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See ,Plymouth soon. oar that makes the ehanges in :the low,price field I Oa, a 10,Cliaran News-Rscard,,Thursriayf March 10 1960 appla% for '75 Cents Per 1114114 - - — "- ^ Seine time later these apple ape peered on the Merl* $4.5(/ per Huron OFU Hears H Noakes on Labour- tegsze;rt rates g41:74'w farm Untruths .Told ;'About Both ' sUpPese that many erinttuners crop," Mr, eant whq .. -09140t thePe . .4.P.PIPS were foolish enough to believe the farm (By pecial Verrespenflent) • Mel.' was getting to WO. P*0- for. Hume County Farriers' Un- White collar Woekere. .consider thin." (2) .-Werkere are constantly be- ing. reminded of .the big subsidies being paid out to. egeleeltere, Mr. Chonge In :Yards Managers Would Only Create_ New Problems Says Heldman ,(By J. Carl Hemingway) At the aeneal meeting in Mor- being used by transporters to get ris Towroo of the Federation of extra loads of hogs out of the Agrictdture one gentleman sug- Yards to the packing plants, gested that bottle§ of whisky were As understand the le.qeor Control Act this is illegal use and a chargeable offence. If this gentleman wishes to lay ch- arges I would think the Provincial Police would be reqeired to in- vestigate. The representative of the Hee Producers Board who was present tried to get names, times and feels but was unable tied(' so, poption to the number of hogs they, lvtar$teting* Plea bring in, Theta have. been Conk • plaints. Some no doubt are Insti- lled, some no -doubt are not. Iii some cases perhaps the complaints Would be reduced by changing managers; in .others the com- pleiMs would • increase,. I feel sure. that the board will try to iteep a. close check on their yard managers and take action where necessary, I would remind pro- ducers that this matter does not. affect the desirable features ,f)f the present Marketing Plan. There. were just as many complaints. ab- out the bad transporting of hogs 25 years, ago when, there was no ion held the quarterly :meeting in the •egrieelturel .effice, board, rooms, :Clinton, Tell:lay, Meech 4. Plans were made 'foe Er variety Shew to he held in April and a leadership training school-lafte in 71.1ereh., 'Segeeetiene were .made for a, future hoe marketing. plan, 011eeld there be need for. One. It Was decided to call a meeting .at a later date which would be de- voted to the hog marketing gee*. Robert -Taylor introdeeed. the -met speaker, Henry Noakes, Peteeboro representing the Farm Labour Co-ordinating Mr. Noakes told of his contact with industrial workers, fanners who of necessity are working in eacteriee anti farmers who devote all their time to their tams. "Farmers and industrial wfork: ers produce ,everything we have and they are 'constantly being told untruths about each other, con- sequently they blame one another for their troubles," Mr. Noakes said. - To clarify these mieuederstand- legs Mr. Noakes _listed them and commented on each as follows. Farmers. are' told: (1) Unions are too. pewerful, but Mr. Noakes said that less than 30 -percent of the working population is or-- ganized and due to Automation and ..the inerease in white collar workers this percentage will get smaller. He pointed out that in Canada YOUR CHOICE -of custom bred CHICKS from famed lines samminonnommor such as STONE'S DEMLERC,111X TRUE-LINES or ROE CHICKS TOP U.S. BLOODLINES proven in laying jests, now selected, hatched and guaranteed by FARMS LIMITED ATWOOD, ONTARIO No high cost franchise payments themseiVe$ superior to the plant workers' and a great mar*, bold hopes of becoming office manag- ers some day, tints they are not anxious to arganize. (2) Unions are Prizing us out of world markets. In 1845, Mr: Noakes said, wages represented 33.9. percent of the gross value of production, in. 1957, 22.7 per- cent, During this period mater ills increased in price from 45.$ Percent to 48.9 percent. With the Steel Co. increasing its net pro- fit after taxes 'to $21,009,000 in 1955 from $2,450,000 (an. increase of 790 percent) we might ask who is erieing. who out of world mar- kets. (3) Unions are corrupt, send money to U,S.A, and do not work in the interests of the commun- ity. Mr. Noakes said it was the unions that asked for the Con- gressional Inquiry in the TIS.A. He said this investigation found 400 business amen guilty of mal- practice and a very small num- ber of labour leaders guilty of ,the same offence. These facts were not giVen prow publicity and Mr. Noakes said this was,,because major political parties receive their campaign funds,,frem big business. .He made mention of Blue Cross, which the committee pr wed ' had hired • a fraudulent company to ergage in uttion-hust- lig activities., Mr. Noakes said that it was his belief anyone found guilty on either side shOuld be jailed Some Unions do send •money to the U.S.A.. in the form of certi- fied cheques which are later de- posited in Canadian barilcs. ,But We must remember, he. said, that much more money comes baek,in- to Canada from International Un- ions, than ever leaVee. "Interrta- tiOnal `Confederation of Free Trede Unions is Made up of un- ions freni all over the .world and they week for neW maxkets, help the down .trodden, and probably do more to promote world peace than any other organization," Mr. Noakes said. "People have a habit of forget, ting that 'unions fought for aboli- tion of imprisanment for debt, free' education, abolition of