The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1946-04-07

the volume we can exps:t. Ir other
words they are surveying the fu-
ture job
The second phase of the overall
survey is to determine modern
terminal improvements necessary
70 handle this traffic. This will in
clude cost estimates of docks, ware
houses, bulkheads, roadways, rail-
road trackage and other many fac1-
Ltles that &C to make a modern
port" Page declared.
AFTER all surveys and studies are
completed it will then be the pur-
pose of the authority to see that the
needed port facilities are financed
and erected Under terms of the
act under which it functions, it may
seek a direct grant from the Fed
eral government or through the
Reconstruction Finance corpora
ton or through the sale of self
llquldating bonds, Page said.
The Farmers Plight
VIII i t f d, an outstanding
authority of farm matters and him
self a highly successful agricultu-
rlst, discussed what he described
as "the unfortunate position of the
farmer in today's economy"
The farmer, and this is particu-
larlly true Of the men who till the
soil IN our section of the state, is
at the bottom Of the economic lad
der. He is, essentially, a producer,
yet as producer he has little or
no say over the markets he serves.
Compare this with the manu-
tacturer, also producer, of fabri-
Gated goods. He had a decided
voice In his markets, and for that
reason Is on reasonably secure
economic footing" Whitfield said.
Farming is a business, Whitfield
continued, and as a business the
farm needs the one economic step
that will place it on a par with
other businesses = in this instance,
Whitfield declared = processing
plants to assist in the control of
mis- markets..
Given the means to process his
products, hence to remove himself
from the vagaries of the market.
The farmer can end his present
plight of being at the mercy of
buyers who know that farm pro
ducts are highly perishable, hence
OF temporary value.''
Urges Cooperatives
AS a solution, Whitfield urged the
newspaper publishers to aid and
encourage farmers of their res
pective district in the formation
OF bigger and better cooperatives,
both in the form of marketing faci-
lltles, but also in processing plants.
He included livestock in his overall
discussion of farm products.
Prior to the radio broadcast. an
afternoon session heard a talk by
va Anderson of Brevard, publisher
OF five Western North Carolina
weekly papers on the subject of the
weekly and its stature in the field
of national advertising.
Anderson asked the publishers of
Weeklies to give serious thought to
the matter of campaign to &C
quaint national advertisers with the
potency of the rural, weekly press
as a medium of advertising.
There are approximately 5000
weeklies and 600 small dailies in
the United States, representing 50
per cent OF the nations population,
yet they manage to get less than
one-half of one per cent of the total
national advertising budget" An
derson declared.
Earlier today the newspapernen
were guests of the Marine corps on
a tour through Camp Lejeune. Their
most and representing Maj. Gen.
John Marston, who was i'll. and
Capt. T. J. Sanders, post public
information officer. The associa-
tons members had lunch in the
main mess hall and later enjoyed
hospitality of the Officers club An
afternoon session of the association
was conducted in the camp school
mouse with President Phillips pre-
siding.
Inc meeting opened last night
with a party in the Club Copa
Cabana here.
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