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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1953)
TUESDAY. JUNE 23, 1953 HERALD & NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PACE TT .-.' .... 1 HEADQUARTERS' at Fort May,, former cavalry 'home.' Cavalry's Home, Fort Riley Boasts 33 Horses Only FORT RILEV; Kas. This his toric Army fort. eataMishea an outpost w prolect Mttlcre and wagon tram agaltut til Indians, will celebrate 100 year Of service to the nation June 2MI.;-.' -..t Known as the "Mont of the 0v airy" untU well Into World War Banker Urges Foreign Trade ' EUGENE MV-The tfnlted (Hate , must open its doors to' mere foreign goods, the president of the Ameri can Bankers Association said , here Monday. ; - W. Harold Brenton.'Des Moines,' 5 told the , opening session of the, '. Oregon Bankers Association meet , ing that : peace can be attained .- only by letting in more imports. . "Trade barriers such as tariffs, ; custom procedures and the Buy America, act. should be adjusted, to allow mar foreign goods into our mantels. .1 rvupiv annum iiuw to acquaint hemselve with "the pros and cons. . . They snould mane the decision of whether we reduce , trade barriersor whether we wish foreign aid to remain as' a fixed charge against our government," . he said..- . , On the domestic scene he said interest rates had increased re- ' cently because supply and demand are at-work airain. "The fact that, Interest fate have worked up means a more stable America 1 in Um maktnav High interest rale are an antidote for. , excessive . dollar demand and are healthy in correcting our expan- ' lon," Brenton told the 100 dels- gates from Oregon banks. - . foe's Pledge For Heir Farm Program Moves Toward Test H, Fort Riley plans a parnde and pageant designed to show the long history Or the post, military dis plays, (now ana polo games. With the horse a. thing 01 the past on meat battle fronts, the fort no' longer echoes to the thun der of drumming hooves and the clashing of sabres, but it still has! a lormer cavalry norses, ouw Hon erably retired and takthSr it easy, all are more than .80 years old. The post," established. June 27, 1863, brokdehed its actlvltes in both World W.is I and In 191 thousands of men Were trained at sprawling Clamp FUnatoh, In World War n, Camp Funsten and its tompeuliofi camp, t h e Cavalry Replacement Training Center, sent fighting men to the far corners of the world. ' - 1 v Today " the 63,000-acre reserva tion Is the home of the Army Gen eral. School;, the Tenth Infantry Division, a basic "training unit; Camp Whltslde, ah Army hospital: Marshall Field, the military air port; and the former CRTC, now Camp Forsyth, home of an Officer Candidate School, separation cen ter and smaller military schools, -Fort Riley boasts that many of her sons have written their names high on the nation's roll of honor. Gens. Robert E. Lee anil J.E.B. Stuart were at Riley before the Civil War. One of the fort's widely known -officers was Gen. George A. Custer, Who lost his life in the battle Of the Little Big Horn. In World War I another cavalry- man, Gen. John J. -Persuing, led the Allied forces to vistory. In World Wat1 U, cavalrymen distin guished themselves on many fronts. ' den. Jonathan M." Wain wright Ulreoted the. gallant defense of Bataan and Corregldor in the Philippines, - In Europe, Gen, George- Fatton led his armored (Editor's Note: A Bear civil war 1 shaping up, and yon have a stake la it whether yo lire an a farm r in the city. It's the battle over farm prices, productions, support!, all of which touches your dally life If you eat and most people e. In this first of four articles, two veteran AP writers survey the farm picture from every ancle.) : By OVID MARTIN " ' , and DON WHITEHEAD ' WASHINGTON Wl-A bitter struggle in America's farm world today is moving toward a supreme test of President Eisenhower's campaign pledge to give farmers a new agriculture program. The fight is being waged from the grassroots of the farms to the halls of Congress with make-or-break Intensity. The final decision will come next year when Con gress must extend or revise the present laws governing the irm program. 