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About Sherman County journal. (Moro, Or.) 1931-current | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1958)
PAGE I SH E R M A N C OUM Ï 1 JO U R N A L, National Grange Columnist Analyses Legislative Problem ll y Jack Jackson Much has been w ritte n and sai ! re garding the lack o f new o r e ffe ctive fa rm legislation p ro vided by the 85th Congress, ( li.iii.c s are you have also heard dial d is u n ity lietween farm o r ganization has resulted in the d is s o lu tio n of tho farm bloc and that farm organizational e ffo rts to in flu e nce legislation are no longer effective. J n< pre j s some tru th in such staler n e n ti ’• However, the state- IIK ■nt.s art • not w h o lly tru e and ar, • Very i nisleading unless view- «•d in the lig h t o f all facts in v o l ve<1. It is u t e that the influence of tin ‘ SO-Cailed farm bloc has de- i Hi UH1 sharply. It is not tru e th a t till S (le d in e started th is year; it ha)i 1>ean un er w ay fo r several yeaira. D is u n ity I.»tween farm o rg a n i zations has no doubt co n trib u te d to the decline, but a lack o f agree m ent between m a jo r farm organ izations is not the sole— o r even ’ he m a jo r— fa cto r involved. Sharp ditt«‘i. mces have also developed along p o litica l, sectional and corn- m o i'ity lines. •More im p o rta n t than d iffe r- en.es lietween these groups, how ever, is ,, general chahge in pub lic o p in io n — a new p u b lic o p in io n ^ ‘Presenting the collective th in k ing of a population w hich is now nonfarm . U n fo rtu n a te ly , m il lions of A m ericans have been p ro vided no o p p o rtu n ity to consider all facts about fa rm program s. Dr. Otis G. Perkins Optometrist 405 K. 2nd Ht. Tel. CY6-53G2 T he D anes, Ore. MORO, O U G O N Instead, they have been fe d d is torted facts and o u trig h t m is in fo r m ation w h i h has turned them against farm aid in any fo rm — and yes, even against fa rm e r’s tit ‘mselves. Many persons in position of in fluence have— in an e ffo rt to d is cre d it fa rm program s they do not lik e — ap|>ealed d ire c tly to the 88% o f the people not d ire c tly in volved in fa rm in g . In doing so, they have played-up and even m is represented the cost o f a ll farm program s and o th e r adverse e f fects they have on consumers. F o r example, In e xp la in in g the defeat o f the O m nibus F arm D ill in June, the e d ito r o f one o f the n a tio n ’s m a jo r m e tro p o lita n news papers told his readers th a t p rice supports to farm ers cost ta xp a y ers $5 b illio n last year, and th a t FRIDA Y, JI I-Y t i , 195« unless voters demanded a h a lt to lo w in g USDA expenditures fo r p ly o f clean and wholesome meat; such program the cost w ould in projects se rvin g the p u b lic as if) about $150 m illio n on school crease to $6 b illio n fo r the com ing w e ll as the farm er: program s— as year. (a) An $8 43 m illio n e x p o rt p ro lunch an I m ilk gram — a program w hich the Sec s u rin g m illio n s o f ch ild re n a m ore The one very weak thread o f re ta ry o f A g ric u ltu re describes as adequate d ie t; <g> $234 m illio n tru th in th is e d ito ria l was th a t "A n Ambassador o f Good W ill fo r foods donated to foreign figures used re fe rre d to a ll m on w hich is helping keep the free countries— foods that w ent to GO ey appropriated to and spent by w o rld fre e ;" (b) about h a lf a b il m illio n persons in 86 countries; the D epartm ent o f A g ric u ltu re . lio n dollars to REA loans— to be <h> $120 m illio n fo r ru n n in g the Thus, readers were led to believe repaid w ith interest; (c) $28 m il U. S. Forest S ervice— a service th a t they were h e lp in g to p rovide lio n fo r m a rke t research— re s u lt w hich provided recreational fac some $5 b illio n to be paid o u t d i ing in new practices w h ich reduce ilitie s to 45 m illio n citizens last re c tly to farm ers. Im agine w h a t m a rke tin g costs by m any m illio n s year, and <i> m any, m any others the reaction o f those