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>* ft J* E D I T O R I A L S Words of praise . . A few words of praise seen* In order this week regarding the efforts of thi? Lewis County Chamber of Com merce, various m em b ers of the Lewis County Board of Legislators, our state legislators Senator Jam e s Donovan, Chadwicks, and Assembly man Donald L, Taylor, Watertown, in their effort to gain the recent passage of a bill creating the Lewis County Industrial Development Agency, a m easure which will mean a great deal to the future industrial development of Lewis County->name!y JOBS, The project was started in 1972 as a joint effort of the chamber and the legislators* The new legislation will allow industry in the county to obtain low cost funds for expansion and Improvement of their facilities. It will also provide an Incentive for new industries to settle tn the county* It Is expected that the five*member board of directors of the new agency will be appointed by the Board of Legislators at a meeting within the next few months. And at the same time, we thank Assemblyman Taylor and Senator Donoiran for their efforts pushing the passage of a bill allowing thp establishment of a Village of Lowville Housing Authority, which will pave the way for new multiple-story housing for the village's low Income residents, particularly the elderly. Lowville has been hampered by inadequate housing for y e a r s , a problem which this newspaper In the p a s t year has shown considerable concern. Now, through the efforts of our state legislators, we seem moving in the right direction - at la s t Michael J. B lair Fonda - Again! r When will Jane Fonda do her country a great service, exper ience her finest hour, whatever, and for the sake of decent Am ericans everywhere, kindly shut her big mouth? We pose this question In view of her leading l,Q00 anti-war dem o nstrators in a fiasco near the Summer White House a t San Clem ente, Calif., In protest against the visit to the United States ol South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thleu. What a farce these lste demonstrations by an assorted a s semblage o f riffraff have become) Tobegtnwlth, what In heaven’s name are they demonstrating about? For years, they have c r iss crossed the United States, rioting and demonstrating against our Involvement In the war In Vietnam, demanding that it come to an end. Well, to the very best of our knowledge, it HAS come to an end, In the event they have failed to notice. AH U.S. troops have been withdrawn. Oh, yes, the war goes on; there can be no doubt about that. But who may we ask t s caustng tt now? Not President Johnson, not President Nixon, not American im p erialism , as they call it. No, It ls tn (act the infiltration-of thousands of North Vietnamese troops into South Vietnam and tbe resupply of those already there, which Just happens to be tn complete disregard for tbe peace settlement that the Reds, the heroes of the Fondas, C larks, e tc ., signed In P a r ts . Perhaps they might do weH to dem onstrate to Hanoi, and while they a r e a t tt they would be doing their country a g reat service by remaining there. How many of these so-called \peace acttvlsta” have we seen greeting the return of our POWs, whom die peaceniks now claim they rescued from Red incarceration by demonstrating against the '‘im m orality’* of the war and thus forcing It to an end? How many hospitals where our POWs are being treated has Jane Fonda visited since their return? None, obviously. And tt is probably just as well, because while s h e was sightseeing not too long ago tn Hanoi and making various antt-Am erlcan broad casts from that Red capital, not too far from where s h e roamed, these sam e »OWb w ere living through sheer hell. And It t s probably Just aa wett for her seke that she tioessH eseke asy visits to tb* ev-POWa; no doubt they would heave h e r oot the nearest window, with loud applause from this editor and I trust the overwhelming majority of people living tn this country who claim to be Americans. So, Mias Fonda, you and vour followers go oo with your silly dem o n strations, although, in fairness (Perhaps too much to ask from your tiie?), you might read about the p ast plight of your fellow Am ericans, like the account published a s follows in the L<K ANGELES TIMES; L i k e