HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-06-03, Page 20companies can't be blamed for
being resentful of being accused
of oil price profiteering when the
facts are realized.
There is no assurance that the
oil companies will use the com-
paratively small increase (which
is their share) for exploration in
either Canada or the North-West
Territories.
About the only certain thing is
that the governments of Alberta,
Saskatchewan and Canada are
going to reap enormous tax
revenues at the personal expense
of consumers, and industry
which is already priced out of
many world markets with Cana-
Predict rise
in farm costs
"Farm costs are going to rise
because of the oil price in-
creases", Gordon Hill, President
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, said recently. "The
almost six cents a gallon increase
in oil prices will affect costs at
every stage in the food chain and
will result in higher food costs."
Mr. Hill explained, "The costs
of all farm inputs will increase.
For example, the chemical
fertilizerindustryis a largeluserof
fuel. Machinery companies' costs
and prices will increase due to
higher transportation costs. The
wages of those making farm
inputs will rise due to their own
added living costs."
At the farming stage, Mr. Hill
said, "Fieldwork operations will
be more costly. Farmers are
already using larger equipment
to maximize efficient energy use
but there are limits even with
this highly developed
technology,"
"Transportation, storage for
crops after they leave the farm
will also increase in cost and the
processing and retailing in-
dustries also use a great deal of
oil" Mr. Hill continued.
Mr. Hill warned: "Farmers
cannot be expected to mutely
shoulder the increased costs that
are going to be passed on to them.
Canadian consumers must
realize and accept the fact that
food prices, along with those of
other products, are going to in-
crease with this oil price in-
crease, especially since the food
and beverage industry is one of
the largest users of energy in
Ontario."
dian high cost of labour and lack
of productivity.
All Canadians should, but
organized labour through the
C.L.C. doesn't, strive to make
the Federal Government's anti-
inflation guidelines work effec-
tively in controlling inflation. If
the Federal Government had
heeded their own guidelines the
Canadian price of well-head oil
should not have been allowed to
increase from $8.00 to $9.75 a
barrel — even a 10% increase in
price would have amounted to
80c a barrel, far short of the
allowed increase of $1.75.
The first increase in the Cana-
dian well-head price of oil is
$1,05, to take place on July 1st.
There will be no price increase in
gasoline until September 1st in
Ontario, when the price is likely
to go up by about 4c a gallon. The
second price increase at the
well-head is to take place on
January 1st, 1977, and will amout
to 70¢ a barrel, with a further
price increase of 2c a gallon for
gasoline on March 1st, 1977.
It is estimated that natural gas
and home heating oil increases
will amount to an average of $40.
and $48. respectively. These
figures are based on a national
average calculated by the
Department of Energy. However
it is likely that rural home
heating will be much higher due
to lack of appropriate insulation
in most older rural homes.
In this connection encourage-
ment to insulate homes should be
promoted. Perhaps there is no
better way to save fuel dollars
and energy. Caution should be
used in the type of insulation
used to be certain it is as fire-
proof as possible.
Wherever possible use could be
made of alternate methods for
home heating. There are many
homes with fireplaces or unused
chimneys that could easily han-
dle wood-burning heating stoves.
Some home owners are already
using these methods to reduce
purchasing oil, gas or electricity
to heat their homes. There is all
kinds of wood going to waste
throughout the country that
could well be used to save fuel
dollars,
Unfortunately the cost of
producing food is going up and
farmers just can't do much about
it — and it's virtually impossible
to pass on the extra cost to con-
sumers. Perhaps it's more es-
sential than ever to reduce over-
cultivation since every time over
the field really costs money —
and, in many cases, doesn't im-
prove yield.
Changes have been made in the
educational program for this 19th
annual event to provide up-to-
date information on research and
on the trends taking place that
Nck niltlaarfifoe.ct the poultry industry in
In the Exhibition. Hall, the
poultry and allied industry
participants will show the latest
in supplies and equipment, The
exhibition area will be open to
the public from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
on June 9, and from 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. on June 10.
On Wednesday, June 9,
following a turkey luncheon,
Donald McQ. Shaver will speak to
producers on world food
production and its political and
economic significance to
Canadian producers. Dr. R.
Lewis Wesley, of the Virginia
Polytechnic, Institute and State
University, will focus on residue
research that is presently under
way. New challenges for the
turkey Industry will be the topic
for Dr. Wm. C. Stevens, a Guelph
agricultural consultant. Dr. Jim
Smith of Hubbard Farms, New
Hampshire, will outline some of
the challenges that are facing the
chicken broiler industry.
A chicken barbeqoe has been
arranged for Wednesday evening
and tickets may be purchased at
the information booth. The
general meeting of the Ontario
Poultry Council takes place after
the meal, with guest speakers V.
I. D. Spencer, director of Food
Land Development Branch,
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food, and Don Baron, area
head of C.B.C. Agriculture and
Resources. Presentations of the
1976 O.P.C. Awards of Merit will
conclude the meeting,
On Thursday, June 10, the
Ontario Egg Board will conduct
its general meeting at 10 a.m.,
followed by a luncheon at noon. In
the afternoon, Dr. W. D.
Morrison, chairman of the
Department of Animal and
Poultry Science at the University
of Guelph, will discuss how
researcherS adapt to satisfy a
producer's needs for new
technology. New poultry lighting
systems will be the topic of Dr.
