The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-11, Page 11r
CNR ENTERTAINS IN "RAIL OFFICE"—CNR, freight'
sales officials entertained number of district officials
Monday and Tuesday in one of their business cars now
being used in the eoinpany'S nation-wide program to
promote business through improved service and stream-
lined operations. Talks were held with area livestock
shippers and handlers of various farm crops. jn the
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ante in Ontario for the Jan.- your .organization will need'
Mar. period of 1061. strong support from you.
I A second :problem is this mat-
! For the whole province the ter t)f Regional Planning, We,
! loss from .accidents is down' as yet, in Huron are not se -
bout Ve. In many areas We rieusly affected but the time is
letingo above frorn. left are 'Reeve Bill McKOnzio, ' have 118c1 a better than aver -I .approaching when somebody is
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dicates safer down
Chester Hill and Howard 1-10bSon, London freight ,sales' Ltht agel'winter for driving and II going todecide whether your
office; Don Graham, Canadian Canners' plant manager;
Andrew Matthews, ass't regional freight sales manager,
and G. W. Montgomery, a former Huron ag rep who is
now CNR agricultural development offieer,
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Zhe exefer'Zimesabuocafe
PPose a this '
the main , :farm will remain as ageicul-
reaton for: the lin roved rate tural land or be b
of accidents but I would likefactories or houses.
to think that perhaps we are t After the decision has been
beginning to drive just a little made by the particular gov.
more carefully.eming body concerned you
Just a little forest ht ' n thel
recognition of dariger would ter, i th
g 1 ave no v° na in
help a great deal; just a little I Perhaps you like to farm,
courtesy would remove many yet your land has been desig-
of the irritations that lead to paled for housing. When the
accidents; just a little realize- need for houses arises your
tion o the many minutes we land will be taken and you will
waste would make us less like- be removed, forcibly if neces-
ly to drive like mad to save sary. 'Tree you will get; a good
Page Eleven
EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 11 ,1961 Second Section five minutes in getting to the price but you may still not
next stop where we will prob. wish to sell. Ori the other hand
ably fritter away the five min- yours may be farm land and
CNR ro1 sr in of ice for business
road would free many a hosPi- lect the attractive price that
tal bed.
f.
utes that we saved on the you have no opportunity to col.
your neighbor receives for
Our car insurance costs us housing.
a considerable amount of mo-
ney and we are prone to com-
plain of the high rates. When
youfeellike complaining
against these insurance cern-
panies for charging so much
just remember that it is you,
the driver, who sets the rate.
Agriculture's problems
Some of you no doubt won-
der what problems keep the
personnel of your farm organ-
izations busy. Let me list a
few that are currently facing
you.
One that requires immediate
attention is the matter of lic-
ensing tractors if they travel
on the road, This would not
only include the tractor that
is used to draw feeds and ler-
tilizers from town but would
also include any tractor going
from one farm to another
owned by the one farmer.
I feel quite sure that the
amount paid by farmers in
road taxes an their farms to
townships and coati:rig would
quite easily pay for any dam-
age or wear their tractors
cause to the roads. Why then
Gerry Montgomery came fp' them by means of rail.. 1 near the Exeter station Mon- vice, the officials are going
Exeter Monday to discuss
agriculture problems here but
he came by a different mode' ,
of transportation and in a clif-j
ferent capacity than he used
to.
The former Huron ag rep.
was one of a group of CNR of-
ficials who brought their "bu-
siness office" to Exeter with'
Their office — and living ac-
commodation — was one of the
railroads "business cars" es-
pecially outfitted for promotion
in the field. Similar to a pri-
vate car, it provides dining,
sleeping and lounge quarters,
as well as an office with type-
writer and other business ma-
chines.
The ear parked on a siding
Relieve farm squeeze
new party platform
What will Canada's New levels , of consumption;
Party, still in the organization "(d) distribution of surplus
food to .the needy of other
lands, and support, for the
establishment of a World Food
l3ank.
Parity price plan
PA .New Parity government
will institutea parity price
policy to provide levels of farm
indorne consistent with the rest
of the economy. It will do this
through a system of guaran-
teed forward prices, supple-
mented by deficiency and other
compensatory payments where
necessary.Until greater stab-
ility of prices and income have
been achieved, floor prices will
be established as required.
"New Party policy will in-
clude a comprehensive system
of crop insurance and a na-
tional program of resource
conservation and development.
This will encompass more ef-
fective use of land and shifts
in production to meet changing
market demands.
"Adequate social and com-
munity services are vitally im-
portant to rural living. The co-
operation of provincial and
municipal governments will be
sought to extend and improve
health services, transportation,
electric power and communica-
tions in rural areas. Particular
attention will be given, in co-
operation with the provinces,
to extending vocational training
for rural youth, including edu-
cation in modern farming me-
thods."
stage, propose for agriculture?
