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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-01-22, Page 2"dor pricegartl WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28TH C.H.S.S. Players Guild Presents Under Milkweed By DYLAN THOMAS Saturday, Jan. 24 8:00 P.M. In The C.H.S.S. Cafeteria — Admission Is Free — .sasss-ssa ,sasS::::::Sars:sissaasia•saiSs' LADIES, MEN'S & CHILDREN'S WINTER BOOTS HIGH AND LOW — ALL LINES DISCOUNTS UP TO 60% OFF THE BOSS IS AWAY BUT the SALE CONTINUES We Can Cut Prices Still Purther As Long As We Keep Selling HOLLAND • SHOES THE ENTIRE FAMILY roertleise Lobb's tildes Local obituaries CHARLES K. PETRIE Charles K. Petrie, RR 1, . Dungannon, died at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, on Saturday, January 17. He was 64. Mr. Petrie was born in Ashfield Township on. September 20, 1905, a son of John Petrie and the former Eliza Kilpatrick. He had been a lifelong resident of the township and was a farmer. He was predeceased by his wife, the former Jessie Hoy who died in 1955, and by one son, Ronald. Surviving are one son, Norman, Mississauga; four daughters, Mrs, William (Elaine) Melick, Goderich; Mrs. Ray (Anne) Mitchell, Clinton; Mrs. John (Doreen) Carson, London and Mrs. Harry (Lenore) Clements, RR 4, Goderich; two brothers, William, Goderich and Joseph, Tillsonburg; two sisters, Mrs. Dick, (Elsie) McIntyre,' • Goderich and Mrs. Case (Mary) Black, Kitchener; eight grandchildren and one great granddaughter. The funeral service was held at McCallum Funeral Home, Goderich, at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20, with Rev. R. Odendahl officiating. Interment was in Dungannon Cemetery. Pallbearers were; Ken Petrie, Jack Petrie, Elwin Petrie, Ivan Rivett, Joe Dauphin and Howard Culbert. MISS METHA ELMA MacPHERSON Miss Metha Elma MacPherson, 200 High Street, Clinton, died in Clinton Public Hospital January 13, 1970. Born in Wingham, she was the daughter of Duncan MacPherson and Lydia Duffy. She received her education in Wingham and was a school teacher during most of her life. She was predeceased by one sister, Olive, in 1961. She is survived by a sister, Miss Pearl MacPherson of Clinton. Miss McPherson was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Clinton. Funeral took place from the R. A. Currie and son Funeral Home, Wingham, on January 16 at 3:30 p.m. with Rev. R. U, MacLean officiating. Burial was in Wingham Cemetery, Pallbearers were Art Wilson, Herb Duffy and Duffy Colvin, ail of Wingham; Herb Busby, Belmore; Bill Busby, Mildmay; and L. G. Winter, Clinton. ROBERT (BERT) MCKAY Robert (Bert) McKay, 1223 Richmond Street, London, died in St. Joseph's Hospital on Monday: ,He had, been in poor health for some time. He was in bis,76th year..,, , Mr. McKay' was born' in Tuckersmith, the son of the late Robert MCKay and Margaret Smith, He attended school in the township and for many years farmed in Stanley. For the past fifteen years he has resided in London. Mr. McKay was married to the former Katherine Moffatt who predeceased him in 1940. In 1943 he was married to the former Blanche Irwin who survives, He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Lorne (Jean) Wilson of Brucefield. Funeral services were held from the Beattie Funeral Home on January 15 at 2 p.m. with Rev. Garth C. Nelson of Robinson United Church officiating. Temporary interment was in Clinton Mausoleum with interment later in Baird's Cemetery, Brucefield. ...The International One THE FAIRFIELD (13-inch diagonal-75 square inch rectangular picture) Internationally Famous Toshiba Quality Features: • Full 11,500 volts picture power • Precision VHF/UHF full range tuner • 3-stage "Duraligned" IF amplifier • Automatic gain control • Built-in VHF swivel antenna . • "Golden Cameo" speaker Completely Ready to Enjoy. Includes snap-on Toshiba "Sun Screen," private listening earphone, UHF loop antenna, schematic diagram and operating manual. 149 9' "Your Color Service Dealer" GALBRAITH TV Car. Albert & Rattenbuty Sts. CLINTON GODERICH MOTORS JANUARY OVERSTOCKED SALE CONTINUES WE'RE CLEARING EVERYTHING AT SALE PRICES The response to this sale has been great, so we are extending it to include the balance of the 69's and demoS to allow newer car buyers to take advantage of this once-a-year sale. 33 5 ONLY 28 NEW Used Cars and Trucks, Safety Checked, Winterized, Ready To Go 1969 MODELS PRICED TO CLEAR 1970 CARS AND TRUCKS ON THE SPOT FINANCING — IMMEDIATE DELIVERY NO REASONABLE OF6 FER REFUSED OPEN TILL 9 EVERY NIGHT Service department open 8 a.m, to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Alt work performed by factory trained mechanics. GODEMCH MOTORS (013D) LITK l'i99.V4.