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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1976-05-13, Page 16OMSPA *WY 141. Ll a At irmErS d Raily reel said, "But 1 feel ms's a demo- no incentive for the corn tamers* critic erteel s* the folk to go out and sell." 's ,c ce to fig► eeolleMic rldn. e+nd of the any Meeting: punctuated rev! !l einoifAnal ontherSte �� . +16'14 f#i:► t would follow. the "proper rmohl�''laid down by the Om- ,..au's office. to set upa corn - tee . Iii3t of Mrs. Alice Burt., , rally orgy and representatives probably fronn each of the regional milk ttees tomcat with officials cd the Ontario Milk Marketing _Board before being in the Om- ° htidma. Dairy producers also endorsed afour-pointplan, put forward by a Ifarriston area farmer Dirk Woestenenk, recent organizer of *milk give-away. The plan calls for: 1. A commitment from the pro- vince to ease interest payments and defer repayment of the principal on industrial milk in- centive scentive loans until the dairy crisis has passed. 2. A commitment from the pro- vince to pay the difference to farmers between what their dairy cattle are worth and what they would bring on the meat market. 3. A commitment from the pro- vince to purchase surplus skim milk powder and either donate it to the world food bank or make it available to Ontario farmers for Ilse in animal feeds. 4. A commitment from thepro- vince to introduce a school milk program in theschools where junk foods currently served in cafeterias would be replaced with milk and dairy products. At the same time the Ontario Milk Marketing Board received an unofficial vote of confidence after one farmer suggested the dairy industry would be better off without various government agencies who had "bungled" the milk supply issue. Maybe we should do away with the milk marketing boardcom- pletely; the farmer said. "All they've done is louse things up." ission can have thin say' tuau�'�n atertitv+ She had inVited Welt Win* tore mal uel to the c k I► per wit cut4 airk'ul ;s barbs wota be to.Cut dairy' director for the Onibu+ an industry down t4 the market for office and Ken McKinnnn. Yrk' o . skim milk powder.This would mean at least a 2S Per cent cutback for two or three years. later, Mr. McKinnon told the assembly the milk marketing board would like to phase Indus- trial milk producers out of existance within five years, in- tegrating both industrial and fluid producers in one pool. The pnibleins of many young dairy farmers facing financial ruin within the next two months, were drainatzed by one young farmer who described the pro- vincial industrial incentive pro- gram as a "fraud." He said he had applied for an input loan of $30,000 to produce industrial milk but was told he'd need at least $50,000. "I produce about 360,000 pounds of milk per year. And 1 only have quota for 220,000 and can't find anyone with any to sell. My gross income has been cut from $50,000 to $25,000 and I have to make payments of $14,000 interest._ How can I feed a family of four, pa fair machinery, hydro and feed on what's left?" At this point the frustration of 4,4 chairman of the Ontario lac Meting Board to speak at the meeting. Mr. Morin told dairy farmers he would not be able to help thein unlet they went through the "proper channels". He sliid. farmer must first appeal to the Ontario Milk Marketing Board and then the Canadian Dairy Commission. Then, if they were still unsatis- fied, they could appeal to the Ombudsman's office as a "last resort." Mr. Morin described the Om- budsman's office as a "watchdog holding government accountable to the average citizen." He said the ultimate sanction of the Om- budsman's mbudsman's office was to take a complaint to the legislature it- self. During his 45 -minute lecture an the office of the Ombudsman, the crowd listened politely: But when Ken McKinnon, vice-chairman of the .Ontario Milk Marketing Board stood up to speak, he came under heavy fire for the board's policies. At one point he was asked to disclose his salary. When he many farmers became evident. replied it was a per diem rate of "We've been left holding the $60 a day and he wasn't involved bag," said one of them. "Far- m the Milk Marketing Board for mens got nothing out of the indus- the money, he was applauded by trial risk incentive loans, It all the audience. went to the- builders and equip - He told farmers the federal ment companies." government was not considering The politicians didn't take a cut changing its 15 per cent quota in salary, added another. cutback. Changes regarding "Neither did members of the monthly allocations did not conte milk marketing board. Tonight from the milk marketing board, you can go home in new cars. he said. "They came as a What about use" directive from the federal Fang this Mme', there's government." going to be one heck of an in - According to Mr. McKinnon, crease in the number of people on the milk marketing board is welfare, one woman interjected. attempting to find a way of .provincial government getting quota into the hands of tells us to go to the federal those producers Om need it government. We don't have time most. He warned farmers not to for the Ombudsman's hearings "over react" to the current dairy. because we won't be around for crisis. the answer." "But who's going to g i. to the Farmers have been quiet too. States and bring back our cows damn long, added someone else when there's a shortage here?" from the audience. "The govern - asked Mrs. Burt. ment has been cheating us." Gordon Hiill, president of the Mr•. McKOnnon replied that as At this point, Norman Founder, Ontario Federation of Agri- far as he's concerned, farmers chairman threatened to close the culture told farmers they would haven't gotten rid of enough cows meeting unless order was have to consider this step "very yet. "But the question is, how restored. carefully " A cheer from the as- many should go and when do we At the end of the evening far- sembly which followed his re- stop it? A lot of mistakes have mens agreed to ask Mrs. Burt to marks indicated the majority of already been made." make an appointment with the farmers wanted to see the milk Other inquiries fielded by Mr. Ontario Milk Marketing Board marketing board remain in exis- McKinnon included questions re- for a formal hearing. tance. garding the hoarding of surplus Mrs. 