HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-01-29, Page 21Letters,areappreciated by Bob Trotter Idale Rd,..Elmua,ant 43B 2C7
"-- M'a'rketinrb'o ids. -are e-to-staj*° ortly-.1 farrrWs e're~a it read`tVr'° 'I=iitri't't'I'0' r or a ton is dou u` They
willing to:fight for:them; . '
.Does that statement sound familiar? It has been said
many tin?:es in this corner -and is being: said by many others _
$, connected eitherfdireetly:or indirectly with agriculture.
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But it needs to,be sant' again peated.and repeated:, a.tt
Were,_
Marketing boards are under fire'.lrorn Many sectors 41.-
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ncludi'ng the•; Consurners:'A.Ssopiation.of Canada and'.by Beryl
Plumptre=ot the anti-inflation review board. ,She seeins:to
• have the chairman of, the board, Jean-Lue Pepin, brain-
washed to believe that marketing 'boards are.-otlt to rip off
the food -buying public; too'.
Back in November; the first sentence in this column was
.. identical to; this week's,, Farmers, are going to have to
' fight to'keeplahat they have' in. the way of orderly market-
.
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,. -It is. refreshing to see that the Ontario Commodity Coun=
cil is girding its.loins for battle.:. Far many 'years., it, was a
sort of,toothless organization with representative's from 16
of the •province's more than .40 marketing boards as mem-
bers.
As far as I know:,'the board members met when they
felt like it and didn't, do much of anything but pass an in-
nocuous budget• to promote the member marketing boards:
Recently, though, the council has taken on'new life. •'
Much of the life comes from •a big, gruff guy called Jim.
Boynton, for almost 20 years the secretary -manager of
• the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board: Jim made
a few enemies during his, tenure on the pork board but he
made a host of friends. His ability as a co-ordinator cannot
be'- questioned,. He' is organizing a concerted ,attack •
against those who would scuttle"one or any bf"the marketing
-boa-ids in Ontario.
One of .hfs best moves in the new job was' toprepare a
letter and a 12 -page public relations and publicity•doc.ument
to acquaint' editors across this •province withinformation
On marketing boards. ' ' : ' • • .
As faithful readers 'of this corner: know, the :policies of
most major daily papers•in Ontario have .been...to ignore
farmers and farm problems most of the 16,►n,e. ;