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Farmer: Strong Man, Rich Prey
In the past 12 years, ,
America’s farm operator
population has dropped j
from about eight million to I
just over four million, and j
some folks think the farm* j
er’s position is weaker- I
There’s considerable room
for disagreement, though.
The individual farmer of
today is far stronger than
be was yesterday. Chiefly
this is because he has had to
struggle mightily to stay in
farming- He has fought the
battle of cost-price squeeze,
and will for years to come-
He has wrestled himself in
adapting to a new technolo
gy. He has been battered by
sweeping social changes-
In one sense, it has been
a “survival of the fittest;”
but he has had many allies-
Science has given him
machines to banish the hoe
stoop, the mule heel dust in
his eyes, the tobacco prime
squat. Every year, many
mechanical innovations ease
the physical strain of farm
ing. They leave him more
Letters To The Editor
The introduction of two
luitility bills (SB 439 by
White and SB 444 by Long)
in the Senate this week ap
pears to be an effort by the
private power companies to
further complicate and de
lay the passage of needed
legislation already under
consideration by the House.
It is difficult to imagine
that these two bills were not
introduced earlier in the
session if the power com
panies were really serious
about these matters. Their
introduction at this late
stage in the Legislature’s
What Others Are Saying
FROM THE
WINSTON-SALEM
JOURNAL
There is no shortage of
warnings about the threat of
uncontrolled popul all o n
growth throughout the
world. The latest, from the
National Academy of Sci
ences, is from a responsible
source and worded drama
tically. The academy de
d2ed that “other than
search for lasting peace, no
problem is more urgent
The academy even offered
the solution- It said, “In our
iudgment, this P r ° ble J"
be successfully attached by
developing new methods ol
fertility regulation and im
plementing programs of vol
untary family planning
widely and rapidly through
out the world-” It urged an
international program ol in
formatbn on the subject.
But avho is to conduct
this program? The work Ur.
day is limited largely to
private and independent or
ganzations- As the academy
noted, only a few nations
have made any real effort m
developing new methods ol
fertility regulation and pro
grams of family planning.
Social and religious factors
complicate government a 1
programs.
Work by non-governmen
tal agencies can be produc
tive- For instance, the Ford
Foundation is increasing its
contribution in this feld- Os
more than $6 million in as
sistance grants to underde
veloped countries announced
last week by Ford, more than
half will be used for train
ing and research programs
in family planning-
But this problem un-
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I energy for new tasks, more
enthusiasm for thinking &pd
planning, more time to
manage the farm and seek
j better markets for his pro
-1 ducts-
Agribusiness, realizing
the potential in the success
ful farmer as a customer,
has grown to sex-ve him. It
has developed the tools and
the machines and the chem
. icals he needs, and it has
hired specialists to help him
use them- Government re
search and ©technology have
taught him to growi more
and better products on less
land .for land is the one re
source that can only dimin
ish as population grows-
Government inspection has
helped develop quality
standards for farm pro
ducts-
But the very fact of his
growing strength has made
the farmer richer prey. A
strong man is a free man
and the freer the man the
greater his freedom is cov
eted by weaker man. They
deliberations will only serve
to further confuse the is
sues. at Which the private
power companies are skilled
in doing.
Senate Bill 439, introduc
ed by Senator White, has
virtually the same effect as
the amendment he offertd in
1961 which effectively kill
ed any hope of reaching a
reasonable solution to t h e
municipal annexation of co
operative electric systems-
Apparently the power corn
panes are using the same
tactics again-
Senate Bill 444, introduc-
controlled population growth
that nullifies efforts to
raise living standards de
mands steps at the govern
mental level. Programs can
be developed under which
the government can give as
sistance and information
without violating social and
religious principles if sin
cere efforts are made-
While the problems in
volved in governmental ac
tion are being solved, effort
by independent agencies
such as those by the Ford
Foundation will be all the
more essential. But they are
not enough. A Catholic
doctor is soon to publish a,
book titled “The Time Has
Come,” the time to end the
battle over birth control-
The doctor, John Rock,
makes a number of good ar
u guments, among them that
further research would im
prove the Catholic-approved
rhythm method- -He also
notes that governmental pro
grams could offer a variety
of methods so as not to of
fend any principle- But the
key point to be made is in
his tttle: “The Time Has
Come.”
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BURNSVILLE, N. C
set a bewildering array of
traps for him. They gun for
him -constantly.
