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PAG . 2-79ODR 'RZCl SIGNAL -STAR, THtnISDA;" ', JANUARY rt 1974
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Adrian Vos, who contributes4•dee thoughtrout column • to 'this paper er f m°
, „p ropf�a.
,the standpoint o the average Oanadian
• farmer, has pointed to the decisions in
both Prince Edwardisland and:Oenmark
that,. agricultural land, 'owned by non- '
' farmers, must 'be available after one
} year, to persons who will useit for the
sproduction of food; That is, of course, if
• -' ' the non -farmer fails td make productive
use of these acres in the same time
period.
D.enmark,'PEI and Mr. Vos have seized
upon a valid point; Most of us have been.
made painfully aware that food has p,
become a scarce and costly commodity
within recent months. ,ln this column 'we
• have been;re-iterating the same point for
• 15 years --that there are too many
hungry people and too feVvwho are well
fed.
In the prow ce and country referred tc
above the,f�govern.ments have taken con-
crete pation to make sure that ase many
a• rable acres as possible are used for the
production of food, in the belief that if
more food is- grown from,. the world's
fillable acres, more' hungry bellies will
be satisfied.
In total_ accord with all our precon-
ceived notions in this prosperous part of
""""""°""'the world, we still tend to think that as
long as we.arewell fed it isunlikelythat
: anyone else is in any real sort of need.
The stark facts are, however, that we are
The governments of both Ontario and
British Columbia, have decided against
..the . `imposition of ,year-round daylight
aving time, in those provinces. The
residents-+ of both of these --anadian, •
•
areas are relieved, to say the least. ,
Authorities in Ontario 'and:B.C. con -
'ceded, weeks • ago,. that '`wintertime
daylight 'saving .would not save any ap-
" preciable amount of energy:4rldeed, On-
rio's Darcy McKeough at, one point ex
pre sed his ,opinion tha't there would be
a slight increase in the use of vital
9 4t a fuels
-the. exceptions ---not the general rule.
Full stomachs_ are pure privilege_ or
they, have been up to the present.
• Too long we -have stood idly by and
watched tens of- thousands ofacres, of
food -producing soil "skimmed off and
,thrown away to make- a.so!id bed for
asphalt "and concrete.. We build • d r
cities on one of the remaining repo ces
which can never, bereplaced— replaced— a rich
earth God gave us for the pr.. uction of
food. The western part o Africa, and •
vast stretches of Asia, - ay be vaguely
unhappy about cyte flagrant folly
today --our, own, grandchildren will
inevitably curs the greed for profits.""
which permitted our generation to throw
away for ,afl: -ime the soil from whish
their .c,hildre might have expected to
draw sustenance,
•
Mr. Vos ,points to the fact that a land-
owner who has no. intention of using.:
productive acres for the growth of food
should be subject to some form of
penalty—and ,he is right. There has been
far too. much discussion about the
exhaustible resources.. of •oiland
minerals. The one and all-important
resource is the comparatively small per-
centage of this world's land area whish,.
will produce edible crops. Those who.
have the money to acquire these acres
must be " forced to use . them for
'sor>lething, •r lore' productiim•.than pure
,fun. ,
Windham 'Advance Times
•n1,
went onto DST at the weekend.
Although there will be some dislocation
"-and ihcoovenience,'i+now appears that •
our :legislators were,agreed_th at ad arg e
4 rr w .. n r. r..... • ' � 1
majority' of people in Ontario preferred
to,remain on standard time for the winter t,
months. _.:
oiled down to its essentia$s, the .
question, was whether big business as
. personified.by the airlines, railroads and
the stock exchanges or the ordinary
`folks, particularly our: school children,
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I'm just. sitting here )having want to' pay for" it," he an- , In fact,-the--only-war-the so -
my morning tea - as the little swered. ', called energy crisis is affecting
palm tree -outside my trailer We filled :the tank twice nl.orte us is at this trailer park where
-- door nods::ink rn�irrc sura .�Ne ir� ar
-Dar-before.- R -- _ "
rro g e y gfo op„ t}re p�ol's`"tiotlleated�beca-use
IA,
should receive priority.
