HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1957-02-06, Page 9ViPEDN»Si3A,Y'. , , 6th, 1657`
'LETTERS TO TagEDIT()'
Editor, Luckn.,oW •Sentinel,
Dear err;•
HERE IS THF, S'ORY,
A C,haln oriSequence of _ econ-
omic event's.; which oceu, wtxhi> t
'a iprovin ;e,:, or 'leading : to
growth uf, a product (like hogs)
within 'a:: province,- and' the `coni
stiMption thereof '.. within • . the
province, rs as: far as
' al authority 'may dare go :in.
viper:
exercising a law; However when
you have. a; .case where- provin-
now by' taking 24 cents:,>a'. pig off
clal authority •extends and deals everybodySo , remember 'your,
license-`ifee is' build,ni- a fund Sb:
that the other fellow can 'market
his hog- through the:. Co-op• for
24 cents too.'Your money is Whelp-
ing to-keep..'his s.e1lin;;, expenses..
down,;' and. that in turn',produces
,him a';gr'eater return. You 'See' `.
,$
THE LUGKNOW' SENTINEL, : `L'UCKNOW, ONTA RTO
cavy train; of Charles 1VicInnis'
TJze handlers agree'd: that the'
Board, • was entitled to their ex
penses, involved • in .marketing,
That is true: butt .' they' have na
e nsesy on ,'our hogs Tbecause,';
they don't • 'get thein to sell. If',
they don't get them to "sell they
have 'p.expense, and So ares• enh
titled, to no"`eouajization fund°" if
the Co -op' --could only take •a fee,.
oflf•the. hogs:,whey. se11, they ,would.
hav,� .to , charge, about..' $3.0() off
each pig . in; order to' get: the
.$500:00Q fund: -they, get.,
• into inter prdvnc>taI' ,and. e?Gpprt
trade; together With its own; pro-
vincial•—transaction; then ., the
:'. whole thing ;becomes invalid in
all its parts •
- Phese are riot my Wb s
the'words of the :Supreme Court,
luoveinber, 20 :1956, •.
Ln plain talk 'you cannot; eat
---yoar cake and .have—it-too--The-
"easonthat . it' is not` valid, even.
r en.
ui ,•' Ontario is because' the .r ►et
was .built around a seheme•'and
the scheme is` the, :invalid Part,
Did,. you ever, ..n ta,ce` 't+hat no
always: ready •
1xes,,q,,�I�,. lye • . .
•� i
e vrouldn the have, :much; left • if : a_d ,to •�3.0o a nus h,�ti_,
that won't happen iftheY. can
ncei ce nse ..;fa
retie`x s`:for '24, cents on
,every 'hog the farmers sell' our.
way;
h:Some
peop
le
.
Will
ill saY
that
there' should Ibe a.vote on thismatterhwo ar, ueabout :this
thingyou,always enduPBgoing" Wellwho.,wants to waste
time- voting • on an issue' that is
back to where: you torted. And(' ..
u
ru onstitutiona
... ;�. • 1 That is *what
to. start- • off can anyone tell me.
. this equal• license fee against;all
who owns ,these: hogs anyway covering' al :hogs, exactly is—an
• because I would" like'to 'know.
l :.,
•
I would give a lot-iif anyone'can
indir-ect, unconstitutional • '�t'a x
prove to. 'me that a• farmer does
own this' own Bogs;: I would think
,a` 'Man ':does..own this •own hogs
but under Ontario law '*hell " a
pig '(becomes :a • market ho , .athen
you're Plot 'the ',owner anymore: 1
wonder, does anyone know What'
',the difhlition of a market' hog is?
•I would think' the .chances 'of
this Whole. thing `'going Federal
. g.g
re very align because :these far=
eters who, 'try tn`..' i`arrn -'.other
farmers instead.•of farming, them-
selves couldn't -stand, • •:to : '
up ., a yes
:Vo e. ,.evern :Ontario..•
There are 135,00Q producers of
hogs in, ,Ontario, .and. they Only
.have a ;;meMbership • of ,•,27,797
.
�.' people: in this; Co-operative „and
those ° figures' :are - well padded.
•However ' a membership ' in this.
