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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-02-27, Page 13HURON GETS• READY FOR PLOWING MATCH — Plans are already well underway for the 1978 International Plowing Match, to be held in Huron Co-Nty. Members of the local committee attended the 65th annual 'meeting of the Ontario Plowmen's Association in Toronto recently. Included in the Huron delegation were (front row, left to right) Marilyn Robertson, Wirigham, 1972 County Queen of-the Furrow;- Roy pattison, Wingham, vice-chairman of the local' committee; Allan Campbell, R.R.1, Seaforth, vice-chairman, local committee; Russell Bolton, , Seaforth, secretary-treasurer, Huron Plowmen's Association. In the back 'row are (left to right) Anson McKinley,R.R.1, Zurich, Huron County warden; Howard Datars, R.R.1, Dashwood, local committee chairman; Jack Riddell, M.P.P., Huron; Jim 'Armstrong, R.RA, Wingham, host farmer; Colleen' Cardiff, R.R.5,'Brussels, 1973 County Queen of the Furrow; and Don Pullen, Ht,won County agricultural representative. 4 1_ ,Kilbarchan XPOSITUlt Notes P. 4cLERE -VU AUTO WRECKERS New, Used and Rebuilt Parts for all Indiums of cats Ind trucks. DUNLOP i REMINGTON Car, truck and tractor Ursa. REPAIR SERVICE CLINTON 482-3211 HWY. 0 W. OF CLINTON RR 2 CLINTON HURRY! OFFER ENDS FEB. 28, 1975 $200 REBATE DMZ, D200, D300 DODGE PICKUPS r $200 REBATE ALL DODGE DART MODELS . NORTH AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR COMPACT ,. • • :rATM-•.* ALL PURCHASERS WHO ORDER. ANY MODEL DODGE DART OR DODGE D1001 0200, D300 IKKUPS ' ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 28, 1975 WILL RECEIVE A CHEQUE FOR $200 FROM CHRYSLER OF CANADA. ROWCLIFFE MOTORS Seaforth and Area Dodge, Chrysler Dealer SEAFORTH, ONTARIO PHONE 5274670 Ontario wants you to et your fair share of $375 million Tax Credits: Thousands of Ontario residents will Share in this year's Tax Credits. Make sure you (2et your fair sharp. To apply. you must file both a Federal Income Tax form (even if you Won't pay income tax) and the Ontario Tax Credit form which comes with it. Any questions? You may. free of charge. dial "0" and ask the operator for Zenith 8-2000. Residents within the Metro Toronto local calling area should dial 965-8470. Ontario's fur share TAX CREDIT SYSTEM FI-11-17518 William Davis, Premier Arthur Meen, Minister of Revenue . New minimum wages set The Honourable ' John P. MacBeth \has announced new minimum wage rates for Ontario which will come into effect on May 1st, 1975. The minimum wage for general industry Will be $2.40 and for the construction, industry „ $2,65. A detailed breakdown of the present and new rates is attached. • "This revision", the Minister Said, "has been necessary to keep pace with the increased cost of living", He added that the Ministry is preparing a booklet for distribution to employers in the province .outlining in detail the intention and applications of the newly revised Employment, Standards Act. Subjects will include coverage; homeworker-s; hours, of work; minimum wage; paid public holidays; equal pay for substantially the same kind of work; benefits such as pensiOn plans; pregnancy leave and termination: The new minimum ,wage schedule will be: Current Rate Effective May 1 / 75 General minimum, $2.25 .$2.40 General Learner rate (during first month of employment) 2.15 2.30 Construction rate 2.S0 2.65 Guard on construction. Pre-shrink your income tax! Until you retire, probably " with a lower taxable income than in your working years, you pay no income tax on tr the fund you build up in your Registered Retirement Savings Plan. People can put as much as $4,000. a year into this deferred tax haven. Meanwhile, your wealth increases — cumulatively — on the money you save from today's taxes. Start your Plan today at Victoria arid Grey. Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation VICIVRIA:and VG GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1e09 Huron County, is in third place in pork output in Ontario, President Eric Moore of Gotlerich told the annual meeting of the Huron ,County Pork Producers Association. Huron • county producers shipped more than a quarter fof a million hogs to market in 1974. Keith Weeden, the chairman of the Ontario Pork. Producers Marketing Board told the farmers that the cut-off point of 180 lbs.., where a severe price penalty is imposed will be extended to graduate down to 200 lbs. This is a sore point with many hog producers and-has been raised at c numerous pork meetings. When asked when this would come into effect Mr. Weeden said that negotiations with packers , and government are , still not completed , so a definite date is not, known yet. Of great concern to the pork board, he said, is the imposition of import restrictions by' the U.S. The protection the government gave to the beefman in restricting beef imports to a five year average, have backfired against the porkmen, as the Americans restricted Canadian pork exports almost 50%. Decisions made now on the number of sows to keep will determine the amount of pork coming to market,/ in 1976, he said. The market in Quebec has dried up with an increased production there of 19% and .a target of another ten percent. In referring to labour disputes, mr. Weeden contended that strikes affected producers' cost and in end the cost to consumers. It t should not be, allowed, he said, that innocent people get hurt. The disruption in the market place is fantastic and producers and consumers should get together to find a solution. Maybe it should be compulsory arbitration aft er a certain lapse of 'time, he said. On supply • management, he said that he was not against quotas,but it must be a national program to work., _.