The Glacier reporter., 1963-10-10
a MINUTE
WITH MI


utla G-e7; Falls Wednesday
r,r.IrI Secretary OF Agrl,ul;ure
n.,:I. Freeman delivered wha.
I'D bc considered q verv uni1-
.-m4l.,r speech and told the
:I-mc-s aTt raachers very little
whl; Is bci-g done for them
az wall the future holds for
lem
IypIs-l OF administration pol
y. stock answers and poor Jest.
l1g was about all the audience
heard Direct answers ard highly
c--t-Oversial subjects were eli
'-er avoided or onIv touched D
1u--'cdlv Il was a real 'arDu-d
'Nc bush" crUSatc
Il his 0Pc7i1g remarks. Nr
F-.cmaH noted how beautiful
ne stri2-farming acres on Mon
ana Iock~d from the air The
'E0Ugh; occurred to me that VIII
NE cDTu1ued farm bungling D0l
~ presently in force. another
year CT two will really present
. stripped" picture OF our farms
I'D ranches They will be
>:-IpDed OF not only productive
cl"aeI.y. bat independence as
Wei
Notable was has reference e
the modest increases" in var
lous departments within the scv-
crrIga restitution. aad why they
N"rc rcccssary. We have a
r. sSes, increase here because
We have q modest inCrnas
there because. and we expect q
mr de,i increase because
Bcc1usc We have more people to-
day. because we have more farms
ard ranches TO serve. thus we
mus; have 4 larger force Of OF
f~c workers ard fieIdme7
That just about knocked the
bud off the bean. II Mr. Freeman
can prove that we have m rc
farmers and ra9Chers t0iay thar
we did > years ago. I'll play
left field for him
Whether We like il or not. the
agriculture Department Is gC;-
ting II IL hasn't already gotten
there just like the BIA where
Il axes nearly as many employ
ecs as subjects TO do the job
Now mavba the B-IA. won't like
that statement. but all you have
TO DO Is aEise YOUR Congressman
or Senator 70 find out what the
ratio is
Mr. Frcewan's use Of the word.
mCdl ST stuck out like a sore
thumb. He used it in reference
10 every department. spending
planning. ard Of things pas; and
pre- sent He used it-but
rever ey0lli1Ci the how much
Of Il; "MoGCs." II administrative
:e-ms IS gelti~g 10 b. in the high
millions ard modes" billions
Il IS an expa-dsble word. but
ce.iaI~ly rot eNpendable
II using this word. modest,
ne mentioned n answer TO a
that we were import
ing only a modest amount OF
good grade steer beef We were.
however. importing more poor
grade COW beef
Well. like the salesman s7ld.
Take the whole block. or just
one lot"
In further reference to the i'm
narration OF beef. he stated that
IN, L :. has witnessed q decrease
Of l billion. 200 million tons Ct
beef within the past few years
Now we weren't sure wheth-
rr he meant what he said. or
whp,hs. he meant pounds ins.eat
Of tons Anyway you put L.
H.. a 10, OF beef ard we are pret-
~ hard 10 convince that there
isn't enough beef on the hoOf
right here and right TOW 10 make
al OF this importation u1neces-
sary - top grade or low grade
or both
ANY amount OF beef imported.
..-r,,L,- 4. ba ono .ACusands tons
ar one mill.0a I 5. Is bound &c
have an effect l1c7l 1rice and
local production. and for good
reason The American stock
man is one prcducer the govsT1-
meni Sd far hasn't beel able 20
cnsnarP
The wheat sale to Russia was
b.s.iIv touched on. and probably
designed that way. According TO
Mr. Freeman it's a good thing
I, will he paid for in cash and
no,p will be transferred 70 Cuba
or Red China.
On that one. We would wager
a farthing or two.
We have a surplus Of 100 mil.
Iio7 bushels as of right now;
tba Secretary stated This VIII
he considerably reduced
well II We can hazard \ guess.
pnsEi, fwiIl demand cfresh
xbeat. not the stored surplus
so where will we reduce the
storage - and If the deal =
s,"',. -, she b,rreIhead" as Mr..