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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1949)
THURSDAY. DEC. 8, 1947 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON PACE TWENTY-ONE 4 National Potato Letter National Spud Council Considers Penalties For Non-Compliance llj A. L. t'lt'ZHIMMONIIft NIiunI Pnuto council met In Waahlngum Monday and Tuesday el thle nrk, but did not Invite pnu coverage. Apiirarlng liefiire tin Pare Bub commute thle full, council rrpre aentatlvea protested Ignorance of marketing Quota btciuu of lack of sprrlenre with tliem, but quota liava been part of Ilia program for baalo orops fur years. Tht repre Mutative wars told to be ready to propoaa priatrain that would ad Jiul production rlfectively by penal ising nun-compllance. Ilrnro thu meeting for til purpoa of develop ing a program Uiat I ha counrll can recommend and that congress will accept. Agree? It la not an easy tank aa potato growera fall to agrr on many point. Borne atcliona have the dc .alrt and Uie mean to expand while t othera are under economic compul f slen to contract Home are new, otoe old, aome early, tome late. All want 'aupport, but not all are willing to accrpt the principle that guaranteed benefit are linked with . rigid control and penaltlea. . To point up 'lie aupport situation, beginning Hh IMJ. all yean of price aupport for potatoea have In volved department of agriculture purchaaee of 425 6 million buahrl at a total net coat of 408 7 mil' lion dollar. Tut quantity of pota toea 1 larger than one normal crop -about 74 million buahrl more than the 1930 allolnicnL Tli amount aient would buy every buahel of pot a to i from a 3M million buahrl crop at 11.17 per buahel or 7 per cent of November parity. rarity It would buy a i-ib million buahel rrop (the IBM allotment baa) at la. per buanrl or 08 J per cent of November parity. Three crop are figured aa loo per cent sale able. If an allowance vera made for cull each of them would be Increased aeven to 10 per cent. In al year fh aggregate eurplua U far In axceaa of a full normal crop, and the amount (pent would p-y 60 per cent nf parity for every buahel of a potato rrop 6 million buahel In axceaa of requirement. That I the alluatlon facing the In dustry and eongrraa. Mlacellany Canadian low-duty aeed quota waa about filled laal week-end, and full duty la being charged. Duty adjust ment will ho made aa necessary when all the firurr are In. The aeed quota wa filled about a week earlier than laat year, despite a draggy apell early In the month. y Potato grower, especially In Maine, .are more bitter than ever about the Canadian Import. They ay: we raue a crop but can not ell It all becauae of Import, have to aril It In the department of ag riculture. Then we get the blame for over production, our acreage la cut, Canada I Increaaed. and wa go around again. Hm Hpurt The euatomiry pre-Thankaglvtng purl in demand did not drvelop. The tuual Inler-hollriay bulge ahould occur but may rot if truck remain a active aa they hava been. Freez ing weather would benefit the long haul area. Bangor-Arooitock railroad freight rate reduction l due aoon, but It won't neceaaar'ly aolve the Canadi an competition, however, It will help. Parity price remained the asms In November 11.76 per buahrl. Price received averaged 1134, a gain of four ten!. Amounted to 76 per cent of parity, a two point gain over Oclourr. The 76 per cent ftf parity figure ahould dlapel 'ha myth that the sup port level set the market. Propon ent of low-level aupport for Inaur- ance only (and there are many In the commercial area) point at thu aa proof of their poaltlon, 60 per rent of parity aupport to prevent loaaea, and ii per cent mora aa reault of the supply-demand rela tionship. More In ISSS 1UM acreage allotment would permit potato consumption next year of 110 Iba. er peraon. Con Mimptlon rate for IMS la about 106 Iba., ID48 about 107 and 123 In 1047. Department of agriculture and the Industry would like to get conauinp U'jn up to Uh lbs. per capita In proaprrou time, goe up In bad tlmea by Itaeil. Thl level would permit potato crop of 7 million buahrl at fair prices. Afghan Nomads On Move Aqoin KAnui.. AliihsnUtsn. WV-One of the world's few remaining nomadic movement 1 taking place In Aghan Utan. wnere long camel caravans are leaving Ilia cold graaalanda of Cen tral Asia for the warm plain of Pakistan. The migrant are lh Kuchu. who travel thousands ol milra each year accompanied by 111 tempered bactrtan camela and patient donkeys At the head of each caravan atrlrtra the patriarch, with lengthy beard, looaa turban, and flowing robra. Only a modern rifle ahowa '.he Influence of a newer world. At his back follow camels, fastened noae to tall and piled high with goodt. chlckena, and children. 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