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Deregulation Discussed
Elsewhere in this newspaper
we are reproducing a clipping
from The Durham Morning
Herald in which it sets forth its
reasons for stating "Tobacco
Leaders Should Prepare For De
regulation," and which is being
opposed. We quote two para
graphs to show the gravity of the
problem:
"Today the government stocks
of tobacco total 812 million
pounds of tobacco worth roughly
$1.5 billion. The government is
paying interest on that tobacco
and it is not moving out of
storage. Foreign buyers are not
interested. They can buy com
parable tobacco far cheaper.
"The government stocks are
higher than the 1985 allotment
for the flue-cured tobacco, the
lowest allotment ever under the
quota system and only half of
what an annual quota was in the
peak. So the tobacco program is
buying a slow death."
The tobacco stocks in storage
tend to give some idea of the
amount of the proposed $973
billion budget proposed by the
Reagan administration.
Prepare For Deregulation
In The Durham Morning Herald
Ultimately, North Carolina's
tobacco program cannot survive
without deregulation. That's not a
word of warning; it's a word of
inevitability.
North Carolina's congressional
delegation, and particularly Senator
Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, should
therefore fight not to escape reality
but to make the transition as pain
less as possible.
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
John Block wants price supports and
quotas phased out over a five-year
period. The timetable should be
negotiable. But preparations must
begin now. Quotas and price sup
ports are becoming increasingly dif
ficult to justify.
Why? Today the government
stocks to tobacco total 812 million
pounds worth roughly $1.5 billion.
The government is paying interest
on that tobacco and it's not moving
out of storage. Foreign buyers are
not interested. They can buy com
prable quality tobacco from other
nations far cheaper.
The government stocks are higher
than the 1985 allotment for flue
cured tobacco, 755 million pounds,
the lowest allotment ever under the
quota system and only half what an
annual quota was at its peak. So the
tobacco program is dying a slow
death.
What might happen with deregula
tion?
Last March, Daniel A. Sumner, an
economist at N. C. State University,
speculated:
—Prices will fall about 35 cents a
pound but sales will increase 50 per
cent to 100 percent because the U. S.
crop will be more competitve.
—Tobacco farming will move out
of the Piedmont to large, consoli
dated farms that are highly
mechanized. That means more
tobacco in Eastern North Carolina
and more to the South, particular
ly Georgia, where farmers get a
head start.
—U. S. exports of tobacco would
increase 100 percent.
—Total tobacco revenue would in
crease 25 percent to 75 percent.
Mr. Sumner's report was not a
recommendation. He did not propose
deregulation, but he did suggest that
N. C. farm leaders prepare for it.
Their reaction was to condemn his
projections.
But the time has passed for ob
stinacy. Too many factors require
the eventual deregulation of tobac
co: the high price supports (which
have been frozen since 1962 and
already are effecting some of the
changes that will accompany
deregulation); the decline in
cigarette smoking; the technical ad
vancements that have enabled
manufacturers to use parts of the
tobacco leaf that were formerly
discarded; and competition from
foreign markets.
Deregulation would hurt many
North Carolina farmers. Guaranteed
allotments are their leverage for
loans. Small tobacco farms would
disappear, as is already happening.
Pressures would intensify for diver
sification.
But not all ahead is gloom. North
Carolina's farmers are already
diversifying. It is likely that poultry
will soon replace tobacco as the
state's leading cash crop. Besides
poultry, which is having phenomen
al growth, farm income from soy
beans, dairy, grain crops is growing.
Until recent years, the tobacco
program has been the salvation of
many North Carolina fanners. But
today it works against their futures.
Spending $44,600
A Month Is Tough
By JEAN McCAMY
In The Wake Weekly
I have discovered a game more
challenging than Trivia. It's not a
group game but a personal, think
about-it-at-odd-moments sort of
game, and I find the answers as
elusive as those that reward you with
little colored wedges on the Trivial
Pursuit board.
The game is trying to figure out
how Joanna Carson spends her
money. According to a newspaper
article, she has asked for an extra
$6,000 a month from her ex-husband,
"Tonight Show" host Johnny Car
son. The $44,600 a month she gets
now won't quite do it for her.