N o w l y T t r r y O a k e s Karen’s KorneA loanrai an* JRejmbfo®* Who owns a persoo-the p erson himself or the nation In which he resides? It seems that there a r e those among us who bold that It ls the Individual and not society who should Judge o u r actions. T h is line of thought has been offered as Justification for allowing d raft evaders back Into the United States with no form of punish ment handed out to them. They reason that a person was only being true to hts conscience when he chose to flee to Canada, Swe den, o r elsewhere rather than serve In the Vietnam War, Whe ther the Indochina War was Im moral or not will remain de batable for some time to come; but that Is beside the point. The fact of the m a tter ls that a considerable number of young men decided not to be inducted Into the armed forces when catted to fight to the w ar. Instead, these men opted to leave the country. Should they now be permitted to return to America under a policy of unconditional amnesty? The question ls certainly a delicate one, so to attempting to provide a Just answ er, let us try to rid the Issue of Its emotion al side and view i t objectively. As Americans, we are bom Into a nation and Its society, and throughout the course of our lives, our government and so ciety provide us with numerous Invaluable public services. We are offered immunization c linics free of charge, and our other health services a r e forced to meet certain government standards so that we can rely on their depend ability and safety. Public schools are maintained by our state and federal governments to an effort to provide American children with a quality education. But most Important of all, we are brought up to an atm osphere with a deeply rooted tradition o f free dom of speech, reUglon, travel, press, and assembly. These basic liberties affoTd us the op portunity to develop Info well- rounded adult citizens. And at any point in our lives, we are free to accept these liberties or reject them. We a r e free to leave this country any tim e we so desire, no questions asked. But as long as we live to the Untied States, we must abide by Its rules and regulations. The sam e is true to any organization o r society. The strange thing is, while we a re so willing to accept the services and freedoms ofthts country, so many of us a r e not willing to give anything in return. With every liberty we h ave, there ls a corresponding duty and ob ligation. Along with protecting our liberties, the federal gov ernment has both the moral and legal authority to draft men into the nation's arm e d f o rces. And as citizens of the United S tates, we have an obligation to comply with all Its constitutional laws, Including the draft laws. No country could survive very long if its citizens were allowed to obey only those taws which they wanted to. This must guide us in our search for an answer to the amnesty question. Those men who chose to leave the country rather than stay and perform their legal obligation to he drafted when called upon knew full well what they were doing and what the consequences for their action w ere. They chose to leave the country ot their own f reew ill, which was their privilege a s Am erican citizens. Now that the war is over, many of them d e s ire to return without having to face legal punishment. This Is not thetr privilege a s Americans, in the United States, n o one is above the law. If we Ignore or diso bey a government statute, we a r e obliged as citizens of a na tion to face tbe consequences. They cannot therefore be allowed to return under a policy of un conditional amnesty to the for giving em b race of American gov ernm ent. If the draft dodgers a r e ever to be perm itted to re turn to the country they so will ingly forsaked to time of w ar, they must face legal consequen ces and p erform som e service of retribution. tty Karen Young Putting an end to the Vtetnam war and having worked “ to a - chleve a lasting peace to the w o rld,\ President Nixon’s next project is to achieve “ peace to our own land.*’ Said P r e s . Nix on, \It Is tim e for an escala tion to the w ar on crim e ,\ and \that the only way to attack crim e to Am erica is the way crim e attacks our people - with out pity.