1 ; The fight revolves arouna the federal government's program of nigh-and rliild price support lor the basic crops of wheat, .Corn, cotton, tobacco, rice and peanuts. This program evolved during , SO years of Democratic administra tion. ." ' " ,.- i', ; I DON'T UKK SURPLUSES 1 But thd Elsenhower forcea-led by secretary of Agriculture Hera Tift Benson Want to revise ft be cause they are. convinced high and rigid price props encourage the production of huge surpluses, pro mote wasteful farm practice, and price products out : of markets, particularly foreign markets. Beyond the price support dis pute lies a broader and more fun damental issue. It is whether there Will be a change of direction in the entire philosophy of the federal government's role in aid to farm ers. ; Both sides In the controversy have the same ' announced goal: greater -prosperity for the farmer. The differences arise over v their methods. . :. . , i' METHODS' DIFFER ' 'i ' On the one side, the Elsenhower administration and Its .supporters say there must be ,a change in the basic approach to prosperity for the. farmer. In its simplest terms, the Benson philosophy holds the farmer' should rely more on his own gobd sense and business ability and less on government subsidy to realize a truly sound farm .economy. It la argued that the trend has been more and more toward eovernment controls end that this trend inevitably Wilt lad to complete government domina tion "of the farm economy, , v . ; FARMERS LIKE IT' . i : on the other side,: opponents Claim the high support program was ' built up carefully over the years oy com itepuoucans ana Democrats and reflects what the farmer thinks is best for himself and the consumer. They -py it has worked well, with some ex ceptions, and argue that tne term er Is entitled to government help in achieving a fair Income. They assail the Eisenhower-Benson phil osophy as a threat to economic gains made by the farmers since the black days of the depression. Bath sides believe In the use of price supports as a. device to help the farmer.- This method of bol stering farm Income has become accepted as a way of life in the agricultural world. It is agreed that in the interest' of a sound national economy the federal gov ernment must guarantee the farm, er the equivalent of a minimum wage for bis production. The trou ble arises over bow far, this sup port should go and how It will be used..,:- . .-. t ' ' ;. -f SUPPORT PLAN OLD Present' devices to support or -1 ftt-m Inmma ttrrtvj bV gradual ; stages out of the farm This was a time much like the ft resentr-when prices sagget after being neid to nign jevew hjt economy, men me expvrv hwiu fell off drastically. Farmers lound (hnnuplves in deep trouble - Finally agriculture appealed to th. .fAfiAroi - irAvernmenL iur ueiu- Congress was sympathetic. Farm aid legislation passed both houses ht was vetoed by Pretdent Cool- idae and Hoover felt It wasn't proper for the government to be come Involved In the farmer' .eco nomic operations. , - Then came-me imanciai uuti ui the early 30's and the Democratic victories that gave birth to the New Deal. '.-rr U.S. HAD DUTY " - . Tho -Henr Seal shllosophy. was that the government had a duty to help the-farmers nchteve prices which would bring them a fair Income ui relation to other parts Of the nation's1 economy. Federal frm U nroarams were set up. For the first time, 'these pro grams - established a standard lor farm prices known a parity. This was an effort to .relate prices to purchasing power so that a farmer would have a fair ' return for his labor. Legislation didn't try to push ALL HAIR $1 i CUTS I CLIM'S BIG Y ; BARIER SHOf Merrill Ukeview Junille NEW TRAILER HOMES " Anencv for ; SPARTANPOHTIAC 1 CLIPPER NOW ON DISPLAY Balsiger Motor Co. Mala at Esalanada Klamath Falls prices up to parity level by fixed prices. It attempted to achieve production, plowing under cotton and killing pigs. The Idea was that reduced supplies would mean auiomatio increases in prices. One device was to pay farmers a rent al on land that, was kept out of farm production. PUBLIC REVOLTED ' , But farmers and public revolted against these practices. The Idea of dellbera..ly . destroying . food when.