Tt-02EG0:i CTATECMAN, Sedan. Oregon. Friday I-Tamlx?. February 12. IS 43
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Farmers, Government Watch
Prices in Order to Plan .
- CrdHr aotet Farm price are u snoortam iseter to
food production. ; Ovid. A. Mart, AaocUtcd Pran farm apadaUst. tl
why to this second t thr. artldea explaining farmers problem.)
By OVID A. MABTlIf - , " .
WASHINGTON- ()-When farmer I tit down with ajTicu.
ture department representative these winter - days to draw tip
plans for this year's war food production goal, they generally
ask: ' - i
"What do you think tha prices wOl 1?H '
The government recognizes teat getting war production in
agriculture, as in industry, take
price incentives. Yet ne official
is able to give fanners a very ac
curate estimate ef what they can
expect for their products.
Bight sew the agriculture de
partment Is attesnpttag to get .','
a seheeale of": mtoa&mmm prt
uvea which fanners aright
pond. This schedule is
apes s standard called parity"
Parity farm prices hare been
labeled ae prices eajaaJIy fair te
both aredaeers aad eotuumera.
Generally speaking, ' the de
partment's minimum prices are at
a level of SO per cent of parity,
exclusive of benefit payments.
At the moment,' farmers know
pretty well what the parity price
ia for anyi particular product. Bat
parity fluctuates along with
changes in prices of things farm
ers buy.
The thing that makes -future
prices prediction difficult is a pro
posal pending in congress to in
crease the parity prices by includ
ing farm labor costs in their cal
culation. Economists estimate the
increase would amount to between
10 and 15 per cent
If this proposal should become
law, the department's minimum
prices would be increased by the
amount of the increase in the par
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government ceiling prices on food
products would undoubtedly be
necessary.
The administration Is opposing
the proposed higher parity. It
wants to avoid higher food prices
because of their inflationary ef
fect. " -.v...- - V " "J
These pressing; for a . higher
parity contend thai farm prices
geared te , t h e .present ' parity
standard ltd give farmer saf J
ficlent income te nee rising la
bor and other prodaetioa eostsJ
Thai ft tre of crops or prod acta
fnvetvfns? chancer fa a farmer's
prodacUear prorram and
hrrestnwBfs In eQaleinent.
Id these cases; the administration-
prefers - to- off er pries sui
sidies to snake up the difference.
In doing so consumer prices need
not b;increei(t:-";"; '"y
' Farm organizations such as the
American Farm Bureau federation
and the national Grange oppose
price subsidies. They contend that
farmers are entitled to get- affair
and adequate price at the market
place. IThey say subsidies serve
to give government bureaus great
er control over the farmer.
Because of the strong demand
for food, most farm prices un
doubtedly would be higher if there
Ity prices. A similar increase in were no price controls. But Sec
retary- Wiekard says farmers must
renounce prices" which would pre
vail if there were no controls.
By doing so, he says, ' they . will
have the right, wbeo the war Is
over, to remind the country that
they didnt take "undue advantage
of the wartime marker and to
claim protection against possible
post-war deflation. -
"., But there's 1 m price problem
within the price problem. '
Farm officials say that In or
der to get maximum production
Of foods essential for war the gov
ernment must maintain not only
good prices but a proper rela
tionship among prices of various
commodities. . . j " .
there Is
ftSectioa of otters.- . '
Prices constitute a delicate
mechanism for- guiding produc
tion. :H ,By;.i
. If there Isart a
or ndaftsnslilp.
Choir so
or
A good example of this relation
ship is that of feeds end livestock.
Farmers will raise and fatten hogs
and beef eattle only as long
corn, ; other grains and ; protein
feeds are available at prices which
enable them to make a profit
their livestock. The same rule
applies in the case of .milk and
poultry, production. .
The government has been most
anxious to get a much higher pro
duction of hogs; beef cattle, milk,
eggs and, poultry..,. rf
- The government is : experienc
ing difficulty now In maintaining
milk production bocauso the- price
relationship between milk and
hogs" isn't as satisfactory as - ft
might be. Many farmers are find
ing they can make more money
by feeding hogs man by milking
cows.;' , - l "
A more favorable relationship
could be established, officials say,
by raising price ceilings on nxOk
and dairy products. But such in-
would ' boost the cost" of
living, . , . i
Price relationships play an
Important role la determining
what crops farmers plant. Take
wheat ' for example. Because
ef this grain are larg- -
the rovornaaeat U
thai sosae wheat land
to ether arena. The htah-
wheat prices ge ta relation to
crops, the harder the task
of the aovers-rat ta
Under a system of controlled
production such as flit govern-)
meat has set up- in Its efforts to
obtain a maximum output of prod
ucts most id demand for the war;
officials have to keep aldose
watch est price relationships. -1
When one product changes m
prices, it often 1 necessary that
corresponding a d J u a t m en te bei
made in a number of ether; com
modities, -v. "
Xwrb Home Tilu Left
For Silverton Quint -
SZLVEHTON -League - basket
ball play will be finished at Sil
verton next week with two home
games on the slat.: The first will
be the make-up game with ML
Angel and wai .be played Tuesi
day nlg!it, while the wtedup game
wfil be Friday night with Mol
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Baptiits OuUcore " " ' .