** The President’s words a r e strong, a s are his proposals .Two of the most controversial Is sues have been given his high* e s t priority, stiffening sentences and the death penalty. The P res ident is u rging a new federal law imposing tbe death penalty to r w a r-related treason, sabotage and espionage and where death results from such serious fed eral offenses am skyjacking, kid napping and assaulting a federal officer, if possible, he would like these offenses to carry a mandatory death sentence. Stif fening sentences would pertain to drug pushers and traffickers. Anyone found guilty of traffick ing to m o re than four ounces o t a substance containing heroin o r morphine and who had a previous drug-felony conviction would a u tom atically receive life Im prisonm ent without possibility of parole. The lowest penalty for a trafficker would be from five to ‘ fifteen years to r a first offense involving less than four ounces. MEMBER twEWwPw%PER Aiseefstlwi - m r n d M fM f ?5S® STATE STREET, LOWVILLE. N.Y. 1338? Journal Established 1838 Republican Established 1*30 Merged I860 Published weekly by LowvUle Printing and Publishing Co., Inc. Richard E. S mith,President - Publisher Michael J . B lair, Editor Carol Smith, Advertising M M » t« Carol Dykeman, Office Manager . Tony Urbanlak, Staff P hotographer National Advertising R e p rM » to«*e in d e p e n d e n t n e w s p a p e r MARKETS, INC. New York - Chicago « Detroit - Dallas - San Francisco - Atlanta Entered at Post Office, Lowvllle, N.Y., as second-class m a tter SUBSCRIPTION - PAYMENT IN ADVANCE $8.00 Year New York S tate - $7.00 Year E U ^ h e r e ln C o o ttn e n to l United States - $8.00 Year Alaska, Hawaii, Foreign Countries W e d n e s d a y , A p r i l 1 1 , 1 9 7 3 Page 2 “ W l*t's the use of laying down. . . when we can sprlghtly walk . . _ to r to a sense we know , . . when someone says what's true . r t au mttuano . , . sm iles from out of the blue . . . God knows that truth is borrowed life . . . and to the end 11 wlU p r e v a il. . . though interims i s tr if e ,, so many folks Ignore the truth , . . unless it fits their way . . . God knows tola the end . . . they wlU have to p a y . . - *° we’ll use the freedom . . . God meant for u s au . , . we’ll w rite and say what’s to our hearts . . . though tt wtll not please au. S I S ? a a W c h a a i J . B l i l r . . . A C L O S E R L O O K > w a v s v e a j'v the Thomas Sweredosld Mem orial W restling Trophy. An out- And what of the thousands of other Am ericans who, although they did not want to , perform ed their duty by fighting to the arm ed forces? Many of them were m aimed, crippled, taken prison e r , and even killed; but they did not run away when d rafted. They stood and fought. Can we ever standing athlete, Charlie has compiled during his high school years one of the most rem a rk able wrestling records tn the Academy's history, and this ls not something to be token lightly to view of the fact that LowvUle has Each month the Journal and R e publican publishes a list of bills M r. Nixon has received harsh and claim s paid by the county criticism from many about his for services and goods received proposals. They a ll ask the sam e by the various offices of coun- questlon, wlU tougher sentences ty government. This month, a - rednce crim e? Evidence m a r - mong the bills and claim s, we shaled to r argum ents against found an Item marked “ sup- capltol punishment last year to plies,** which cost $143.68. Now, the Supreme Court tended to show we admit this Is not a large long maintained the distinction of that there Is no proof It d e ters amount, and the amount Is not having one of the best wrestling crim inals. States that repealed what we question. But we do teams tn the state, dating back ™ — u - . e . amendments calling for the death wonder that when everyone. In- to when I was in high school and justify their sacrifices If we w el- Penalty In certain crim e s found eluding government, b u siness and Coach Jack Brennon year after rigtoal Indebtedness to us a r t s - come back unconditionally those no increase In c a p ital c r im e s ,no r p r e s s , ls urging everyone to shop year hammered out the winners, tog from World War I was who fled to the safety of a fo r - m u rder r a tes differ slgnlfl- locally, why an agency o f county Today, under Coach Neal Aubel, $185,071,023.07; accrued Inter* eign country? No. the d