Sponsored by Caeadian labor
unions and backed by the CCF,
, the New Party hopes LQ get
isuoport from farmers to eSab-'
lish it as a strong force in
Canadian politics. •
The party's draft program
on economic planning will be
submitted for approval at the
founding convention in Ottawa
in August.. Here's what the sub-
section on agriculture pro-
poses:
"The family farm is the
basic unit of agricultural pro-
duction and a desirable institu-
tion of our society. The New
Party's objectives for agricul-
ture are maximum food pro-
duction for Canada and a
hungry world, and effective
marketing machinery to ensure
fair and reasonable farm in-
come.
"The New Party will free
the. fanner from the effects of
the cost -price squeeze. It will
lower farm production costs by
ending monopoly control over
f a r m machinery, fertilizere,
chemicals and other supplies,
Co-operatives will be encourag-
ed and assisted to meet needs
in these fields, and where
necessary, p tt b l i c ownership
will be developed.
"Long term loans at low in-
terest will be available both
for farm improvement and to
help' young farmers to acquire
adequate land and modern
machinery necessary for a suc-
cessful farm career.
Marketing power
"To offset the adverse ef-
fects of vertical integration of
farm processes by private com-
panies, assistance will be given
to . farmers to build co-opera-
tives for processing and mar-
keting their own farm produce.
This assistance will include
provision of credit on favour-
able terms.
"A New Party government
will assure producers of suf-
ficient marketing power by:
"(a) development ef national
producer marketing boards to
co-ordinate the work of pro.
vinciAl marketing boards;
"(b) , encouragement of co-
ooerative and publicly sponsor-
ed facilities for storage, pro-
cessing and distribution of farm
products;
"(c) development of pro-
grams to increase domestic
lorammonalJ
WO OL
' Any Geyer -intent 'DeficloileY
Payment will apply billy on
properly graded Micelle.
Secure the tannest by patiemi-
izing the organization that
Made this possible.
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TIMELY TIP
Maybe you should aim for a
305 -day lactuation and 12 -
month calving intervals in-
stead of longer freshening and
milking periods.
A just -re-
ported Canada Department of
Agriculture study showed this:
cows milked for 12 months
averaged 7,550 pounds of 4.1%
milk. Those that were milked
10 months averaged 8,780
pounds of 4.46% Milk,
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day arid Tuesday.
Reason for the visit? It's
part 01 the 's new freight
sales promotion program, de-
signed to regain some of the
business it' e lost to aggressive
truckers.
Gerry Montgomery, predeces-
sor to the present ag rep,
Doug Miles,'is now agricultu-
ral development officer for the
railroad. He accompanied a
task force of freight 'sales offi-
cials from Toronto and London
who talked to livestock ship-
pers and handlers of farm
crops in the area.
The officiate included Andy
Mathers, ass't regime' freight
sales manager, Toronto; Ches-
ter Hill, London area sales
manager; and Howard Hobson,
sales representative.
Two -fold objective
The mission is two.fold, ac-
cording to Andy Mathews. Be-
sides pointing out what major
improvements the CNR has al-
ready made .in its freight sex -
into the field to find out what
further developments can be
made to benefit shippers.
What are soma of the im-
provements being developed?
New 40 -foot cars are available
to handle heavier loadings;
service from the west (for
feeder cattle, as one example)
is being speeded up; inte-
grated rail and road services
are being established to give
customers the advantages of
both means of transportation;
"piggyback" ears that give
faster, cheaper service; more
competitive pricing..
The general overhaul is ap-
plying to passenger trains, too,
with the establishment of such
services as the "Highbaiier"
to the west and the "Expedi-
ter" from the Niagara area to:
Montreal.
"We're only starting this pro-
gram," said Mr. Mathews,
"We're exploring our sales po-
tential in all fields in order to
regain our share of the mar-
ket."
OFA fears restrictions
on movement of tractors
Reports that farmers may
have to buy licence platc:. for
their tractors a n d wagons
prompted quick action at the
special members meeting of
the Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture held in. Toronto May
5.
Members passed a resolution
asking that any impending leg-
islation in no way adversely
affect the continued use and
movement of farm tractors and
wagons on the highways.
This a-esolution also takes in-
to account any legislation which
may limit farniers using pub -
lie thoroughfares to get from
one farm to another with small
or large equipinent. Farmers
have to use the roads also to
take produce to storage cen-
tres and markets.