There’s the gold-covered
trap of government overpay
ment for over production;
the invisible trap of gov
ernment paying tht farmer
not to produce; the trap of
slashed allotments, squeez
ing more net yield from
less land; the pin-hooker’s
trap, promising a sure but
unfair price for surrender
ing the crop well before har
vest; the trap of the blanket ;
law that protects the far- |
away farmer but burns up
the man right here; the trap
of the political compromise ■
with well-hidden teeth- |
Able, strong and up-to- 1 1
date farmers know these |
traps and -step warily j
enough to dodge their bites;
yet in the maze of conflict- j
ing trends, political wars J
and power struggles even j
the best of fanners some- ■
times must fall back on in- !
! stinct, the survival weapon l
built through the years out
I
ed by Senator Long, is as I
bad, if not worse, than Sec- j
tions 62-110 and 62-111 of ;
the General Statutes Report-
It would prevent tht electric
co-ops from serving any
thing other than farms and
rural residences- Service
could not be made to coun
try stores, filling stations,
feed mills, schools and
churches. This bill would
eventually force the sale of
these cooperatives to the
private power companies.
It is hoped that the Gen
eral Assembly will face !
squarely these issues and 1
come to grips with these j
problems before adjourn- j
ment- It will be a tragedy if I
the General Assembly ig
nores the problems, neglects
their responsibility and
does nothing- Two more I
years will pass in which the I
power companies can chip |
away at the electric coopera.- , I
tives and distort public |
opinion by high expendi
tures for advertising which |
has been reliably estimated :|
at 1/4 million dollars this j
year- Then, the 1965 Gen
eral Assembly will be faced ‘ i
with the same problems-
House Bill 426 and House
Bill 816, both by Venters
and 29 others, offer areas- !
onablfe solution to the prob- I
lem of municipal annexa- j
>ion and the duplication of ;
facilities. They also answer
the question of taxation of
the electric cooperatives. *
These bills should be giv
en approval by the Legisla
ture if they want to render
a real service to the State I
and settle those problems. It j
is to be hoped they will not I
duck these issues- j
Sincerely, • f
Robert W Scott. |
Chairman |
N- C. Consumers j
Committee 11
For Low-Cost Power |
of kinship with nature-
For all of his prickly
problems perhaps be
cause of them the farmer
still believes his job is the
best of all possible- It is a
way of life worth battling i
for. and the armchair agri- J
culturists and pushbutton 1
oracles who never followed
the south end of a north
bound mule, or even ate the
dust of a tractor had better
realize what a formidable
. for the farmer is.
I He is, in the final reck
oning, the best judge of
how to farm.
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Grassroots Opinion.
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I* LOVINGTON, N- M.,
.■ LEADER; “Lawyers of the
CIO-AFL and UAW; the
[legal heavy artillery of Big
' Unionism, are drawn up in
battle array challenging the
recent decision of the Flor
| ida Supreme Coui*t that the
‘agency shop’ arrangement
by which unions shake- down
non-union members is a vi
olation of Florida’s Right to
Work law- Byway of blast
ing this ruling, they are
asking the Supreme Court
of the US to overrule the
clearly expressed intent of
| Congress- Labor’s big guns
, contend that the states have
no right to enact a law pro
hibiting the agency shop
_ under which workers who
l’efuse to join a union must j
pay up anyway or be fired " i
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CLERMONT, FLORIDA,
SOUTH LAKE-PRESS: “In
our opinion, regimentation
has gone too far already. (
How long are we as citizensi
God-fearing citizens, if
you please going to stand
idly by while our individual
rights, privileges and obli
gations crumble away from
under our feet? The end re
sult is tyranny, dictator
ship and stifling of all those
elements pn which our coun
try was founded and which
have made it great.”
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‘ ADEL, IOWA, DALLAS
CO NEWS: “Heard this one:
‘One Man’s Family’ used to
be on radio- Now S 'it’s in
Washington”
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MANHEIM, PA, SEN
TINEL: “Now that the rules
on expense account deduc
tions have been tightened,
maybe we can get back to
Iht TANCEY RECORD
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1963
entertaining each other Just
f . the fun of it-” ~
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PITTSFIELD, ME.XAD
VERTISER: “The vetehvn
head of a high school sem--—,
advised his school board
ence depai’tment recently
that it should ask prospec- _
tive science teachers, before
the yare hired, if they are
willing to undertake further
study, and should plan to
help them attain it. In mid
twentieth century the first
necessity of life for a sci
ence teacher is the oppor
tunity to keep on learning.”
HOWARD, S D-, MINER
CO- PIONEER: “When you
meet a really great man, he
seems so simple and modest
you gain a new faith in your
own possibilities”