r a ft canUY between states with and government finds It n e c e ssary to tbe tradition of Lowville’s sup* est ** 01 June 30,1971, amounted dodgers willingly left the United without the death penalty. The spend $143.88 a t a Watertown ertor wrestling goes on. C h a r- to $129,410,036.45; payment* States to o r d e r to avoid their mU- evidence la not substantial o n e l - discount variety sto r e . And we lie Stewart graduates In June made though June 30, 1971, w ere ltory obligation. We must n e v e r “ m * s Me of the argum ent*, s o notice that this is the second time and has now becom e part of that $19,829,914.17 on the principal perm it them to return until they absolute-Judgem ent will neyer that this has happened In to® past rem arkable tradition. He has and *304,178.09 on the Interest.. - ............................................... beobtalned. - 1 fevmvonths. Aren't lbfcal m e r- — . . .al -n . — It Is questionable that tougher chants big taxpayers In this coun- sefitences are really necessary, it? Shouldn’t business with them Evidence Is building that s o m e - come ffrst? present time the foreign gov ernments owe this nation $48 bUllon. Almost o n e-third of this amount has been past due since World War 11 We bare enough budgetary and balance-of-pay- ments problem s of o u r own right now and I t's ridiculous lor these monies to b e outstanding. A few examples should b e en lightening. T reasury Department records as of June 30, 1971, Indicate that Czechoslovakia’s o - atre willing to subm it to the pun* lsbrrfont p rescribed by tbe law for those wlx> broke tt. tortes of torture, deprivation, and brutoUty tumbled from re- 1*-sed American war prisoners Thursday, March 29, hours after the return of the last 67 captives from Hanoi freed them to talk. They told of shoulders being tom from their sockets, of Jaws being forced apart with Iron bars, of years tn solitary confine ment, and of being beaten senseless and denied medical treat ment. Navy Capt. James A. Mulligan, J r . , who was captured In March, 1966, estimated that 95 per cent of the 589 POWs were severely tortured, and that 80 per cent flnaUy gave to to demands for prop aganda statements. Air Force CoL Robinson Rlsner told reporters al Andrews Air Force Base that prisoners of the North Vietnamese were bound with ropes In such a way that their toes were forced Into their throats. “ They would leave you la this msumer,” he said, \until you acquiesced tn what they wanted you to do.” After continuous torture, he said, \my will no longer func tioned.'’ He aald he finally gave both tape recorded and written anti war statements. “ I wrote what they told me to write. 1 said what they wanted me to say. If they said they were winning In South Vietnam, t said they were winning tn South Vietnam. If they said t was a criminal, I said I was a criminal.” He said he Is sure that some Americans died »( the hands of their captors. One may have been Capt. Edwin Atteberry, of Dallas, Tex., who escaped only to he captured 18 hours later. LL Col. John A. Dramesl of Blackwood, N.J., who escaped with Atteberry said he ls sure his fellow-officer waa tortured to death. Frorrs the begtantng of the prisoner exchange last month, ihe released Americans have avoided disclosing details of their captivity because they feared tt would endanger men still held by the Communists. After the Initial debriefing of the final 67 released Thursday, It was decided there wax no longer any reason to watt, and the pilots captured as long ago as 1964 began telling thetr stories at hurriedly arranged press conferences around the country. They told of horrors at prison camps called by the Americans the Zoo, Little Vegas, Dog Patch, the Plantation, the Briar Patch, Dirty Bird, tbe Zoo annex and others. They recounted how their spirits Improved after they learned from recently captured pilots that U.S. forces had helicoptered into Son Tay prison In November 1970 tn a futile rescue a l. tempt that found the prison empty. They recalled some slapping others on the back and saying \God bless Tricky Dick” while B-52s rained bomhs around Hanoi last December, CoL Dramesl told of two escapes from prisons and of being captured and tortured each time. On htsr second escape May 10, 1969, he and Atteberry colored thetr faces, put on cone-shaped '» letnamese-style hats they had made, and slipped over a wall at the Zoo annex. Hoping to reach the coast and get a Junk to go south, they walked through a village on the outskirts of Hanoi, passing unnoticed within three feel of Vietnamese peasants. They were caught the next day when they stopped to rest. Dramesl said Atteberry was in good condition at (he time, but Oat aereral days later Hie North Vietnamese announced he had died of an unusual disease.