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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-02-15, Page 13BY KEITH ROULSTON Members of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture were told Thursday night that the priorities of Canadian society are wrong. The meeting of 70 farmers from throughout the county heard Harvey Davis of Dobbin- ton, reeve of Eldersley town- ship, quote from an article in the Toronto Daily Star which showed that the tin apple juice is sold in, costs two cents more than the apple juice itself. Mr. Davis, who is a former warden of Bruce County, member of the Ontario Press Council, and president of the Bruce County Beef Improvement Association told the group that out of every $10 spent on food, less than $4 went to the farmer, the primary producer. He said farming was the only business he knew of, that bought at retail prices and sold at wholesale. Mr. Davis said that cries about high food costs were un- justified to a certain extent because if prices for farm produce had risen at the same rate of other products such as cars, the prices would be far higher. He pointed out that the cost of food has not risen at the same rate because of the tremendous increase in the productivity of the farmer. In the last 15 years, he said, the efficiency of the farmer had in-, creasecr100''percenf while `fhe efficiency of industry in general had risen only 60 percent. He gave an illustration from the beef industry where he said 20 years ago a farmer could raise 40 head of cattle on 100 acres of land., Now by using the land to grow corn to feed his cattle, the farmer could raise the same number of animals producing the same amount of meat on only seven acres. He said the government's at- tempts to maintain a cheap food policy can be easily seen through the number of expert consultants the government pays to help farmers improve their efficiency. Mr. Davis said most farmers would like to be able to earn enough to pay good wakes for pm• /cline Sterling Trusts assets up, profits too N.F. Petersen, president, Sterling Trusts Corporation, in announcing the results for the year erided 31st December, 1972, stated that new records had been created for the Cor- poration. Assets under administration exceeded $100 million, net operating income at $493,063 was up by 25.43 per cent over the previous years results — net earnings after taxes at $545,709 represented a 20.71 per cent increase. Earnings per share, based on the average number of shares outstanding during the year were $0.87 in- cluding $0.08 gain on realization of securities. Mr, Petersen stated that results of the new branch at 347 Bay Street have been well in excess of expectations and that the ' administrative development programme outlined in his 1971 report had largely been implemented. For- ward planning for the Cor- poration is in an active state and further announcements regarding this will be made shortly. In the early days in England, religious orders, universities and merchant groups all Ian their own postal systems. farm labour. He quoted statistics which showed the average wage for farm labour is $1.64 per hour compared to $4.70 for construction and $3.28 for industry. He also said he was disillusioned with regional government. He said it would cost more and take away the basic democratic need of com- munication between the people and the legislators. Under the present system, he said, a per- son can pick up the telephone and call his councillor any time he wants. Under regional government, however, the alderman (or whatever he is called) would be harder to reach. "We realize we do need changes" he said. "It is being shoved down our throats because of the apathy you and I have displayed" he said. He called for people to stand up and fight against the imposition of regional govern- ment. He said it might sound corny, but men gave their lives on battlefields to preserve freedoms that are now in danger. Harvey Davis, guest speaker at the meeting commented that it just proved that many firms had found out over the years that there is more profit in far- ming the farmer than in far- ming. When you complain about improper advertising, we do something about it. Fast. For example: The case of the MagicMouse From the files of the Advertising Standards Council One day a consumer sent us a "Magic Mouse" toy. She complained that the television advertising had exaggerated the quality and performance of the product. And after examining the product and the advertising, we agreed. This is the advertising rule that was broken: "No advertisement shall be prepared, or be knowingly accepted, which contains false, misleading, unwarranted or exaggerated claims — either directly or by implication. Advertisers and advertising agencies must be prepared to substantiate their