In an ;"A" Church league makat
op tame last nlfht at the T( Cat-vary-
Baptist scored a 6J te 'it
victory over " rYesfeyterianv l!S6rrt
hit-the hemp lor IS pomte le peco
the winners. Carrrr led the' losers
with k29 ,rnarirs;v i ? J - - v ?
Pmtr isn
Patton 1T
Carrar (20).
Juza 10)
.Sua
as 19.
(O) CIL 'Bipi-
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IZ5 Korrat
H? Dew
(9) ShrfarUi
Jooas iV Tbonv
CBnsCsed: obidi?s
. OCE - Wolves 60, 86th Division
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Lebanon 28, 'Albany 20. ":
- Oregon State Rooks 33r Corval
lis 19. j :
Harlem Globetrotters S3, 'Pen
dleton Field-23. -
Southwest Baptist college 28,
Fort Scott Suco 27. . ?
Waynesborg 45, St Vincent XX.
Loyola- (of . New - Orleans) ' T3,
Howard 0L;; -. . i..
. Denver -XX- 4 V; Greeley ' 23. iic
; RC State 42, Wake Forest 11.
. Wooster Denlson St. ;:,
I Otterbeta ff. Oberlin 5 ; 4
r Great Lakes 55, Michigan State
-r ;
; Louisiano SUta 91, Tulano 17.
Duquesnor - S3, Korth Carolfna
navy prefUght school 23.- -
Baldwin - Wallace . C2, Ashland
42. - ;
Ohio U 49, Mariwtta tl.:
, Davidson 03, College of Charles
ton 30.
Hope college 54, Albion college
S5.
: Presbyterian 53, High Point 41.
Bates 52, Maine 51.
" CoIbyrSS, Bowdoin "JJ. r
Central 53, Parsons 30. ' V
St. Ambrose 78, Perm (la.) 28
Salem college 2, Bethany 54.
' Washington college 57, . Camn
Pickett, Va 53.
Georgetown 53, Fordham 49.
Union 44, Georgia military ln-f
sutute S3.
Jack to licet Zivic
Again on Ilarcb 5
NEW TOI13C, Feb. HP)-Beau
Jack, New York-recojnlzed UghU
weight champion, and F r i t x I e
21 vie, former welterweight kins
were rematched Wednesday for a
12-round fight" in Madkon Sqaare
Garden, March I. - - ,
Jack outpointed the Pittsburgh
battler in a 10-rounder last Pri-
day. a -questionnaire foul in Ithe
eighth round apparently costing
Zivic at least a draw. ? j
CIifornian3 Visit, - v '
Report Heavy Snow :
LINCOLN California visitors
here this month are Mrs. Georg 1
VmffS oto"i tf-fTsa snn f 'lilittaw nrK 1
are making their headquarters St
the home of Mrs. Smith's parents,1'
tUr. and Mrs. R. J. Hackett, at"1
Lincoln for three weeks.
Mrs, Smith, the former Lucillt
Hackett, who made her home la
Salem after her marriage, said
that at her present home at Sled
ding where she moved last Sum-' 1
mer, the snow we II inches deep '
this winter, equaling that of . Ore- '
gon, which was 'deeidely unusual '
for that section of California.
FOHT ISLET, Ka(P-As part v
of a demonstration in night ob
servation tactics designed to show
how far small points of H;ht msy
be seen, a afEcer was called on
to smoke ' cigarette. - " ,-
Assigned to the task was Capt.
Frank YLi Hugheav Miami Beadv
Fla. the only officer in his de- :
partment who doesn't sseoke. T .
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Who Said the Army Was Tough?
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mirllT BEAZLtT, former St. Loots Cart Baals pUehmg aev
his bride, the former Carolyn Frey of Nashville, Temw it.en the
steps ef a- SflaaU Beach, FLk, hotel where they are honeymooning.
-Beaalejr ft to training; as aa. oftleer eandttiate. .
Speeds
TTn'sniin
By Whitney Martin
' Wlt Wotkt Sonrta ToTjwm)0i
NEW Y O It K, Fch. , 1 L-(flV
Short stuff: -.For
those who think the- pen
alties for M
ure driving in
this country are
pretty tough, the
London Daily
Express reports
that a maf is
trate and two of
his. friends who
hired taxi to
tako them to
i- WtseMfF MePass Bfrl f sT O ITT ttae?
