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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26th, 1969
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THE LUCKNOW. SENTINEL, LUCKNOW;, ONTARIO'
PAGE. :NINE!
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BY PEVE,RL'Y Mc..N'AY
On September 29th and: 30th,; •
Ole graduation, convention of the
.Ontario Farmers'. Union was held.
in. 'Centennial Hall.; London,
Mrs. :Lillian: Clark•, Women's;
2nd Vice President; was. elected
• • as' chairman for the Provincial
cook book eoirtriiCte�wtti
started fust :ov er three: years ago;
and has helped: our union to the,
tune of $3100. Mrs. Clark was
followed by the Women's 1stVice
•••President Mrs .. Gloria Sequin, ••
who mentioned the sugar beet
industry . that .was' lost in the
Chatham area in 1968; • Because
of lthis there was .2.0,'000 acres:
that had to be turned to other
props, 'which sure muddies up
the water of other surpluses A
person can not understand a Fed-
eral ral or Provincialgovernment who
pretends, to want to help ,
tureT ndustr3 APVP..
happen: •
Acting 1st•:Vice'• President, Peter
Lwynstra spoke on the involve -
pietas of corn contracting one, ;
year ago. Even though not tot;=
ally successful. , much was learned.
from this experience. Even our
so -calledfarm co-operatives are
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of
no help at this particular time,
if we look at the prices .offered to-
day by these concerns, Can you
term mber the-eries. from -thein'
last_ fall .when the Farmers Union.
asked for $1.50 per bus. price?
Words- like" "ridiculous" "'out
rageous" , "way too high" are
used by these organizations to • .
describe our asking price,
Well,. as -you know this spring.
and summer, corn did as high.
or higher than even $1. 6o per
bus, at the same. tine cheap
-westernwgrain-w2s-avar, °a • e.
These.organizations must .feel;•
pretty low .after 'ridiculing us, .
or else they .mu°stobviously feel
*that itis perfectly 0,K. for an. •
elevator operator or.broker td get
higher prices:• and let the farmer
suffer. ••
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Part of the address by President;
Walter Miller was: Forthe past •
.two years , we -have. been pursuing
,the whole area of collective 'bar
gaining and moving to overcome
the structural •obsolesence that •
has for so many years prevented
us. from .accomplishing.wh'at
we set out to` do.. Evidence to
•convince•: us that ewe . are on the
right. course .comes from the fact ••':
that we: have been so' ruthlessly'
-attacked . by those who -have -al
ready. feirthe-pre'ssure-from-our-T-
activities,• •and whose •projection
into, the future tells them •the new
National 'Farmers'' Union .is a 'force
to fear.
I would indeed be remiss in my.:
duties as •your .president if 1 failed
to congratulate you who worked
so hard: and, delivered an out-. •
standing display of •solidarity y
•last. June 24th., . when the Ontario
Calvin -Brie
government, along with other,
parts:of the' establishment and
eaders=o€ e = t: -
tions; who cla/im to- speak for farm-
ers , _,combilnej their .resources .;.
an attempt to lure the •farmers •
into (accepting a concept of organ
'ization•that:still'einbodied the
sante obsolescence which we have'.
been struggling to overt -dine.
.: For those who still cling to the
philosophy of "get.. the `govern-
ment to do it,". let us look at
some of the areas where; govern
ment°was,•involved recently. We
could: start with beef Cattle. As •
YOU• recall` beef prices last spring
went up significantly' for thefirst
• time. in eighteen years ,:While
the price -.to the farmer increased.
about 14 cents'. er sound dressed
weight', increases of 50 to 70
cents per pound at retail level
were recorded . , :
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During this same, period , one
-ehain-store-offie al -a- M -r Wein
stein, of Loblaws,:, called for a:
,boycott of beef to bring beef:
prices down' an •exercise'which h .
believe, was designed to 'take '.
the monkey 'Off their back and
put it on the farmers'' and t� '
establish a new markup or profit
margin forthe retailers. To add',;'
insult. to injury; the Minister of
Consumer and Corporate .Affairs',. •
Mr. Basford lent:his su •rt
Ca1v��Brick--held-tje~-=-v---O-: u'-�
November meeting on Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Ronald;
Coultes with an attenda.nee of 17..
Mrs
Donald Dow .gave the pall
to. worship. ' A dialogue - "Being
Human" was given by Mrs. Don •
aid ,Dow and. Mrs. Lloyd Whytock .
The offering wasreceived. and
eitica ed by Mrs:-
also
vtr-s: also read a poem "aye" .•
Mrs, George McGee conducted
the "Mission Study ,, on Redpncilia=
,tion in a Broken' World referring.
to Poverty.'. A11 then listened,'to
a• record on Hunger . '
Mrs .. Ken Mason president,
presided for the business; The
delegates to the Regional Rally
fat Wroxeter gave reports. It was
'decided :to, give a donation of
$10 to Five Oaks -
The D,ecernber meeting will be
on, December 10th which is one
week earlier than the` usual;date.
The nominating committee are •
tot prepare:. a. slate:•of officers for.
the December meeting,,.'
It was decided to use`the.'money
usually spent: on Christmas:flowers
to aid an organization such`•as.
Children's Aid and anyone having.
a. Christmas plant to bring :it forthe day.
A silver collection is to be •
given as a project to buy Christ
'Inas gifts for' patients at the -
Psychiatric Elospital, Goderich
• The:shut-ins' of.the community
are to 'be retnembered•.'` .
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the' boycott suggestion..
Or: we'"could look at the Medic-
-are ro ra • anti; haw-eveir
though a hundred and seventy
five million dollars will be corn-
ing from,Ottawa, it will not
lower the premiums we pay.' Per-
haps we should be asking why. in
Saskatchewan, for example, the .
combined premiums for. Medicare
and hospitalization are $72.00
per year, fora farnily•regardless
of size , and in Ontario,' the
richest province ofall; we .thust
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longer can we afford to protect
the insurance companies?
I challenge you, on behalf of
Canadian farmers to lead the .way,
as t . know you can, .and in spite of
the forces who oppose. us we
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of the : National Farmers' Union ,
Organization, U ►:.S . A . In his.
address said that we: are the
people sow ;. with no way
of`knowingwho: what -we -are -getting :.
for ur product. We 'work for •
one year, and.' in one day we are
condemned for that years work
by the price .we: -are 'offered
Farmers are first class citizens,
we havf a product which everyone
needs "so let us stand up like •
professional businessmen and put a
price on our, product; We farmers
are . also consumers,` but no one
gives, us free food.. because .we.
ha sold -out p ditt oo l
We are encouraged to increase
production, and so we get bigger,
but.; five ,times 'nothing is still „
nothings--yap:••aren't-.raking .
aI profit• on one steer,. '.+five more
won't 'help.
Since the. National Farmers'
Organization was organized in
the U.:S.', pigs have come. from,,
$18.00 to $28;. 00'and' $30,00', •.
and cattle from ".$22; 00 to $38 9o,;,
but still the farmer realizes only
350 profit on his investment,
while the corporations gather up
28 '0, so you s oul. not .e '
ashated to 'join a union. Farmers.
•mtist either unite or . erish.
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