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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-02-11, Page 2• wSc$1 we dity, February 1*,, 1981, In a statement:. issued January 27, ; Marie' Bright, Region 3 (Ontario). co-ordin- ator for the National Farmers Union, saysCanadiansface a serious threat to the reten- tion of the historic statutory. Crow's Nest Pass rate. ` The debate centres aroundrail- way . companies claims " of losses in the movement of grain • and grain handling. Some western farm groups have softened .:their stand and are willing to accept a Another country eneral store has 'closed 8. in'. this . area. St. Helens , GeneralStore, owned and `o ° rated b" � John and ' Hannie Y. Slacker, closed January January 17. Slackers say. their, business; was ;train well until the S Zel is -, Supermarket: oile d `in. Wingham' last: Summer.. Business has . fallen off since then ; and' Slackers were losing money; We'decided to close the business' before we couldn't hang on any 1®n8er," said Mrs. Slacker. "After all, we don't owe'. anybody' a bankruptcy." '; .. The Sieckers had been trying ad sell the business for several years ' due to Mr.` Siecker's poor. health. Now that'they have closed' the store, they will try to'sell ' the building. There has been a general store in the village for more than 100 years. The general store in St, 'Helens was built by John Gordon,whotoa 'sold itK. Miller in 1874. R Mr. Miller's • son,. Isaac ' took over :' the , business and sold it to Donald Pannabecker in 1961. Sheldon Martin bought the store in 1969 and, John Sleeker bought it in 1973. Three other country general .stores in this. •from " page 1 represent ,a party which is concerned with Ontario's "energy. security and . `economic independence". • Earlier on Saturday 22 NDP campaign organizers from five ridings met at the F. E. Madill Secondary School for a.campaign training program. The guest speaker was Marion Chambers, NDP candidate for Wellington-Dufferin-Peel She spoke on rim - fling a rural campaign and campaign stint- - egies. The seminar was organized by Tony McQuail and Valerie Bolton of the Huron - Middlesex and Huron -Bruce NDP. area have closed in recent years. The St. Augustine store closed in 1978 and the Whitechurch store in 1979 TheWhitechurch location is now a : snack ' bar. The store in r Benmiller has also closed and is now a shop. selling ski ' °apparel, • 4410 •gym page 1 Association. John Jewitt, a hog and beef farmer .from Hullett Township, is a former reeve of the township and is currently occupying a seat on the Huron County Board of Education. He is a past master of the Hallett Masonic" Lodge and a Past Chief Ranger of Canadian Order of Foresters Lodge, Constance. A Wingham lawyer is also, seeking the Liberal nomination in the riding. Murray; Elston has been a member of a Wingham law firm for four years. Raised on a Morris` Township farm,he is.activein,the com- munity as manager ' of a ' hockey team : and director of the Wingham Business Assoc iation He is chairman of the Wingham: Recreation. , Board and treasurer of the Huron -Bruce federal Liberal Association. He, is also municipal co-chairman for the Liberal party, federally and provincially in Wingham. • The Huron -Bruce Liberal Association is holding their nomination meeting at the Lucknow• Community Centre on Tuesday, February 17 when provincial Liberal leader, Stuart Smith, " will speak. The Progressive. Conservatives of .Huron- Bruce.willhold their nomination meeting: at, the Kincardine Community Centre on Thurs- day, February 12. fourselfers NC1WIMSTOCK a nipm.Md GYPSUM BOARD 4 120.:41:4 h.knyhh ALL PURPOSE COMPOUND TAPE Y i0 USE DRYWALL COMPOUND STRUCOLITE FINISHING LIME Pltoro 5284118 Luckforo compromise position of com- pensation rates, which is a short sighted stand in terms of the farming community. The National Farmers Un- ion deplores. such proposed 'squander.ings of our historic rights. The,. railway compan- ies' role,; in our view, is to serve national and regional interests, ahead of their own economic interests. The truth of the matter is that the railway companies have not in fact been restrict ed to Crow rates in their western grain operations for a number of years. Hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds have -been expended in branch line subsidies, rail branch line rehabilitation programs in the public pur- chase and lease of some 14,000 grain hopper cars and a shared cost repair program. of 5000 grain cars. Still,' the railway companies , seem to ignore or overlook the value of thesemassive expendi- tures as being at all import- ant in the current debate. Mrs. Bright said the im- portance of this issue to all .Canadian farmers cannot be over -emphasized. The•.loss:of the Crow signifies the begin ning of the end for transport policy designed to unify Canada and provide econom- ic adjustment to differing geographic regions. 'w • The°faced e Maritimes' have 'high freight rates in the movement of potatoes f%,..‘it number of years yet railw Y service and availability of rolling stock has, deteriorated almost to the point of non- existence. High foreign costs in western Canada could cause great shifts . in tradi-. .; tional livestock production patterns and seriously change the livestock econ- omy ,of Central Canada: In the last crop year, prairie farmers delivered' ° 27.5 million tonnes of grain to country elevators. Even at conservative estimates, pay- ment to the railways of an additional' $14 per tonne to - meet their demands this year would mean a further $385 million out of the farm com- munity. And it would not. mean an end to the railway companies' demands for public funds - which in 1979-80 fiscal year, totalled, for all ';purposes, . $751 mil- lion; il-lion. But of'even greater impor- tance would be �' the loss _resulting from the multiplier_ effect of $385 million, were it lost to the farm community. At 'a 'turnover of five 'times, that loss to the economy would run near $2 ,billion Grain exports are import ant to the Canadian- econ- omy. It • is 'in the 'national interest that exports be .maxi- mized. That •s why it's in the interests of the federal gov- ernment to see that this. hap- pens. By 1985;' the value of grain exports could approach. - $6 billion. It is contrary to the national, interest to allow the railway companies to .threat- • en the farm communitywith rationing of grain movement unless they get more money. That is why the NFU believe the railway companies now need to be integrated and operated as a public utility - to serve national economic goals and strategies. Mrs, Bright said. "We are not going to stand idly byand • watch ; the Crow rates .go down the drain. Our NFU convention instructed that a strong delegation of farmers go "to Ottawa to lobby mem- bers of parliament from across • Canada on this im- portant issue. . 'We lack con- fidence..in the Minister of Transport's understandingof this issue or his ability to convey our concerns to mem= bers of his pane -us." The delegation plans to, arrive " in Ottawa on ;' March. 2nr1 and meet with :MPs. on March 3 and 4. We are "also inviting members of the Cab inet, including Mr. Pepin,- to tneet.this delegation. ; Maximum Energy Gasolines Diesel fuel- Furnace til -Stove 011:. 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