The Rural Voice, 1979-04, Page 26masses that disrupt the whole social
structure of the country. The flood is now
more like a trickle, but trickles of water
have huge erosion power too. Little by
little, year by year the drain of farmers
from the land goes on and land and power
is consolidated in fewer and fewer hands.
Farmers today live in nicer houses and
drive more expensive machinery than they
did a generation ago, but are they any
better off? By comparison to the rest of
society, farmers aren't as well off as they
were at the turn of the century. Take a look
at any other segment of the food chain and
what people earn and with the possible
exception of the small independent food
retailer, everybody from implement dealer,
to manufacturer, to unionized checkout girl
in a supermarket earns more than the
farmer from the farmer's product.
What's more, while farmers have been
playing nice guys and not being impolite,
what attempts they have made to get a fair
deal, through marketing boards etc., have
been labelled monopolistic and unfair by
consumer groups made up of well-
educated, well-paid urbanites.
There's little left to gain for farmers in
being polite. They've got to start yelling
and screaming while there are still enough
farmers around to make a big enough noise
for anybody in the huge urban centres to
hear.
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McEACHERN
CONSULTING
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Worths
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R. R. 2,
Grand Bend, Ont.
238-2616
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