Co-op isn't a .-.yes voice * for com=
pulsory : 'marketing: Those are
two different,things..
'.••T,Y a•:,equalization 'fund •is what
against " the (farmer who refuses:
'to' 'Market ';his h through thhis
. � g ,
selling , monaply . This was rig=
'ged up . at , the :::expense• ..afr all
farmers, without, out- Y
ust.autharity.`:The.
.
just took '� the .r>t its' �.to assess"'
everybody :24'.cents'.:per hog 'to''
cover the;other, fellow;:who want -
edit; •As you, know; this board
ha ' always , brought � Up; the• feet.
,,g;: t
that it ,,is an equal fee • assessed
all.
They'claim it:
m co$tis no• more
y
tri
!marketoir hogs: 'th
ro
u
h
their Yards than through other
even boast. 'that they.' get 'this
equal .•fee of; -24 cents: off all' On-,.
tario hogs ;.processed in Quebec:
They. themselves : boast• .of- this'
fact and now. . look at the.. mess*
they are in If: they. . Were;: ever -
in hot,'water`•they-are:'rin it now.
Ibis•mv..defithte ap.in><on that
ny assembly , points ::or yards
which are established; and to,
which p -
><s at• stake• now: consign ;hogs for sale through 'an:
All "eight judges..'agreed, on this•
one point—thatit ''would be ung
constitutional.;. ;they warned, , if.
.
Ontario ";proceeded.with its draft
amendtrnnt-tai- ]rave boards -ft
a license, fee against producers
for` the purpose of equalizing re-
turns or':building up the (board's
money reserves.
agency, should be operated strict:-
1y
trict=1y m • accordance with the gen-
erally accepted : principles ,,of
o en marke,the negota.ation_of
sales >and,. ,prices through' a apro
cess of. unrestricted •,open market
trading 'would Abe' flinch more of
festive.;
As you know all people urrro arket you hogs where.you.,:
get 'the)' most money :net
market".hogs• ;i have ,to ay 24c•
a pig the' same .as :the 'other -fel-
.1
truly,
low': who wants to;: 'market . With Bill Harris, : Ripley,
the.. Co-op. ,They build, up a Ibis'
reserve and they 'give theFed
eration 'and its ,associates-grats-
for' ' conventions: and ,meetings :in
large sums and this 'has nothing
to do with, the. niarketimg+,of your
hogs. that yo have help pay_
as. an indirect tax to' • ,support.
They even, give •the : Ontario
Stockyards over $50.600::' year le"Y.
So there is a 'rake .off on all your • I . Mr: Harris • had waited:. un
'bogs
••til, the,; s to ke' a Su' gems. Court;decision
.g tip up, " Ontario ,.'P
Stockyards, . The . `Ontario:' Gov . had been -made on marketing•;le
rrmust likng_on„,LLtit i;5latiorn ,instead,to'
the', in,tei'p retations',of Mr, 'Parker
he, :could.: have .avoided' the '.'tied'
face he, has to wear new:,. It is
possrble`,that, he and ii"is friend:
who were erstwhile prophets on,
marketing :egislatioi{ uvill be
.more canny' in the }future,, or,
perhaps' they can see' .the gravy-
lessday 'not too; far d'tstarrt when,.
a, questionable trading "` practise
will be eradicate .—
,
•Ont;
Elmwood,`_ Ont, Feb. 4, •1957.
The Editor,., , Lucknow • Sentinel,'
-Lueknow, Ontario
Dear` 'E'ditor:
fI'erxnit . me as 'small amount of
space in your paper in., reply' '.to
a' le:tte'r. froinBill; Harris of .'Rip-
DAIRY FARMERS OF .CANADA'
405 Huron Street, Toronto
.:.
v,tied• on a ' monopolistic buying
praeise.. h_at • 3viiil not stand the
l' ,day a ri' u ti -n,
light: oaf day;: a • , � of• ,r t bu o
is ."coming. when,'the farmer Will
g,
free:'a ,s. o,- i t•• iv,
ha a cess t com ><t ve
marke 'Unhampered,:by'
deals; by • lobbying' ora
.y Y g by
lion',dollar gravy train:
We 'as farmers' have much' ; to
be thankful for In that ourrights
were upheld in ,,the ,highest:: court
in the land ,
Yours'
Yo rs, truly
*, y,'
OSWALD
P
Secr e e
Fi l
drnan:'
f1GURES BREWERS :FEAR`:'
"But ,
drinking.� is a' CUfiTO1V.