_i_ if_the-c\faange--too{ place:
fM..- :A - $ �, ,. , ,,�. :yTlaank r''� ones' � the kidl, won this :
The' a d only reason.•(or`the con- �� c1-, `,S Q
_ round. „, 1
temp1afed:time witch was to fit our psi=
t� „. ;»,:�,,1. ;,,,,, ,.r;; —Windham Advance Times'
r terno ,.i at ofd th nited States, which
PMi d
It is 8:30 a.m. and already our'
youngest is outside in the sum _
mery air, Temperature is in''the
mid-70s .already. •
The . trailer , is. situated near
Punta Gorda, ;"town about"tlta.
size',ofGoderich—ihaybe a lit-
tle smaller. Incidentally,. it has
a„ shopping mall -a small
beauty :with .a fine' grocery:
stbre:64 appears, though,, that '
the mallp is in the heart.of town:
-ping 'off at Lexington for_ the of the shortages.
_Alight; No trouble at all. Put it doesn't seem to•matter
.........
O'ur itrip down was unevent-
ful. We started out New Year's'
Day morning as the radio'War,
ned .' that • travellers - in . the
U.S.A. were having difficulty
•buying gasoline` for .. holiday
• t, gavel,
'We .filled the tank at Sarnia
and agreed we`would travel urf-
til it was empty,. Then, if we
were' unable to get gas; we*
would simply.stop for: the night,
In ,, Monroe; Michigan,.:, we
decided to have coffee...When
we pulled, off I7p, there was .a
gas station open. We drove up
to the., 'pumps somewhat,
cautiously.
"How much?'. the attendant
asked. ..:
"Could you fill it UP?'-': we
asked. ' " ' •
"I'll pour the whole tank dut
on the `ground for you if you
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sten food resources
''Pressures oh the world's food. suppl -s
because of ,its - toe rapidly _increasing
population are intensified, by Certain
demands, many of which' are highly
questionable.
• For example; our over-supplyof pets.
.•
In. Nc
rth- America
57• percent o '
f urban
-,
families' have one or more. 'Apartment
Jiving tends to reduce their number, but
it is believed to be rising. They make
inroads on both protein grid starch sup-
.ply.
Another 'example, is deliberate food
destruction -,in- world-,liquor--production:---
M` ear takes• "16:nli.11ion 'pounds "of barley
malt annually.., (with a five percent yearly
increase) of which? total, Canada's
breweries account for nearly four per-
cent (1970). _'
Cana Tian , distilleries use . over one
, billion pounds of grain, largely corn, If
'this• also is Jour percent of World .produc-
ti'on -(nof including rice), it means 25,4
billion pounds, which With barley malt,
'comes to, over 41 billion pounds, more
thanl 46 pounds each for one billion„
hu
tngry people.
'Besides' this, wine production, hghly
o-
acclaimed by some, destroys ,•.great
quantities of fresh fruits," also robbing
the food :supply., One B.C. winery boasts
of using 4000 tons (1972) and plans
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e
x
p nsion.• This doubly offsets the hard
-
ear �dfour million p un�s!.��aIn.
of
largest commune of
a0;000
e high cost and shortage, of.
argely due' to their °useT�in
C to
a
people.,
raisins are
wine product
n
•
ycling gives. Iifer
to:1d crankcase oil
liY BILL DIMMICK
�..; Wi'th the Ontario government
• Urging•thepublic to 'ctnserve
energy, Goderich' residents_ May.
.be pleased, to "knew' ,that the
dirty .petrci eum;;;-left from oil.
-changes .
Stations, , is not -going to waste.,
The_;.used oil is recycled for
use • on roads, ' laneways and
even pigs:, Some of it* may end
up back in cars. -
A Signal -Star suryey of
local service stations revealed:
,•. that the dirty ooze from crank
cases ' is saved and then stored
in underground holding tanks.
-The' tanks, ranging in,size
from 250 to 1000 gallons, are
pumped out once, tWice and
three times a year, depending
on their ,size and the volume of
oil collected by individual, ser-
vice stations,— •
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by Bill Dodds
Clearly, we ha `e;yet to'use all our
'resources'. with con lance compassion
n .e igenoe in. thus -encroaching -on ----
the rightful °clalms of the hungry, while
,r'nai�nufacturing a product causing out
However, ";rnost sta�tiOn
operators describe the` used oil
as "a nu•isance." •
"Whoever:wants it can have
it. A person just has "to come
around and- pick it up, said
Marly4 Kloss. Her usband
- ciperates a local• service-, tation
Most service stations g've the
stuff away although some pay,
to' have if removed: A large
firm from London charges two tr
cents per gallon td haul it away.
