’"-\^y. :■» v / ' {- ,• • aw •■ •«.. ;■.. t • - I ■■" ■ ' '» I MJWLJ "- Editorials 1 i * 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- YOU GM GET RELIEF FROM HEADACHE PAIH ,-STANBACK gives you FAST reflet from pains of headache, neuralgia, neuritis, and minor pains of arthrms, rheumatism. Becaus* STAN BASK contains several medloalty-approvep and prescribed ingredients tor fast relief, you can taka STANBABK vritb confidence. Satisfaction gnarlnteedl stanSack 10** 25* 69* 98* 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.” CAU £ *3*l - \ regularly the Northwestern way. La // \> / t ’w Deposit a ddtiuie amount eocli haVA IVIArO I.V, Hbi „ I / -ya* La .■RSS /? ‘ . Open or twkl to your Northwest 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. Bnow you I GRADUATE... I i \ I j if / fj ' * * What uof j lift, tut <iii I c ; B I French Broad Electric Membership Corp. I | Marshall, Burnsville, Bakersville J Grassroots Opinion. ‘ r. . 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 ***** 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.” ***** ‘ ADEL, IOWA, DALLAS CO NEWS: “Heard this one: ‘One Man’s Family’ used to be on radio- Now S 'it’s in Washington” **** f '<’> 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-” ~ ***** y 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”

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