-The export possibilities to Japan 'are limited right now, as the Japanese government has a tariff policy to protect. theii :Ovn farmers. Mr. Weeden on his recent trade mission to Japan, spoke with 14 trading companies and many of them doubted that these restrictions would last, as grain is too expensive to imp; An Expositor Classified .pay you dividendd. Have you tried one? Dial Seaforth 527-0240. and foreign exchange is limited. There is some competition from Taiwan but the quality of that pork is low, so Canadian pork is preferred.The potential is enormous, he said; if one only realizes that in Tokyo alone there live as many people as in half the total Canadian population. In other business before the meeting Ron 'Dougal of Exeter was elected to represent Osborne Township to replace Alviii• Cucnore, who passed away last year in a tragic automobile accident. and. Tom Papple of Seaforth was elected to .replaee Ken Carnohan of Tuckersmith Township, who went out of pork production. well as Mr. Plumptre are only thinking of cheap food and the pious statements that they want the farmer to have a decent income don't mean a thing. They have shomin'their disinterest, and even their opposition to farmerS getting a decent income too ,often to be believed., .Why else the _vicious attacks on marketing boards, which are nothing more than farmers trying to 'get that decent income? They even begrudge us. . ,our cost 'of production. in the meantime we can work together- to convince the Ontario government that generating stations should. not be built on good 'land in Southern Ontario, but let's never forget their motive. I read in the. paper ,that Kent county citizens 'protest a generating plant. They are right. If no plant is built it may mean transmission. lines from outside. But if built it means 'transmission lines from inside. .4;ToWn PWEng0 • .Ali Pl&S$03 of fern Property *Summer cottages *Churches; Halls Extended Coverage (wind, smoke, water damage, falling objects, liability, etc.) Is also available DIRECTORS AND ADJUSTERS Ray McCurdy R.R.1, Kirkton Timothy Toohey R.R.3, Lucan Clayton Colquhoun .R.R.1, St. Marys • Martin Feeney Dublin Robert Gardiner R.R.2, Staffa William Chaffe Mitchell AGENTS Ross HOdgert Wood ham 229-6643: Hugh Benninger Dublin 345-2001 Clayton Harris Mitchell - 348-9051 =-• :-.--.- ,• . .-„,-;...-":„........... .-.0.-r-•----%-""--- ...,_;_-__---4,e,,,;,_...„,,,,--0 .,-. . . . • ..-,-------- --- —.-- Start May 1 Weekend visitors with Miss Turnbull , were nieces Miss Marilyn Hillis, Tillsonburg and Miss Gillian Turnbull of London, England. Gillian plans on spending some' time in Canada: She is a graduate pharmacist. projects. 2:50 ' 2.65 Student rate, 1.90 2.00 (under 18 years of age where weekly hours Ate not in excess of 28 hours or where student' is employed during a school holiday) .„ Ambulance industry rate: (a) weekly rate 108.00 115.20 (b) where employee 2.25 2.40• works less than 48 hours a week Where meals or room• or both are taken into account by an employer in calculating minimum rate on an employee: (a) room • 9.00 10.00 (b) meals 1.0 0 ea.meal and 1.05 , not more than 21.00 22.00 a week (c) both room • and meals 30.00 32.00 a week ' (By Adrian Vos) We have in this column and elsewhere strongly been advocating the preservation of food producing land, because we found it immoral to destroy it as long as other people, were 'starving. We still,hol'd that view, but a few reservations have crept in. At the Information' meeting of thd• Concerned Farmers of the United Townships, who have done a wonderful job of getting public support for this cause, we. were told •that support was obtained from the labour, movement, from' the Consumers Association and from Mrs. Beryl Plumptre of the Food Prices Review Board. That is where the reservations crept into my mind. Let's look at them one by one. First the 'labour movement. yes, I believe they want to, preserve land ; but I don't believe that they are so concerned about the starving foreigners. Harsh judgment? Yes, but look at the facts. When ships are lying in Vancouver harbour to be loaded with grain for Bangla Desh and a strike by labour prevents,the loading. They are supported by the total labour movement regardl&s•if thousands are dying in far countriesaaeeause they have a right for a dollar an hour more so they can buy a late model car.They use these unfortunates as a lever for a' higher income. They went to preserve' food producing land so • we will have overproduction and they will have cheap food. Of course, I exempt those who are sincere. The Consumers AssociatiOn as Agri-notes Reservation's on land (preservers EROSION CONTROL ASSISTANCE Technical advice and assistance is. available .to landowners in the Apsable Bayfield watersheds for gully, streambank and field, erosion. For more information' and an application form CONTACT . THE AUSABLE BAYFIELD - CONSERVATION AUTHORITY Box 459 Exeter. Phone 235-2610