* LOS ANGELES TIMES thing is working to deter c rim e. The first nine months of 1972 showed only a one per cent in crease In the num ber of serious crim e s com m itted, the final months may show no growth at all. Even auto thefts have be come m o re uncommon - the rate dropped by four per c e n t. But everything ls not coming up roses. For the three most violent crimes • forcible rape, been a credit to his team , his class, his school, his communi ty and most certainly, his pa rents. They can an be very proud and aU no doubt wish him the very best in the \adult world” that he IS soon to enter. -O - And, while we’re at it, congra tulations to Bob N o rcross’ —O- WhUe the New York S tate Leg islature finds ways to keep busy by passing such laws as the one to prevent farm e rs from cutting brush along their s tr e a m s , it a p - Beaver River Central wrestling pears that some of the m o re s l g - champs, who have compUed quite nlflcant m easures a r e burled in a rem arkable record and have committee, never to be beard come a long, long way In the past from again. Two bills c u rrently few years, before the Legislature are good -O . T he p rin cip and t t w a i t dutf and unpaid to the United States b y Czechoslovakia, arising from World War I, as of June 30, 1971, was $223,211,967,26. Sim ilarly, at the close of fis cal year 1971, Armenia still owed us $42,938,950.31. An American of Armenian descent has repaid us $17.49 to round off the ori ginal Indebtedness figure of $ 11 ,- 959,917.49, The accrued Inter est on this amount on June 30, 1971, was $30,979,050.31. FlnaUy, let’s look at the dls- Dear Uncle Elmer; 1 might he blind, hut I can’t for Ihe life of me see what Soph la Loren has that 1 haven’t got. Aunt Abigail Dear Abby: Yes, you might be blind. Uncle Elmer D e a r Uncle Elm er: 1 want to be Governor of New York very badly. Sam D e a r Sam; I’m afraid Rocky has beaten you to It, Uncle El m e r Dear Uncle Elmer: I hear Senator Javits is running again. It Just isn’t fair, a maa being In office for so long. Why, 1 want to be Senator worsefhanhim.Og den Dear Ogden; Impossible. Uncle Elmer D e a r Uncle E lm e r; Did you know that Burt Reynolds ts an Indian? Do you think he Is giv ing Ute Indians a bad reputation? Tess D e a r T e ss: Y es, I do. He’s destroying the loin cloth Industry. Uncle Elm er tresslng case of Russia’s World aggregated assault and m u rder- examples; The MU of o u r local War 1 debt to us. Her original a r e still on the rise. Theft of Assemblyman, Don Taylor,w h ich we will conclude this indebtedness was $192,601,297.- property constitutes the over- Is referred to as the “ freedom o f week’s column by seconding a 37 . Interest due 00 June 30, whelming numerical bulk of s e r - Information\ b ill and would allow proposal by Rep. BUI A rcher, R ., 1971 , had grown to an unbeUeve- ious c r im e s . These are the ones citizen access to governmental Tex. able $514,609,938.95. The R u s- records, and the bUl of Assembly* Congressman Archer states: slans have made no payments on man Clark Wemple, which would I »m reintroducing a \Sense of the principal; an Interest payment outlaw \executive sessions.” the Congress” Resoluttondirect- of $8,750,311.88 represents the Taylor’s bUl, which passed the B*g U*e T reasury Department to proceeds from liquidation of R u s- ..... .. _______ _ __ Assembly by an overwhelming mak* immediate arrangements man assets in the United States. hardens while In prison. Ob- m argin, Is now lost In the Senate fo r t h e repayment of all overdue The balance due ls $698 460 - vlously, someihlng m u st be done finance committee, where it will Oebts to this country. At the 924.44. about a crim lnaj’s treatm e n t, to probably die because \ I t would that a r e leveling off o r going down. The basic purpose of our pe nal system ls to rehabilitate, tt ls said that a criminal