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Show i 1 2XEM-GENEVA TIMES THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER g, 1948 Published Every1 Thursday Office of Publication. Route 2, Box 276 B, Orem, Utah Printed at 57 North First West, Provo, Utah M. NEFF SMART, Editor and Publisher Entered as second class matter November 19, 1944 at the' postoffice at Orem. Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. MEMBER: Utah State Press Association Subscription Rates: ' I One year, strictly in advance $3 00 I Six Months $2.00 iiiiiiiMtiitiiiiMllillllllllllllltLiillltiri i ililiiiiiii 1 1 1 1 M iiiiitiiliiiii i iiinri iiiii iin i iiilirii iltr till iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iirlliHlil mil niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitriiiii tiiiiimtiiti NO NEED FOR CONTROVERSY "Beware, Mr Businessman," is the way the recent chamber of commerce circular letter to local businessmen business-men introduced the subject of Orem's reservoir and culinary water project, and advised the businessmen to be present at the mass meeting set for Monday evening at the high school auditorium. The letter accused the mayor and city council of calling call-ing the meeting "with the probable intention of killing the water project," and asked "how long, Mr. Businessman Business-man are you going to put up with this spineless administration?" admin-istration?" It is unfortunate, anytime, when a chamber of commerce com-merce becomes at cross purposes with the city administration, adminis-tration, because cooperation between the two is the best guarantee a communitee has of wholesome, safe progress. prog-ress. Controversy over problems as important as the future of Orem's water project is good only when new information is brought to light. Name-calling seldom leads to clear analysis of our real problems. We believe thati all the members of the city council are just as anxious to go forward with the water program pro-gram as are members of the chamber of commerce. The fact that they are more cautious stems from their realization that they are spending other people's money when they embark upon the project, and they appreciate apprec-iate the voiced approval of the public before they take on the additional financial burden. We think that the proposed water program is hot in danger. Chamber of commerce members and others who are concerned about Orem's future water supply can insure the construction of a new reservoir and the enlargement of city -mains by attending the meeting Monday and expressing their faith in Orem and their willingness to back the council in tackling the big job. "A Sigh Heard Across the Continent ' " ... " . PLEASANT VIEW Edna M. Hansen 2028-M Mr. and Mrs. Dave Robinson df'Glendale, California visited with their aunt, Mrs. Edna Doe last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Hazel Oliverson of Salt Lake City spent two days last week at the Reed Crane home. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Crane and sons, Clark and Gilbrt spent the weekend in Blackfoot, Idaho, where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs- Fred Glasburn. Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Glasburn are sisters. Mrs. Carlos D Miller is visiting visit-ing Lovell, Wyoming with her sister, Mrs. Alice Clark, who is ill. At Sacrament meeting last Sunday the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Perry was given the name of Pat by her grandfather, William D. Stueler. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean, Harris Rasmussen was given the name of Joe Dean bv Alma Stone, an uncle from home last week Spanish Fork on Sunday. The Rasmussens are new memuers of the ward, having recntly purchased pur-chased a home in the new subdivision sub-division .on 12th North. Mr and Mrs. Harold F. Peterson. Peter-son. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hansen, Han-sen, Mrs Judik Bone and Mrs. Ellen Mackay attended sessions in the Salt Lake Temple during the past week. Among those who attended a tri-stake Primary convention in Pleasant Grove, last Thursday Thurs-day were Grace Lowry, Leah Peterson, Lucy Tippetts, Ruth Jones, Iva Wall, Vesta Booth, Mae Croft, Eva Matson, Verna Ekins, Ruth Meldrum, Leora Ashton, Meredith Searle, Edna Searle, Loa Hill, Leah Gleason and" Florence Hansen. Mr. and Mrs. Heber Tippetts, Gladys and Blaine spent Sunday Sun-day afternoon in Spanish Dork as dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Robb. Mr. and Mrs Frank Robins of Salt Lake City and Mrs- Nellie Grant and daughters, Betty and Donna of Layton, Utah visited at the Heber Tippetts A farewf '1 testimonial honor ing Paul Trotter and Herbert Lee, who are leaving Soon T the mission home will beta!! Sunday evenins at t - ueia ..s meeting on Sundav evening a Preside chat ilr ll TVfMert and Gleaners wm 8 held. A good musical pr0ra and speakers have been arrW ed for, and a good attendance ii desired. The meeting will hon the departing missionaries. Primary will begin next Wed. nesday September 15 and tV officers are anxious to hav every child attend. A fine pro! gram is planned for the child, ren who attend Primary thi. winter. a The officers and class leaders of the YWMIA held a businS meeting on Tuesday at the home of Vera Millett. A pleasant 2 ening of games and refresh ments followed the business meeting. Every ward member of mutual mut-ual age is invited to attend the opening social on Tuesday evening, even-ing, September 14 at the MIA canyon home. iofadn " "ashiagton ' I j Li Leaders of farm organizations here are admittedly worried over the fight that is shaping up over the farm price support program in the 81st congress. It is more and more appaient that some sources whose doorsteps door-steps are not clean are themselves them-selves adding to the clamor to and particularly high