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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
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ACCIDENT
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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. I t ’s
tflic iu .-t — L u i it cuts ‘vis itin g ’
Copyright, 1958, United S tata Ureweis Foundatum
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