OFA members, mindful of
the moral respontibilities of
farmers to observe safety
measures, requested that the
minister of transport distribute
to farmers rules for safe op-
eration of farm equipMent on
all roads,
Ten reports and 20 additional
resolutions made up the rest of
a busy meeting in the strike-
bound Royal York Hotel. Edu-
cation was discussed at length,
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with members deciding to pub- quentiy recomieended zoning
licize opportunities and feed- areas as farm lands without
ities available to farm people regard to productivity or good
to further their education along land use principles. The dif-
vocational. training lines, and ficulty here is that zoning all
to send federation representa-' area, in practice, generally
tives to educational confer- freezes the land to that use
ences corning up in the near only.
future. These include the On- A resolution was passed ask-
tario Conference for Education, ing that planning boards and
and the conference for rural Department of Planning and
adult education to be held in Development be required to
Guelph on June 5 and 6, submit their recommendations
Several resolutions from the to the Department of Agricul.
recent poultry producers' as- ture and the OFA before sanesociation annual meeting were toning or amending any by -
endorsed by the OFA. Support law restricting or governing
was given to obtaining amend- rural land use.
rnents to the Farm Products One of the last resolutions to
Marketing Act, setting up a be dealt with, granted support
national p o u l t r y committee to Bill C-77, the Agricultural
within the Canadian Federation Rehabilitation a n d Develop,
of Agriculture, arid to distribut- ment Act introduced into the
ing information on the egg House of Commcns by Agri -
marketing plan likely to be put culture Minister Alvin Hamil.
before producers within the ton.
year. Ontario Hydro was criticized I
Land assess•ment problems for the differences in rates be.
were discussed as well as zontween rural and urban users.
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fling boards in Ontario, Meni- have for the past several years,
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ltural pickup and delivery
trucks, witieh go from -farm
gate to farm „late have no
right tr at ojveeli
orag public lzed
the safety
tthee
the pressure and importance
of their duties.
This was established empha-
tically Tuesday by Magistrate,
Glenn Hays, QC, who convicted
a Dashwood area milk trucker
of careless drivipg. Fine and
costs levied against 'Marien
Vanderhoek, 25, RR I. Dash-
wood, Walled 830.80,
Vanderhoek pleaded not guil-
ty to the charge in which police!
alleged he forced a London
salesmari into the ditch when
he crossed to the left side of
No. 4 highway near Beuce-
finen,idsto pick up some milk
e
The salesman, Ronald Suth-
erland, London, said the Van-
derhoek truck turned onto the
left-hand side of the road just
as he was overtaking it. He
had no alternative, he told the
court, but to drive into the
snowbank in the ditch.
There was no collision, nor
was any person injured.
Sutherland said he saw no
signal on the truck. Vander -
hock testified he put on his
signal lights but police officers
said they were so caked with
mud the light was barely vis-
ible from a distance of only
five feet.
Sutherland also testified that,
even though he ended up in the
ditch eight feet from where
the truck stopped to pick up
the cans, the driver proceeded
to load without even enquiring
if he was hurt.
Illustrates attitude
Vanderhoek, conducting his
own defence, asked if the
salesman didn't know he was
going to Make a turn because
his truck was proceeding slow-
ly and was close to the centre
line. He also told the magis-
trate he always turned on his
signals when he turned, Whe-
ther there was a car coming or
not,
The magistrate cited these
points as illustrative of a pre-
valent attitude among rural
truck drivers. "He has adopted
a frame of mind that says:
'Let the rest of the public be -
ware ee, I have work to do. 1.
have tile Tight Of Way—look
out!' "4
Mr. Hays said he wive-
thized with the driver and the
job he had to do. "But I can't
let sympathy interfere witlt
the consideration of the rights
of others,"
"The public can't be put in
jeopardy by the action of.
of trucks crossing the highway
to pick up merchandise on the
left hand side."
Sought co-operation
Vanderhoek told the rnagis-
trate he had tried to get farm-
ers to put their cans on the
right hand side of his route on
the highway. But they didn't
always 0 -operate, claiming
they were too busy. (He re-
vealed he had. been convicted
before at the same location
for a parking offence while
picking up cans and had tried
to correct the situation after
that.)
The magistrate suggested
farmers put out their cans
"where they think it's best for
themselves," and the truck
driver agreed. "That's a self-
ish attitude these days," said
Mr. Hays. "Fortunately, the
highway traffic act requires
us to do what is best for other
persons on the road."
Mr. Hays conceded it might
be asking too muck of busi-
ness to refuse to service farm-
ers who wouldn't 0 -operate in
this way but he pointed out
that, by not co-operating, the
farmer was making the truck
driver take personal risks as
well as endangering the safety
of the travelling public.
Constable Robert Sims, who
investigated, said Vanderhoek
had admitted at the scene that
he hadn't wiped the mud Off his
lights for about four days.
Vanderhoek denied this, say-
ing it took only a few miles
on muddy country roads to
cover them.
.FC C, E. Gibbons also tes-
tified for the crown.
ASSISTS IN HURON — John
McTaggart, a fourth-year stu-
dent at OAC, Guelph, has ar-
rived in Huron County where
for four months he will assist
the county's associate agricul-
tural representative, Donald
Grieve.
Professor A. C. Robertson
of the OAC Economics Depart-
ment suggests you keep these
5 points in mind if you want
your father -son arrangement to
work: net income must be
large enough for 2 families;
adequate and/or separate hous-
ing; willingness to co-operae;
adequate records kept with a
mutual understanding on the
part of both; and provision for
the son to increase his capi-
ta every year. If you follow
these points, Robertson says
your father -son arrangement
will have a good chance of
surviving.
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