tally Dear Uncle Elmer; Wf»t <jc you consider lo be the greatest tragedy of your time? Wendy Dear Wendy: Oh, I don’t know... But I guess things Just ain’t been the same slneeGrandpatoredown the woodshed, Uncle Elmer Dear Uncle E lmer: What is your definition of a busybody? Sara Dear Sara: A person with a tongue that Is hinged In the mid dle, wags on both ends and runs like a babbling brook. Uncle El mer lower the recidivism rate. R»' tional standards must be set to determine what type of treat ment a criminal needs before locking him up, Nixon’s profes sionalization of police and back ing of drug treatment programs deserve support. But his harsh proposals for capital crimes can hardly be considered \effective answers.’’ be too expensive.\ Wemple’a bill appears to be bogged down under pressure from tbe Board of Regents, which likes to con duct Its business In p rivate, -O- Coogratulatlons seem to order ♦his week for Lowvllle Academy Senior Charlie Stewart, son of M r, and M rs. Fred Stewart, Wat A Farmer’s View C o m m e n t s b y O t i s M u n n 1 see by the paper that As semblyman Burton Hecht of the son, who has won again this year Bronx claims that meat prices are too high ana urges New York- PRAYER; Father, only we ourselves can block Your love from us. Forgive us when we do thla. Help us to move up closer and feel the warm and wonderful communication of Your love. In the name of our Savior, who taught us to pray, \Our Father who arl in heaven Amen.” LETTERS™™ EDITOR T Jane Fonda recently csUed our returning POWs liars when they began telling the stories of the horrible treatment they were glyen by the Reds, Why ts It with this woman thal her fellow Americans are always liars when they say something that runs counter to her statements and actions and that she seems to agree with everything that the North Vtetonmexe propaganda mill dumps out? The North Vietnamese recently called our POWs liars, too. In Ihe final analysis, however, the American people will con clude who is lying and who Is not — our POWs o r the Jane Fondas. We (rust It will not be too difficult for our fellow A- merlcans tn arrive at such a conclusion. - Michael J . Blair Times ain’t what they used to be. Walls, I was a watchln the televtshlon a heap last week cuz the whether was so wet an a damp out, f’s really (njoy sum ov the programs, they’s reely git me ter chucktln. An ya knows some ov the programs have folks o n ’em that yet could swear was yernext door neeboor or friend o r even kin. uets take \TtwOddCouple\ fer example. Ya noes theires Oscar and theirs Felix. Walls, ya noes Felix ls the one whose so neal an clean an speaks so nicely. He's purdy smart cuz be noes a lot ov things about a lot ov things. The only thin ls that's he’s kind ov obnockyus. He’s always tryln* ter tell folks bowr, ter do things an alt that. Youse noes what 1 10 pens. Then there* that Oscar, he’s a purdy \loveable\ ol slob. He’s sloppy an don’t haveno mannersnorcon- slderation fer others. His room Is a disaster area an he looks like hts clothes has been slept In. Why*, land of goosbes, he probably even smelts! Anyanoes he even eats like a pig an slob bers down anythin he can as fast as he can two. Wa11s,somellmes 1 git ter laffing at ’em, but at Ihe same lime theys git purdy dlsgustin, Theys can turn my stomach purdy fast. Walls, any way!, 1 noes these too folks thl*ts a heap (Ike these other two. There’s ft right close reseem- blance there, septln ol Fellxaln't so obnokshus. Walls, there’s t heajl ov ’em In the world I But the* , . , Editor, Journal and Republican: I would like to make a com ment, in regards to Mr. Otis Munn's, \Farm e r's View” col umn, Mr. Munn Is a farmer, with a farmer’s view, I am a truck driver, with s truck dri ver’s view, Thts is not the horse and buggy era. Granted, the railroad has taken a backseat to the noisy tractor trailers, but, did Mr. Munn ever consider where this country would be without their service. The railroad cut their noses, to spite their face. Their service, lo the North Coun try, and the entire country had become obsolete and Inferior. They are the ones who would hold up loads, until they had a full train load, before shipping, which sometimes would result In weeks In getting to the con signee, tf tt didn’t get lost In the shuffle. Therefore, tn order to get