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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-04-22, Page 44. 4- (i►t>1DERiCH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1441 • Y 44. Editothif comrneutury he chicken and the egg war What's this 'chicken and egg war' 'all., about? Is if a war, and if so, uvho's-wagg. Wed 1, it's a struggle M1 fore markets, brought about by automation within the 1-A-11 Hs well, though, ' until Quebec, which is overproducing, ,ships chicken into this mans,s market. Dow,p .goes the price, one 1cent, , then two, cents, perhaps three cents per Ib Then he •.hollers, ,and why' t .,*tv..mat, ,ha� ,;. a 3 .53d a 4c a> � ha td tr e� a yAt~W 4 do n':" is rye linea .e eggs, chicken and turkey so easyethat vve has dropped $T2,000 or 75%. can continually overproduce, with a resutting soft market, pricewise. Producers, in some provinces have, through. selfidisciplinc, regulated si,ipply to fit the available market, while other provinces with no regulations in • force, have consistently overproduced -and dumped their products into the regulated areas, many times at below cost. "w. The poultry' business isn't what it used to be, like the time when nearly everyone upon retirement thought how nice it would be to havee"a chicken farrri, and what fun `kit would be to pick up all the eggs every day. Today the average maxi or family in this .business has about one. Quebec has been doing this in Ontario, and all the way west to British Columbia; and with -turkeys. With eggs it's been the ' other way round. `Quebec has a marketing board !"- growers, are on quota. But Ontario and Manitoba _have no quotas or other means of regulation and have been increasing production beyond all reason, and they have been expecting Quebecto take this excess production. Th6y have also shipped west and weakened Alberta's. majrket, and Alberta has a marketing board and is trying to practice Supply' Management,"or managing the supply. So •Quebec ,and Alberta both holler. • :hundred thousand dollars invested in buildings, equipment and land, and many And all these hollerings .have been have c reit deal more than that. ~1t `'is directed ,at. the respectFie provincial low -profit,. : fast. turnovee f...big volume ;governments; who, naturally, will not let business - a business, not chubby - and their 'good --tax-paying: growers be sold run by businessmen,not what many down the river. so they give the marketing consumers might think of- as 'just a boards the. authority to control all farmer'. • product coming in from another province: That, inthe opinion of some people, is Any break in price, then, can have.a ` in. the serious effect n net i.ncome.'When I Balkanizing the country! Maybe it is; but., tell' you that one cent per, lb. for"chicken,in my opinion it is ho more Balkanizing 'aril level °�or 2cper dozen tthar-'the situation we have in the.' oil or turkey, at, w on eggs, up or down, makes `a difference industry where no western oil is sold east of $4,000 n.et per year to' today's average of a line' drawn across the Ottawa Valley size grower, y,ou can understand how in Ontario, and where new oil wells are capped in Alberta if the supply is already PRICE is 61:paramount importance. • . sufficient. Or, theLrestrictions that lawyers • I'll give you a hypothetical illustration. and doctors face in 3—no/Frig: from one You are working for a� largeprovince. to , another., Or," trying to' get manufacturing company. There is a lot•.of -.work without joining, and paying dues to, unemployment, so your boss, being a, nice . 'a union. All these instances might be fellow, decides to take on • ten per cent more workers so that they can have..a.. phrase,°with very little meaning. paycheck•. Hecannot increase his sales so his costs naturally go up, and as.he cannot All industries need some'regula increase his selling price either, the money today and he 'poultry 'industry is to pay this extra help{ has to come from exception. '' Without regulation continually face awmarket collapse. In this so-called 'chicken and egg war' e pay len per it, is .to the credit of every province from If that . sounds unacceptable to you, Nova Scotia to British', Columbia, that, then consider. how the poultryman who with their -new authorities . over has "regulated his suppy to fit demand, inter -provincial movement of product, feels when .ekce'st "pri6duct is put on his there has-been not one single 'instance of market with the, inevitable result that the, - raising prices above what they were b�.xe= the trouble started.. , t described as , Balkanizing. )t is a pda°tttfry";' tion somewhere, Where does he -get it? Why,"-- from .you, of course. He cuts everyone's • rat' of byt cent! no w% •' price goes down: , This; then, is what the 'chicken and egg war'' is all about - ' markets and prices ` Take a broiler grower it Ontario, 'for example: He- grows for 'a net 'cost of 18c per Ib, live weight. ' His marketing board. sets his selling -price to the 'processor at 22c, so he makes 4c per lb. His annual grow -out is' 400,000' lbs. so he,. makes $16,000. That's possibly more' than you makel but remember, he has a hundred thousand' -'dollars invested, with no doubt • some of it bank money, to be repaid with interest. