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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. r But it needs to,be sant' again peated.and repeated:, a.tt Were,_ Marketing boards are under fire'.lrorn Many sectors 41.- 4i-ding 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- . fng , ,. -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. ;