Farm With The City Cousin It’s been a long time since I missed a State Fair and believe it or not, my biggest interest there is the exhibits that por tray the steps North Carolina tanners are taking *to assure for themselves the benefits of their labors. Nine exhibits showed what the farmers and their families had accomplished during the past year and coincided with exhibits built by specialists of the State CSiiege Agricultural Extensiori Service in telling the same story Notice CHESTNUT WOOD At higher prices. Bring me all you can anytime. 5 it. long and sound. I will not accept rotten wood. B. F. Cook West Jefferson, N. C. to other farmer*. I was not the only City Cousin amazed to find that Tar Heel farmers manage to get so much done on their acres. I’m sure many a city person, passing through the exhibit halls, gained a new insight into not only the problems of successful farming and homemaking, but also the wide spread of accomplishments these rural folk are able to pro duce. * In this state where agricultur al pursuits constitute the major industry of a people, such indi vidual farm exhibits are mighty worthwhile, and serve as the most convincing proof that tire old i Extension keystone of "di versified farming” pays off in dividends. You could see it .in the .blue ribbon-winning display of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Patterson who have made farming and home making lifetime occupations on their place near China Grove in Rowan county. In a space about twenty by twelve feet you got the picture of a year’s fascinat ing work and preparation. Just enough livestock to fur nish food—beef, pork, poultry. A couple of,head of workstock to help with the farming, and plenty 'of home-grown feeds to supply the requirements of the cattle, hogs, chickens and mules. Canned and frozen foods, grown for their own use, were a pro minent part of the Pattersons exhibit, and drew many a com ment from Fair visitors. Right down to the small dis play trays that were made of white pine cut from the Pat terson forest, you could tell at Dale Weaver and his Alleghany Playboys Will be at Rich Hill School SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1 7:30 P. M. Admission: 35c Adults, 15c Qhildren Announcement STARTING SAT., NOV. 1st. WE WILL HAVE TWO SAT. MATINEES COME ANYTIME BETWEEN 1 AND 2 45 AND SEE? A FULL SHOW. WATCH NEXT ISSUE OF THIS PAPER. Spartan Theatre r WITH UNCLE SAM VOl/LL MAKE A HIT, F YOU PONT a'ASTE FOOD, ■ I I "/* t I kJmk © tOCAi TRADEMARKS, kwb * Peanut Butter.. lb. jar.. 19c Karo Syrup.. 5 lb. pail. .59c Comet Rice, “Longrain” 2 lb. box -—-- 39c Del Monte Pineapple No. 2 can- 29c Blue Bunny Fruit Cocktail lb. can- 29c Del Monte Fruits For Salad PACKED IN HEAVY SYRUP 29 oz. jar - --48c While President Truman’s Citi zens Food committee went ahead full tilt to achieve a goal of sav ing 100 million bushels of grain through an “eat less, waste less” program of voluntary rationing by the American people there was considerable pessimism over suc cess of the plan. Such men as Leon Henderson, former war production chief; Wilson Wyatt, former housing ex peditor, and Franklin D. Roose velt, Jr., all top officials of the Americans for Democratic Action organization, while declaring the President had eloquently des cribed the crisis in Europe and the need for food, said the pro posals of voluntary action “fall tragically short of the demands of a world crisis.” The organization is urging an immediate session of congress apd declares, “the American people, if they are informed of the full facts, will accept what ever controls are needed to pre serve domestic stability and arm the democratic peoples of Europe with food and fuel in their bat tle for survival.” Other observers term the plan merely a postponement of-the re institution of rationing and con trols and say that the need in Eu rope calls for drastic and imme diate relief in food and money if collapse of democratic govern ment is to be prevented in France and Italy, which would mean that Russia’s Communism would take over those nations: Economists here declare that the federal government should immediately be given the power to crack down on speculators and profiteers in foods and other com modities, particularly in grains on the grain exchanges in the country, and that no one should be permitted to extract hugh pro fits, througij increased prices, out of the needs of starving people a glance that here was farming at its finest. Mrs. Patterson's handiwork in sewing demonstra ted her use of leisure time, and products of the orchard, garden and field made the picture near ly complete. You could even tell what the family read as Mother and Dad and the children rested after e rigorous day. Prominently dis played were local and city news papers, farm magazines, and the Bible. In announcing the Individual Farm Display competition, the Fair Premium Book says: “Each exhibit should prove educational so that practical lessons may be drawn from it by farmers and others with reference to farm and home management as well as production and marketing practices.” From this point of view, you may be sure I learned a lot I didn’t know before about living at home on the farm! or the sacrifice of American families to proved those needs. Farmers’ income is staying well ahead of outgo, according to the September release of the bureau of agricultural economics. The report shows that the sharp in creases in prices for meat ani mals, dairy and poultry products and grains lifted the index of prices received by farmers to a new high of 288 per cent of the 1909-1841 average. The increase was 4 per cent over August, the sharpest monthly rise since last March. . ww.mnim The index on September was 18 per cent above a year ago and 22 per cent higher than the post World War I high of 235 in May 1920. At the same time