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PAGE FOUR Tilt MAY S-J OLIO VI THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1953 The News-Journal , l -Monh Published Every Thursday at B(ord, N. C. Subscription Rates 6 Months $1.75 PAl I. DICKSON Kntered as sccuiid-claas mail mutter at Uie post office at Raeford, N. C, under the Act of March 3. 1870 vnn iuu dim YOUR CONGRESS WASHINGTON' This is the sea son, when chartered buses with license plates representing every state in the Union may be seen parked row on row in the broad plaza behind the Capitol building in Washington. Together with trains, airplanes and automobiles, they bring thou sands of school students and oth ers here each spring and Capitol corridors teem with visitirs eag er to see Congress in action. And a great many of them, hav ing looked, go away disappointed. That is because these dismayed visitors do not understand how Congress works. "Another misconception of a Congresman's activities is that his most important job is to at tend daily sessions," Rep. Charles A. Halleck R-Ind.), House Major ity Leader, said recently in dis cussing lack of general know ledge regarding Congressional op erations. "Time and again visitors to the Capitol have expresed their re sentment that so few emebers were on the floor of the House or Senate on a given day," Halleck continued. "Actually, in terms of hours spent, sessions themselves occupy it small part of a member's week. And if the business at hand i.- of a minor nature, as is often ti e case, it may be handled by a t.V W 4a. fi4fi n jn Minutes Ui&lk ( Not Hours J Citizens Finance Co. I I ' Raeford, N. C. I JLa u r in b u r gRo3 alitWMM JBJM1J SYLVANIA TV Th ARLINGTON - 21-inrh Table Modrl wiih Halo Light. Handeome hand-rubbfd ma. hotany veneer rabinrl. Civet (inert rrreption any wbrre. Avail able with built-in IHF ttecepin- $359.95 SYLVANIA-Tfte Set M Wins, by Comparison! Raeford Television Company We Service Anything We Sell SEE SYLVANIA HALOLIGHT BEFORE YOU BUY. Post Office Bldg. EASY TERMS Dial 485 .!- . 1 Carolina -vy $3.00 per year in advance 3 Months $1.00 in advance Editor and Publishei quorum (at least 218 members), releasing many members for more necessary work on committee as signments." The lack of general public knowledge about Congressional operations, of which Halleck com plains, is not new. In fact, when Halleck was n child, Woodrow Wilson, a close student of govern ment, was explaining: "Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee rooms is Congress at work." The Congress of the Nnited States has developed a commit tee system that is unique among the world's national representa tive legislatures. The House of Representatives has 19 standing committees that handle legislation; the Senate, 15. Every bill introduced in the House or Senate is assigned to the committee having jurisdiction over the field the bill concerns. Whether the bill is acted upon or dies in committee is, with rare exception, up to the committee. The committee can change the bill almost any way it sees fit. By holding public hearings on the bill, it can give the pros and cons of the matter involved a broad airing before the measure ever reaches the floor debate stage. Committee work on a bill is far more important than the floor de bate, which, while interesting to visitors in the House and Senate galleries, seldom changes rnan'li, votes, mat explains wnj oenf , t.(tion costSj and increased rents Wayne Morse (Ind.-Ore.) recent-1 were a1 rcsponsibie lor the in ly incurred the great displeasure j crcased markoUng costs, accord- ot many ot his colleagues wnen, by exercising his Sentorial per ogative, he insisted that Senate committees with heavy work ENGINEERED AND BUILT FOR TVTHEREVER YOU LIVE... City or country, you can't do better than Sylvania TV. 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I'ltnnately, the second system I also broke down and in 1921, for I instance, the Senate reorganized its 74 committees into 29. The present setup, reducing the num ber of both Senate and House commiltcces, emerged from the 1946 reorganizatic.-. Consumers' Food Cost Remain The Same Farm prices of food products ' declined in 1952, but all advan- i tage to consumers was offset by ! increased costs of marketing. I The Bureau of Agricultural ; Economics, U. S. Department ofj Agriculture, reports that the av erage retail price of the foods in, the family market basket was the same in the final quarter of ! 