-710.8. or -R4-7109 WARRANTIES We will be pleased to Certify warranties for all Ford owners • ill this area. Please phone for an appointment, 55 gouth CONTINUES 1 2 PRICE 1 /3 OFF 20% OFF DRESSES SKIRTS BLOUSES SWEATERS HOUSECOATS PANTY GIRDLES SLIMS SLIPS SARONG GIRDLES BRASSIERES DRAPERY FABRICS (in stock) ALL YARD GOODS WINTER SLEEPWEAR There are Many other "Sale Items" throughout the store — You must cote in to appreciate theni. AT Clinton Ladies Wia and Dry GoOds Herisall Would you believe there's someone who's interested in a 17year old who's finished school? sissassasastsliiiiigiN'S We',e interested in you, We're the Canadian Armed Forces and if you're willing to work hard, learn a trade, and accept some 'moor:joint respon- sibilities we'll give you a future with sedulity, a steady income, plus lob skills you cart keep forever. For more information contact your local military career counsellor. - 4`"'r THE CANADIAN 4SA Ailmeo FORCES RECRUITING CENTRE 120 Queens Ave, London 12, Om: 483-5124 2 Orton NPvvs'Record, Thursday, JarltlarY 197Q Comm fission rices too hi h fi Direct federal government action to reduce tractor prices in Canada b.el.ow the discriminatory, artificial ..levels now maintained arbitrarily by. few largem ti-nat le nal OrPorations who dominate the Canadian market was recommended in a special report -0)/ the 11.oyal .Cornmission on Farm Machinery., The Commiasioner, Dr. Clarence Barber of Winnipeg,. said in his report that Deere. and International Harvester are acting as North. American price leaders with -U,S,alaullt tractors that provide them with "very substantial" profits. He said Ford ,and Massey-Ferguson operate under • this price umbrella with tractors built in lower-cost, high-volume.' British plants and which therefore yield "very handsome profits" that are higher in Canada than in. Britain, One result was 'that, in the 1966-67 selling season, a tractor manufacturer could get on the average$1,881 more at the wholesale level for a 60-75 horsepower British-built tractor sold to a Canadian farmer than when the identical tractor was sold to a British farmer. The difference was $876--on a 45-60 horsepower tractor and $418 for tractors ; under 45 horsepower. After devaluation of sterling in 1967, these price differences widened and, in the 1968 selling season, average dealer prices for various tractors in Britain ranged from $837 to $2,287 lower than 'in Canada. For larger-horse- • . STUDIO Specializing in ... * Weddings * Children . Single or Group Portraits and Passports 524-878.7 • 118 St. David Goderich • power tractors, most of which are built in the United States, prices at that ' time were - lower in North America than in Europe,' Dr.. Barber said that undoubtedly some part of the ' higher Canadian pricessfor the lower-horsepower tractors is explained by the additional costs of shipping, serving the. dispersed Canadian market, and other *top. But this accounted for oply part of the differences, ft, was estimated that one third of the difference was tine to higher profits in Canada than in Britain, made possible by the industry's artificiai separation of the two markets. Moreever,.the report revealed that while sterling devaluation in late 1967 should have narrowed the price gaps, the manufacturers in fact increased their sterling prices to their Canadian wholesale subsidiaries by the full extent of the devaluation, Thus the price gap widened—wholesale • dealer prices that were 18 to 38 per cent lower in Britain than in Canada in 1967 were 30 to 45 per cent lower by 1968. Dr. Barber said that while "conspiracy may he too harsh a word" to describe this action by manufacturers—an action which largely circumvents the British purposes for devaluation—the data suggest "at least a tacit agreement" to maintain Canadian prices, thus denying Canadian farmers the lower prices that would otherwise result. The Commission estimated this decision increased the sterling profit margins of the manufacturers by two or three times. •If