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics has, published a Retail Price Index of MEAT, comparing 1949 pr..ices_with 1969. Beef, in those 20 years -has -increased -78%; with all`red meats Up 61%, and all poultry meat down 20%. Eggs, also, are down today at Vancouver, Winnipeg and Toronto compared to 20 years ago That means that you, as consumers, are buying eggs, chicken and turkey_, at ,lower ,pric s today than. 20 years ago. What else .is t OWER? •. N3i ' member ,• hen ??? 60 YEARS AGO•'April 20, 1911 - Get ready' for '"The County Fair" to be held at Victoria _Opera House Friday .evening of this week; Everybody else will be there. See' the Midway .and hear the sideshow barkers, Catch the'sl1ck medicine vendor.. Behold 'Professor Veri. ' Smooth, the magioiaii. Watch out for the -wild .. Man from T'. Borneo. See the ew: ro.ds,=Mew ..w., ..-,herr ,utalkt-The ' did favorites, George and Henry, will be there with their funny specialty., Musical specialties between acts `everything. up-tozdate. Seats are going fast at H. Edw'a"'rds' --'- restaurant. Price 25c, ,35c and 50c. Looking across' Huron �unty .... through the weekly ne v���apers :,The Wing-ham-Advance-Times.' tells about the • perfect opportunity gained: ' `Everybody likes to tell the boss how to do something; but it •isn't everyone who gets $10,000 forhis know-how. One man, who did however, is John D. Stewart of Oshawa, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Steart of RR 1, Gorrie, and a former employee with Jackson Motors (Listowel). Now an employee with General Motors, Oshawa, Mr. Stewart recently - was awarded $10,000 from 6' the General Motors of eCanada Suggestion Plan, the maximum' payable under the plan. His_ suggestion concerned, modification of an automobile part of a competitive nature. Mr. Stewart was employed, with GM on Sept. 23, 1963, and has had various work assignments ' ,Tn the chars �° assembly plant since that ,tine: He is presently in the quality product' groups in that area. He' has actively participated in .the suggestion plan and had .earned $1,773 in awards duith ' the past five years°:. * �:b,* The Seaforth PO writes to the Huron Expositor: The phone began ringing Thursday. ;morning and continued throughout the day when subscribers in Walton, Staffa, Clinton and Bornholm wanted to, know what had happened .to their Expositor. We couldn't tell them since all. papers had • been put in the post office in Stratford as usual Wednesday night . but after a few more calls we had the answer. The post office had placed the bags°-ccn:tairing..these, papers . .on a truck for Toront.Rand they didn't get back until late Thursday; ,too late for rural route delivery that day. ,,, M. T. Farnsworth, . postmaster- atStratford letter of .April at, says: "After' investigating situation I found that Expositors for Walton,'.Staffa, Clinton and Bornholm were placed on the wrong storage truck and as a result- they, missed the early morning despatch.' . n The clerks responsible have been cautioned to- ......exercise extreme are when dealing with your publication. I" can appreciate your concern ancl. realized the importance of t neet•ing these deadlines -especially, oh a holiday week -end. Please accept•my apologies on behalf of the -Post Office and their winnings. Doug Armstrong increases •,.."kessure axe•-• was ;chairman of the draw, and emergency room. Hay Township reeve Joseph To substantiate this, Hoffrpan pulled .the lucky ticket.'" stated 4,246' examinations were „A -bout 600 people were fed at made in the x-ray department in the -annual supper:- 9'7,0, •_an--irre'rea i €.1584,over * * * ' 1969. The emergency room A koffee House for Clinton treated' 1,918 patients compared says News -Record: " to/1,155 in'the previous year, thee. she The Koffee House, the youth -In other areas there were 604 acting centre -for Clinton -area was to in a have had its official opening heart tracing and 49,688 units of work sent , to Stratford General Wednesday afternoon with an Hospital laboratory. this°,L "under attack" program