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Editorial
May 12, 1953
The Farmville Herald And Farmer Leader
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Editorial praises cattlemen's refusal of government aid amid falling livestock prices, quoting Wall Street Journal on risks of bureaucratic control, highlighting renewal of independent frontier spirit.
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No Fences, Please
Livestock prices have been dropping for two years. A few days ago choice fed steers and yearlings were selling on the Chicago market for about $18 to $23 a hundred pounds; a year before the range was from $35 to $36. Secretary of Agriculture Benson appointed a livestock advisory committee to study the problem, and it later reported that the cattlemen want neither government subsidies nor price supports.
In an editorial entitled No Help Wanted the Wall Street Journal commented: Raising beef cattle is no cinch. Since the days when the Texas longhorn was driven over the dusty Chisholm trail to Kansas City, a man has had to have a certain amount of independence even to want to get into the game. The oldtimers fought Indians flash floods, drought, rustlers and fencing laws. It is no wonder that today's cattlemen choose to ride the price change alone without government protection. For they know that whatever the government protects it has a habit of fencing in.
We might add that this is true regardless of whose administration is in power. The cattlemen, exhibiting a renewal of the frontier spirit which made this nation what it is today, were acting in their own interests of course taking the only position safeguarding their existence as free agents and avoiding the blight of bureaucracy's control.
Lynchburg News
No Fences, Please
Livestock prices have been dropping for two years. A few days ago choice fed steers and yearlings were selling on the Chicago market for about $18 to $23 a hundred pounds; a year before the range was from $35 to $36. Secretary of Agriculture Benson appointed a livestock advisory committee to study the problem, and it later reported that the cattlemen want neither government subsidies nor price supports.
In an editorial entitled No Help Wanted the Wall Street Journal commented: Raising beef cattle is no cinch. Since the days when the Texas longhorn was driven over the dusty Chisholm trail to Kansas City, a man has had to have a certain amount of independence even to want to get into the game. The oldtimers fought Indians flash floods, drought, rustlers and fencing laws. It is no wonder that today's cattlemen choose to ride the price change alone without government protection. For they know that whatever the government protects it has a habit of fencing in.
We might add that this is true regardless of whose administration is in power. The cattlemen, exhibiting a renewal of the frontier spirit which made this nation what it is today, were acting in their own interests of course taking the only position safeguarding their existence as free agents and avoiding the blight of bureaucracy's control.
Lynchburg News
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Livestock Prices
Cattlemen
Government Subsidies
Price Supports
Frontier Spirit
Bureaucracy
What entities or persons were involved?
Secretary Of Agriculture Benson
Livestock Advisory Committee
Wall Street Journal
Cattlemen
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Cattlemen's Rejection Of Government Subsidies For Falling Livestock Prices
Stance / Tone
Supportive Of Cattlemen's Independence And Anti Government Intervention
Key Figures
Secretary Of Agriculture Benson
Livestock Advisory Committee
Wall Street Journal
Cattlemen
Key Arguments
Livestock Prices Have Dropped Significantly Over Two Years
Cattlemen Reject Government Subsidies And Price Supports
Raising Beef Cattle Requires Independence, As In Frontier Days
Government Protection Leads To Bureaucratic Control
Cattlemen's Stance Renews Frontier Spirit And Safeguards Freedom