Charles Ostrander, Department
of Poultry Science, Cornell
University. Concluding the af-
ternoon program will be a
dialogue on molds, including
aflatoxins and mycotoxins, by
Dr. John Summers, Department
Mr. Ronald (Ron) Fleming was
recently appointed Agricultural
Engineer for Huron County. He
succeeds George Penfold who
since January has been
associated with the Huron County
Planning Dept., Goderich, as
rural Planner.
Ron is a native of Oxford
County where his family operates
a dairy and hog farm.
He attended Woodstock
Collegiate Institute and then
enrolled at the University of
Guelph where he majored
in AgriculturallEngineering.
chairman of publicity, Poultry
Industry Conference and
Exhibition, Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology,
Ridgetown, Ontario NOP 2CO3 or
Mr. Earl Fah], Western Fair
Grounds, London, Ontario.
At High School Ron was active
in student council and school
choir, As well he was a 4-H
member and Junior Farmer
member in Oxford County,
At university Ron was active in
several clubs including square
dancing, Junior Farmers,
University choir, rifle club, in-
tramural sports and cross
country skiing.
Ron worked with the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
for two summers doing drainage
surveys in the Ridgetown and
Ottawa areas.
'Changes have been made
for egg and poultry meeting
Egg and poultry meat of Animal and Poultry Science,
producers should make plans to University of Guelph and Dr.
attend the 1976 Poultry Industry John Sutton, Department of
Conference and Exhibition on Environmental Biology.
June 9 and 10 at the Western Fair Additional information on the
Grounds, London, conference is available from
either Mr. Don Luckham,
Oxford man appointed
Agricultural engineer
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Legislation will limit
amounts of rent hikes
Ontario tenants will not be hit
with two successive rent in-
creases within a short period of
time says Sidney Randleman,
minister of Consumer and
Commercial Relations.
Recent amendments to the
Rent Review Act prohibit lan-
dlords who benefited from a rent
increase of up to eight percent
without a rent review order from
levying a further increase for at
least 12 months.
Mr. Randleman said some
landlords were increasing rents
by eight percent on a short-term
basis and then writing leases, to
be effective August 1, which
contain provisions for a second
eight percent increase. The
mendments prohibit this prac-
tice.
The minister added that a
tenant could apply for a review of
any increase and that the
decision of the rent review officer
was binding for at least 12
months.
Under the Act, landlords must
seek rent review for any increase
in excess of eight percent above
the rent charged for the last full
month for which the premises
were rented prior to the first day
of August.
The amendments spell out that
tenancies of weekly or monthly
duration are now included within
the scope of the Act.
When an order has been issued,
tenants may deduct the full
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Page 20 Times-Advocate, June 3,1976
Fuel price hikes
concern to farmers
One can scarcely pick up any
weekly or daily paper, or hear
any news broadcast, without
observing a reference to oil
prices. And if anyone has doubts
about the problem just compare
current oil, gasoline and natural
gas prices with pre-1973 and the
impact becomes more clear.
There has been much doubt
about Canadian shortage of oil
and gas. All will recall the gas
pumps being short or, in some
cases, out of fuel a few years
ago. But as soon as the price
went up there didn't appear to be
any shortage at all. Remember
the tales of distress of Ontario
motorists travelling in the
U.S.A. not being able to get gas
— the line-ups waiting for a few
gallons! All that is changed now,
with much higher prices being
paid — and the likelihood of even
higher prices in the foreseeable
future.
Ontario, with its enormous in-
dustrial economy, including
agricultural food production, is
particularly vulnerable to the
higher prices being demanded by
the 'have oil provinces'. About
the only source of energy that
Ontario has in volume is nuclear
— and that isn't of much use for
transportation of goods, services
and people so essential to our
economy.
If one is to believe the oil com-
panies' advertising, higher
prices are necessary to provide
the funds for the continuing
search for new oil fields and for
the development of the far north-
western known reserves.
However one is left to doubt
whether the 'have oil provinces'
and the Federal Government are
much concerned.
The Toronto Star, of Wednes-
day, May, 19, 1976, in their lead
editorial states, "Of the ad-
ditional $1.75 to be added to the
current oil price of $8.00 a barrel,
the producing provinces of
Alberta and Saskatchewan will
receive about $1.00. Since there
are 6.6 billion barrels of oil left in
Western Canada, the increase
pumps an additional $6.6 billion
into those provincial coffers, the
bulk of it for Alberta." The
editorial continues, "Ottawa will
skim off another 50p, ap-
proximately, in taxes,
generating about $3.3 billion for
itself in future tax revenues. This
leaves roughly 25c per barrel for
the companies." Certainly the oil
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overpayment from future rent
cheques. Previously, these
deductions were limited to one
month only.
Certain types of rental ac-
commodation have been
exempted from the Act by the
amendments. These include: —
public hospitals and religious
institutions; — non profit
educational facilities providing
accommodation for students or
staff (when institution officials
submit a statement certifying
that they have consulted with a
recognized council of students or
a staff association. The
statement must be filed with a
rent review officer before the
notice of rent increase is given.) ;
— rental projects owned or
operated by, or on behalf of, a
federal, provincial or municipal
government agency. The
amendments invalidate any rent
review orders previously made
on premises which are now
exempt.
"We feel the amendments will
streamline the entire application
of the rent review process," Mr.
Randleman said. "It makes no
sense to apply controls to units
which are already subsidized —
units which even now are rented
at rates well below market
value."