The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-04-10, Page 8•
,To hold inquiry on milk industry
"Say now, remi zds me,
well be needing a new
buffoon for the Parry Sound
Sympathy Orchestra':
You've got the right idea, Charlie. Now, be
sure you get a ticket. First draw is May 15th and
tickets go on sale in April. One way or another,
we know you're, going to win. With Wintario,
we all win.
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It's our own lottery and
we all win
ONTARIO LOTTERY CORPORATION
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trade practices, price spreads,
management policies and
methods of financing. The public
inquiry will begin as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be
made.
At the end of March the Milk
Commission, an agency of the
• Ministry of Agriculture, which
was set up in 1965, denied an
appeal by milk processors
against another milk price in-
crease set for April 1, Loss of the
appeal means that farmers will
get an extra $1.16 per hun-
dredweight for whole milk, for a
total of $12.01 per hundredweight,
The Milk Commission upheld.
the farmers"case for an increase,
to meet increased costs, as put
before the Commission by the
Ontario Milk Marketing Board,
which represents the milk
producers. The increase means
farmers who received about 25c a
quart of milk sold in Ontario last
April will receive about 32c a
quart in future,
Some of the price'increases are
due to removal of a 5c a .quart
federal government subsidy
which was. introduced in 1973 to
cushion effects on the consumer
of earlier increases in prices to
milk producers. However, in-
creased production costs have
contributed tremendously to the
higher prices,
Milk production in Canada in
1973 was 16.9 billion pounds,
which was 4,6 percent less than
the 1972 production of 17.7 billion
pounds. Ontario produced only
4,25 billion pounds of milk last
year, compared with 5 billion
pounds 10 years ago, In 1973
Ontario milk production declined
5.8 percent from that of 1972, and
in the first months of 1974 the
province's production was down
2.6 percent.
Many small operations have
gone out of business, and larger
milk producing operations have
taken up the slack in milk
production, In fact, we now have
in Ontario 29 percent 'fewer milk
producers than five years ago,
producing 8, percent less milk.
Some 17,000 Ontario dairy far-
mers out of a total of 34,000 have
gone out of operation since 1964,
One challenge facing the milk
industry - in fact the agfribulture
industry generally is ensaring.
that consumers understand the
problems involved,
Since the end. of World. War II
the people. of Canada have en-
joyed a higher standard of living -
one of the highest in the world -
and until recently incomes have
risen faster than the costs. of the
three basic essentials - food,
clothing and shelter,
Understandably, farmers wish
to have a fair share of this high
standard of living, And if they are
to continue producing the food so
vital to us all, they must be able
to achieve a living standard
comparable to that which they
could gain by taking their capital,
their management skills and
labour into other areas of en-
.cleaveor.
The newly announced inquiry
will investigate pricing practices.
and margins between processors,
distributors and retailers of fluid
milk products, and inquire into
the manner in which these
practices may vary within a
corporate organization, as well
as from one part of the province
to another, and compare dif-
ferent processors, distributors
and retailers and their retail
margins, discount practices in
and after the year 1972.
Retail practices, margins and
discounts in Ontario will be
compared with other. jurisdic-
tions.
By JACK RIDDELL. M.P.P.
Last week in the Legislature
the Minister of Agriculture an-
nounced that the Milk Coin-
mission of Ontario will hold a
public inquiry into certain
aspects of the Milk Industry, in
view of the several price in-
creases in recent months.
Milk prices have increased by
about 40 percent over the past
year—more than twice as quickly
as other foods, In Toronto a year
ago a quart of homogenized milk
averaged 37c, today it is about
56c.
The Minister of Agriculture
indicated that consumers in
Ontario have a right to know how
certain elements in the chain of
milk production and sale affect
the final price paid for a quart of
milk.
These factors include the cost
of production, processing and
marketing fluid milk products,
By MISS ELLA MORLOCK
Allan Grose, Fullarton, was
guest speaker at the Sunday
morning service of Zion United
Church. He brought a message on
the three mistakes made by the
rich young ruler in his approach
to Christ. Next Sunday Rev.