'Burt "urged farmers to The meeting had been quota, lack of government quota submit proposals to her through arranged by Mrs. Alice Burt, RR for cheese manufacturers ' and farm organizations such as the 5, Ethel, who two weeks ago led a surpluses of skim milk powder. Ontario Federation, of Agri - delegation of .20 farmers to in reply to the questions aLiat culture, the National Farmers Queen's Park where they surpluses of skim milk powder, Union and the Christian Farmers dumped milk in front of the legis- Mw. McKinnon said the Canadian Federation. It is expected 10 lature. Dairy Commission disposed of it people will be appointed to re - "My neighbors tell me you by taking bids. "'this is not sales- present farmers at the formai can't fight government," she manship," he said. "But there's hearing. FIGHTING SPIRIT -Mrs. Alice Burt of RR 5. Ethel demonstrates a bit of the fighting spirit that led her to organize a rally Of over 600 dairy farmers .ast week in Atwood. Above she calls on industrial milk producers to co-operate with the Ombudsman's office by pro- testing formally to the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. (Staff Photo) Board announces All municipalities in the County of Huron have received their 197-, talc levy requisitions from the Huron board of education. While individual tax rate increases will vary because of increased assessments and over or under requisitions from previous years, the average rise is expected to be about 28.7 percent. Following are the net municipal requisitions for 1976 for the elementary panel with the 1975 figures in brackets: Clinton 6102,888(686,550) ; Exeter $147.730 0119,328): Goderich $356,607 (6280,108) Seaforth $59,749 (650,835); Wingham $120,978 (6102,460) ; Bayfield $33,598 (627,574) ; Blyth $22,576 (618,232); Brussels $27,695 (622,5811; Hensall tax levies $46,388 (639,468) ; Zurich $17,334 ($14,241) ; Ashfield $102,33) 079.542); Colborne $74,112 058,031); Goderich township $99,657 083.227); Grey $87,974 (670,972); Hay $118,780 097,339); Howick $114,539 ($93,542); Hullett $77,706 063,990); McKillop $60,104 (650,696) ; Morris $64,539 (653.493) Stanley $95,382 (678,091) : Stephen $156.476 (6129,719) ; Tuckersmith $112,375 (691.467) ; Usborne $83,371 (667,462) ; Turnberry $50,532 (642,219) ; East Wawanosh 652.803 (643,739) West Wawanosh $39,253 (635,207) Requisitions for secondary school purposes: Clinton $102,665 ($70,960) ; Exeter 6147,859 097,787): Goderich 6373.104 (6249,977) ; Seaforth 666.306 ($46.677) : Wingham standard AUTO GLASS LIMITED THE QLASSMEN OF ONTARIO For vinyl tops • convertible tops • car upholstery o windshields • body protective mouldings 365 BAYFIEED RD. GODERICH (ALI 524-2136 Huron fILJ.i hazard 1 el 4941 of fish conducted lust, summer inLAM: Huron and Georgian Bay showed sore species exhibited mercury levels approaching. the hazard level set by the government. Nicholas Herzog, a research scientist with the water resources branch of the provincial environment ministry. told a conference in Guelph on Thursday species of rainbow trout and walleye and northern pike were found to r'nntnin'-3 parts per million (ppm) of the metal. The government level for safe eating of .5 ppm was set in 1970 after extensive levels of mercury were found in fish in Lake St. Clair and the western basin of Lake Erie. The study also extended to Lake Superior where some large species of lake trout had levels exceeding the limit, primarily near Thunder Bay and the Marathon area of Peninsula Bay where chlor- aiknli pulp mills are located. $122,160 (685.302); Bayfield $34,522 (623,409): Blyth $22,208 (614,692) ; Brussels $26.855 ($18,050) ; Hensall $46,223 ($32.445); Zurich $22,003 (614.774); Ashfield 6118.122 (678,058); Colborne $76,865 (648,975); Goderich township 6101,943 (669,979); Grey 688,568 ($58,310) Hay $143,983 (695.880) ; Howick $110,598 074,108); Hullett $77,428 (652.604); McKillop 681,892 (655.449) ; Morris $64,059 .043.576); Stanley 6103,306 (668,782) ; Stephen $172,059 (6116,686) ; Tuckersmith $121,596 (680,130) : Turnberry $52,646 (635,758) ; Osborne $83,743 (655,526; East Wawanosh $53,006 (635,706); West Wawanosh 641,894 (631,048. Mr, Herzog, speak itg during the annual conference of the International Association on Great Lata Research. said thebilevel$ were found in larger -sized fish not normally, used by the commercial fishermen on the lake. John Kinkead, another researcher involved with the project. said in an interview later as far as he is aware no ban has been unposed by the province on fish in the lake with mercury levels ex- ceeding the limit. He Said mercury levels in fish on the upper lakes have been diminishing in the past two years and are expected to drop even further this year when the study is resumed. The Thunder Bay pulp mill has since closed and mercury discharge levels from the Marathon mill are being checked by the province to ensure they are not ex- cessive. he said. Th'pIton xici<<•hot•Nr takes piw this weekend 1wre Bell Canada has spent $273,000 to provide an ad- ditional 100 telephone numbers in the Clinton ex- change and Automatic Number Identification (ANI), effective May 15, Jim Scott, local Bell Canada manager, said today. - Customers with individual or two-party service in the Clinton exchange will no longer be required to give their number to the operator on direct dialed long distance calls (DDD), as of May 15, Mr. Scott said. New equipment will automatically register the caller's numbei" for billing purposes in the ANI system which will speed up DDD calls. Rural customers on multi- party lines will continue to be served by Operator Number Identification (ONI) . Addition of 100 more directory numbers will bring to 3,000 the total numbers served by the Clinton ex- change. Mr. Scott said this was necessitated to keep pace with. population growth in the area. Independent Shipper to United Co-eperativ• of Ofl*ario Livestock Dept. 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