The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-12-12, Page 14Bean returns
hit high mark Move Snow ,
The Easy Way-
()Marie white and yellow-eye
bean producers received record
payments for their 1973 crop, up
more than $16 a hundredweight'
from previous years, according
to the Ontario Bean Producers'
Marketing Board annual report
to August 31, 1974.
Final producer payments for
white beans totalled $26.02 a
hundredweight on sales grossing
$13,806,422. Producers of yellow-
eye beans received $26,83 a
hundredweight on sales totalling
$85,438.
Prior to the 1973 year-end,
producers had been receiving an
average of $10 a hundredweight.
Bean board secretary-
treasurer John Greenslade said
the record return was the result
of a limited world supply, partly
caused by dry weather and a poor
crop in 1973.
Mr, Greenslade said the higher
payment also covers sub-
stantially-increased production
costs, including fertifilzer and
chemicals.
Income to the board from
licence fees and other sources, to
August 31 was $101,393 while
expenses totalled $147,832. The
balance on hand was $9,912,271,
but a final payment to the
producer of $6.26 a hun-
dredweight for white beans and
$6.07 for yellow-eyes was made
from that balance on November
1.
The working capital of the
board at the year end (August 31)
was $50,103,
The bean board is self-
supporting and receives no
government subsidies.
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Pore 14 December 12, 1974
TWo district men qttend
NFU discuss politics of food
bopgbt mere land and machinery
and now prices for calves
dropped 114 percent, with the
result he couldn't pay the Farm
Credit Corp. and the bank,
So his cattle were seized with
the object of selling them at a
Need interest
in unions
BY LLOYD WILLERT
For the fifth year in a row I
attended the NFU convention
together with Alfone Creces, the
second delegate chosen to the
convention from this area. The
theme of this year's convention
(The Politics of Food) turned out
to be one of the best ever. It
proved what kind of
humanitarian the leaders of this
organization really are.
It also proved to me how you
jaecorrie hated and despisedwhen
rou speak out and tramp on the
toes of the people who only think
pf everything in dollars and
cents, with no consideration for
the people in the world who no
longer can help themselves,
President Roy Atkinson
reported that 460 million people
in the world are hungry or
starving, as many as 21/2 million
human beings will not see the
New Year or the spring. We in the
wealthy nations cannot see
disasters in our day to day ac-
tivities, our shortcomings in
meeting that world need.
He reported that we used to
have in excess of two mon-
ths supply of food grains in the
world, but todays level is about 17
days supply. This makes it more
easy to Play Politics with Food.
In the weeks preceding the
convention the National Farmers
Union carried out actions across
this country designed to bring the
plight of the beef producers out to
the public. This action consisted
of sit-ins in Federal government
buildings to mass marches on
Provincial Government
buildings, ending up with a mass
telephone brigade from coast to
coast.
Some officials reported they
never ever had so many phone
calls before. Mr. Whelan our
federal Minister of Agriculture
spoke at the Convention and
indicated he needs this kind of
help to get his points across. Mr.
Whelan said he couldn't see how
we could use low grade beef in
food aid programs, because of
religious beliefs and peoples
eating habits.
Whelan said he is all for an
adequate stabilization program
for all farm products, This was
the second proposal in the NFU
brief during our demonstration.
He also said our third proposal a
National Meat Authority would
need more study and producer
interest. The first night at _the
convention, the first farmer, I
spoke to was telling his story on
how hard the cow-calf man in
Manitoba was pressed, he got a
grant to get into production, he
Area man
is director
A past president of the Exeter
District Co,Operative has been
named as director for Zone 7 of
the United Co-Operatives of
Ontario.
At the annual meeting of the
Zone in Stratford Friday af-
ternoon Usborne township far-
mer Bob Down defeated two
other candidates to take the
position for a three year term.
Down replaces Robert
McKercher of Dublin who held
the position for many years. A
total of 46 delegates from nine Co-
Ops in the Zone participated in
the election.
Representing the Exeter
District Co-Op were president
Fred Miller, past president Eric
Finkbeiner and vice-presidents
Jack Stewart and Howard
Hendrick.
At a recent meeting of the local
Co-Op Jim Dougall was named
secretary replacing retiring
director Harvey Hollings who
held the position for the past six
years.
modity so important to the life of
all (namely food),
The convention dealt with
hundreds of resolutions and
policy papers such as Grains
Policy, Fruit and Vegetable
Policy, Dairy Policy, Livestock
and Poultry, Energy Policy,
Back to the farm policy,Trans-
portation Policy, Land Use
Policy, Tenure of Land, Farm
Stabilization and Price and
Quality Control of Farm Inputs.