She reportedly drops $1,400 a
month at the grocery store. Now,
that's some high-on-the-hog eating.
I don't know how many mouths
Joanna has to feed, but even if she
runs a soup kitchen for L.A. street
people, or throws weekly dinner par
ties for a few dozen hungry friends,
that's still a lot of food. It's possible
she needs that much, I suppose, but
I don't understand how.
The $6,000 a month she spends for
gifts for relatives and friends seems
just a tad extravagant, too. That's
not just for December, you under
stand, but every month. It would be
nice to be on Joanna's gift list,
wouldn't it?
The real mind boggier, though, is
the $42,000 a month for clothes. Come
now! Even if you bought a whole new
outfit every day, wore it once and
threw it away, that would be hard to
do. I don't understand how she even
finds time to buy all those clothes,
much less wear them. It seems to me
that just shopping for food and gifts
would be a full time job.
Of course, I don't understand how
electricity works either.
Centers Of Growth
In 1950, only seven urban centers
had more than ^-million residents,
but today 34 cities can make that
claim, says National Geographic.
Mostly Personal
Looking At The Budget
By BIGN ALL JONES
Sometime in the
twenties the federal
government adopted a
budget of one billion
dollars. I remember it
not because it was so
low, but because of the
comment made by the
Republican leadership
at that time. It did not
apologize for its size; it
only asked if the govern
ment didn't think the
people were worth a
billion dollar budget.
Monday morning
President Reagan
opened his drive for his
proposed $973 billion
budget. The President's
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Deed Transfers
Mill Creek Properties,
Inc. to William H.
Neace, Jr. and wife, lot
in Roanoke Township.
William T. Camp and
others to Victor M.
Del^on and wife, lot in
Roanoke Township.
Beneficial Mortgage
Co. to Constance M.
Hargrove, .66 acre in
Hawtree Township.
J. H. Limer, Comr. to
James Robinson and
wife, 13.6 acres in War
renton Township.
Albert E. Perkinson to
Joseph Walter Hayes
and wife, 0.38 acre in
Hawtree Township.
Everette W. Jones and
others to United States
of America, 26.37 acres
in Warren County.
Ivey A. Bolton, Jr. and
wife to James Parker
Lumpkin, n and others,
30.50 acres in Shocco
Township.
Marriage Licenses
Glenn Alphonso
Pulley of Norlina to
Norma Jean Richard
son of Warrenton.
Jack Wilson Bur
chette of Warrenton to
Christine Deborah
Alston of Warrenton.
Teddy Dean Felts of
Norlina to Linda Anne
Myrick of Warrenton.
Lonnie Edward Black
mon of Henderson to
Nellie Inscoe of Hender
son.
Deep Divers
Harbor seals can dive to
depths of 300 feet, perhaps
even deeper, says National
Geographic World. Normal
dives last a few minutes, but
harbor seals and some other
seals can stay under water for
as long as one-half hour.
budget for fiscal 1986
begins on Oct. 1, 1906,
and calls considerable
cutting of items now in
the budget.
The biggest item in
the proposed budget is
for national defense,
29.3 percent. Social
Security runs a close
second, 27.7 percent.
Net interest on the debt
is 14.6 percent, and in
come security 11.9 per
cent.
Other items going to
make up the budget in
clude: Agriculture 1.3
percent; Natural re
sources and environ
ment 1.2 percent; Inter
national affairs 1.9 per
cent; Veterans benefits
2.8 percent; Transporta
tion 2.7 percent; Educa
tion 3 percent; and
Health 3.6 percent.
In general, the
Reagan Administration
says virtually every
one would be better off if
Congress passed
Reagan's budget
without change—some
thing Congress is unlike
ly to do.
In an AP summary
from Washington it is
predicted that those
worried about Social
Security need not fret
for at least another
year; that there is still a
chance to get money for
college, but it's fading.
Soldiers may still hope
for a raise, and one may
have to wait a long time
for a public housing
vacancy.
