Editorial and Opinion * - - • The Quota Question Up Again The question of whether to continue marketing quotas for flue-cured tobacco is up again for decision by the farmers of Orange County. And because the welfare of Orange County k tied in closely with the economics of the tobacco growing industry, Saturday’s referendum is of more than passing jnterest to growers and townspeople alike. TobaCco growers in the whole flue-cured region will go to polling places on July 23, facing three alternatives. They will have an opportunity to approve marketing, quotas lor the 1950 crop only, or endorse the quota system for the thr.ee:year period, 1950-52. Or they may cast a ballot against , all quotas. * The way the voting goes, will determine tobacco prices and the income of Orange farmers and merchants in the years just ahead. In the days before any Agricultural Adjustment Act was passed/ uncontrolled supply resulted in unsteady prices which sometimes dropped to disastrous levels. Even after the .quota system was inaugurated we. had an experience which -emphasized the folly of uncontrolled pro duction. The growers vetoed marketing quotas down for 1939 and production increased 40 per cent above the 1938 level. Prices went tumbling and this whole region felt the • adverse effects of the farmers’ decision at the polls. The farmers themselves quickly rectified the bad choice and the (juntas were effective again in 1940. They have ; been re tamed without a break Attlee that year. • To become effective, quotas must be approved by two thirds of the growers voting in the referendum. There is reason to believe that well above the required number of tobacco farmers are convinced that the agricultural adjust ment program/has stabilized the supply situation and resulted in the maintenance of favorable tobacco prices.' But there is always a danger of short memories, and the wise fanners .who know the meaning of: marketing quotai in t"i ips of dollars' and'rents and filbthr-things'■•money cart buy must be on the alert to.remind the less thoughtful tobacco growers of the painful experiences that ’have gone hand in hand ivith uncontrolled production. In 1947, through legislative acts in North, and South Carolina, growers in both stares'were permitted to vote on the question of supporting an export promotion program - to be carried on bv Tobacco Associates. I lie apparent need to protect and develop our foreign markets1—which use some 40 per cent of our annual flue-cured crop—brought about this movement. Through a 10-cent tax on growers. The Virginia Legislature placed the support of that state’s producers behind the ptogram-—in the" same pet capita amount North and South -Carolina growers voted upon themselves to support the program. .Similar support from Georgia and Florida producers is expected hunt In lure legislation. The 1947 assessment referendum in North and South , Carolina was: mr/re than 125,000 TOR the export program and only 1,191 AGAINST’ it. That vote covered the years 1947. >91^ and 1949# The assisCsihent referendum Saturday, July 23, will covet the question of support for 1950. 1951 and 1952. The need tor continued work on export mai.kcis. auu other flue-cured tobacco problems tins' not diminished. Tobacco Associates lias accomplished much but there is still a big job to do before every consumer who desires American-grown 'tobacco is permitted1 reasonably bee access to it. (food markets are the life of the tobacco industry. .Mai- .... keti-ng €f«Otis and Tobacco Associales are vital to'good mar kets. Both programs should receive 100 per cent grower support in the referendum set lor Saturday,"July 23. - — Vacation Time As the mid-summer season passes, more and more people are taking vacations, taking a short time off to get away from it all.” Lately, it seems, the matter of work and busi ness has been speeded up until generally people arc moving at the fastest pace in history. Fewer and fewer people appear to. have time for real living, either because of pressures now or anticipation of things in the future, worries of one kind or another. For this reason, il for no other, vacations are inucasingly important, 'They are opportunities to refresh yourselves, to rest and relax, if you will, to store up energy for the days ahead. They are opportunities to gain a fresh grasp on the “meaning of life as it should be lived. Too many, people,., some of their own volition, others as result of factors beyond their control, find life a grind from start to finish and stop only at the final heartbeat. We urge all to make the most out of their vacations in order that greater dividends in health, happiness and inner satisfaction may accrue. _ THE NEWS of Orange County Published Every Thursday by ^ THE NEWS, INCORPORATED Edwin J. Hamlin.Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year (in North Carolina) $2.00 50 ’-gMontha~fifr North Carolina.) . . .y ^ • • v 1 Year (outside North Carolina) .-. I,™ P Months (outside North Carolina! .. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Hillsboro N. C. under the Act of March 3, 1879. ___ *★★★*★★*★★★★★★★★*******************★ Exclusive National Advertising Representative ★ t i Greater Weeklies 5 ★ *# * New York • Chicago * Detroit • LAI Philadelphia * Thursday, July *1, 1949 ’ ■ / PRESS COMMENT Teaching Safety Or Confusion? An Editorial From The Greens boro Daily News | So the State Department of Public Instruction has not only given its approval to a program of driver-training in the public schools of North Carolina but is assuming the burden and cost of training those who would offer the program. » At least that is the conclusion we get from Raleigh announce ment that the department will ' hold a series of driver-training institutes at several colleges of the state, later this month and in August. Those eligible for attendance are teachers and principals who expect to con duct driving classes in their respective schools. As 1 added inducement the department re- j veals that 25 scholarships of $25 each are available for each of the four institutes planned. Don’t get the. Daily News ‘wrong: We are all in favor, of safe driving and receptive to any program which.has a chance of doing something about re ducing death and destruction on our highways. But we cannpt see—or rather we have not been shown1—how or why this responsibility of-teaching driv ing should be transferred to what we have been told on all sides is an overburdened and understaffed public school sys tem. The whole-question of; our, Si if<>ol eurric-uItim*■ in whieh the State- Education Commission found itself unable to make any headway due to inability to get the answers repeatedly asked, for, is involved in the issue that such courses as driver-training precipitate. Are they the duty of the schools after all? How are they to fit in with • other courses and classroom work which appear more essential to an education and the mental j training, stimulus and discipline ! which education was at one time ■ ■ expected to provide? If teach ers and principals become driv ing instructors, how are they to . sandwich that job. in and at what sacrifice to time, atten tion, energy and thought which would be otherwise available? Out of the welter of agencies in North Carolina who says, any way just what the schools ?nay teach, what courses shall be ac credited and how even. a rea sonable balance and perspec tive are to be maintained on the curricular level. As the schools take on more | mid - -more, ’generally.under 1 group or particularist pressure j or transfer of.responsibility, are : they not reaehing the point ^ where nothing is or can be done I • well or thoroughly and our edu- I :. cationai system is, .ay. .a-resuli,—! neglecting , the fundamentals, the tools Of education, and breaking through; if not. down, in any number of places? Does anybody actually- know what r -North Carolina schools, much less why? -. o Unless freshly harvested sweet corn is precooled before it is loaded into refrigerated trucks,- a very large quantity of ice is re quired to get it to market in good condition, according to tests con ducted by two scientists of the U, S.. Department, at Agriculture. The Human Race Tf rushmore hap his way EVERY TAXI-PRIVER IN THE COUNTRY WOOLP E>£ SOILEP IN OIL I it f KEEP IN LINE!! } } you X <&&*-!!! yOU HACKIES THINK you OWN THE #J}*!l*ROAP! Except the ones HE RIPES WITH! /light the fuse ( ON THIS FIRECRACKER., V BUPPV, I GOTTA ( GET 70 THE STATION S IN THREE MINUTES ! ^ V Wise And Otherwise New Peril "Television programs are being criticized. Chiefly,,we unde.rstand, by cinema patrons who. fear that unless the standard of home view ing is improved, baby-sitters will become unobtainable—Punch. ■-o Where Dining Room: Where the Amer ican eats while painters are doing over the kitchen. — Milwaukee Journal. —-o-* 50 Words or Less Philadelphia’s Garrett estate has so far attracted 26,000 claim ants. Just tear the top off a birth certificate and mail it with 50 words or less on who you think vou are.’—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Example Best example of a group of “reds” is the family that basked in the sun too long.—Christian Science-Mb mb >r. , DAN RIVEN j Fabrics 1 39c, 49c, 59c, 6fe j Per Yaro Iridescent Colors 79c Per Yd. I. D. FREELAND Highway 70 Near Fairview GIVI YOUR WATCH A NEW LOOK With A New, Guaranteed Watch. Band 1 From DUB’S JEWEL BOX Watch And Jewelry Repair Specialists All Work Done In Hillsboro Avoid Automobile Worries At the slightest sign of trouble, bring your car here ior Expert Diagnosis and Repair Service. Gilmore Motor Company Hillsboro For Service, Tel. 3261 Indiscriminate Now, we’ve heard everything. The post office reports that pens are stolen frequently from its ! willing desks in post-office' -lob bies. There may be something less worth acquiring than a post office pen,'but we’ve never herad of it;—unless it might be a post office blotte r -Pi ‘ burgh Press. The. commercial early I^sh p . ta+o cro ' harvested in tyo ,h Q: - olina this year totaled approxi-1 mately 24,00.0 acres. 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