1952 as it was in the same per iod of 1951, even though their farm value had fallen approxi mately 7 per cent in the interim. The explanation lies in the fact that the charges for marketing the farm-produced foods rose approximately 7 per cent in the same period. With marketing charges high er and farm prices lower, the far mer's share of the dollar con sumers spent for food shrank to 46 cents in the last quarter of 1952 as compared with an aver- ! age of 50 cents a year earlier. I Higher wages for food market- - i pmnlovees. hieher transDor- ing to BAE. Average hourly earn ings of employees in food mar keting enterprises were 5 per cent higher in November 1952 than a year earlier. Transpor tation rates of both rail and mo tor carriers were raised during ! 1952, and rents and other costs of firms marketing agricultural products advanced during the ; year. Since no reduction in these costs is anticipated in the near future, the Bureau o Agricultu ral Economics considers it rea sonable to assume that the pre- : sent level of food marketing char- : ges will be at least maintained ; in 1953. O Tips For Freezing Dairy Products Did you realize that you could successfully freeze many of your ov. n dairy products. You can, : s Nit-. Orr, St.Ve College cx ...! s.oti s,. eci.iii-'. in marketing . I fond ennsorvat; n. To freeze cre..m, separate the . r r,m in a mi-chanicnl sepprntor to a fat content oi about 30 per cent, or skim the milk very care fully so the fat content of the cream will be as high as possible. Pasteurize the cream by hold ing it at 135 degrees for about 30 minutes, tool at once by putting the container of cream in cold water. Pasteurization gives cream storage. Put the cream in a good frozen food container so there will be no moisture loss. If you freeze butter, it should be made only from pasteurized cream. Butter made from unpas teurized cream turns rancid quickly after thawing. Wrap but ter for freezing in good packag ing material made especially for fnven foods, or pack in a fruit or vegetable freezer con'aincr, recommends Miss Orr. Ice cream stored in the home iiovvr or locker keeps better for " 1 sai a longer period of time it it is packaged in frozen food contain ers rather than in regular ice cream containers. Tests show that ice cream made in a "turning" freezer has better keeping quali ties. Ice cream made with fresh fruit juice keeps its freshness in storage better than does plain ice cream, says Miss Orr. Air cured tobacco usually re quires three to four weeks for the leaves to cure depending on the weather. TARHEEL! WILDUFE'SKETCHES v - f TROUT PRODUCTION REQUIRES SCIENCE AND SKILL v ANO MiLf aI MALI S ANO Ff MALES ANO MlAIO-MOS OV TWOUT ft COMl PHOM COMMERCIAL HATCH' rtRTHtCi It t rtMPinArvMt n. r''' vAC; CIT Of MflTCHUV P ,, I nonim-nii V: L SMi 1, or o-r- run oven tmih ttw LJhJ BOV FUNCriOMA ot a PiH ro TO ADULT DCNNO OW WATSW TtMPlHTURE 1 reat Peanut Seed For A Good Stand A sure way for farmers to get a good stand of peanuts this sum- mer is for them to treat their. seed before planting, according to J. C. Wells. I Wells, a plant pathologist for the N. C. State College Ag.icul- tural Extension Service, suggests that Tar Heel peanut growers treat their seed with chemkais prior to planting this spring not as a means of making poor seed good, but to protect them from decay, thus insuring im proved stands and higher yields. Wells says the best materials for treating peanut seed are A:a san, 2 percent Ceresan, Yoilow Cuprocide and Spergon. These materials can be purchased in all areas of the state from Heal dealers, the scientist says. Ara san should be applied at the rale of three ounces per 100 pounds of seed. The others are applied at the rate of four ounces per 100 pounds of seed. Wells says that Spergon is not quite as ef fective as the other materials. The best way to treat seed, Wells says, is to place the chem ical and seed together inside a barrel or drum with a closi-iil-, ting lid and roll it slowly elon the ground. When desirable to treat small amounts of seed, how ever, a lard tin, or similar con tainer will do a good job. A barrel treater, commonly us?d io treat cotton seed, may be used if it is turned slowly. If the treat er is turned too fast the seed are thrown about inside and mechan ical injury to the seed coats re sults. n The 1!K2 world production of barKv and oats is estimated at 133 million short tons. I FARMERS WARNING! THE TIME FOR HAIL INSURANCE is the day your crops are in the ground See me TODAY for complete Crop Coverage JAKE AUSTIN Raeford Insurance Agency Bank Building Phone 6671 MVS r o- ANO THt HMO carhid vfrit. HATCMINS NO rttDtMG i doni at ou (MMVt Midoungs-cottom lit?',''' (S WTii' r SUftHULMIDMI.T i HlJ S-Xl PSfe snau.