stru g g lin g of dollars an n u a lly; <d) $19 m il se rvin g the general p u b lic as w e ll to meet th e ir ow n fa m ily b ills lio n fo r F e d e ra l Meat Inspec as farm ers. m ust have been w hen they read tio n — to assure the p u b lic a sup- In a democracy, governm ent that they w ere c o n trib u tin g to a 15 b illio n fund to su p p o rt h ig h er fa rm prices w h ich w ould push th e ir ow n food costs even higher. The reader’s reaction w ould have been q u ite d iffe re n t had the announces the appointment of e d ito r explained some o f the fol- Standard Insurance Company Out-of-gas calls am ount to 27 p r cent o f the calls fo r A A A ser vice received fro m m otorists on lim ite d access highw ays, accord ing to the Oregon State M otor As From where I s it... / / J oe Marsh fiepresentative- atul associated with P erfection DON G. LEWIS in -i ery service MID COLUMBIA DISTRICT CHAPEL Funeral Service Leonard & Wilma Smith Directors Rhone The Dulles CY 6*3135 WAS! ’< I, I Ire. Phone: 01 2-5453 Office: TH E DALLES, Orc. I . S. National Bank Bldg. STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY LIFE - ACCIDENT - Curly "Egg 3" 'Cm En . Representative for at reasonable cost so cia tio n . T his type o f call am ounts to o n ly fo u r per cent o f the calls fo r service fro m m otorists as a w'hole, the association said. "T h e tendency to d riv e o nto a lim ite d access highw ay, where service fa c ilitie s are rare, w ith o u t cheeking the gas supply, results In th is preponderance o f service calls," tba Oregon A A A clu b said. "T h a t Is the reason the A A A ad vocates ‘d riv in g on the top o f the ta n k ’ when using lim ite d access highw ays." f a lls fo r tire service am ount to 1!) per cent o f the calls received from m otorists stranded on lim ited access highways, the club re ports. is, therefore, as im p o rta n t as h a r m ony between fa rm organiza tions, sectional, p o litica l, and com m o d ity groups. Yes, it is even more im p o rta n t because w hen the p u b lic becomes united in its th in k in g , o th e r groups w ill be forced to get together. Therefore, an in cre a sin g ly im p o rta n t jo b of farm ers and fa rm organizations is to p ro vid e th? p u b lic w ith fac tu a l in fo rm a tio n — in fo rm a tio n to counteract the e ffo rts o f those w ho w ould tu rn p u b lic th in k in g against a ll fa rm program s and against fa rm people themselves. ELTON MEDLER AAA Has To Get Gas For Some Forgetful Drivers p o licy is determ ined by the th in k in g o f A L L citizens, not m erely b y those d ire c tly affected b y the |M»licy in vo lve d . N o n fa rm people, w ho now make up 88% o f the to tal U. S. po p u la tio n , therefore, p la y an im p o rta n t role in d e te rm in in g fa rm p o licy. Unless these people are provided factual in fo r m ation g iv in g them an o p p o rtu n ity to p ro p e rly stu d y and e va lu ate problem s involved, e ffe ctive fa rm le g isla tio n w ill beome in cre a sin g ly d iffic u lt to obtain. A harm onious re la tio n sh ip be tween fa rm anti no n fa rm people SICKNESS Home Office - Portland, Oregon V e i l , w e ’ve had d r iv e - in r e i .j v i ..r.ts, d r iv e -in ir.ovies, d rive-!n i.ari.s. Now a J . ’.v e-in <JC«ry. I . ’.v.'.s la e v i'a i 1'. C a rly Rice and his Missus 1... e fu ld eggs re ta il at th e ir I laca fo r some time. "B u t a ll that ru n n in g back and fo rth ," exclaims Mrs. Rice, " it fa irly wore you o u t ’’ “So wc ~et aside or 2 room for the c ’ bu ir.ass. We enlarged a win w about car height, and w ith customers and you know how I love to ta lk !” From w here I sit, I'll co along w ith C u r ly 's w ife — b e c a u se th ere’s nothing like good talk Letwren good neighbors— esp e cially w hen there's a healthy difference of opinions. Now you m ight like som e cider to help the conversation along—I hap pen to prefer a glass of beer. As long as w e agree on our right to dLaffree w hat does it m atter? circled the drivew’ay past it. 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