Palmer,Alaska
Lditor: Dorothy N.Bell
Advertising;:Harriet Dell
Published onc& a week at Palmer, Alaska, for the I'atanuska Valley Farmers’
cooperating Association for the purpose of giving news of,the Associa
tions work, problems and Accomplishments.
SUBSCRIPTION RATS ..1.75 per year ^1.00 for six months 10? copy
WHY THE NEW REGULATIONS
Regulations in the handling of bulk milk being sold through the Palmer
milk plant have of necossity had to be changed a little, it is because
of this that a notice was posted at the Creamery recently requesting
that cans be brought to the Creamery at or beforo 9 am. Probably due to
the fault of the Creamery, patrons have gotten into the habit of bring
ing milk cans to be filled at any time of day. This practice is con
trary to Territorial Health Regulations. In order to sell milk by this
method, it is necessary to fill the cans directly from the pasteurizer
and cap immediately in order to comply with Health Regulations laid
down by our Alaska Health Dcpartmert. Since the pasteurization and
bottling take place during the morning, it will be necessary for ell
those wanting milk for that day to have their cans at the plant by 9 am..
Cans, of course, can be brought later, but they * ill be filled the fol
lowing day. After the cans have been filled, they will be placed. in the
milk cooler and can bo picked up at any time during the day. For’ those
who live out from town where they cannot make two trips in one day, it
would be advisable for them to buy two cans 'so that ono can be left at
the Creamery as one is picked up.
Patrons arc also requested to letter their names on thejr cans so that
they can be easily distinguished from the others.
SAFEGUARDS FOR. THE FUlllRE
In an article written by Hurray D. Lincoln for tho Cooperative Digest,
Hr. Hurrary says that he cannot; understand vttiy so many people fear or
denounce their own democratic government. Hr. Hurrary goes on to say
that over tho years he has failed to find any evidence of government
going into any area except those- into which it is pushed by some organ
ized group of people. And the answer, he says, doesn't lie in berating
the government and that prominent whipping.boy of today, the much mali
gned bureaucrat, as much as it does for people to organize themselves
to do the job themselves, thus eliminating the necessity of the govern
ment to fill the vacuum.
Hr. Lincoln goes on to say that in these days of declining farm prices
(costs not declining proportionately, or going up) strangely remini
scent of 1921. 'fhls in spite of all the props we have worked out in tho
last 28 years. A crop of new farm plans--all deserve consideration for ■
obviously we haven't 'found the answer to the farm problem as yet.
Hr. Lincoln is of tho opinion that there is a tragic lack in the appre
ciation of the need and opportunity to lower costs of distribution ,all
across the board, which he is convinced can be done. It must, however,
be tackled on a bigger scale than anything that has ov^r been envisioned
before.
Second ho says, the growing concentration of... economic.power in fewer end
fewer hands. This situation threat -ns. not only "fr^-e enterprise’1 but
also our very form of democraticogovernmcnt. ^uid apparently no amount
of government regulation provides the answer. It must come from people
organizing economic action themselves. But we are not coordinating our
cooperative efforts on the national or regional level as we should.
Third, he says, Labor thinking still too much in terms of legislative
action to solve economic problems-*—lit vie mironoc of change, but
not enough. Lnd farm groups should be n.^rin; 'hem. not stending on the
side lines criticising as so many do.
Fourth, Mr. Lincoln says,he is convinced wo are in for more government
management than most people realize. he now ha/o a
economy," as Professor Shlichter of Harvard sa,v-.
h^ points out, for all to see that the best p•>3..able people, with
'government guided
T5r._s makes i necessary
and concern for all groups rathegc
■qo-.no in our legislativ
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