-r rmt Y."l 'BWsSWW -MiTt i VOUN THOUT JHOW MRR MAMAS 0J THfe St DCS TSt MARKS PiSAtPAII AS TM& MH MATU M ft S rm Questions Qstion: "What kind of field best for aromntic tobacco?" Answer: Aromatic tobacco is rrobahiy more sensitive to the , ,ii in Which it is grown than i.ny other crop planted in North Carolina, making the selection and preparation of the soil all important. Because of its high labor and small acreage require ments, aromatic tobacco is best enurcn naa 85 lnelr speaner ui. adapted to small farms with large E- N- Gardner, pastor of the Laur families. A farmer planning to!inbur8 BaPtist Church. The men grow a crop of this type of to- had as their quests at the meet baeco should determine first if , ir ,he bys of the ehurch 'rom his soil, labor and buildings are,about 13 'ears of a&e UP- such tnr.t he can expect to pro duce a good quality leaf. A medium topsoil containing a mixture of sand, gravel and small rock fragments is best, this rules out most of the eastern part of the state. The better qual ty aromatic tobacco is produced on relatively poor soils or on soils containing minimum fertility. Rich, naturally fertile soils can be ruled out to begin with be cause they produce large plants with heavy leaves and other un desirable feature?. In the foot-', hills of mountains the Hale-' wood, Watauga, Clifton, Porters j and Ashe soils have regularly ' produced satisfactory yields of! good quality. These soils have only medium natural fertility an i ' usually some stone in the top of the subsoil. Select a field with enouch slope for good natural drainage. The most suitable sites are usu ally near the crest of the border ridecs, although areas further down slope may be used. Avoid I low, flat areas and the foot of slopes because these places will be wet ar.i! often too fertile. vr-" i v WHIK Ail V ICAKN TO COMBAT V, RUftNTt - ANTAAV ntrcMuriONt MUST Bl TAHM TO PREVENT Addenda (Continued from Page 1) week, too. Both met on Tuesday night. The Presbyterian men had their supper meeting in the base ment of their church and enjoyed hearing the Rev. Neill G. Stevens, a brother of A. K. Stevens and a former missionary in Africa, who is now living in Bladen County. Also meeting for supper on Tues day night, the men of the Baptist Ginners Official (Continued from Page 1) dusrty to correct these inequali ties and protect the full time cot ton producer. "The Cotton producers in the far west are going to spare no effort to bring about a change to increase their cotton acreage. They hope to have the proposed 1954 allotments based upon their recent heavy plantings rather than on the f'vp year nvernce. If this movement is successful, the old e.i--'.c::i i .tton belt will III pJtttu fiwpet RAtiuof. ! p4 V ft be cut to the barest minimum. It is becoming increasingly im portant for the cotton producer the ginncr, and the cottonseed crusher of the eastern seaboard to pull together and fight this ever threatening competition of the western planter. Only through strong organizations and a clo ser cooperation of all segments ot the cotton industry in the southeast will we be able to meet this powerful western men ace to our future as cotton pro ducers. The ginneis of the Carolines and Virginia have done their part in making the cotton pro duced here more acceptable to world markets, through improv ed preparation. Our seed breeders and state and federal agencies are striving to find better and hardier varieties of cotton for our area, yet we need to carry our work into other channels. We have The National Cotton Council of America working tire lessly in the field of cotton pro motion on the national level, but wc need more promotional ac tivity on the states level to keep the quality and usefulness of Carolina's Cotton before the pub lic eye. Our various industry as sociations have able leadership, but without the support of every cotton farmer and ginncr in the east we will not be able to carry the story of Carolina's Cotton to the world markets. "The Carolinas are almost daily having inquiries concerning lo cations for manufacturing firms. Many of these northern industries are finding the ideal location for their plants in the Carolinas. We must not sit back and see them produce products made from cot ton grown in other states. Work together and advertise Carolina's cotton. With proper approach and intensive study Cotton vill again be King in the Carolinas." u Seniors Take (Continued irom Page 1) ford about midnight Sunday, glad to be home but ready to go again soon. Students making the trip were: Jane Wood, Edith McNeill, Eloise Dean, Marilyn Lewis, Barbara Garrison, Pat Lamont, Jean Sher rill, Katherine MacDonald, Ellen K. Koonce, Helen McDougald, Lena Miller, Rae McMillan, June Connell, Lavinia Wade, Avy Jane Porter, Betty Jean Wood, Am Wood, Leroy Freeman, Sidney Lovette, John McPhaul, Gerald .Sa ;.ci field, Hobby Brown, Joe Cul retn, L. S. Brock, Malcolm Davis. Glenn Clark, Jerry Drene, C. J. Benner, Bobby McColl, Jer ry Hardister, David McFadyer, Bobby Williams, Palmer Willcox, James Carson, Mawyer Calloway. In North America barley pro tiuctibn of 525 milion bushels in 19S2 was slightly above the 1951 outrun despite a net acreage re duction. 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