The Mail-Journal, Volume 2, Number 46, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 December 1963 — Page 17

REMC Board Os Directors Adopt New All-Electric Rate

The board of directors of the Kosciusko county REMC, at its recent regular meeting, adopted a new all-electric rate. This new, low rate for electric current is the fifth major reduction to be made available to REMC members in the organization’s effort to provide a high standard of living through an abundant supply of low cost electricity to rural families. The new all-electric rate provides unlimited current at l%c per kilowatt hour, except for the first 200, which are 3c each. A second feature of the new rate is that the monthly minimum is reduced to $1.50. Current on this new rate

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NEW LOW ALL-ELECTRIC RATE REMC PLAN NOW TO GO ALL ELECTRIC

Special Advantages 1. ONLY He PER KWH After The First 200 KWH, Which Are Only 3f Per KWH 2. ONLY $1.50 MINIMUM 3. He LOW RATE May Be Used For FARM USES, HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES And HOME HEATING

may be used for farm purposes as well as household lighting and appliances. In order to qualify for the all-electric rate, the living space of the dwelling must be heated solely with electricity, and major appliances such as water heaters, dryers, ranges, and refrigerating units must use electricity as their source of heat or power. More than 100 homes are now equipped with electric heat in the rural area of Kosciusko county. It is felt that many families will avail themselves of the new, low rate being offered by insulating and installing electric heat in their homes. The general downward

RATE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. ANTICIPATED EFFECTIVE DATE JANUARY 1, 1964.

trend in the price of electricity’ over the years is an incentive to make full use of its availability in an economy where almost all prices are continually rising. Previous rate reductions offered by the .REMC increased the number of kilowatt hours allowed for a minimum bill, gave more current at 2c in place of 3c per kwh, and enabled rural residents to heat water for 1c per kilowatt hour. The new all-electric rate will result in a reduction of 25% for current now being offered at 2c per kilowatt hour. Rural residents now purchase the bulk of their current in the 2c bracket. It is anticipated that many of the 4,800 members of the REMC will install electric heat for their homes. Installation of electric heat would be the major change necessary in order to qualify forthe 1

new rate and for member families now using substantial amounts of electric current the addition of electric home heating is especially attractive and economical. Electricity, being a non-combus-tible source of heat, is gaining rapidly in popularity for home heating because of its high safety factor. Dependability, cleanliness, and trouble-free comfort are added characteristics which make it even more inviting at this now low rate. Farm Notes DON FRANTZ County Agriculture Agent IF THE UNITED STATES has such a surplus of food, then why

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has the imports of meat risen to the point where we now are a net importer rather than an exporter of animals and animal products? In 1962 the imports of beef and veal reached 1 billion 400 million pounds. This is equivalent to about 9 per cent of the total beef production in this county with beef prices like they are now, some of our cattle feeders are saying its a lot of baloney. This is the Irish spelling of the word, not the Italian. In addition to this there were a million and a quarter head of cattle and calves imported and these essentially were feeders and mainly from Mexico and Canada. The principle question being raised is simply: why is this? The volume of fresh beef imported in 1962 was over twice as much as it was in 1962 and it is principally a lower quality product than we produce in our corn belt feed lots.

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Much of it is what the trade refers to as “cow-beer’ and it is processed before being used. The slaughter of cows in the United States rises and falls in relations to our location in the cattle cycle and we are right now in the expansion stage. Ranchers are keeping their cows of all ages to expand their herds and teven the weather has a bearing on this. For the beef cycle is a long one, it fakes a long time between deciding to expand beef production and the actual delivery of the finished product. There is a certain amount of biology involved that cannot be hurried. So when we are increasing the total beef production we have to go through a period of actually decreasing the supply of certain kinds of beef and that is happening right now. While it is the foreign producers are picking up the market. Within a few years our expan-

I HOW TO QUALIFY For The NEW LOW RATE 1. Home must use electricity as the sole source of heat for the dwelling space, exception - fire place permitted. 2. All appliances used which require heat or power must be electrically operated - Water heater ■ dryer - range ■ refrigerator ■ etc.

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sion will stop, cows will go to market as they did in the beef liquidation years of 1951 to 1954. In those years imports were cut in half. There is a difference of opinion as to whether we should keep out the imports or not. It would be easy to do, but if it was done there would be corresponding reductions of some of our exports in due time. It is also obvious that our price is sufficiently above world price to! attract the trade and so on that basis some have contended that our beef price should not be significently hurt. Those who say this say the thing we should do is meet the compe- c tition and produce what the consumer wants. This does not fit our pattern of high support prices on grain and restriction of grazing o n acres retired from crop prod-|

uction. This beef question is rather a basic one. We have two alternatives of either restricting the imports on meeting the competition. Those who favor free -trade ask why should we make livestock production more expensive by reducing the feed supply when foreign producers are so veiy willing to supply our markets at the going price and pay a tariff besides. Those who favor restricting the imports ask why we should reduce the incomes of the United States livestock industry to the level of those below our standards and why should we permit ourselves to become dependent on outside supply when we obviously can do the whole job ourselves. It is evident that complicated questions do not have simple answers.

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