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4- (i►t>1DERiCH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1441
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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.
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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.
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: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.
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. 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.. ,
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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
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•' 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
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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
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..-,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°:.
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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."
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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`.
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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
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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' '
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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 �,
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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.
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