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Show Maitenger-Enterpris- e, Thur., Nov. 20, 1975-Pa- 2 gs Farnsworth USD A Reviews Fall Food Situation Good news for shoppers: food prices are likely to be more stable this fall than they were last summer. Larger market supplies of beef, poultry, and fresh fruits and vegetables this quarter could lower prices at retail for some products in these categories. On the other side, higher prices than in summer could occur for eggs, dairy items, pork and fish. To get more specific, whats the outlook for beef? Retail prices have declined some from midsummer highs and will probably stay near these lower levels or rise a bit between now and December. Their behavior depends partly on what grain prices do and whether beef and poultry output pick up as expected. Though 1975 fed beef productions been low compared with last years, this fall it could meet or exceed levels for the first time since winter 1973. Restricted pork supplies because of a smaller pig crop this year than last will keep pork year-earli- prices high, perhaps boost them a bit. Larger supplies of beef and broilers this fall could help hold down the rise in pork prices at retail. Lamb prices too will probably continue high this fall. The supply of lamb (output current5 below already low ly 1974 level) continues to drop faster than demand for it, bringing higher prices. One reason fewer lambs are being produced each year is that they require such intensive care and they are easy prey for predators. Moving to the poultry end of the meat counter, youll see turkey prices higher than last fall because supplies are lower this year. Youll find the traditional specials on their 10-1- prices around the holidays, removing some of this higher price. With smaller total meat supplies in 1975 at generally higher prices, look for chicken to cost close to or a bit more than its price a year ago. Even so, chicken might well be an economical choice this fall. Broiler prices will likely decline seasonally below summer levmore boilers are els, and expected compared with last 0 fall. Eggs? They could be higher priced than in summer-the- ir usual seasonal pattern. Generally, consumer demand for eggs rises in September, helping to bid prices up, and they start dropping in October. In November and December, theyre on the up again because of increased demand during the holiday period for both home and commercial baking. Were eating a bit more fish this year than last, slightly above 12 pounds per capita. Frozen fish supplies built up last year and recently theyve been reduced to more normal levels. Also, U.S. imports have been sharply lower. Prices will probably remain near summer levels for cod fillet, crab, and tune--iample supply. But tighter supplies of shrimp and salmon suggest price increases for these items this fall. Dairy products will likely cost you more this fall than in summer. Smaller amounts of butter and American cheese produced this summer have pushed up their wholesale prices. The upswing is appearing in retail prices. But if it werent for big stocks of American cheese, prices for cheese would rise more. Retail fluid milk prices will go up this fall too. Milk production could increase, and if it does, more will be available for manufacn purposes turing (butter, cheese, etc.), thus slowing any price increases. Youll be paying more for ice cream in coming months because of higher costs for dairy inputs. But the rise in ice cream prices wont be as much as for other dairy items. Recent declines in retail prices for cereal and bakery items could be short-liveSome moderate upswing from summer is likely late this year. Retail bread prices, for example, began to edge down beginning last March, reflecting falling grain, oilseed, and sugar prices last winter and spring. But grain and oilseed prices have been recovering some early losses, and processing and marketing costs continue to rise, possibly signaling an increase in cereal and bakery prices in late 1975. Similar behavior has oc- curred for shortening, salad oils and dressings, and margarine. Retail prices began dropping back in March, reflecting lower oilseed prices; also, consumers cut back on their demand the previous winter. With some economic recovery now likely plus the gain in oilseed prices, fats and oils prices could stabilize this fall. Sugar-containin- products g .shouldnt change much in price from what they cost this summer although retail sugar prices will likely come down some this fall, depending on how large the world crop is this year. Prices of the products using sugar generally stay fairly stable; also they contain a variety of farm products, of which sugar is only one. Retail prices of nonprocessed foods, like fresh fruits and vegetables, can reflect changes in farm value of the raw input more quickly than processed items can. Effects of the Brazilian freeze last July have been felt already. Coffee prices reached $1 .27Ib. that month. Supplies will be adequate to meet demand and U.S. imports may increase to build up low inventories. Prices could peak early next year as but how high as $1.50-$2lhigh depends largely on consumer behavior-wheth- er people buy less coffee and switch to alternative beverages. Instant coffee will also cost more this fall compared with summer but it wont rise as fast as fresh coffee prices because of market control by processors. Tight world supplies of tea will perk up its price, though not as much as for coffee. All tea used in the United States is imported because its cheaper than growing it domestically; and slightly lower imports are coming in compared with 1974 figures. Its a good season for chocolate lovers, assuming a fine fall crop of cocoa beans. Prices of candy and cocoa could drop slightly this fall from summer or else go up only a bit; candy bars are getting larger too because of the lower sugar and cocoa prices this year. Soft drink consumption, down in 1974 because of sharply higher prices, probably will remain lower this year. Since they dont contain sugar, diet soft drinks could cost you less this fall relative to d soft drinks. Look for plenty of fresh apples, pears, and grapes this fall-- all at prices moderately below those a year ago due to larger 1975 crops. Fresh oranges will continue to cost slightly more than they did last fall but youll see some seasonal declines from summer prices. Bananas (99 imported and our most popular fresh fruit) have been quite high in price this year compared with 1974 but competition with other fruit this fall could push down their sugar-sweetene- price. High raw prices plus certain rising fixed prices and consumer resistance last winter left canned fruit processors with high stock levels this year. Our canned fruit exports have been down too because of the worldwide recession. Thus, with large supplies available, some canned fruits could cost you less at retail this fall and many items will be specialed. For other processed fruit The Birch Log about half the citrus fruit consumed in the United States each year. Cranberries, a holiday favorite, should cost about what they did last fall in the stores. Look for