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GEO. L. ELLIS, Editor and Publisher. .
THURSDAY, JUNE 17th, 1954
TO PRESERVE LAKE AND RIVER VIEWS
The suggestion is frequently heard that
all the unoccupied, laud along the river " and
lake banks in Goderich should be bought by
the town; so that 'in years to come the people
should not be shut off from a view of the lake
and river 'at these points. Now that the -
Council has decided to Preserve as a park one
of these lakeside areas, it might discuss
seriously the larger problem here set forth.
These properties now vacant will never be
acquired . more cheaply than at the present
time, and judging from opinions often expres-
sed the ratepayers would favor the necessary
action.
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THE SURPLUS WHEAT PROBLEM
There was an interesting discussion in the
'House of Commons on June 9th on the Western
wheat problem,, and although the subject is
not at present of immediate interest to Eastern
Canadians it may become so.
The matter came up in the House on a
/ition by Mr. Drew, who --called for a declara-
tion of (.government policy respecting the mar-
keting of the. Canadian ivheat surplus.
He was followed by Mr. Argue,•a Western
C.C.F. member, who expressed disappointment
at Mr. Drew's failure to offer a concrete sug-
gestion for the solution of the problem and at
considerable length set forth his own ideas aS
to what .should be ,done. Isis Most definite
suggestion was that the ,Government should
establish a floor (minimum) pride for wheat
and- should purchase and pay the growers for
wheat in store on the farms. This, he claimed,
would enable, farmers to pay their hills and
would set money in eirculation throughout the
whole country.. He disapproved of a reduction
of the. price of the unsold wheat in order to
move it out of the country.
Ir. Salon Low (Social Credit.) saw no
alternative to the lowering of price .jak. com-
peting' for markets.
Mr. Howe, Minister of Trade and Com-
merce, gave a definiteastatement of the Govern-
ment policy. That policy, he said, was laid
.down in 19.2. "All the wheat produced in
the Prairie Provinces is delivered to a ,com-
pulsory pool managed by.,_.a Wheat Board,
which reports to its shareholders, who are the
producers .of the Prairie Provinces. It is the
duty of that board to sell Canada's wheat crop
to the !hest• advantage for the account of the
producer." This, he held, the .board had been
doing.
Canada has had a succession of bumper
crops; other grain -growing countries have had
frig crops, and several countries that' previous'
l� had been importers of wheat have .had
crops 'large enough to provide for their own
consumption and in some cases to ',enter the
wheat n►ai•ket as exporters. Canada's exports
up to May 15th were not quite one-half as
largo Os in the pKevious year, but they were
as large in proportion to the quantity of wheat
ill seryl trade"
'I'}lis is the gist of the discussion, which,
of course covered finally' other points of the
c•oiitroversy.
Briefly, the situation is that the 'Wheat
Board holds for the grain -growers a great
surplus of ,wheat, and recently' lowered the
price to 'meet a reduction of 10 cents a "bushel-'
011 United States wheat for export. If this
surplus is to be sold 'further 'reductions may
be necessary, and the growers must face the
situation as dealers in i,41. -Kr goods are not
infrequently forced. to do—they must make
a sacrifice in price. If they are unwilling to
do this, they should not look to the Govern-
Inent.to buy the wheat ft om them, as the C.C.F.
member proposed, and ask the taxpayers of
Canada to hared out the money.' Admitted
that a good deal of .this money 'would- come
back into general circulation, to •tile benefit
of Eastern industry, ,there i•s a limit to what
any government .can' do, and 'the • Canadian
taxpayer is taking a critical look' at his tax -
bills. .h1
AMENITIES AT OTTAWA
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• -,Hansard is not always entertaining read-
ing, but occasionally it brings a smile. Hon.
C. D. Howe is frequently accused of undue
'optimism—" incurable optimism" it "•is some-
times called. After a speech by Mr. Mac-
donnell, ,the Opposition critic, in \hich he had
--used the -usual term in reference to Mr. Howe,"
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the latter retorted : "arr.—Chairman, 1 want to
thank the 4uni member. for looking up the
meaning of the word 'opt imist ie. ' It is a purely
altruistic act, because my friend has not an
ounce of it in his system, and it. is very helpful
to know just whiit it. means. 1 looked up the
word `pessimism' wliir•h is of lrlrtieular c(ol
cern to my llat�, friend. The +1efilriti011 is:
`Tendency to° look at- the worst asp, et cd
things; doctrine that this ,world is the worst
possible, or that all things tend to evil.' "
()n the same day Mr. I3laekniore, a- Social
Credit 'member who ' is never tired of praisithg
U.S. Sen. McCarthy, was on his feet when the
following • interchange took place: •
Mr. lilaakmore: Yes; anything • is dis-
gus-ting that opposes eomrthun►ltm, inr their
minds. That is the whole story.
Mr,a Pickersgill : I wonder , «•hether e'the
hon. gentleman would pet Writ me to ask a
question?
Mr. Blackmore: Yes.
Mr. Pickersgill: Tf J heard him aright, he
said that he had never heard the British em-
pire mentioned on the C.B.<,'. His own party
gave many free broadcasts on the C.B.C.—
• Mr. Blackmore: I (lid not ,say that.
Mr. Pickersgill :• 3I y- ruttish my -question?
31 r. Blackmore : I didn 't say "mentioned."
Mr. Pickersgill: May I finislh my question?
Mr. Blackmore: I never said ``mentioned."
1 said a speech that wotrld build up the 13ritIs)r,
commonwealth. Let the hon, member get that
straight.
Mr. .l'iekersgill : May I finish my question?
1 f 1 lnrdel•stcio(l the hon. gentl01n.an ,right, 'he
511icf ttiiirlire `lipid 11( 1Iearct The l,riti li".ehitiipire
mentioned_ on the U.B.C.
• Mr. llacktnoi•e.:• No.
Mr. 1'ieket•sgil1 : His party .has had a lot of
free broadcast tune- on the C.B.C. Would he
toll the eominittee lho v many times in those
broacioasts they mentioned the•1'3ritish B1i� ire?
Mr. Piekersgill: That is the kind of statis-
• ties lie is asking the minister to give.
Mr. BIacrk.tn0a•e : The hon. member thinks
he is so smart that he can fool me. He just
cannot do it... That is all.... f did not say
"mention' the British empire." r said "give
0 speech that built up the British empire."
When the members in the heat of Ottawa
eiln spend time ort- this sort of thing (and it
k not a rare instance) the taxpayers. at home
van hardly sTpa're any syil►pathy for them.
EDITORIAL NOTES
• -, "What is so rare as a day in June?" And
The Boston Monitor replies, ".February 29."
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The Provincial • Government is reported
to have given; 44 order for new ballot -boxes.
Hal an election coining!
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The bandstand was saved from the big
fire in Court,lIouse Park and we are all looking
for. some fine summer concerts.
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What droll times, those must have been,
years ego, when there was no, daily eriiis at
Geneva; when nobody knew or cared anything
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QUICK CANADIAN QUIZ
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