prices paid by farmers, including interest and taxes, rose about 1 per cent and established a new all-time high of 237, which was 18 per cent above a year ago and 17 per cent above the peak of 202 reached in 1920 after World War I. So the farmer, according to these fig ures. has a profit of 49 per cent of the 1909-14 average. Senator Taft, observers here point out, is wrong on one pre mise which he stressed on his western tour. He has charged the administration of President Tru man with responsibility for high prices. As a matter of fact, it was a majority of Republicans aided by a minority of Democrats who wrote the .price control laws of the 79th congress,and did away with OPA controls. So Senator Taft could very well charge the Democratic party with responsibility, but certainly not the President, who did everything possible to prevent liquidation of OPA. For it was Democrats, southern Democrats, who helped the GOP kill off OPA. Senator Taft might use the same argument on the Taft-Hart ley labor law and blame Presi dent Truman for its failure by faulty administration if it does not work out—and take credit for it if it does work out. But it was those same southern Democratic senators who provided the necess ary votes to pass the labor bill of the Persident’s veto when the Republicans didn’t have suffi cient votes themselves. Predictions here are that the next session of congress will have more difficulty slashing the fed eral budget for the 1949 fiscal year than it had in the first ses sion. For instance, almost 80 per cent of the present federal bud get of 37 billion dollars' i? fixed expenditures and accounts for all but about 7.6 billions of dollars which goes for general govern ment and other expenditures. It is in this 7-6 billion, or 20 per cent, that cuts must be made. When the expected special ses sion of congress convenes prob ably the first week in December, the question uppermost in the Public Invited To Square Dance Saturday Night, 9:00 Sparta High School Gym Prior To Dance At 7:00P.M. GOOD STRING MUSIC \ ADMISSION WILL BE CHARGED BANQUET WILL BE GIVEN' AT SPARTA HIGH SCHOOL LUNCHROOM FOB SPARTA BASEBALL PLAYERS AND WIVES AND SPECIALLY INVITED GUESTS ■1 *. ?•>. . . house appropriations com i do about appropriations amounting to some 580 million dollars to implement aid to Eu i rope over the winter months? Will this request be too big a strain on our bi-partisan foreign policy and will the house appro priations committee, in effect if not in fact, take over and be come the determining influence on foreign policy? Chairman Tabej- declared when hg recently returned from Eu rope after touring six countries that he saw no seriously under fed people and the trouble with Europeans was they didn’t work enough. Of course this is at var n—e ivms "W'Wai^uapiiutftiu utterances and with reports of many otaer touring congressmen and senators. Whatever policy is adopted by the congress on foreign affairs, it must be implemented by money and all money bills originate in Mr. Taber’s appropriations com mittee. And the record of con gress shows that Mr. Taber and .most GOP members of his ap propriations committee have dif fered both with the administra tion and with the republican foreign spokesman’, Senator Van denburg, on many key issues 'in the foreign affairs field. On the other hand the senate appropria tions committee of which Sen. Styles Bridges (R., N. H.), is chairman has been in close a greement with the foreign rela tions committee on almost every foreign policy question. While he was in Berlin,' the aging Taber, he is 67, told a press conference, “The communists are a wart on the body politic and are bent on destroying the Ger man, Austrian and Italian econo mies. This wart must be watched and treated where necessary.” State department declares that the alternative, unless we get food and dollars to these coun tries, particularly France and Italy, is communism in these coun tries — Does Mr. Tabor regard money and food the necessary treatment for this “wart on the body politic” of Europe. If the choice is between dollars and communism, will Mr. Taber rath . er stop communism or save dol lars? In toe meantime the 64 mem bers of the two appropriations committees have been called in to session during November to thrash out the question if pos sible prior to the convening of congress. Secretary Clinton Anderson told the National Press club in an “on the record” talk that President Truman did have some on the power grain was to a question by aw as to what the alternative was to which tie President referred is his radio address to the nation asking for increased margins on speculative trading. Secretary Anderson said that while the President had no authority to or der the increased margins, the Commodity Credit corporation, under the act creating it, did have the authority to curb the amount of trading on the grain exchanges when, in its opinion, it is for the national welfarf. He said the CCC could limit trading to oqp bushel if It deemed it wise. On the Chicago board of trade alone bushels, so in one month specu lative gambling involved almost halt the annual production of wheat. The value of a farm is deter mined largely by its present and potential earning capacity. Its real value, from the long time point of view, depends upon the net income which can be derived from it over a period of years. rte-—-—^ Salt should be made accessible to all cattle at all times. It is best t«L use coarsely puivetized salt nirtMUKMiii n*m1 y mmi , •;,•»• ,> - ■ *<-.* >*fr3h ATTENTION - Subscribers This newspaper belongs to the Audit Bureau of Circulations which requires that all subscriptions must be paid up as they expire otherwise they must be dropped. This is likewise a requirement of the Post Office department. 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