Tue., June 14, 1949 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 3
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THE WATERS in the right foreground in the picture above are, to fishermen, tome of the most famous in Oregon namely, those
lying below the Copco dam across the North Umpqua River at Winchester. The picture was taken from a point just below the rail
way bridge. Beneath and beyond the highway bridge may be seen the waterfall over the dam. Crossing the highway bridge is
the pride and joy indeed the emblem of Douglas County, a truckload of huge fir logs. (Picture by Paul Jenkins.)
Farm Income Insurance Plan Looks
Good On Paper, But Flaws Apparent
By PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Department of Agriculture experts have been
wrestling with the problem of how to make Secretary .Brannan's
new farm plan pay its own way, as it goes.
Briefly, the Idea is simply this: If farmers are to receive sup
port price payments or guaranteed minimum income in years when
prices are below normal, why shouldn't they pay something back
to the government in years when prices are above normal?
The idea sounds fine in theory.
Instead of being Just a system of
?rop insurance to protect the
farmer against bad weather, it
would provide price insurance or
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guaranteed annual income in
surance. It would remove the
curse of the "subsidy" label tack
ed on all present farm price sup
port programs. It would stabilize
the farm economy and make It
self-supporting in bad. times.
But whenever the experts sit
down and try to figure this out
on a sound, actuarial basis, they
run into trouble.
First, how would such income
insurance premiums be collected?
Using income tax returns as a
basis for collection has been sug
gested. But the income tax re
turn has always been considered
a confidential report by the citi
zen to his government. Making
it a semi-public document, for use
even by government insurance
premium collectors, would des
troy this. sacred relationship.
Also, out of 6,000,000 farmers,
about 2,500,000 produce income of
less than $1000 a year and so
make no- income tax returns.
Under compulsory income or
crop Insurance, returns would
have to be filed. Remembering
how many charges there were of
farm income tax frauds last
year, the experts believe any
system of farm insurance would
open the gates to wide violation
of the law, just as in prohibition
days.
Some Iffy Question
Farm income insurance could
not be handled on a voluntary
basis, the experts believe. If
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only 20 per cent of the farmers
should sign up for an insurance
scheme, the government would
not be able to shut off relief pay
ments to the 80 per cent not co
operating, in a bad crop or gen
eral depression years.
Again, suppose farmers paid
income insurance premiums for
seven fat years, and got nothing
out of it. They would be inclined
to say, "to heck with this!" and
drop out. Then would come n
lean year. They'd be in there
yelling for relief just as loud as
ever. And the government would
be unable to say to them nay.
In good years, no records are
kept on what the farmer sells
his crop for. That's his private
business. Under an insurance
scheme such records would have
to be kept. The temptation to
chisel would be great. Only solu
tion would be for the government
to buy all farm produce, or verify
all sales. Too much regimenta
tion. Again from the practical stand
point, it is probable that livestock
farmers would pay In more
Cremiums than they would get
ack in benefits. Grain farmers
might get back more benefits
than they paid in premiums.
Livestock farmers would soon get
tired of this arrangement, even
though the grain farmers loved
It. .
The only solution for this
would be to set up separate in
surance reserves for each crop.
But it might be impossible to
build up adequate reserves for
some groups, and the reserves
would be depleted if there were
three or four bad years in a row.
For all these and some other
reasons besides, farm economists
think income insurance is un
workable, though It sounds fine
in theory.
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan has one
ready answer which he says
makes price insurance or Income
insurance unnecessary. When
prices are above subDort levels,
the farmers are making money.
The more they make, the more
income taxes they pay. In that
way the farmers repay the U. S.
Treasury for subsidies they re
ceive through price support, soil
conservation and other benefit
payments.
Grocers Of Oregon Given Pointers
On State's New Egg Traffic Stature
E. L. Peterson, director of the
State Department of Agriculture,
today called attention to the fact
that amendments to the Oregon
egg law made by the 1SM9. legisla
ture become effective July 16,
1949, and that "all grocerymen of
the state should familiarize them
selves with the provisions of this
law and their responsibilities un
der its provisions.
Under the amended law a per
mit for the sale of eggs must be
obtained by every retailer, whole
saler or Jobber who grades eggs
for sale to Oregon consumers. In
the case of a retailer, no permit
is needed provided the grocery
man sells only eggs which have
been candled and graded, as re
quired by the egg law, by the
wholesaler, jobber or producer
from whom the eggs are pur
chased for resale.
Previously, all eggs sold to con
sumers anywhere in the state
were presumed to be graded and
labeled, hut no state permit was
required for sale of eggs in a
town of a population of less than
1,000. Beginning July 1, this ex
ception as to population is re
moved, thus making the applica
tion of the egg dealer's permit
state wide.
The amendments to the law
were sponsored by the poultry in
dustry of the state to provide
funds, through the licensing pro
visions, to permit more complete
enforcement of the egg law and
in this manner provide greater
protection of egg quality for the
consumer".
The new license fee Is based on
volume of business. Every holder
of an egg dealer's permit will pay '
a minimum annual fee of two dol
lars. In addition, each egg dealer
selling more than 200 cases or
units (of 30 dozen eggs) during
each fiscal year, beginning July
1, will pay 3 cents on each case or
unit in excess of the 200. The ad
ditional fee will be payable each
six months, on January 1, and
July 1.
Copies of the amended egg law
will be available for distribution
shortly. Full information about
the law is obtainable from Mr. O.
K. Beals, Chief of the division of
foods and dairies of the depart
ment of agriculture at the Salem
headquarters or from Mr. W. E.
Upshaw, Portland headquarters,
505 Terminal Sales Building, Portland.
Dr. E. W. Carter
Chiropodist Foot Specialist
129 N. Jackson
Phone 1170
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WHERE THE SPIRIT
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One Coast-wide school system is for
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1. As this young lady learns to use a training switch
board, she'll also learn many things that will be mighty
important to good service. All through her training she'll
see how operators make courtesy. and helpfulness a nor
mal part of their jobs. And the same spirit is present as
other telephone people learn their new skills. '
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2. On stubby poles like these, linemen learn to use their
new climbing equipment. This is just one of the more than
one hundred courses that telephone people study up and
down the Coast. In 1948, thousands of employees received
training. That means thousands better able to furnish
good service to you,
4. Good service for you comes from
telephone people who know their jobs.
You can help them serve you best by
making sure you always have the right
number in mind before calling, leaving
a little time between calls, giving the
called person time to answer.
3. On-the-job-training is typified by this "student"
who is learning the workings of a trouble indicator frame
an automatic detective that makes sure the lines on its
"beat" are giving good service. Even experienced employ
ees take refresher courses like this to keep up-to-date.,;
and keep learning their way up the ladder.
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