materiaF-yes, and farm p ro- ducts-shlpped with expedience, It was necessary lo torn to Die tractor trailers. I am quite sure that Mr, Munn, does not plow his fields with a horse, but with a smeUy old Iraclor, Did you also know, without the highway use Lax paid by truckers and trucking concerns, In New York State, the highways would he In far worse shape then they are now. As far as pollution, and the noise of the tractor trail er, 1 have lived near a farm for several years. We have con tended wllh the smells, the flys, the cows, and the noise of form tractors running a ll day, while I cott him for a couple of years, was trying to get some sleep, so Of course I should feel sorry ers to boycott meat for a weekor longer. He claims that meat prices have risen to unprecedented levels and the only recourse the consumer has is io quit buying. I also claim that Assemblyman Becht’s salary has also risen to unprecedented levels, plus the lulu that goes along with ft, and I only wish that I could boy. I could run aU night. Everything has Us purpose to life, and Its place, and the trans port truck and their d rivers haye theirs, as well as the farm e rs. So, I say live and let Uve. - Dotg Salmon, Glenfield, for Mm In some ways, fore lit he finds it so hard to put meat on his table at the present price something should be done about his salary. Much r t the trouble comes, not from the cost of production, but from the fact that our dol- tor has been devalued by ten per Editor, Journal and Republican; cent and naturally It’s going to Recently, the PTA of Lowvllle take more dollars to purchase our Academy sponsored toe annual food, talent show. One of toe prizes Devaluation of the dollar has went to a boys’ trio of Stephen encouraged foreign markets to Sweredosld, Joel Manzer and buy more freely of our supplies Daryl Myers, These boys have of food and all food thal ls lm- heen singing together for toe last ported like coffee, sugar, bananas seven years. They started to kin- or spices are going to cost more doUars to buy because of the de creased buying power of our cur rency. In Russia they havehadbad har vests, which they blame on the weather, but I think it comes from socialist Incompetence and per haps from toe strain of supplying North Vietnam and Egypt and other socialist Inclined countries with the arm s and money to fight capitalism. Of course toe formers might retaliate by not buying new trac tors and form machinery, cut dergarten with Mrs. MUdred Reed. Mrs. Reed deserves a great deal of credit for these boys win ning each year. Thank you, Mrs. Reed, - A Mother, Mrs. Philip Sweredoskt, LowvlUe R, D. Editor’s Note; It ls a policy of toe Journal and Republican that only letters which a re signed will he published to the \L e tters to the Editor” column and that the names always be published with the letters. a a a 9 4 a toetr fertilizer buying to half o r more, stop putting Ume on their land for a year and generaUy c u r tailing their production of food and milk, and I wonder what would happen to food prices then? We could raise our own food and meat and live on the fat of toe land while the grocery shel ves went hare. I belong to an older generation, and I used to grow potatoes and sold them locally to individuals and grocery stores but now they are shipped in from Maine and Idaho and other distant places. I used to kill hogs and beef and seU by toe quarter or half and tots has been stopped by the zeal ot our State Board of Health, which has required such a fancy slaughterhouse that toe Individual has been forced out r t business. AU these changes have In creased the price to the consumer who can no longer buy locally produced products on a produc er to consumer basis, which in many Instances meant a fresher and superior product at a much lower price and also helped our local economy. In some ways our American consumer ls a tittle bit unfair bPcausp only about elghteeen to twenty per cent of hts paycheck goes for food, While fn European countries they expect to spend about forty per cent rt their earnings for food. And then we have the fact that the former Is not producing food for toe sole benefit of toe con sumer hut rather as a means ot making a tittle money for him self and should be entitled to a fair profit for hts labor* toe same* as *ny oth$*r wortor. •• Otis Munn I
