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of fertile farmland the size of llli–
nois has already been paved over,
and an area the size of Indiana will
soon be counted lost unless urbani –
zation is slowed or reversed.
Do We Reallze What's
Happening?
William Jenni ngs Bryan once said,
" Burn down your cities and leave
our farms, and your cities will
spring up again as if by magic; but
destroy our farms and the grass will
grow in the streets of every city in
the country."
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Will we follow the route of the
AMERICA 'S FOUNDING FA THERS
understood the role of agriculture as seen in the
views below-but do we understand it toda
y?
(From
Toilers of Land and Sea,
vol. iii in
the
Pageant of America
series.)
Roman Empi re? Al ready super–
powerful agricul t ure conglomerates
account for fully 80 percent of all
gross sales, while only comprising
20 percent of all U.S. farms!
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And what's tragic is that more
than hal f of the nat ion's farmers
are forced to s ubsid ize t heir
incomes. The average individual
U.S. farmer only earns 50 percent
of his income from his farm!
And if that's not enough, farm
fami lies cannot control their own
product! l nternational sales are
carefully controlled by the govern–
ment. While one can see the strate–
gic need for this control , problems
exist. For instance, the early 1970s'
grain sale to the Soviet Union was
miscalculated. So much grain was
sold tbat an artificial feed shortage
was created . Since livestock farm–
ers are unsubsidized by the govern–
ment, they had to absorb the higher
costs through their unprotected
pocketbooks.
The whole world needs to be
concerned abou t the prophetic
problems faced by the American
farmer, who suppl ies much of this
world
with food and agricultura]
products. Today, one third of the
prime 400 million acres in the
United States are used for export
production. America exports 60
percent of its wheat, more than ha lf
of its soybean crop and almost one
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nations of the world survive on ly
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situation in America, where the
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PLAIN TRUTH