seasonal price rises for several fresh vegetables this fall. Retail prices may hold moderately higher than a year earlier. Onion prices will decline seasonally, although production being marketed from now through next March is 5 less than the large crop for this period a year ago. Growers expect to devote more space to mushrooms so plenty of fresh and processed supplies will be in the stores this fall. Expect substantially lower prices for pinto beans because Mexico will probably not import any this year. Supplies of navy beans are much tighter than last year, so they will cost more; reduced acreage and untimely floods in Michigan, the major producer, substantially cut quality and size of the crop. Look for adequate to generous supplies of most canned and frozen vegetables this fall. Volumes of canned tomatoes, pickles, and sweet com larger than last years are being packed. With 8 less acreage in fall potatoes this year and output likely to be 9 below a year ago, potato prices this fall w ill decline less than their usual seasonal drop, and theyll average higher than a year ago. crop supplies of frozen potatoes could help brake the expected price rise. And potato chips proably wont cost more than in summer good-qualit- of the Manti-LaSNational Forest will sell 525 Christmas trees for personal use during a three-wee- period beginning k Nov.30, Forest Ranger Charles R. Dick Allred, has an- nounced. Ranger Allred said that tags for the trees, to be limited to one per family and sold to a representative of the family, can be purchased only in certain designated areas on specific dates. He explained that a Forest Service officer will be at the designaged areas at 10 a.m. on the dates listed and will sell tags at $1.00 each, on a first come, first served basis. When the designated number of tags are sold for each location, the sale will be discontinued, he said. The Forest officer selling tags will issue each purchaser by John F. McManus If Great Britain's Belmont, Massachusetts experience with socialized medicine is an indicator of what a similar program would accomplish here, then we certainly ought to avoid it like the plague it has proved to be. at its outset, the British National Health Service is in serious trouble. And so, too, are the people of Great Britain, who are forced to rely on the government program for health care. personnel who simply leave the country. The British Medical Association reported recently that the number of doctors seeking emigration in the first half of 1975 has more than quadrupled over the number in previous years. System Near Collapse arily interviewed by highly publicized pollsters. Over 92 percent of the doctors who participated indicated their opposition to the proposed National Health Insurance plan. A chilling aspect of the doctors response was that 80 percent of these physicians said they would steer a son or daughter away from the medical profession if socialized medicine became a reality. Remember that a large percentage of todays doctors had a parent who was a doctor. Even more startling, 27 percent said they would quit medicine if Congress saddled our nation with such a program. By the method of professional pollsters, that translates to a loss of 57,000 doctors virtually overnight. Imagine the consequences of that development! Much-heralde- d d Sir Rodney Smith, president of the British College of Surgeons, recently summed up his countrys medical situation, when he stated: We are not running out of time. We have run out of time. Smith pointed to increased inefficiency in the system coupled with the exodus of doctors as the latest indicators of the impending collapse. In Great Britain, a patient must customarily wait more than a year for a routine operation. And British hospitals have come to be so poorly equipped that Sir Rodney even told of patients who have had to undergo second operations for removal of gallstones because a lack of equipment led to stones being missed during the first operation. g y Effects of Socialized Medicine Free access to anything always causes demand to skyrocket, and the field of medicine is certainly no exception. As a result of Britains free medical system, doctors are overwhelmed with malingerers and hypochondriacs; paperwork requirements consume huge amounts of time; the ranks of practicing physicians have become depleted because of the e numbers escaping to administration; fewer young persons enter the medical profession because of sharply reduced appeal; and the taxation of all to pay for this progress has zoomed skyward. Added to all these predictable consequences is the staggering number of trained medical A Chilling Survey What will socialized medicine do to the American system? Private Practice magazine surveyed Americas physicians a year ago to find out. Over 28,000 of Americas 212,000 doctors responded, far more than the few custom- 1975 The John Birch Society Features Ray Lyons of Ephraim. Areception in their honor will be held at the Manti North-CentWard chapel on the evening of Saturday, Nov. 22, from 7 to 10. Friends of the families are invited to attend. 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Store hours: 8 Ephraim LISTEN TO THE ALAN STANG SHOW, MON. THRU FRI.-9:- 15 A.M. ON KSVC RADIO Is friends of the This space John Birch Society purchased by daughter Joy Lynn to Ray Lyons Jr., a son of Mr. and Mrs. Manti Mountain), 100 tags. Forest boundary-6-Mi- Ie Allred said. Vehicular access to the cutting areas, except for More Central Power Why then, does the drive for socialized medicine continue? In the face of readily available information about Great Britain's experience, we seriously doubt that everyone who promotes government health care is merely misled. It would seem instead that powerful forces, led by Senator Edward Kennedy, are determined to concentrate all power over America in the hands of the central government. While constantly ignoring the overwhelmingly strong case against socialized medicine elsewhere, they keep telling Americans that they will make the system work here. We suggest that they would have a better chance for success in teaching elephants to fly. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Farnsworth Jr.f Manti, announce the marriage of their both fresh- and canned, could well be an economical choice this fall as theyre likely to cost no more than they did last fall. cutting instructions, Ranger snow machines, must be confined to established roads. These are the areas on which trees will be sold and the selling dates: Nov. Forest boundary -- Log Canyon (north and west of Ftn. Green), 75 tags. Ephraim Canyon along canyon road below New Canyon turnoff (sale area includes New Canyon and Willow Creek), 100 tags. Forest boundary-Spri- ng City (sale area includes Canal Canyon), 100 tags. Nov. boundary Ray Lyons Jr. y Christmas Trees on Forest Limited The Sanpete Ranger District Miss to Wed because there is plenty of chip stock for Sweet potatoes, processors. Shenandoah Toward Medical Chaos full-tim- items, raisins, prunes, frozen strawberries and cherries will be in ample supply. 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