It will thank youfor drawing --this -matter to my attention." , ZurichCitizens-News reports. on couple off to England: The Zurich, Chamber' , of Commeree held a lucky draw for a "Trip to England far Two," in connection with their ' annual., Sauerkraut Supper last' Wednesday, and the winner was Bob Merner, of Zurich. The. lucky couple will be travelling to England this fall as a result of, • The . occupancy in the active open again Saturday night unit was not as high as in 1969, and next Wednesday . night Will - be -open from 7:30 to 10 'p.m. showing a 68.3 percent average for anyone from the area, young 'wit the average length of stay or. old, to see just what is going for short term patients on. It is located above the approximately nine days. Eatons Order Office. ' Births are ° still on the * * - decrease. During the first ten South Huron Hospital may years South Huron Hospital was have new , front says in operation the average number , Times -Advocate: of babies born there L was 340 a Shortage of emergezicy ;and, year. The number of new burns , x -ray -,space, inadequate dressing last year' was the lowest ever, and .'waits g rooms;'' and' an 1F5: . obsolete administration building Said Miss Claypole, "If the have' spurred the South Huron, situation continues by the end ___,Hospital board "of, directors to of the 1970's We will require press the Ontario Hospital . very few maternity beds." Services Commission .fora new .building which would replace __the front portion of the original • building. Citizens attending the annual , board. meeting were told, applications for these extensive. renovations were submitted last :year, and a 'rolestudy made by hospital consultants., Agnew, .Peckham and Associates found —that a .new administration ' building was .neededs- Administrator Alice Claypole , said the proposed new building would house the administration offices ''and expanded x-ray. and . emergency facilities. in giving her annual report to. the open meeting Miss Claypole pointed out that the trend today 'seems to be for 'the public to look, to the hospital for help more than.,in past years, and this`. 1) Reserved for public opinion To. the Town F athers; • I have never complained before but I feel now that I certainly do have just cause to. As I have nbt even been allowed to visit my friends and' neighbours since -March 31, we have not held conference over: this matter thus, I can ,speak "' only -as an individual. " On March; 31st I, was put out at six -11,.m. (even the Great. Beagle would frown). No sooner bad I xeaehed the end76f our block, I perceived a friendly (?) adult strolling toward me, -- I thought it was i'ny good' friend Sergeant Crawford until this unjust giant let out one unmerciless whoop and 'commenced to pursue me. Well!! Did I ,paddle for my abode! Thank Snoopy I reached my pad in tithe to raise enough rucus that my mistress allowed mem.. • This oversized beef -eater was ,soon knocking at our front ,door. , As a result I have acquired a new collar, a new chain, a new tag which I never had before and Which I 'feel are very unjust. Since th s, unwitting e{iperience I have been thoroughly depressed. No longer can I go privately to dispose of waste. I must in accompanied and it is often by a lady! (Such indignity), Certainly such humiliation should• never occur to one of my station in, life. T berg for .reconsideration and, suggest , that • perhaps,'' since humans occupy they hours Froin' 6 a.m.-lo midnight',, we, their canine friendscould„ be allowed visiting hours ` in the remaining time. • , Respectively Submitted Tlie "Sorry," Dog REMEMBER HELP YOUR RED CROSS ' TO HELP ESTABLISHED Vie if•OafCltlj SIG--NAL-STAR 1848 --"O--- The County. Town Newspaper of Huron -"-D • ,,rublished at Goderich , Ontario every Thursday morning by Sighal-Star Publishing ,Limited , TELEPHONE 524=8331. area" code 519 'RCBERT.G. SHRIER, preskient and publisher JACK VV."1. MILLS, editor SHIRLEV J; ` ELLER1 women's* editor `II WARD J. BYRSKI, advertising manager ,134th 'YEAR - of PUBLICATION "`Subscription Rates $6 a Year -- • To U.S. $7.5 :A0.