The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 53, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 20, 1961 Page: 3
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THURSDAY JULY20 1961
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The Country Editor
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Cj rather than be faced with al the problems of old age which
arc socontroversial When we go all out for efficiency there just
Js no plate to stop
v At the cost of inefficiency we say lots not crush the little man
the liUle merchant the family farmer the little towns We
lose 6methlng when we do away with the strong middle class which
Is largely responsible for the greatness of America
Le not
s urn our government over to those who would make It
easier
for the strong to devour the weak th
those who in the name of
free enterprise would give us an economic monarchy
DISCUSS a controversial Issue of the day
l II tho farm problem they usually brjng out the point that
the farmer will be willing to give up subsidies whenever the bg
airlines the big shipping companies and titers who accept government
subsidies are willing to give up their subsidies also
W Nave never heard a farmer speak on the subject who didnt
say he woald he willing to go It alone whenever the elimination o
Subsidies was on across the board act and they didrtt single out
just Oncgroup
We cannot see wherein the farmers attitude is not fair and just
Would it be fair for the city to provide police protection for Highland
Park but not for Green Acres Would it be fair for the
city to pro vide streetlights for the square but not for the Highway
S7 shopping center
COUNTHV EDITOH > i
E VtN THOUGH the farmer Wouldbe willing to have his subsidies
eliminated if and when all other subsidies are eliminated he
wouldsflll operate at a disadvantage Farming by its very nature
just canlt operate lile business When several million farmers are
engaged in growing n crop there lis no way on earth to limit pro
Hluctlon to the amount needed in the absence of quotas And whe
other than the federal government could control quotas
The stock answer from opponents of quotas is Let the law of
supply and demand prevail
J In qther words If the farmers grow twice as much wheat as is
needed then turi the crcpover to the buyers market and let them
have jt for what tfiey will pay even if It is 15c a bushel Now the
law of suppfy and demand wilf work but what are we going to do
with the hundreds of thousands of casualties
In the first place the law of supply and demand was never allowed
to work even before the era of government farm programs Grain
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TUSSYS
After the bath is over let the luxury linger
brokers not supply and demand uiually controlled the price of gralrt
the farmer
COUNTDY tDIIOH
WHO WANT their freedom to be thrown to the economic
THOSE
lions can bo classified under two groups
One group has never seriously thought out the situation These
people somehow imagine that itis possible on the one hand to be
rce to grow fabulous amounts of a particular crop perhaps plant
their front yards In cotton then sell their Uncontrolled production o
a high price They Imagine they can have their cake and cat It too
They have never stopped to consider what they would use for cash
In case their crop didnt pay production costs in case they had to sell
their wheat in these inflated times for 50c a bushel or their grain sorghum
for 75c a hundred
They have forgotten that the last time farmers operated under
such an economy It was possible to live at home and get by with
little cash They have forgotten that farmers grew most of their
necessities that they didnt have to buy gasoline for the horse and
auggy or wagon ond team that they could trade some vegetables
and eggs to an itinerant peddler for enough cloth to make into a
few clothes for the children that there were no utilities bills to pay
Also among this group are young farmers who cannot remember
when times were not good on the farm They think that somehow
what we have just described cant happen here that somehow money
will be available to pay expenses that must be paid in cash
COUNW EDITOH
JIOUP NO 2 represents people who ore more naive than the
group just described Ttiese people know the score They also
happen to have sufficient financial backing to weather a storm They
know that a general farm depression would be to their advantage
Theyd like nothing better than to see the inefficient farmer driven
Off the farm Theyd like nothing better than to see land drop lo
Former Happy Man
Dies In Arkansas
G D Sqlvidge 83 died Saturda
at Ins home in Mena Ark He wa
the father of Mrs Woodfin Camp
Mrs Pearl Harrison and S F Sr
vldge all of Amanita and Hairy
Bud Seividge of Happy
He was a resident of Happy unti
1924 He was preceded in death b
his wife Emma Mr Seividge vva
born March 24 18S8
Other children surviving inrludt
Mrs John Michaels of St Louis Mo
Mrs Juanlta Hartman of Little Rock
Ark Mrs Leo Bloomer and Cu
Seividge of Mena Funeral service
wore held at Mena
Mr and Mrs Bob Speer and family
of Abilene are spending their J
cation in Tulia with his parents Mr
and Mrs Elmo Speer and family
Mr and Mrs Elmo Speer and Mr
and Mrs J A Payne and familv o
Wayside spent the weekend at Kicka
poo Lake near Wichita Falls
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a fraction of Its present price so that they could go out and buy it
up Then whenmost of the land had gotten into the hands of these
large farmers theyd start their demands that the government come
to their rescue just like they did li the early tfifrfles
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COUNIKr ioito
HERE IS ANOTHER thing most farmers have forgot They have
forgotten the social chasm that existed between thefarmer and
the city or town dweller prior to the era of government programs
this chasm was brought about due lot tho economic imbalance
between he town and country people
As a grade school student here in Swisher county we recall that
no farm child would ever express a desire to become a farmer Hkf
his father There was a stigma to farming Panning meant infer
fority It meant wearing inferior and noVsJ > stylisfo clothing It mean
tf less elegant home It meant outdoor pIiimbThg For the girls ft
meant ugly hands as a result of farm work For the father J4
uslfally meant crude ungrammatlcal speech almost illiteracy dn somf
SaSfS because In too many instances farm youths were not privileged
lo complete even public school education much less college For he
mother it meant long hard hours of physical labor with never tin
opportunity for more reasons thdn one to belong to a study club itr
town
trC For the farm family it sometimes meant being stared at and even
laughed at by town dwellers when they came to town In their rustic
and quaint garbs on Saturday afternoons
V COUNW ioiioh
WjlHY DID THIS chasm exist between the farmer and the tnwn
W dweller It existed not because the farmer was infertor
intellectually not because he had a lower IQ not because he was
incapable of learning the social graces It existed simply because of
his economic disadvantage He was subjected to a lower standard
of living than his town cousin
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Weve seen a transition occur right here In Swisher county during
the past 30 years The economic and social differences Jiave been
wiped out The modern farmer is just as polished as his town
ousln If 13 education his culture Is the same And it has occurred
6r the one reason that the economic standard of the farmer has
been raised
And anything the farmer has received was not at the expense
of any other group The town dwellers living Standard was not
brought down while the farmers was brought up as the conservative
daily press tells us Or ps some of the Texas weekly satellites
put it the capable was not fobbed to give to the uncapable
counuy soiiot
ESIITE THE PROGRESS the farmer has made during the past
30 years we still find farmers now and then Who think they
are being ruined by government interference They beg to be set
free They think they wotild be better off if only they could operato
according to supply and demand
They get together and damn the government
How this small minority needs to be set free How it needs
to go it alone for about five years How it needs to get a tasto
of what farming is likJe with no controls in a highly organized
tightly controlled economy How it needs to get just what it is asking
for
We wouldnt want to be a smalltown business manin an agricultural
community if these people got what they want but wed liko
to be on the sidelines watching what happened
To put it mildly ww wouldnt have to go traipsing off to Old
Mexico to see how the peasants live We would see the same thing
by driving pardon by jialking to Vigo Park and back
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Baggarly, Herbert Milton. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 53, No. 29, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 20, 1961, newspaper, July 20, 1961; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46364/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.