child labour, Old age pensions, and health insurance," he continued. He then pointed out •that these benefits went to all workers—not only unionists, and when union. members get shorter, working hours, or better wages, everyone eventually profits. "I really do get indignant when I see what is happening to farm- ers," Mr. Noakes said. "Unlike industrial workers, they haven't realized how important it is to have a strong organization work- ing for their welfare, and have been content to sit in their own shell". He cited the misinformation that' is constantly being placed before city workers as follows: (1) .Fartners are not efficient and large units are good. Mr.;Noak- es does not regard bigness as nec- essarily being ;efficieet. He point, eel out that • the (large supermarket virtually deserted on a Monday morning could hardly be termed efficient; He gni(' ,that.: as lorig as we have an offee td, purchase type of priee support the dcior` is open for anyone to get into farming, "By producing more, ,farmers are not 'really'being More effideot, when they themselves do not benefit," he said, „Mr. Noakes re- ferred to-,the •bumper ,apple crop of a year ago when faxmers sold Noehee said that they :are let*. informed of the -huge amounts rectod to CBC, goldinines, roads, etc. He said .that industry is :protected by tariffs and all manufactured goods are sub- sidized one way or. another,. "Why should. our basic agrictdtoal dustry not receive this protec- tion?", Mr, '1I0altea queetiOned _ • (3) Workers ask why fanners do not .fOrin co-ops. Mr. Noakes felt the principle of co-ops' was good and they could help solve the farmers' difficulties. It is his belief that nary ,c9-ops in Ont- ario are.acting as limited .comp= antes. Mr. Noakes listed the many reasons 'that labour unions are even more wfortied about the trend in agriculture than farmers theme:Owe seem to .be,, Faotory workers and tradesmen are be- ing` .diepleceel by automation and he noted how hard it was„ for a man over .40 who "is laid Off, to. find new '0111140Yrnent. said that it is. an added bUrden, when these rural people, not. only the farmer, - but,. his wife and -family Move .to the city looking for jobs. orlie Royal 'Price Spread Inves- tigation eeipted out quite .clearly that industrial Workers are pay- ing too much for their food and farmers receiving .too. little," • Me. Noakes, continued. "W orkers feel," he said, "If control of the food industry • passes -nee the hands Tet'e..few corporations, prIc-. es will be higher as has happened in the onto industry." Ile related that In the auto industry the non-Ibex., of car manufactures has been reduced to three from 100 in the last 35 years, -with General Motors controlling the price. Ke said that the: General Motors President when brought before the U.S.. •Congrossional Investiga- tion frankly . admitted that his Company was -able to realize a 25 percent profit 'from a 35 week operation, Mr, Noakes summed up -his ad- dress by saying that labour rec, ogyrizes the 'Farmers' Union ee an orgerdeatiereworkieg for the. bee- is needs of farmer% conclud- ed by saying he believed if far- niers were prepared to join the Farmers' Union, and - give their hearts as. Well,, the family farm weeld eurvive. A question period follOWed in answer to one cetestien, Noakes said that at 'one time the steel Workers had .offeeed to for- go wage increase if the Steel Co, woeld,,geaeeetee- not to increase the price of eteel, but the comp-, any refused, Stating that there was a steel shortage and they were ,going to get the highest .price they could. Mr. Noakes showed -e-' "The . Agricultural ?.evoletiort," which was enjoyed- by•everyone.. Kelly , Dalton thanked Mr. Noa- kes for braying the elements to come to Clinton to provide a. very informative and interesting even- ing. In order to prevent complaints I felt that the Board would be willing to discharge offending yard managers but whi14: this would be desirable I am afraid the new manager would be criti- cised for favouring the transport- ere who were total abstainers. Let us get this matter of trans- porting hogs straight. The farmer is required to get his hogs to the marketing yards and may do this in any manner he chooses. From the • time those hogs are delivered to the marketing yard until they are sold they are the responsibil- ity of the Marketing Agency. They are sold• F.O.B. to the packer who purchases them but it is the res- ponsibility of the packer to pro- vide the transportation from there on. Since the packers, particularly larger ones, are continually buy- ing hogs . from widely separated , yards prOviding transportation would be unhandy and expensive. At the request of the packers, the Hog Marketing Board has agreed to find suitable traniportation. Through their yard managers the Board has tried to give transpor- ters loads out of the yards in pro- Under the present system, bow.. ever, if this matter et itreesporter- tien ..eheeld become serlousl7 der trinwntel to the produ4er it can be- remedied,. First, the packers could be OK to arrange. their own tranSpOrta- AIM, I doubt that this would 'be" desirable as it Would likely be more Costly. ' contracts could, be Jet by 'Peeler tor the transportationof' all hogs from each assembly yard. This might be eheaper. the association could purchase trucks .and 011 pn aide- livered basis, Jr. CI T. PHONE HU 29475 MURPHY Limited CLINTONi ONTARIO HURON STREET