• to its refinery.
As a dust control on gravel
roads, used oil works just fine.
The Town of Goderich uses
about 5,000•gallons a year; says
Stan.;Meriam, 'town engineer,,
He says. he can't' get 'all he
• needs from', local . 'service
stations. For needs beyond'
what the stations can provice, -
the town' buys recycled oil from
a Kitchener company.
- The company refines and
adds chemicals 'to the oil', he ex-
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�Se' vt".e ,
r c . , stations' s still hav
e
t.
'plenty : on their 'h-a•n4s a rid: to .
their 'storage tanks auring the
wirrt 4° rah- dust'' is "''not a'
-. Flproblem though. Farmers often
take some of that oil.. .
Service station spokesmen
cite examples;of farmers using
' Sooner Or later, one df the'
and, i- t I i
Y impairment
..When the UN Food and.Agricilture
Organization stated last June that wheat
requirements of- 1973-74 could not be •-
met -from' 1973,'production, it behooves
all governments to curtail these wastes,
'making the ,savings. 'available to the
hungry, who'are mostly children.
At' all , times; but "especially bat 'the
Christmas season, thought regarding. the
needs of others should guide our`.: rac-
e
tice. (The United Church) ' M
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elan Mist reOlstrattOn .hurrlb+►r"�-0116 -. 'DAVE .R. WILia -adv 4'tlaing ripr ►ntative
magnificent hien w'i h tire
'magic . machines_ . is gcii ng to
discover recycling.
.And, I'm .afraid',' .1 11
probably happen .here, ,�§,o�tne of
the world's greatest• swindlers
and con men, with their smooth
talk and ingenious -devices,
came from Canada.'
And a.good `con man tali sell
his line to 'anybody. One man
with -a gasoline pile fraud'
almost took the, shrewdest
businessmkn •',of. '.:lisp , day --an
auto magnate whose name was
a household word. 'The 'only
reason he 'didn't was that a
chemical magnate, 'whose dame
was almost equaily,prominent;
:bit, first and bought the.. fraud
_ artist's useless invention—an
engine that, he claimed",'ran on
water'"`alld a' tiny pill.
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•
The energy crisis has brought
a' .revival of the magic car-
buretoi rumour --the, persisting
story of a carburetor that' will
deliver -100 or 200 miles per °
gallon of gasoline, These 'con-
con-
traptions, in • legend, were all
"bought up by big oil interests or
the bigauto 'makers and
destro
_!r
We're ripe• right now, for a
similar fraud'in the recycli
sphere. The problem is that so
many people want recycling, to
dispose of ,garbage in a way
that doesn't use anyone's land
and that . doesn't cause
*problem). And we're all hooked
on the idea of something for "
•tl.athi'..ngoeenergy:,. tnd . raW
tneterial teclaimed,'for prac-
titan, othin from our._aste
products` - _-,.--.
I't's a great dream—a dream
most of us share."
-But it is a dream,. not a
"reality- at" '-this stage. ,Unfor-
tunately, all " of us "prefer.•
dreams to _reality. We find it
hard to accept the, harsh truth
Alia you can't, `get something
for nothing. ; • ,
w
Ve find:it hard to accept that
,waste treatment "processes,
Waste separation .processes and
" waste marketing must be
developed.
,We see a small voluntepr
paper, metal and glass
reclamation scheme working
fo'r, 'a period. of time, 4and. we
leap to the coiiclusi.on `that. it
will work on a large scale,
everywhere.
•
We hear •of- provincial ex-
perirnent in recycling, or bur-
Hing Waste to produce electrical
power, and we assume that this
should be put into operation on'
a• wholesale basis,
-`tete` cmc oil`" to spread on
;driveways . i� corder to ,keep
own ust greasingmachinery
with'; it and yes, greasing. pigs
with it.
' Although he wasn't sure
exactly vt hargood` used oil�does
for pigs' skins,`, Pete Graf,
another localStationoperator,
says one farmer asked him for
some to help fight a -swine
.disease.