claims." Mrs. Margaret Barkley (extreme left) from St. Joseph's Separate School in Clinton recently attended the gymnastics workshop along with teachers from Exeter, Seaforth, Zurich and Usborne Central. A gymnastics competition involving all the separate schools in Huron and Perth Counties will be held later in April. Canadian priorities wrong „onservation • • velop the recreational area or allow the thority to do so. "Apart from that, I'm not directly in- Ived and it's anyone's guess what the entual outcome will be,” he said. However, Mr. Jackson praised authority !mbers for spearheading interest in the operty and said it represented a good ample of a public agency inspiring the vernment to act in order to preserve a tentially valuable piece of land for fulfilment of a dream by many in the area. afeational purposes. r4". 4'."1 'Mire. feel the:Trogf trrieprereiTts sitirThsT He said that at one time the provincial chance of securing lakefront property in vernment held an option on the present this area for public use. This portion of the eery Provincial Park for the authority. shoreline has recreational potential that 'We might have never been able to will never become available again." (continued from page 1 acquire it tor public use had it not been for the interest of members of this authority." The current future park consists of about 50 acres of bush and the remainder primarily agriculturally-workable land, ac- cording to Mr. Amos. Last Sptember when negotiations to ob- tain the land for the authority were begun in earnest, the former chairman said acquisition ofthe property would mean the NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING Notice Is Hereby Given That the 98TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Hay Township Farmers' Mutual Fire insurance Company will be held in the Township Hall, Zurich -- ON — SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1973' AT 2:00 P.M. 1 For the presentation of the Annual Report; to elect three directors to replace those whose term of office has expired; and to transact all business as may be done at a general meeting of the policyholders. The retiring directors are Cecil Desj- ardine, Grand Bend; Arnold McCann, Dashwood and Theo Steinbach, Zurich, who are eligable for re-election. MELVIN L. WEBSTER JOHN R, CONSITT President Secretary-Treasurer aion:pem 1 now& dm. 1•••• ••••••••• deformed church. (continued from page 1' P.T.A. Feeding over 200 hungry young people is by no means a cinch! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed watching "The Lovebug" and after the film, the hardy ones did some more square-dancing! Sunday morning the Christian Reformed Church was filled to capacity. Rev. A. Beukema preached a fitting sermon on Zechariah 2:1-5. In the afternoon a special youth service was held with members of the Clinton Y.P. in charge. John Hoogendoorn spoke a word of appreciation to all those who had made the Wintercamp possible, Herman Gerrits led the young people in the Confession of Faith; Frances Middel led in prayer; and Winnie Valkenburg read from Scripture. The singing was accompanied by Chris Guetter, organ; Alice Roorda, piano: and Grace Benjamins, guitar. Christine Bylsma and Clara De Vries sang a beautiful rendition of "Through it All" and "I Believe". Rev. A. Beukema preached on Matthew 24:12,13, expressing the hope that our young people would remain faithful to the Lord and that their love for Him would not grow cold. The collection amounted to nearly $200 which will go to S.W.I.M. (Summer Workshop In Missions), a special Young Peoples program. Refreshments were served after the ser- vice in the church hall and in the evening many attended the regular Young People's Meeting, after which the guests reluctantly went home. Everyone felt it had been a wonderful blessing to be together and to be one in the Lord. The Clintonian Club meets The Clintonian Club held their February meeting in the town hall on Thursday after- noon, February 1. The president, Mrs. F. Cummings, opened the meeting with the Housewife's Creed followed by the Lord's Prayer. She also read a poem "This Old World". The secretary's report was read and approved, and a letter was received from the Ability Fund. A donation is to be for- warded. The treasurer, Mrs. V. Lamp- man, gave an excellent finan- cial report. Mrs, H. Adams reported for the flowers and cards commit- tee. There had been eight hospital and 21 home visits made to sick and shut-ins during the past month. Dutch auction winners were Mrs. F. Cummings, Mrs. L. Lockhart and Mrs. E. Pickard. The mystery prize was won by Mrs. V. Lampman. The president read a poem and -closed the meeting with the mizpah benediction, A few games of cards vere played after which lunch was served. The next meeting will be held in the town hall on Wed- nesday