Canadian farmers had been able to import tractors directly from British dealers or agents, they would • have saved an estimated $8,600,000 in 1967 On all tractors up to at least 60 horsepower, even after paying their own ocean and domestic shipping costs, the Commission. estimated, After devalUation in 1968 the saving would have been $14,900,000. The 1969 saving would be similar to that in since the volume of Sales was 1968—perhaps slightly smaller likely lower'in 1969a I-10weVer, the Commission found evidence that 'the manufacturers have recently \ sought to prevent tractors moving from the lower-priced British market to the artificially high-priced Canadian market. All major British tractor manufacturers—Ford, Massey-Ferguson, International Harvestei, David Drown and. British Leyland Motors (Nuffield)—have inserted clauses in their dealer agreements to prevent the dealers from directly exporting new tractors or selling them to someone who would. Although the Ontario Federation of , Agriculture, succeeded up to mid-April 1969 in importing aboitt 150 British-made tractors for its farmer-members and is still importing some, it was encountering more difficulty. The Commission's own investigations detected among British dealers "consistent undercurrent of fear of exposure to some overriding pbwer of the manufacturers". In one 'case described by the Co m mission, manufacturers' representatives turned' up to view the OFA's unloading of 13 British-built tractors at Hanover, Ontario, last March 10. Twelve tractors were of one make; three of these were disguised as "used"—old oil in the crankcase, and hour-meters altered, to show 1,000 houis of use—and nine others had plates welded over the serial numbers in an effort to protect the British suppliers. The company representative for this one make complained that he couldn't see the serial number. The next morning it was discovered that a nomber of these plates had been removed—a task heavy enough to have required a wrecking bar. The Commission's report emphasized' that all of the actions taken by the manufacturers to prevent such tractor exports to Canada at British prices had occurred in Britain, outside the jurisdiction of the Canadian government. This is a key consideration in the Commission's recommendations. The Commission observed: "To an ° im•Portant,Jegree,`.7, ,these insi„1„t n corporations are independent of,1 the national authority of individual countries. At the present time, no international authority exists which can exercise control over them. 4. "For a country such as Canada, whose industry and trade, is very largely in the hands' of 'large multi-national corporations, the independence with which these companies operate has far-reaching implications." Dr. Barber said the federal government "should deliberately set out to achieve a lower level of tractor prices for Canadian farmers", "Its longer run goal should be a level of tractor prices that adequately reflects both the lower production costs which currently prevail in Britain and the additional cost reduction that accompanies larger volume production, "ft should also 100 for a greater pricn reduction " in pereentage terms on the larger horsepower tractors than on the lower horsepower models. The. goal here should be .0 set of tractor prices that more closely reflect relative production the n7tte .wever rl"-tbat all wheeled tractora. Ho., Commission. now sold in Canada are imported With the exception of some large four-wheel-drive tractors built. by Versatile in Winnipeg, And all of the suppliers of the Canadian market with the exception of Massey-Ferguson have their head offices outside Canada. Thus the government would be "almost forced into the position of negotiating directly with the mniti-national corporations involved if it wishes to achieve any change in the situation", Dr. Barber wrote. "No step short of this is likely to achieve the rewired results." As a number of possible steps that the government: might. want to consider, Dr. Barber suggested: 1. The government should ask the parent companies for assurance that tractors will not be priced in Canada at levels that give the companies higher profits than when the same tractor is sold to a British farmer. If the companies abided by such a practice, an immediate reducion in many tractor prices would result. 