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-wgi Slxtera 4M-** T.rf v" ^*/-' tih ^THE McHENRY KJUHBBmIB' ®^^1'^^ fvT*'." (•• '• t r* '*1*7 Thursday. May 33; MB REFERENDUM ON WHEAT MAY 21 IS IMPORTANT TO ALL ^Tuesday, May 21, will be a Mty important day--for wheat growers, for other farmers and for all citizens. It is the date that has been set for voting «p*>n the proposed national wheat marketing quotas for the 1964 crop. ~This election is Important to wSeat growers -- because its outcome will affect their incomes in 1964. It is important to all farmers -- because it is likely to infliionce the shape of future government programs for wheat and for many other farm products. It is of concern to all citizens -- because it will affect the price of food and the cost of farm programs. Some publicity material indicates that the farmers' choice Is simple -- vote "yes" and get $2.00 for wheat, or "no" and get $1.00. This, we believe, is misleading, though the returns from wheat will probably be considerably grealer in if the marketing quotas are approved than if they are turned down. The same acreage allotments will be in effect for the 1964 wheat crop regardless of which way wheal urowers vole. These allotments win be about 10 percent smaller than those in effect for the 1963 crop. Now, suppose that marketing quotas are approved by the necessary two-thirds of the wheat growers voting. Then price-support loans will be available at about $1.30 a bushel (national average) on all wheat grown on the allotted acres. In addition, there will be direct payments of about 10 cents a bushel, but these payments will be miade only on 80 percent of the "normal production" of the allotted acres, as determined by the county officials. Returns from any additional wheat would be only the $1.30 loan level or the market price, whichever the farmer chooses. « , But suppose that the marketing quotas are not approved. Then the price-support loan level would be around $1.25 a bushel. This support rate would apply to all of the wheat produced by any farmer who plants within his acreage allotment. There would be no direct payments. The market pric? might be lower, or possibly higher, than the support level. Farmers who planted in excess of their allotment could not get price support loans, but could sell any amount in the market without penalty. (Loan rates in most Illinois counties would be 5 to 10 cents over the national average). All farmers, wheat growers or not, should be concerned with the outcome of the wheat referendum. Rightly or wrongly, the results of the election may be interpreted as indicating the kind of farm legislation and programs that farm people desire. But only wheat producers can vote. The general public has a big stake in the wheat programs (but has no opportunity to vote on them). The present wheat program is far more expensive than that for any other farm commodity. Costs to taxpayers in the 1962 fiscal year exceeded $1,500,000,000, including about $300,000,000 for storage of surplus wheat. Adoption of the proposed m a r k e t i n g q u o t a p r o g r a m would probably reduce storage costs, but there is no way of materially cutting other costs without reducing the returns to wheat growers. If wheat producers turn down the! marketing quotas, costs to the government might be cut about in half. Most of the remaining cost would arise from the disposal of wheat under "foreign aid" programs. It BAH'AI PUBLIC MEETING CALLED FOR NEXT SUNDAY A Bah'ai public meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. is generally agreed that these programs will be continued regardless of the outcome of the coming election. L. H. Simerl Extension Economist Agricultural Marketing Edward E. Peterson, 1417 Under avenue, Ingleside, on Sunday, May 26, at 3 o'clock, when the speaker will be Dr. Ernest Thyre, retired dentist of Libertyville. 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