Higher Costs, Lower Prices , ?
Reduce Farmer Income 13% '
Farm costs rose again In
1967 and (arm Income dropped.
More of the same Is In store
tor 1968,
Farm income was down 13
per cent In the first six months
of 1967 over the same period
of 1966.
Raising costs are a big
factor, according to Extension
Economist Hugh Liner, North
Carolina State University.
"Prices paid by farmers
through last October were
up 2.6 per cent over last
year," Liner said. "The cost
of most production Items, es
pecially labor, was up."
No Immediate end to this
pressure on the farmer Is In
sight. "The uptrend In farm
production expenses Is ex
pected to continue for most
? items through 1968," accord
ing to Liner.
Items affected In the raise
range from labor and mach
inery to taxes and fertilizer.
Prices farmers paid for fert
ilizer increased in 1967 for the
first time in about 10 years.
They will go up again in 1968,
Wage rates were up 9 per
cent through October. Min
imum wages will Increase 15
cents an hour for covered
farms In February.
"With the expected low rate
of unemployment, farmers
will ' continue to face ln
creasln competition for farm
labor," Liner explains. "For
these reasons, it is anticipated
that farm wage rates wlll In
crease at least as much In
In Service
MERLE W. PERNELL
FT. DtiC, NJ. (AHTNC)?
Army Private Merle W. Per
nell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest B. Pernell, Route 3,
Loulsburg, N.C., completed
eight weeks of advanced in
fantry training December 8,
at Ft. Dlx, N.J.
He received specialized In
struction In small unit tactics,
and in firing such weapons
as the M-14 rifle, the M-60
machine gun And the 3.5-lneh
rocket launcher.
1968 as they did In 1967."
Machinery and equipment
costs may be up by 2.5 to 3
per cent next year due to
higher manufacturing costs.
"With wage rates Increasing
faster than machinery and
equipment costs, the trend of
substituting machinery for
labor will continue," Econ
omlst Liner said.
On the other items, feed
costs should be below 1967
levels, feeder., cattle prices
about the same, feeder pig
prices higher during the first
half of the year, costs of
replacement dairy heifers up
slightly, and farm taxes
higher.
People, Spots In The News |
NORWELL L". Gumbs, Lon
don's first Negro Bobby., is
21. He was born in St. Kitts,
West Indies.!
eugene McCarthy.
Minnesota Senator,
challenges President
Johnson for 1968 Dem
ocratic nomination.?
BEAUTIFUL ski slopes are
goal, of Pat Gulliver, who re
minds that litter on ski tra'ils
can be "upsetting" as well as
unsightly.
. I FROZEN 'WHALE' in New York's Central Park Chil
I dren's Zoo doesn't mind snow- and cold: he's concrete.
V ? . . s
Time For Reflections - Take A Look Ahead
This time of year Is always
an appropriate point to pause
and reflect on th^rear ending
and to look forward a bit to
the months ahead.
The first session of the 90th
Congress has been labeled
different things In the past
few weeks. I guess the par
ticular level depends on your
particular viewpoint.
However, I tfttnk the record
will show that the first session
was as responsive to the needs
and especially the desires of
the people of our country as
any In recent memory.
For one thing, It made It
unmtstakeably clear that there
Is a limit to government
spending. Congress cut actual
spending back by more than
four billion dollars for the
1968 fiscal year. Spending
authorizations ? amounts
authorized to be appropriated
but not necessarily actually
ever appropriated? were
reduced even more? by nine
billion dollars-, in fact.
Ndw you may say that four
billion dollars In actual cuts,
and nine bll|lon dollars In
potential spending is not
enough. And you may have
a point. But the point I would
. stress Is that it has been
many a long year since Con
gress exerted its con
stitutional role so forcefully
and so effectively.
Of course, some worthwhile
projects have been tempor
arily delayed by this action.
In fact, some projects in our
own Second District have
probably felt the Impact of this
belt-tightening- But li we are
really serious about holding
down and keeping our country
safe and sound economically
as in other ways we must
be prepared to make some
sacrifices.
Another successful Con
gressional effort was to re
turn.. to the states and local
government some degree of
control over programs that
will be carried out with pub
lic tax funds.
Re-emphasis of state and
local responsibility was re
flected in the education and
highly controversial anti
poverty programs, as two
examples. This marked a
continuation of a trend set
in motion in the public health
field a year earlier.
I think this la only flttli*
and proper. Most especially
do I believe that there Is as
much talent and ability - In
the courthouses and state
capitals of our country as
there Is ? In Washington.
Many here will not agr&e,
of course.
Much of the credit for this
new ? or renewed? approach
by Congress must go to you,
the Individual citizens.
It was you who decided that
the government in Washington
was spending too much money.
It was you who let It be
known that you wanted somtov
authority as well as respon
sibility restored to the local
and state levels and to the
Congress.
You let Congress know how
you felt. As it turned out, a
majority of Individual Con-v
gressmen felt the same way.
The result, of course, Is now
a matter of legislative history.
This trend, In my opinion,
Is a healthy one. I think It
has a solid foundation, one
which will jot be easily
eroded. ? -
When the second session
convenes in a matter of just
a few weeks, I think you wlllf
find the sanft mood prevail-1,
tng. As a matter of fact, I
suspect it will be even strong
er because members of Con
gress will have had a chance
to visit personally with their
constituents after such a long
first- session. ?
There will be new problems
and some old ones, too- -In
the year ahead. But I think
there Is a determination
among our people to face them
as they come up, calmly and
with deliberation.
M SERVICE
JOSHUA H. PERRY
Ft. Rucker, Ala. (AHTNC) -
Joshua H. Perry, 23, son at .
Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Par
ry, Route 4, Loulsburg, H.C.,
received the silver wine* of
an Army aviator and was ip~ ?
pointed a warrant officer De
cember 19 upon graduating
from the Army Aviation
School, Ft. Rucker, Ala.
During the 16-week course,
he was taught various fire
techniques and tactical ma
neuvers for helicopters sup
porting ground troops in com
bat. He also received In
struction In helicopter main
tenance and survival tech
nlques.
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