The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1961 Page: 7 of 8
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What is Conservatives' Appeal?
H M. Baggarly in The Tulia
I Herald: The following letter ap-
peared recently in the "letters to
{he editor" department of the
Sacramento Bee, the daily News-
paper in the California State
capital.
• Sir, I recently came upon the
I Congresslonal Record which 1
understand is an official govern-
I ment publication. In that publi-
cation was a vicious article at-
tacking the John Birch Society.
When a magazine can attack a
' patriotic organization like the
John Birch Society that is carry-
ing freedom of the press too far.
I think the Congressional Record
should be investigated and if it
found to be un-American it
should be suppressed."
What is responsible for what-
ever popularity is enjoyed by
political conservatism and self-
styled conservatives? They are
popular among those people who
live by slogans and platitudes.
The pronouncements are not ob-
jectionable. They are usually
patriotic, sound, and something
acceptable by most anyone. A-
bove all, they sound good—like
mother and home. The only
thing wrong with them is that
they aren't always realistic. They
won't always work.
For example.
A typical conservative tenet is
"A wise person will live within
his income."
Now what is wrong with that?
Absolutely nothing. If we asked
all who believed that admonition
to raise the right hand, no doubt
every hand would go up. Identi-
fy that admonition with conser-
vatism and at once one decides,
"I am a conservative."
Now consider this statement,
"A person must sometimes live
beyond his income."
That statement is everything
the first statement is not. It
sounds somewhat irresponsible.
No one would want to embrace
U publicly.
Yet, which statement is the
more realistic?
There isn't one who reads this
who doesn't subscribe to the sec-
ond philisophy despite the fact
that he would no doubt give Up
service to the first
Who is there who wouldn't go
in debt to place his seriously ill
child in the hospital? Who
wouldn't go in debt, if necessary,
to get food for his family?
Now if you subscribe to the
first statement, you are one who
would let your child die rather
than place him in the hospital,
you Would let your family beg
or starve if you lose your Job and
your income stops.
Consider the assertions, "All
the farmer wants is freedom to
grow what he pleases" or "We
believe in free enterprise with
no government interference."
Again we have statements that
would spark a round of applause,
statements that would be em-
braced by a majority of people.
Tie these statements to conser-
vatism and you immediately
glamorize the doctrine.
But think these doctrines
through and it will be found that
they aren't what they seem.
Consider what would happen
to agriculture if the government
turned it loose as the Farm Bu-
reau would have it. Swisher
would need two sheriffs instead
of one to sell the foreclosed
farms. How many Swisher farm-
ers could survive 5 cent cotton
and 50 cent wheat? We only
have to turn back the clock a-
bout 30 years to find a time
when one of every four Swisher
farms was sold under the ham-
mer.
Then there is the question of
free enterprise without govern-
ment interference.
That means, if taken literally,
that it is all right for General
Electric and Westinghouse to get
their heads together and rig
prices when the City of Tulia
wants to buy equipment for the
power plant. For the government
to tell them they can't do it is
"government intereference."
Yet when Barry Goldwater,
flanked by two American flags,
goes on television, squares his
jaws, looks you in the eye, and
says, "I'm a Conservative' I be-
lieve in free enterprise, I believe
in freedom. I'm against govern-
ment interference. I believe in
setting the farmer free! I believe
in cutting government spending
in half." people by the score
shout "amen!"
All we have to do to determine
what kind of a country we would
have if Goldwater had his way
is just face facts. Just be realistic
just think a little.
We Just can't solve 1961 prob-
lems with 1861 techniques. We
would be the last to approve
every proposal that is made to
jx>pe with new probletais of a new
age. But our acceptance or re-
jection of new proposals must be
made on the basis of serious
thinking based on reality. Such
broad statements as "I'm against
all federal spending' and "I be-
lieve the government should
give the farmer his freedom"
Just won't solve our problems—
as good as "conservative" as they
sound.
An ugly word of our day is
"spending" and "spenders." Wal-
ter Lippman made a wise obser-
vation when he said, "If a mer
chant builds a pool hall, it is an
"investment," but when people
build a school, it is ' spending."
WATCH THOSE SHOTS
Jim Cornish in The Post Dis-
patch: Stray bullets cause an
awful lot of damage sometimes
—even when they don't hit cows
or humans.
Take last Thursday for ex-
ample.
