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We Fear
What We Don't Know
The farmers have every right to ery “socialism” and “another Brannaa plan” in expressing thein fears of this new Family Farm Review about to be launched.
When the recommendations called for expansions, the farmers asked: What will it cost? We’ve got the bill to pay. And no one aeems to know.-^-—
When a group of farmers get . together to begin a survey that states it is to be used for the farmers’ benefit, they are going to do some straight, level-headed thinking. When they are told all about Federal Government footing the bills, they know that they are the federal government and the taxes come from their own pockets. The group of farmers Tuesday night at the Courthouse counldn’t get any answers to what they thought were very sensible questions. * V
- No one knew. By whom will these facts be used? No one knew. What will be the cost—-or the added tax burden—if these recommendations are accepted? No one knew.
It was not what was known thatf made th*e farmers shy off; it was what no one knew. v
A farmer has to do enough stabbing around in the dark ordi-narily. Whenever he can, he like* to know as many answers as possible before he starts to work Buying a pig in a poke can have serious repercussions, and the •farmer wants„to know more about) this government-dictated family ... farm review before he takes any part in it, "■’“’““■WW'fekriSasrhtiy’ftd' a Wdif - sheep’s clothing. The facts and recommendations collected in th« county may not look as we meant
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