Harold Snell will conduct the
service.
To tell of Holy Land
The April meeting of the UCW
was cancelled because of the
blizzard. Plans made for the
April meeting will be carried out
May 1. These plans include en-
tertaining the Centralia UCW and
the local Explorers Group with
,theirinothert, and a visit from
Clare McGowan, Goderich, with
slides and souvenirs of her tour of
the Holy Land.
Attend Garden Club
The 4-H leaders attended a one-
day training session at Exeter
United Church Monday. The topic
of the spring session is "The
Garden Club". Leaders who
attended were Mrs, Cliff Kenney,
Mrs. Don Finkbeiner, Mrs. John
Miller, Mrs. Ed Nethercott, Mrs.
Barry Clarke, Mrs. Norman
Hyde, Patti Tasko, Mrs. William
Muller and Mrs. Glenn Hodgins.
Personals
Guests at the home of Nola
Faist Wednesday were Rev. &
Mrs. Fred Faist, Stratford; Mrs.
Ronald Zophy, Allen and Ann
Marie, Brown Deer, Wisconsin;
Mrs. Dennis Jutzi and Heather of
SI, George.
Mrs. Douglas Gill has returned
home after welcoming a grand-
daughter at the home of Mr. &
Mrs. Lee McCu tcheon ,
Willowdale. The Gills' son John
returned home with his mother.
Mrs. Ellis Rendall, Mr. & Mrs.
Allen Rendall and family of New
York, spent last week with Mrs.
Margaret Clarke, and attended
the 25th wedding anniversary in
Dashwood of Mr. & Mrs. Jim
Clarke,
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Introducing
the new Ontario Lottery
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CHARLIE FARQUHARSON
FROM PARRY SOUND
You were never more right, Charlie. We're
going to call it Wintario. And, with a new draw
every two weeks for a grand prize of
$100,000 tax free and up to 1350 other
big cash prizes, it's going to make a
whole lot of people all over Ontario
very happy.
Price of the tickets? Just $1.00. And
they'll be almost everywhere. Places
like cigar stores, newsstands,
gas stations, milk stores, grocery
stores, restaurants—that's right,
almost anywhere.
But that's just the begin-
ning. Through the Ministry of
Culture and Recreation, the
millions of dollars raised by the
lottery will help support a wide
range of activities and facilities right
'Tor a buck a throw,
she sure sounds
like she's a
ring-dang-do
of a lotte
Well Charlie, it's the
same with most of us.
1.; So Wintario will 'help support big
sporting events like the Ontario
Summer Games. Arid small
events like building a new
ball diamond in your town..
And coaching clinics so
our kids get the best
instruction. There'll be
something for everyone,
everywhere in Ontario.
And more, Charlie. Wintario will
help support hundreds of historical
projects across Ontario. Places like Ste. Marie
Among the Hurons, Nancy Island Museum
and Old Fort William. And preserving our past
through the work of the Ontario Heritage '
Foundation, for example.
And more, Charlie. Lottery .4;
dollars will provide huge
assistance for groups
like the Ontario Arts
Council. For visual
arts programs like
"No question, you
gotta preserve
yer hysterical
sights and yer
monumental
statuatory".
- "Support yer
sports and yer
physical fittings,
you • say? About the
only thing that
runs 'round
here is my
Allis - Chalmers".
here in Ontario. Things we can all enjoy.
So you see, Charlie, with Wintario we're
all going to win.
the McMichael Collection in Kleinburg, big
art galleries like the Ontario Art Gallery and
small local galleries. For grants to local
painters, potters and sculptors to continue'pro-
ducing and growing. And for musicians of all
ages all over the province, all the way from
small town Barbershoppers to big city
symphonies. Plus, money to support play-
house theatres, drama
societies, modem and
ethnic dance troupes.
Charlie, they're
all important.
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