afternoon, February 28, at 2 p.m. Ake: SICKROOM EQUIPMENT LOAN SERVICE matter of BY J. CARL HEMINGWAY Way back in 1949, we put in a wood-coal furnace. It has served us quite well for 23 years but is now becoming somewhat tired and is due for re-cycling most any time, Minor repairs no doubt would keep it going for a few more years, but I may well be without a woodlot and com- paratively, coal seems to be too expensive, The alternatives are oil, propane or electricity. Which should it be? We had taken it for 'granted that it would be oil. There was an oil furnace at the farm we purchased about ten years ago which has given no trouble and the tenants have been well satisfied with their fuel costs but conditions seem to have changed recently. Oil prices have gone up and we hear that oil is in short supply in North America. In a few years, will an oil furnace be too expensive or will oil be gone? Electric heat is most convenient and in a well insulated house quite reasonable but would it be practical to go to the expense of doing a job of insulating an old house and will power be available? I think it was Premier Davis who stated, on T.V. the other night, that we have pretty well exhausted the available water power supply in Ontario. That leaves propane. I don't know enough about propane to make a choice. Is it a manufactured product from the oil industry or is it "bottled" natural gas? As yet there seems to be plenty of natural gas but distribution to the farm by pipe , line would be too costly. What about this energy shortage in America? We have been told for years that there is a tremendous supply of oil in the tar sands in northern Canada and more recently of the huge oil discoveries in the Arctic. We are also told that prospects are good for substantial oil supplies off the Maritimes. Is it less a problem of supply than of transportation? Perhaps the situation is the same as our huge surplus sup- plies of grain in recent years. All of a sudden the reserve isn't there. Perhaps I should overhaul the old furnace this summer, Even if I sell the farm with the woodlot there are plenty of maple tops going to waste on neighbouring farms that can be had for the cleaning up. In fact it seems to me that we can hardly afford to waste so many of our natural products. There is another alternative. Perhaps I should put a plastic tent over the manure pile, collect the pollution for fuel for the house, car and tractor, After all it would help out on the hog profits if the price should drop. Here's what we did about it, immediately. First we phoned the television station that had run the "Magic Mouse" commercial. They told us they had already cancelled the commercial because of similar complaints. Since the advertiser (a U.S. company) did not reply to our inquiry, we issued an 'urgent' bulletin requesting all stations to contact us before accepting advertising from this company. The "Magic Mouse" is no longer advertised. Keep this complaint notice. If you see dishonest or unfair advertising, send it to us. 1 Advertising Standards Council COMPLAINT NOTICE Product or Service. Date advertisement appeared, Where it appeared: 0 TV. 0 Newspaper 0 Magazine 0 Radio 0 Outdoor 0 Transit Name of publication or station - Please investigate this advertisement which in my opinion breaks the Canadian Advertising Standards Code because: Name Address City Zone Province Advertising Standards Council, 159 Bay Street, Toronto 116, Ontario. L The Advertising Standards Council is a division of the Canadian Advertising Advisory Board. We work for better advertising. of.„niToN NEws,gpcoRD, .THURSDAY., FEBRUARY 15, 1873,43 arroll gets... (continued from page 1) 11 ooking back just five years, it wasn't Ys that way. I can recall a newspaper mentary in Goderich in 1968 that ed about the forces of Toryism and 'ralism in Huron and that article e momentary reference to us as an odd p of radicals in the riding who etimes ran in elections.'" n 1971, in the same paper, the attitude changed but the skepticism about our gth has not .., that is until the results e in and found us a mere 200 votes nd a dying Liberal Party actually ing our popular support and receiving uch as 26% of the vote in some polls ing second in many of them," Mr. oll said. n 1972, after our federal effort, the in- se in our vote drew the most recent mentary that our strength was still ing and even in Huron we would eday be a force to contend with," he ed. his is 1973", Mr. Carroll noted, "we en't stopped growing; and we are en- ng a by-election that will shock those 'kly editors." By example we must demonstrate the Democratic Party listens and that our bers are a different breed of politician breed that has little use for the false mises of the other parties .... a breed t has little use for the half-token ...asures of appeasement that