The tenure of land resolution
which caused a stir to our con-
vention simply gives direction to
look into other areas of land
ownership than we know now
where young farmers must pay
huge prices for lands, with no
guarantee of ever paying for it, I
think this has a lot of merit
especially when you hear of large
tracts of land, falling into the
hands of foreign owned cor-
porations and governments.
One young farmer put it quite
clear when he said a meeting of
non farmers in Toronto said by
1984 the price of land will be
,$2,500. an acre and farmers can
no longer afford to buy it so they
would be the owners or extend
credit, Think of this "Who do you
think would be the owners."
Yes, we have many so called
free enterprisers who think, let
the chips fall as they may but our
convention was wide awake when
this problem came up and passed
it. This caused dissention which
received coverage on TV across
this country.
local sales barn, all these cattle
brought was from 8-10c lb. so the
bank brought them back to the
farmer to feed and are paying
him. This was a common story
among cattle men I learned later
on as I talked to people from
other provinces,
We heard an address from
Romeo Maione, Director of
International affairs C.L.C. who
attended the Home Food Con-
ference and said it is literally
shameful some of the politics
played by the world food
producers. He said Canada is not
an exception in this although we
do a better job than most coun-
tries, Mr. Whelan was the only
farmer Agriculture Minister
present and this alone shows who
is trying to run the foodindustry,
We were shown a film of
Etheopia where miles and miles
of people were moving out of the
drought areas, on foot, get
weaker till they die of
dehydration and starvation, what
a horrible sight, children crying,
clinging to their mother's arms
slowly starving.
After seeing this I cannot see
why people are still calling our
organization communists,
Marxists and what have you. Our
organization is simply working
for a planned food system
whereby we get a profit for what
we produce, not at the expense of
one another but for the good of all
mankind. The speculation or get
rich quick gimmicks can no
longer be tolerated in a com-
Make
money work
for you
in 1975
By ADRIAN VOS
The other day I talked to a
former union leader. He told me
that the directive he got, was to
belabour an issue out of all
proportion, so the rank and file of
the local would be all set up by
the time negotiations for a new
contract got under way.
This was done to retain interest
in the union, for without interest,
no union or other organization
can survive. His job in the union
was at stake, for no union, no
job. In the recent strike by meat
and grain graders and the illegal
walkout by meat inspectors we
see some of this after they went
back to work,
An issue is made of the fact that
the Treasury Board disclosed the
terms of settlement before it was
voted upon. Apparently it is
alright if union leaders don't
want an acceptance vote, but if
the other side does it, is con-
sidered improper influence. I
can't see the difference.
If the terms are acceptable
they will vote for it, and if not
they will vote against, regardless
of who it is that tells them what
the terms are. More and more
protests are voiced against the
way labour disputes are resolved.
It appears that no settlement can
be reached anymore unless there
is a strike period first.
If it hurts literally millions of
innocent people doesn't seem to
concern them at all. Take this
meat and grain strike for
example , The cost to the con-
sumer and to the producer runs
into the millions of dollars in
order to satisfy the demands of a
few hundred people, who may
have been artificially fired up by
their leaders.
Therelmust be a better way and
there are better ways to settle
disputes. How long will our
society tolerate this costly waste
of national productivity to con-
tinue. We all have seen how
Britain is on the brink of
bankruptcy, caused for a good
deal by irresponsible walkouts
and strikes.
Are we going the same route?
Labour should have a fair return
for their services, in balance with
the profits the firm they work for
makes, and the same applies to
small business men and farmers.
A good arbitration system can
make this balance work. As long
as there is greed on either side,
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By MRS. RENA CALDWELL
The Citzenship meeting of
Kippen East WI will be held at
the home of Mrs. Vern Alderdice
on Dec. 18 at 8:30 p.m. The roll
call will be "A little thing in life
that leads to good citizenship."
Mrs. Alex McGregor will
comment on the motto and will
also give a demonstration. Mrs.
Connolly will give a poem. Mrs.
J. Sinclair is in charge of lunch
and members are asked to bring
a piece of Christmas cake.
Personals
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Todd Caldwell has been
hospitalized.
The sympathy of the com-
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Rochus Faber in the loss of their
brother.
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