(in advanide) Second Class mail, registration number 0116 TALES (By POug Garrett) ALONG.tHE-LAKES1 57. Moreon ships being scrapped This list may not bethe latest one but it is fairly accurate; I've checked back through ' several years editions of Detroit's Marine Historian and tried to compile a list off the ones that were regular Goderich • visitors for many years: I can hardly write this for the tears in my eyes for it is my old ship Victorious,, I'rn ^• writing about. She and the Howard L. Shaw ' and the . Douglass Houghton were sunk in . the Toronto waterfront for a fill at the new Pavillian for the,Ontario Governfnent," the price for the threee ships was $145;000.00. The - Portadoo and Martian, the tricoldoc and Captain C. D. Secord, Soodoc ,..and R. 0. Petman, Goudreau and Lemoyne, Collingwood and Hagarty, Donnacopna and Ben E.' Tate, ImpOal Simcoe and Imperial Welland all went overseas in tandem, in the pairs named. The Goudreau Sure wefit out in style as she crossed with the former Queen -of the' Lakes, th? ,Steamer Lemoyne. For .many years Captain Robinson sailed this huge ship, an achievement not matched by many for years. I. was in Hamilton in 1965 and visited the 'waterfront where I noticed the pig barge 137 and the -Alexander Hb ley being scrapped; this sure btought back memories. 'When I was__second mate on the Budd we towed the tame:a.,;R�d.yeveral 's4asons. The old Budd ..was scrapped tat Hamilton also 'The Aigosoo ended up in Spain as did the Steamer Everetto i. The latter ship at one time was the - :worlds ` largest auto carrier. Formerly, part of -the late' Alva • Bradleys Lake fleet, on her departure this was the end of his ships. • I 'only know of two tankers ' that went across in tandem which were the Imperial Simcoe and - 'Imperial .Welland. The Bayton was sunk at Burns Harbour, Lake Calumet to be used as a breakwall. • The: Barges John Fritz, Roebling .,and Bryn Barge were suck _W..at a Hydro .project • in Toronto as ,a breakwall. I -have no record of the Glenbogie being scrapped but I'rn.sure she is. -Quebec City " was the' einbarkation point , for ` ships going overseas, ocean tugs ,wicked the ships up here where they had been lying . while workmen welded port hones and hatches tight. Unfortunately not all made the crossing'safely, the following is a list of the ones that sank enfoute to Europe in ,tow, Robertson, Perseus, Arcturus, W. Wayne Hancock, Fayette Brown, Edward . Y. Townsend, Mohaw)C Deer, and , Laketon,, the _latter two were AM only Canaan registered. More,,., _ on the Edwayt Y. Townsend in another column. Gone. from the lake scene, gone forever, the backbone' of the' world's, wheat supply during tt*fo wars, Takers, canallers, ,barges, passenger ships alike are now only .,a metriory as are most .o' `" the men who sailed on them. I 'hod I can bring back some of the old memories of ships and men with my ,Tales of Along the Lakes' ' • ..Lyew\ w1lYN wYwe+u' W NIiN' • `,L fr UTDOOR-ETHICS '`SMOKING IS INSUkIOUS.' YOU BT IT 15,E NOT o ONLY To yOU BUT TO OUR ,FORESTS . IF YOU MUST, -BE SURE I1 OUT. \ OUT, ?ETTERf STiLL, DON'T 1 �, SM oKE' /N ' ,`, r ►_ THE WOODS/ srnoEcaoKeo NELESS DINNER HAMS FRESH - BONELESS (WITH DRESSING) Si'EAKETTE° STYLE SLICED BACON 25 YEARS AGO., April 18, 1946 H. M. Monteith, . Bank of Montreal...manager, who leaves shortly for Sault Ste. Marie, was the recipient of a' splendid ,,going -away git at the regular 'meeting_ of the Goderich Lions Club. Tourists visiting Canada for seven days or longer may apply 0 for special temporary ration cards, the Prices Board has announced. Officials • explained the arrangement was.designed to provide for tourists .who have. summerrcottages in Canada. A meeting of representatives from United Church congregations in the district including 'Ashfield, Colborne, Auburn, Dungannon, Nile and f enmiller and the, town of ' Goderich, was held 'in the,, auditorium. of North St. Church on Monday evening to discuss the plans for the canvass for subscriptions to the Pension Funtl Endowment which -is to. take place from April 28 to May ,12:. The amount allocated "to Huron•Presbytery is $31,000. The newly appointed golf pro at .the Maitland Course is Walter Goodwin of Owen Sound. FIVE YEARS AGO ° April, 21, 1966 Ontario's highways are. being planned to aid the inclustrilal develoNent oto ial . ar , claimed the :"' C. S. MacNaughton here Tuesday. Goderich Lions Club 17th • annual Young Canada' Week ir tournament drew , a record attendance of more than 14,000 spectators. Unable To Understand Exam Questions Reading Disability ' Is Cause of Failures - Will Your ' Child Fail? .... by Paul Carroll. It has been estimated that between 10 and 15 percent,of the school children in Canada have a . reading -disability. A child is said to have a reading disability ,if his reading `competence is' a year or • more behind his grade level or , ,b,is'rraental maturity rating. ' Arrangements have been approved by • the ' sessions ..of North Street and Victoria Street United Churches for union services of the two congregations during"July and August. f. Ibi. i�r.r.r..sir...r..e...r..r..r..�w.r....�..... LET us, FILL. V PRICES We Buy Direct Prom...The Producer - Save. The Cost Ot