Everybody in MY :class does it;:
If you don't, you're,'
.Not sof :In .'•'a'recent `' book'
"Drinking' in .College", .based' on
a 'report..of- a -survey`
conducted:
by the .Yale Centre of: Alcoholic
Studies : this common ' '' 'lief
be is
exploded: p d T able':; 95 lYeaded At-
titud:e' Toward :Abstainers tells
w a appens to:' one socially if
• he . does, not drink ' in- college.
_Amongst every ten of• his class:-
mates, there will be nine
who
.either donotcare
or feel admir-
ation for the abstainer. b,..,,._ r .lust' one
Will -feel ' scorn 'or :Ppity. -
'.
And • the • girls '' who ' abstains.
Thirty-two percent of her fel-
low students -will ::not care, :`: at•.
all.', .Sixty two will • admire,' :ap-
prove, and•,r-espect•ther• Four per-
cent will feelhostilit n
y and' two
pe +cent, :pity. Almost :two thirds
ofthe women will_
think. BST. '
TER of thegirl -who
does not
drink
fStic
o Your guns, young
g
ab
stainrs? Help to,increase these
igu:es brewers' fear.=Ad vt. •
WON .$'500';01. DRAW .
Al LONDON`THEATRE:
Sharron E. Wall,' 10 -.year-old
daughter ` of '::Mrs:. Ethel : Wall • of
London and, Allari.Wall of Kin-
cardine, 'was h...
, t, e lucky winner 'of
$500 in .:' a draw ;at the •Park
Theatre- in-4.ondon •.•
•
Sharron's mother punched out
theix.4top-m 'ovie actresses -.-of
the Month, but wasn't 'going, to'
bother to drop it ><n the .ticket.
.box. Sharron signed . her .name.:
and 'dropped -the ticket.: 'At the
mother's request the • money . was `s
put in, Sharron's name. It . was'
split four•' ways, with equal
shares to •Sharron's mother and
father, to' Mrs . : Carroll of Lon-
don ,. with who Sharron ''• stays
while her mother is at work and
125 to the luelcy little •girl, her-
self, . with ,Which she' opened a'
bank account, Mrs. Wall's :,share
will • be used >to buy clothes and•
other- ' �n a itie
ec ss s for,_ .:Sharron, '.
who a students ato me •' •
La Ave .
Schoolb
and has a to
begun study
musicand • to si
ng andlay.
the::•.
Hawaiian guitar. Mrs. Wall. and
Sharron have numerous relative.
in'"thisist ict.
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It takes' about 1500' nuts to`.hold,' •
an automobile togethe:.but' :only
�.
one to scatter At all..,: over.;: the:.
td
road:
ores
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ATTERIES.
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With :'Trade=In
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is a
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12 volt; $17.35
xc' ange., u
set. 4 wheels.
Most: cars' and
Light Trucks.
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lLO'UGW. GABA
W. 13itECKLES
`Phone 18-r=30,
THE HOME OF QUALITY SERVICE
and Genuine JOHN DEERE PARTS
pride in -shipping hogs',to a .rpl;ar t
in 1Vr'ontrea 1, other,' drovers , make.
mi:Aeh ado' of ''how small .:'the
ed •direc�t'to �, lila:nt;, Does it Mat-
ter; whether hogs travel. 50 miles
50O? `.Is it, 'theacke,rscontrol'
of •the 'farmers' road dto.•the ,mar -r,
het that, m
', makes so any, draver�s°
a packer agent?
-1.t rs ._.snia1L ur'ot d r .r hat.. `1Vxr: .
Harris is .'becoriiirig ,00ncerrieil
about ',farmers. signing:"delivery
directives... that ,will (retake. tru lt4
era re i1 ze that they' '; work for'
`farmers and net- the paaters.'
486the ineat proCessers have -Car -
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