Doncaster 'race track were fined
a total of 100 pounds, or about
$4,800; -Lhmt. Charley Gehringer
has ccnpleted -his Bmt inctae
tion indoctrination course at the
North Carolina- pre-flight school
and has been assigned to the St
Mary's pre-Cight school as V-5
instructor. Lieut Hal Schuma
cher, ex-Giant chucker, has com
pleted the same course and been
assigned to the ' Memphis, Tennw
naval training station.' -'-.'V ?
" We sr aTiaasooisted hi
Bethaar, W. Va eoOece bisons.
They fast couldn't stand the
pace and finally came apart to
-wn a rami. They, defeated Al
' derson - Broaddas, 52-43, after
dropping 38 straight games. In-
ddentaD r Can Haraman, of the
.SXorsnaaswB, W. Ta, Dominion
News, Informs as that S-.
ism ooBtgo's rreat player,
Trsolraiie briawb, reeent-.
ly scorel 57 poiata la a gasae
arahut Rhr Grande, -f)hio,. col-'
lege. Hardmaa opines .that the
ST
a let of pohrts
playing th Fails.
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Hood-uste: 1Cltcbell show
promise bi winning
mfle." -f '
Which, if you ask us, is some
thing liki saying Joe Louis shows
promiso as a fighter. When a, gent
runs a mzos.9 mum ft Isn't a
ise It's a threat. .
"acajdhusters,' the North Car
otina pre-flight news sheet, would
like to have sports writers sub
mit thefcr choices of the 1 best
sports .for conditioning service
men for the job of fighting. Frank
Wallace of "pigskin preview"
fame has gone high-hat on the
sports writers. He's written m se
rious novel, "Explosion," deeding
with coal 'mining. Maybe he got
the mat$ri4l w hlle digging
through the raine country to line
ud the llope on football celebri
ties. Rajr Mueilerv' purchased by
the Cukmoatt Reds,Taught 163
games f-jr Sacramento last . year
and : pinch-hit- in, another. He
missed I Z games. Just a sissy, eni
Anderson BXac!e T.Ia jar
tow a rrrv: Ta Feb. 11 -JPi
Dr. Edw.rrd N. Anderson, 42, head
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football coaclt at the universuy
Tech
Dream
Team Smashed
Army Call Scoops
14 in One Sweep -
By ROMNEY WHEELER
ATLANTA, Feb. lL-rVUnde
Sam put the squeeze on Georgia
Tech Thursday aad when he was
done, Tech's football dream
looked mighty small lemons. .
The foarth set ties siaaaioi
disclosed .that orders for active
daty bad been sent to 14 Geor
gia Tech football , players , ear ,
Hsted hi the air corps roses eev.
aad tasnc the, not woo- Tosh's
ensatloaal halfback, Freshaasa
CMnt Castleberry.
The cannonbali kid, a .frail
looking southpaw of 150 pounds,
paced the Yellowjackets to a Cot
ton bowl invitation last fall, and
himself became the first- fresh
man in southeastern conference
history to make all-conference
football honors and the Associa
ted Press all-A m e r 1 e a squad
(third team).
Reporting with him for prelim
inary training at the- army air
force school at 'Miami 1 Beach,
February 25, will bo nine other
members of Tech's football team,
the fourth service command dis
closed, while three others will go
to the same school February 21.
Listed by the army as called
to active duty: Robert : "Rab
bit Jordan, sophomore ead, of
Aaisteev Ala, who saade the
Associated Press 1942 alf-soph-omoro
team; Sterling Eaves,
- flrst-strlag Jtanler tackle, At
lanta; Jack Jordan. flis sfalag
junior guard, Atlanta; Pat Me
Begh, first-string janior (half
back), Orrville. Abu; aad Wt
Dsvey Eldredae, first - strtag
Junior halfback, of Miami, who
scored Tech's only tooehdewii
srainst . Texas ha the Cetiea
.bowl. l
' W. A. Alexander, Georgia Tech
coach, announced Wednesday he
planned to begin spring practice
February 22. "
Alexander and W. I Brittain,
Georgia Tech president, declined
enmmeni.. , . . .
Spokane Dates Field
Trials on March 20 -
SPOKANE, Feb. IMJPr-Tidd
trial dogs from Oregon, Washing
ton aad British Columbia are ex
pected to be brought here March
25 for the annual Pacific coash
championships, Lou M. Beewar.
president f the Spokane FMd
Trial aseocf afioa, - said Thursday.
Beewar said an Innovation
brought on by gasoline and tire
rationing would i be the use of
horses instead of automobiles for
the gallery wanting to ride the
Garden Shifts Dates
NEW YORK. Feb. lX-iVDates
for the national invitation basket
ball tournament t at 'Madison
Square Cvden were shifted
Thursday to fit in .wth the dates
announced for the NCAA tourna
ment by Karold Olaen, , of Ohio
State.- v ; - : i '
The invitation play, bringing together-eight
selected teamsv win
be played March 13, 22, 27 and 23,
of Icrwa for the post four years,
was sworn into the army medical
corps as a major Thursday E. G.
chroeder, director r of athletics,
announced.
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