- there was hunger in the world was an unpopular approach. Finally there was evolved more direct devices for supporting or su-enguieiung prices. Congress de cided that the crops designated as basic wheat, . corn, cotton, ruse, tobacco and peanuts must be supported at 90 per cent of parity. :. The secretary of aarlcuituro was given authority to fix the per n tage of parity at which other com modities would be supported but ne Bad no choice On the basics. ints' support device included the practice of making loans to farm ers on those portions of their crops wmch tney neid off the market. SURPLUSES PILE UP : ' -' But under this program huge surpluses are piling up. There are around 600 million bushels of wheat already stored in bins, warehouses, elevators, . and even old liberty ships. The corn surplus runs about dOu million bushels. Tons of butter are In storage, and there are surpluses in other commodities. This abundance for which there la no ready market Is a real head ache.. Some aee it as a threat to the entire farm program if ever the general publio should rebel against paying farmers for produc ing crops which have little chance of being sold In the open market. Here is where the Elsenhower Benson argument wins perhaps Its strongest support. It lent likely that any program would survive If It became unpopular with the public. INCOME DECLINES . , . ' . But even - with last . year's reeH ord farm production, the farmer has been realizing less and less or ms enort. The reason la that while farm prices have fallen in the past two - years,. Um cash ex penses of the farmer have Increased In addition, the foreura market for American farm products has slipped from a high of four billion dollars last year to an estimated tnree ouiion wis year. - Eisenhower pledged in his cam paign to help farmers obtain in) per cent of parity "to the market Place." He didn't say It would be done with price supports or sub sidies- and he gave no details on how this goal would be reach-d. But it was a pledge that neither farmer nor politicians are apt to forget. , t .. : What ' remains to be seen is whether Congress will (to along las jnk s-imm ir tkH - irt t tkr wtit. en! a ( -rtoaa, BcaUl sir hM sua. LOUIS R. MANN PIANO CO. 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LAWRENCEBURQ, INDIAM aaaaaai,iiiia.iMwgMgiujii.i ii'wiw.wuannmm WSmmmmmmmmmmmmmititm'J'i)' I'Min f r-...r. ....... mmmmmmm mmmmmmiwmtmmm mmmmimm ' m - - i 1 in mu 1 imimimmnmiiwm - Sine 1945. we've nearly doubled the number of telephone at work in Eureka - key city of California $ Umbewich Humboldt Counfy . WHAT 3 MILLION DOLLARS BOUGHT IN EUREKA !r this Pscjfic pert - and in hundrsds of Wsstsri tovns 'ie ynnr - tji? tslsjthons hss srown fss! 1 Spectacular redwood forest and thriving dairy, ship ping and fishing industries are among the reason why businesses and people have been flocking to Eureka in recent years. The population is one and a half times what i t was in 1940 and the city's income has soared. Thu amazing growth meant that the telephone had to grow, - fast, too. to keep pace with Eureka's demands for service And to meet the challenge we've grown faster than ever before in our history mm Pi m i IT' 7 I I ... Iff 1j KSt 5 .5 I 1 8 We're still growing in Eureka. Since the war we added three, million dollars to, our investment in tete- . phone facilities in Eureka - nearly three timea the foul investment in the city's telephone system in 1946' And as Eureka keeps growing, we'll keep growing provid ing mors facilities, serving more people carrying mere ; calls in Eureka and in your tow n, too. 2. Bringing dial telephones to Eureka last year-at cost of $1300,000-was only one phase of our huge con struction program. This conversion affected more than U .QOO telephones, about 5,000 more than were at work in Eureka in 1945. These new telephones make all Eureka telephones more useful and valuable. For a Eureka cue. ' torner can get in touch with more of his neighbor more can call him. .. . Pacific Telephone $436 for each telephone added since World War II There' s surprising amount of money tied up ' is the facilities added to serve each telephone ' an average of $436 per telephone we serve in the Pacific West. That's more than double what ' it was for the prewar period. Yet yov use this valuable equipment to carry your messages for only pennies a call, YOUR TElf PHONE IS ONE Of TODAY'S BEST BARGAINS f r