•
d, • d scorner
•
•
Farmers ,also find the ail as a
„good preservative when applied
to fence ,goats.'' "
The oil recycling ,,,cgmpariies
can clean' used petroleum and
sell it as:a'low grade motor oil.
When summer...,. comes. and,‘
-roads ara-without dust, the
people of Goderich can remem-
ber that part of Canada's oil
supply is slowly being spread
under their tires.:.-: -
We •iyant to6 much, too soon.
Somewhere; I'm afraid,. a
smooth tdlking individual is •
reffnin ° a glittering and im- •
pressi, a contraption and ,
-•,lishing•up a sales pitch. He'll
be upon us any day now,
•preaching arbage as the an-
swer to perpetual motion, and
asking us to invest in his fate-
. ,.
tar les, . .,.. . r.
If we don't keep our wishes
and hopes down' to earth, sotte
of us are going to get taken in
and X11 of us areo.rt lose
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to the kids. The weather here is
so warm, the water ie naturally
heated to•: �a. comfortable' tem-
***
We've' been ' hearing com-
plaints since arriving,in Florida
about'' "price gouging'','—but to
date _we've,"seen" none.
We are :planning some side -
trips to Tampa• and to Cypress.
Gardens and. to the ,Qcean.
side=not to '%:,mention
Disneyland --so we wilin e. I'll
report on that when J ge t ask'
Maybe-I•-shoutd`tnentior* r w
that we've; learned the cittli ;
fruits are a- bumper crop' this
year, despite the frosts ' in
December., We're enjoying
freshly squeezed orange juice,
fresh 'fruit salads and plenty of
fruit snacks. It is really. an
inexpensive treat"for us• nor-
therners.
Also the' vegetables• are sim-
ply marvellous—tomatoes, ' let-
�tuce,, onions,, radishes,--cucuin
bers=all those great 'salad„
niceties are so cheap here and
so very good
Meat is another story—it
costs an arm and a• leg for
steak, for 'chicken, for ` pork.
We'll splurge, once in a" while,
but' mostly. -.it will„ be fruits,
vegetables and -budget meat
for us. F
The , breads" are'` especially
nice, I find, but no more
tIQAR 'N' SPICE
• aiu ;MiiEr
This week I've been bitching
it, and I must say that I mi,
my wife. It a not that 1 _can't
cook and wash 'dishes"' and
make the bed and do—ail those
other silly things that our poor
wives have to do day after day,
year after. year. •
No, there's not problem there:
It's the danged cats. They're
driving me out of the remnants,
of what was once ,a fine mind.
I'd rather live with a herd of
goats than. with two cats, I've
concluded, '
Take one elderly she -pat Who
has .been spayed. She was quite.
content with life. She. is
beautiful and very, very
distant, except' when she's '
'hungry. .. " ,
There •isn't a bone in • her
body thatis friendly, She just
.wants you to keep your
distance, feed her:well, and let
her bask on a sunny stair -tread,
In return, she will guarantee -
pot :to make a' mess' ,in the
house. I 'had just begun to
tolerate her, if not like her, af-
ter about six years. Now, add a'boisterous''young
tom cat. He's as -agile as an
orang-outan, ` has an appetite
like .a polar bear, has, the man-
ners of a pig, and is sickeningly
friendly.
He has' completely' disrupted,,;;
what wasua fairly ',quiet•;
peacefu l,",househ of d.
He is driving the old' cat .out
of her nut, He follows her
around, licking and kissing her,
until she spas takes a swipe at
hT"tn"arfid riiaikes" hirci back— off
long enough for her to skedad-
dle to one of- her hideouts. He
looks hurt: - A• ll you have tea: do is settle
down -with- a "newspaper and a
cup of tea, and he's quite likely
to come hying through the air,
-sending° the paper -one' way' and '•
the tea the other, as he seeks -
solace for his -yearning, heart.
n.,.,:a.�n(y;..,ren.caura.getrien,t..
whatever, he'll climb all over.
you, digging hid claws into your
shoulders because he doesn't •
know` any better, smooching
your face and• neck in a wet,
disgusting', fashion, before
thumping' bin -18W down for ; a
,,rest on your stomach or chest
Or any other part of you that
• suits phis', convenience: 9'
Two minutes later,' he` hears
the old cat sneaking around,
digs hiss, claws into your :knee
and takes a flying leap, off to' '
court •her some more,._.. ° .