2. The government should ask the companies concerned, particularly the larger ones with European sources of supply, if they are prepared to establish prices in Canada that are more in line with the costs incurred in their larger volume European operations. 3. The government should ask the Combines Investigation Branch to review the Commission's findings and discuss them with their counterparts in the United States, Britain and other' countries, "with a view to; possible actien'2. 4. The government might wish to discuss with the British government the steps taken by, the manufacturers to preventl fairnerS • from r'rm tsorttng tfacOrs.directly from connection the Commission noted that the restrictive clauses in the companies' agreements. with their dealers were of the kind that normally would he reviewed by the British Board of Trade. 5. If the companies are unto-operative, the government may wish to negotiate with some low-cost producers not now in the Canadian market. For example, a Czechoslovakian tractor—the Zetor, produced in the Skoda works at Brno—has captured a significant share of even the lower-priced British market, and has been tested by an independent testing agency in the United States. 6, Similarly, the government might want to approach Japanese manufacturers, who now market small tractors, "to see whether they would consider moving WO the world tractor manufacturing lausineSs in a major vvay, producing large horsepower tractors as well as small". 7, If substantial differences persiat between prices at which the manufacturers supply tractors to Canadian and other wholesale subsidiaries, the government might consider imposing a "reverse dumping duty"--a levy equal to 100 per cent of the amount by which, the price to the Canadian wholesaler exceeds that , charged to the equivalent selling organization hi" the country where the tractor was built. "Because such a proposal is far-reaching and could be applied to a wide range of products beyond farm machinery, its implications would need to be studied carefully before it was implemented", Dr. Barber said, "It is put forward here for the government's consideration. The Commission's Special Report on The Prices of Tractors and Combines in Canada and Other Countries is to be followed in several months by the Commission's Final Report. Dr. Barber, head of the Department of Economics at the University of Manitoba, was _appointed by the federal ,government in May 1966, to atttrIS! the costs of tarm machinery and repair parts. In particular, the gOornront requested him to consider the report on; (1) the factors affecting the price to. the user of agricultural. machinery and equipment and parts in .Canada including full reference to the impact of financing, distribution and servicing costs on the total: price of the user; (2) the costs to the user of .agticultnral machinery in Canada as compared with the Costs. of similar equipment to users in other countries; both in absolute terms and in relation to total costs; (.3) The present and' prospective competitve position of the Canadian agricultural machinery industry in Canadian and in export markets as compared with agricultural machinery industries in other countries, including an examination of research and development activity and its relationship to the establishment of new facilities in Canada; • (4) the historical and present relationships between the price and the productivity of agricultural machinery; (5) measures that 'Would contribute to the expansiOn of efficient production of agrictiltural machinery, the attainment of technological advances, the improvement of distribution, financing and servicing facilities and the enhancement of the industry's competitive Postion so that Canadian fanner§ would be ensured most favourable prices for, and availability of, machinery and Parts. NOTICE TO RATEPAYERS OF HULLETT TOWNSHIP Ratepayers are required by the Council not to park cars on Township roads during the winter months in order not to hinder snow plowing operations. Council will not be responsible for damages to any vehicles parked on the roads. It is also requested that residents of Hullett Township do not push or dump snow on the township roads. Those who dp will be held responsible for any damages caused to any vehicles because of this. George Hoggart, RR 1, Londesboro, Road Superintendent 4, 5b