Congressman Lists
Findings Of Poll
Congressman Tim Valentine has released the
results of an opinion questionnaire sent to the Second
Congressional District in late 1984.
"The results show widespread agreement on ma
jor issues, especially on the federal deficit, crime,
and foreign policy," according to Valentine.
The federal deficit was among leading issues draw
ing outspoken comment from survey respondents.
To reduce the deficit, 85 percent favored cuts in
federal spending. Over 60 percent wanted cuts in
welfare and over 80 percent in foreign aid.
Deficit reduction through tax increases found lit
tle support. "Fewer than one person in four favors
this approach," according to Valentine.
A Constitutional Amendment requiring a balanc
ed federal budget won the approval of almost two
thirds of the survey's respondents.
District residents appeared evenly divided on the
so-called flat tax and its single rate for every tax
payer. A clear majority favored a greatly simplified
version of the present system and the retention of
traditional exemptions.
the survey reflected emphatic approval of tougher
measures on crime. Nearly three out of four persons
urged harsher penalties for law-breakers, with near
ly 90 percent favoring stricter measures against the
sale and smuggling of illegal drugs. Seventy percent
indicated support for the return of capital punish
ment for various crimes.
When asked whether the federal government
should spend more on education, those answering the
survey were nearly evenly divided. Almost two
thirds, however, favored permission for student
religous groups to use school facilities at the end of
the school day.
Continuing and improving Federal agriculture pro
grams won support from over 60 percent of survey
respondents.
In foreign policy, the survey found widespread re
jection of a nuclear freeze, with 62 percent rejecting
such a freeze if it would leave the United States
weaker than the Soviet Union.
Letter To The Editor
Sufferers Sought
To The Editor:
As a scleroderma patient who has suffered alone
for too many years with a disease that few people
have ever even heard of, I am attempting to locate
others who suffer from scleroderma (systemic
sclerosis).
My New Year's resolution is to correspond with as
many scleroderma patients as possible. Doctors tell
me there are 300,000 of us. Perhaps your readers can
assist me in locating others like myself. I can be
reached at 21 Brennan Street, No. 21, Watsonville,
CA. 95076.
Thank you.
DIANE WILLIAMS
News Of Yesteryear
Looking Back Into
The Warren Record
February 9,1945
The Board of Town Commissioners in its regular
meeting Monday night leased Hotel Warren to H.
A. Wynn of Richmond, Va., effective March 1, at
which time the present lessee, A. T. Smith, will ter
minate his lease. The monthly rental was placed at
$200 with the town receiving a percentage of receipts
from room rents.
In a ceremony of beauty and simplicity, which took
place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Clarence
Martin of Warrenton on Friday evening, Feb. 1, at
7 o'clock, Miss Margie Hortense Martin became the
bride of Cpl. Ernest Carl Brauer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
O. A. Brauer of Norlina.
A paper on Bronson Alcott's stay in Warrenton will
be read by Dr. Raymond Adams of the English
Department of the University of North Carolina ih
Allen's Sunday School room of Warrenton Baptist
Church on Wednesday afternoon.
February 5,1960
The Federal Power Commission today postponed
until Feb. 15 its decision on granting a license to
Virginia Electric and Power Co. to build its multi
million dollar Gaston hydroelectric plant on the
Roanoke River near Thelma.
Master Sargeant Clarence E. Carter has recently
retired from the United States Army after 20 years
of service and he and his wife, Jacqueline, are now
making their home in Norlina where Carter is engag
ed in the furniture business.
Mrs. J. E. Cheves was at her former home in
Pantego on Saturday.
February 6, 1975
Bids are being sought for the construction of a
sewage treatment plant at Soul City which is being
hailed by its designers as the most elaborate
wastewater treatment facility in North Carolina.
Gen. Claude T. Bowers of Warrenton received an
Outstanding Citizen of tbe Year Award for civic con
tribution Thursday night from the Warren County
Century Club, a group of citizens pledging $100 or
more annually to the Boy Scouts of America.
Misses Lou Ann and Carolyn Coleman returned to
St. Mary's College Sunday after spending the
weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Coleman.