There's absolutely no sex in-
volve -d. He just wants to 'be
loved by a second mother,. but
she is a happy, childless widow,
and wants to stay'that way...
You can't even': feed them
s` `-t•6gnrtlwr-S'lre•-. is a dainty eat-er."
He eats.like awwolf. who -has just
broken a •'long • fast • Isut • down
two -bowls,,, He gulps his: while
she is sniffing hers, ' then
economical than at home. Milk
s 48 cents for a quart Of homo, shoulders her aside and gets
aWhiie• shopping last evening,"` into Ii'er grub, while she bats
One lad remarked n m ked to her
.Y him ineffectually, ec uall then - retreats
Y
husbatid gas she' picked • up� her—in disgust to- sulk under a bed.
it14 Its up: again! "She is a• bed sneaker -under;
H-I'e °relied • "r thou -ht, it was '^ r
p � g since he arrived. And if the�'jt
gas that ,was on the rise.'' a h,rthing' `more`" `diffkiif i `H t}iariz�
Speaking 'of gds, it varies ., getting a 'determined old cat,
from' 42-52' :Cents a gallon out from under a bed, I'd' like
(that's' an American gallon, to see it,'
friends). -but there' ' doesn't The only way,..L.o; d-d.itis go
"seem to'be a s'hortage.,: $o' if you -R•` iiiider` ih bed atter her, -with a
are thinking about a trip,,spn,th, °^ •br6or '-or mgp. You wind up,
\puffing; stuck- under'' the' bed,
while:, she' hays darted off and is
-m under -one of the beds in. one'of
the Other rooms! She's as slip-
pery as an, eel and a heck of -a
let those cunning:..
Meanwhile, during the half
hour you chase. the old cat,
trying to''grab' any of her ex-
tremities so that you can throw
her out, where she should have
been long"ago, his' arrogant
young nibs is having the run of
`'-e kitchen.
Heys • not a • bed , sneaker-
I -s a no reason�.at all why you
shduldn''t start out.
The weather's greatt,Simply_
great!
,. .
Dear Sir:
Your letter •pdvising me -my
subscription, j'is due was
received in a veryshort space of
time from mailing. Would it be
possible : to receive.''' my 'paper. -
earlier than -a 10~•day to two-
week 'delivery after •printing.
This has also been -.1mbWil to
approach thr`be weeks at times
Thank the Lord I am not
depending on , the paper for
anything. Of to rse the stock
excuse will be the mails:,aa.,t , -Yours' truly,
J. Allen,
75' Silverhill. Drive,
Islington, Onta-rrio.
Editor's Note: ' •
-
We'll have to reply *ith the
"§tock 4cuse" Mr. Allen. All
papers, yours :included, are
delivered to the post office here
in Goderich by Signal -Star staff
• by 6:00 atm each Thursday.
'the Post Office does not move
papers bound for city deliviery
until that evening but by the
evening of each, publication day
all papers • are on their 'way.
Any delays , must be attributed
to the mail;
,
under. °He's• a counter -walker.
And a cupboard=door-opener.
One leap, and he's up :on the
kitchen counters, strolling,' anif-
"""ting; licking. Iion't leave:the
butter out. -He'll downa quar-
ter -pound,' straight.
Give him three minutes alone
and he's somehow opened the `Y
cupboard ' door below, the sink
and is gaily • into he garbage.'
He'll eat anything: baked
potato ..skins; left -over" soup,
stale lettuce, fried eggs
""°`" i+kfe• 'ort nine `;have ` seen
him a bit nonplused was on
"';.•New' Year's` Day. Maybe he had,
a hangover. I was half=
• drowsing in a chair, and wat-
ching him out of a corner of my
-.I eye;' in-" case heetook a. flying
leap and threw his arms
around my neck to ki"ss me,
which I abhor. ,
- He'd caught a mouse, if
seemed, -"`t_ hou gh We've never,
• had •mrd ; in this house,. He
would slam his paw on it, pick
it up in his teeth; chew it and'
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y (continued'•on