food prices on farmers and the farm support plan. It is apparent that this controversy con-troversy will come to a heaa in the first few days of congress next January and that in the meantime the importance of the subsidy program will De fanned all out of proportion to its actual place in the inflationary inflation-ary spiral by the presidential and senatorial campaigns this fall. That the high cost of living will be a major issue with both parties blaming the other is a settled fact, and the consumers will continually hear that their grocery bills are high because of the high prices farmers are getting all because of the price support. There is, of course, a grain of truth in the charge, and deiend-ing deiend-ing the program will be a diff icult one according to economic experts here. As a matter of fact, in the leading farm organizations organ-izations there are only a few ardent supporters of the farm subsidy program. What they will not tell the people, however, according to these observers, is that with large surpluses of major crops expected if farm prices should collapse, and they certainly ?IKII ITIIItt Illllllllllltl II M IIIIIIKI lllllltlllMII lllll 1 1 lllllllllllltllltlllllll llllll II I II Mil I M llllllilll IIIIMIllltlllllllll lllllllllttlllll lIMIIIIIIMIIItllllltll- You can rely on our skill in repairing re-pairing the delicate mechanism of your fine watch. WESTON J. SMITH NEW ZEALAND- TRAINED Expert watchmaker Watch Repairing Priced right ! All Work guaranteed. TAYLOR'S DEPT. STORE 250 West Center Provo aunHiiiiittiiirinniinmiiniiniiiiinimiiiiittiiiiinntHunRininnitHtm II nusi mi i siitf lass Advertis.- icju f- 3 From where I sit ... Joe Marsh 9 w One Great American Trait I always think it does a newspaper news-paper editor good to get put from h"hind his desk and see how folks in other parts of America look, and titi-ik. and act. And that's whai I've been doing these past vee::s, touring the country from Michigan to Texas', California to Maine. It's a mighty encouraging experience. Not only because of the different points of view you run into but because of the tolerance which reconciles those different points of view. 1 mean the tolerance of a Penn sylvania farmer for the habits of his city cousin; the tolerance of folks who vote one way towards those who vote another; the tolerance toler-ance of those who prefer spring water towards those who enjoy a moderate beverage like beer. From where I sit, it's that great American trait of tolerance respect re-spect for individual tastes and liberties that makes this country strong. Let's never lose it! Copyright, 1948, United States Brewert Foundation would if it were not for the parity program, then the price of everything else would coll apse and the farmer and every one else would be back where he started to rebuild his depleted acreage and farm plant in the 1930s. Whart the consumer is not told according to the economists. Is that the farmer is the greatest purchaser in the nation's economy. econ-omy. It is generally the rule to compare the farmer with an income in-come of $3,000 a year to the workers who make $3,000 a year. But when the woriser spends his $3,000 for what he must buy to live he is through, while the farmer who makles $3,000 a year must sDend some thing like $9 000 a year to maKe his $3,000 and he spends it in buying in every available mar- Ket. What the consumer does not take into considerat'on is that while industry and business largely control both production ana his market and also has its subsidies in the way of tariffs 1 and other emoluments, while tne worker has a floor under his wages and a contract een at a given wage, the farmer has no contract and has no control of either production r market, His only backer is his eovern. ment which says that when the puce of his product gets down below a living wage the government govern-ment will either lend him mon- y or take it off his hands at a parity price. When the farmer plants his seed after spending thousands of dollars in preparing his land ana lertnizing it, he does not xnow whether he will ralW a spear of wheat or a stalk of corn he faces drouth, flood, pests, winds, cyclones, hail wnen the businessman sees a product won sell, hip sinrmlv doesn't buy any more whereas if the price of wheat or corn ten below a profit to the farmer he couldn't say, "I won't plant any wheat." If he did we'd all starve. Bat the facts are the farmer is being made the stepchild in :he inflation fight merely because be-cause the government, with tax money it is true, guarantees him a living wage. Farm leaders and economists point out that the present price support system was developed during the war vhen every pound of food we could raise was essential to the winning of the war. Farmers were asked to produce the limit and they did so. Price supports were set to encourage them. To protect them against sudden price breaks when the war ended the price support was extended to cover two full crop years after hostilities ceased. In those two years the farmers were suppos ed to readjust production to a peace-time pattern. But they have never had a chance to make this new readjustment, for when the war was over the government asked them to continue con-tinue their all-out production to help feed and clothe a world pauperized and torn by the war. President Truman is even being be-ing urged to call a special session in November or December to take action on giving the farm ers flexible price supports on basic commodities instead of the 90 per cent as under the present law. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE NEEDS ENG. AID The 13 th Civil Service Region Reg-ion announced this week exams for filling positions of civil and agricultural engineering aid at salaries ranging from $2284 to $2974 per year. 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