Editorial and Opinion
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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. _
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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?
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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
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I it
f KEEP IN LINE!! }
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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.
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