THURSDAY. DEC. 8, 1947
HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON
PACE TWENTY-ONE
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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. In the
rear come the women, tail, hawk
faced, with flashing eye and ready
tongues. Around the caravan, the
youngster play, accompanied by
ferocious crop-eared dogs.
At night. Hie caravans cluster In
liny campa under the peak of the
Hindu Kuah. Black felt lent alia.
The amoke of camel thorn fire
mingles with the smell of roasting
mutton. Prom the nearby highway
may come the hum of a passing car
but to the Kuclu life goes on in It
placid and ancient way.
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