total employment
has nothing to do with whether we
spend nothing or all of our tax
money for defense. Prosperity is
not created when we have a
war. Prosperity is created when
we have a
peaceful world,
where people
have confidence
and spend their
money without
hoarding it. But
not only that.
In a peaceful
world, we will
immediately need an extra 5 mil- 1
lion workers in all industries to
produce for export, since the
world is hungry for American
farm and factory products.
We now employ 5 million work
ers, to produce solely for export
To double that is not difficult, if
one realizes for a moment that 3
million people in Sweden buy a
bout $20 worth of American pro
ducts every year per person; while
the 400-million people living in
India, buy only about 50 cents per
person per year of goods stamped
"Made in U S.A."
If the. level of purchases by the
people in India alone would come
up to our export level to Sweden,
that would create additional ex
ports annually worth approximat
ely $8-billion, representing half of
our total exports in 1957. For that
country alone, to satisfy its bar
est needs, we would immediately
have to create 2 million jobs.
WORDS OF LIFE!
J. ALTON MOBB1S, Faster
Fin* Baptbt Ctarch
Mmrphy, N. C
Last week we thought about
evangelism. litis week we will
consider some facts concerning
Jesus in evangelism.
Luke 1: 46-55 and Luke 1: 68
79 stress the element of evange
lism. The baptism of Jesus was
an act of spiritual conquest. His
forerunner, John the Baptist, was
an evangelist. He called Peter and
Andrew to direct the task of
soul-winning. "And he saith unto
them, Follow me and I will make
you fishers of men" Matthew 4:
19. He organized His church
upon the plan of evangelism. He
made it the chief business of His
Church.
It was and is Christ's chief mis
sion- His whole life of service and
personal work carry out the busi
ness of evangelism. Many of His
parables were evangelistic
Jesus is our example as a will
ing worker, a watchful worker, a
humble worker, a tractful worker,
a faithful worker and a happy
worker. ^ . -
Jesus' primary purpose in the
call of His disciples was to teach
them evangelism ? to make
them to become fishers of men.
He called the twelve after a night
of prayer. Some of His disciples
had been disciples of John. "And
the two disciples heard Him
speak and they followed Jesus"
John 1:37
Jesus trained His disciples for
the task of winning men. Andrew
went after his brother, Simon
Peter. Philip brought Nathaniel
to Jesus.
He creates a passion for soul
winning in His disciples- He gives
the example and the personal ex
perience. He instructed them in
the upper room. He interprets the
missionary message after His re
surrection. He gives definite com
missons to His followers to win
men.
The Mission of His church, a
New Testament Church, is to
evangelize- The best work of a
church is done when its mem
bers follow the example of Jesus
Spiritual failure is certain for the
church that fails to win men to
Christ.
A church fails to win to Christ
Workers Leaving
North Carolina
For Better Jobs
Since 1950, there has been an
annual outmigration of 30,000
North Carolinians, according to
Presley Melton, Manager of the
Greensboro. Field Office of the U.
S. Department of Commerce.
They left for such highly indus
trialized states as Ohio whose
population increased 16 per cent,
or to Michigan whose population
increased 21 per cent, according
to Melton- Some of them may
have traveled across the contin
ent to California whose popula
when its members are unregen
erate. When church members be
come wordly- minded and lose
the power of personal witnessing
for Christ, a church loses its spir
itual influence.
A church that loses its mission
ary-spirit becomes cold and self
ish and loses its spiritual power.
The early church was continu
ously evangelistic. Peter went to
Cornelius. Philip went to the
Eunuch. Pentecost was a great
evangelistic meeting.
The hope of the world today is
a New Testament Church with
the heart-throb and passion of
Jesus to win lost men to Christ.
Ladles Give Skater
Fer Mrs. UfaAeeei
ANDUm-Mn. Tommy Alley
and MIm Verm Moon entertained
with a stork shower to honor Mrs
Glen Matheson, at the home of
Mrs. Axley Thursday night
After a number of games, con
tests, and the opening of gifts,
the hostesses served refreshments
to 17 guests
Attractive arrangements of
mixed summer flowers wan used
in the rooms.
tion increased more than 90 per
cent
North Carolina's senior citi
zens, those over 65 yean of age,
increased 27 per cent. There has
been practically no increase, how
ever, in the number of North Car
olinians 18 to 44 years at age
This is the principal income-pro
ducing group who have been mi
grating with their families out of
the State.
"It is evident," Melton stated,
"that North Carolina has been
exporting the State's most valu
able asset ? energetic and well
educated young men and women.
These young men and women
would stay in North Carolina if
they could find good jobs here. To
keep them at home, there Is need
ed an increased industrial expan
sion program, together with in
creased farm diversification."
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