are the ademark of Tory Ontario," the candidate arged. "By example we can demonstrate that ?.w Democrats are working for people, in separate board )arate schools in the two counties, at a e of $702 per year. VIr. Kieffer reported the initial ()cation of $3,300 has been received un- r the winter works program and an ad- ional allocation of $5,700 will be .eived bringing the total to $9,000 of iwincial funds. Last year the Board's ocation was $8,200. The money is to be used for painting at Canada in every Province where elected members sit throughout this country, We can demonstrate by the example of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia that New Democrats practice what they preach and legislate accordingly in a decisive and well-defined manner that puts the feelings of people first." "In Huron the Tories have said there are no issues in this Riding and their victory is a certain thing," Mr. Carroll commented. "Well, there are issues. One of them is Bill Davis and his bureaucratic style of nvernment. I am certain that our Mem- bers in Toronto. can attest to his regard for the Legislature and his dubious methods of rail-roading legislation into being; par- ticularly during the last few days of a session," the candidate charged. "In this election", Mr. Carroll said, "we have an opportunity to go to the people of Huron and voice our genuine concern for their problems.. to go 'to them and mutually understand the slow erosive arocess at work in Ontario which will lestroy our way of life." "In this election we must demonstrate that the voice of the people at Queen's Park must be strengthened. By increasing the caucus of New Democrats we can have a real effect with a government that pretends to listen. We can continue to challenge, with one more voice, a govern- ment that thrives on the imposition of Change. We can strengthen our position against unplanned measures that bring regionalization, centralization, and ad- ditional bureaucracy," "Whether it's regional development, or regional government, or centralized • • • (continued from clam 1 various -schools, for cupboards and other such projects. Mr. Kieffer reported the roof on the St. Boniface School in Zurich has been repaired, also the roof on St. Michael's school in Stratford, and on February 14 work on the roof on St. Patrick's School in Kinkora will start. John Vintar, Superintendent of Education, reported on the annual conven- education policies, or rigid land use plan- ning, or corporate farms, or rising food costs, or sources of election funds, medicare premiums, old age supplements or any other matter of concern we must fight long and hard to force Bill Davis to hear the voice of the people," Mr. Carroll urged. "By sending one more NEW Democrat to Toronto after this by-election, we can do these things," Mr, Carroll promised, Guest speaker at Monday evening's meeting was provincial NDP leader Stephen Lewis. Mr, Lewis termed Paul Carroll one of the "most gifted young candidates ever put forward in the Province of Ontario." "There will be scepticism concerning what the NDP can manage to do in this election," Mr. Lewis noted, "There has be scepticism before and it has been over Come, in Huron it will be over come as well." "There are issues and concerns in this by-election," Mr. Lewis said. "Among them are the questions of health costs and the whole Medical Insurance Plan." Mr. Lewis went on to predict that the Conservative Government would fall around economic issues and the economic issues that are now a question. "There are also the questions of Post 'secondary education costs," he noted, "the 'quality of education, help for the aged and regional government." Mr. Lewis urged the party supporters to get out and work in their support of Paul Carroll promising .that, men like Mr. Carroll as NDP members in Queens Park could help in many ways to bring about more effective government. :ion of Canadian. Catholic Trustees' Association to be held in Toronto on May 1.7, 18 and 19 and on the annual conven- ;ion of the Ontario Separate School Trustees' Association on April 5 and 6 in Toronto. All trustees were urged to attend the Ontario Association's convention. The Canadian Parent-Teacher Association of Ontario has offered an infor- mation service program at a fee rate of $15 per school. The Board will pay the fee for any school wishing to participate. The Seaforth Minor Hockey Association will be permitted to advertise an exhibition hockey game between the Flying Fathers' Team and a local team made up of those involved in minor hockey, in order to raise money for minor hockey. A poster contest will be held on this and the posters will be judged and the wil.ners announced the 'night of the game. It is hoped to sell 1,000 • tickets. The' meeting"-at'11:30 and Continder as a committee-of-the-whole.