The local radio station was
knocked off the air for 12 hours,
the Postex Mills switchboard—a
mighty busy one—was dead for
the same half day, and some 30
other phone subscribers were
without service all for the same
period.
Think of what inconvenience
was caused to many people.
And what had happened?
When telephone repairmen
tracked down the trouble they
found a .22 bullet lodged in the
big phone cable and that the
rains had soaked through the
hole made by the bullet and
shorted out the entire cable.
We think the story carries e-
nough editorial punch in its tell-
ing. It doesn't need any more
spelling out.
DAYTON FAUUa BANKS
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Dayton E. Parker, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Parker of the
Big Four community, was among
the high ranking students in the
University of Texas College of
Pharmacy during the spring
semester, according to a recent
release from the college.
Parker ranked just under the
high ten students of the school
but within the high 25. He re
ceived "high honors" for his
scholastic work, the report said.
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DR. 0. R. Mcl
211 So. Main St
Floydada, Texas
Farm Facts
Planting seed is no little
item on the list of production
expenses showing up on the
U. S. farmer's balance sheet.
The amount of seed bought
annually in the past few years
has averaged about $530,000,-
000.
Efficient farmers, however,
consider the money spent for
high-grade planting seed a
sound investment. They real-
ize that plant breeders have
spent years developing and
improving varieties.
Hybrid corn is a good ex-
ample. Average retail price
paid by farmers for hybrid
corn has been about $11 a
bushel. In 15 years, however,
hybrid seed corn jumped U. S.
corn yields by 43%.
All of us are reaping the
benefits of plant breeding.
Good seed, for example, as-
sures vegetable growers of a
high quality, uniform product.
These vegetables end up in the
produce bin at your super-
market.
Commercial vegetable seed
growers, according to the U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
usually account for 95% of the
total commercial production
Tarmers spend
more than
>530,000,000
annually
•forseed.
of vegetable seedu. Their out-
put in 1958 amounted to r.o.-e
than 128.0tX/,000 pounds of
seed—ranging from 20,j24 -
000 pounds of dwarf green
bean seed to 1,000 pounds of
Chinese cabbage seed.
for people
care about
safety, style
and savings
Mb*!***} tymflnto Iitml te Cmjuj
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Karr of Fort
Worth, accompanied by their
daughter and son-in law and
baby, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wake
of Kansas City, Missouri, visited
Mrs. R. E. Karr, and Ted and
Jim Karr and families last
Thursday.
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Plant refuse contains plant food taken from the soil. GOLDEN URAN
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to make use of this plant food can escape into the air in the form of
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holds, how much easier it plows and that it has better tilth.
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See or call us today and let us put Arcadian GOLDEN URAN on that
wheat stubble before you plow it under.
Mayes Bios.
FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL CO.
CROSBYTON
RALLS
ANOTHER BIG REASON BEHIND THE BIG BOOM IN FORD SALES:
No other wagon can match
Ford's features (orpopularity!)
There's a whole wagonload of
Ford ^ features that only Am-
erica's station wagon special-
ists can bring you.
First, there's more room.
Ford's extended load deck is the
longest and widest in its field.
The tailgate opening is seven
inches wider than last year, too.
There's more convenience. You
can have an electrically con-
trolled roll-down rear window in
any Ford wagon ... it's standard
in all Country Squires and 9-
Passenger Country Sedans. In
their field, only Ford wagons
have all seats facing forward.
There's more distinction. The
Country Squire (shown above)
is the one and only wagon in its
field with body panels that look
like mahogany, wear like steel.
There are more savings, too.
Ford's Ranch Wagon is America's
lowest-priced, * full-size wagon.
And like all Fords, every Ford
wagon is built to be more service-
free: goes 30,000 miles between
chassis lubrications, 4,000 miles
between oil changes, brakes ad-
just automatically, mufflers are
made to last three times as long
as ordinary mufflers, and the
finish never needs waxing.
STOP putting off that station
wagon you've always wanted.
SWAP for a '61 Ford wagon now
while your Ford Dealer's cele-
brating record-breaking sales.
SAVE with the wagon America
loves most . . . made by FORD
. . . America's station wagon
specialists for 32 years!
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Today is the day to STOP...SWAP...SAVE
MAY MOTOR AND IMPLEMENT CO.
CROSBYTON, TEXAS
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Bennett, Patrick. The Crosbyton Review (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1961, newspaper, July 6, 1961; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth281797/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.