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Consumers. Association. •
letters Are appreciated by Bob Trotter. Eldale Rd ..EImir Ont. N.8e2e7
This corner has never hesitated to take pot'shats a1E the'-' 'their expenses', sh'e said.She might ave.added °that f
armers.wouldp"t;ninda little
In the last 10 years, One Foot in •the Furrow: has taken the --just a. little H,profit, too, in the sale of their goods.
side of the agricultural sector 99per cent af, the time. Not In'that 'same: speech, she Criticized "the'•maniP :ulation,of.
• long ago, one of the persons' who came 'under fire was Ruth :co4sumers" by chain stores, a topic.w which ria¢ been discuss -
Jackson . president of the Ontario` section of the consumers ed by this'cerner on a number of occasions, '•
association. Canadians,
she said,:are living in a golden age of food p'o .
Mrs. 3ackson'•is well-educated, hi hly intelligent anda.rti ductioh but. it is not goingto-last l r'
� g h ogge .. Although the
culate. She is, above all, honest. •When she has: something to western. world. has fond surpluses, these are `'shrinking
.. g as
•,say, she doesia hesitate no matter whose toes might. get • food aid is being sent to Third Wt? rid countries,
tromped. She has been accused of having a conflict of inter-. ''We are going to haveto fihd'a way to protect our ability
est because she serves' on the Ontario Farm Products to produce food, whether by land'use quotas or whatever: for
Marketigg Council and is also a directer of J.M. Schneider soon, there won't be an sur plus left," y, p es t, she said.
Ltd., the.Kitchener-based meat -packing firm. Canada should give trade concessions to developing coun-
Because of her directness and her integrity, I have no tries, even if:,this.means that the standard of living'. in this
fears that she will let one position affect the other. • counry is lowered and, even if It means a confrontati'on.with
Not bong. agog she' was one of the speakers •in a:lettu a the lar e_car orations wh -want tariffs- t their piper-. .
series' in her home city of• Kitchener.. Her topic.; VV-dmen as ducts:: •
Consuiners. •_ ' Those, arestrong words, eseciall cornu "
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She told the audience•that, although the price of food has Jackson: I admire -'her courage and forthrightness. She may
increased in the past couple of .years, food prices will'con- get drummed out of the consumers association for reciting •
to_mci easer=•Fha• ie -an -•interesting statement coming such heresy .though, she is the president of the Ontario see
frpma representative of a consumers organization. •tion. They got rid of Richard M. Nixon, didn't they?
Statistics prove that- food pricks in the last 10 years have As mentioned before, I have disagreedpublicly with many
increased 100 per cent but the cost of living has increased stands taken by the consumers association. No doubt many
120 per cent. In other words; food' is still'.a bargain. of them have red faces and maybe egg on .their faces after
"It's time consumers realized that food is not expensive in , those hearings recently where their statistics were weighed
comparison to the hours needed to earn it,'' she said. , and found wanting by the Canadian Egg MaarJteting Agency.
The price of good farmland in most parts of Ontario has in- But here is one person who knows what she is talking:about
creased beyond the scope of many young farmers.:There ate- -and has the guts to say it. •
fewer; farmsin food production and those that are in produc- Right on, Ruth; baby.
tion must .learn enough from the sale of Jdodstuffs to pay Keep up the good work.
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NAL- TA',R,' 'BURSDAY, APRIL 1.; 1976—PAD
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"A Day ;With
recently • at .the Kirkton- •
Woodham Community
Centre, saw..abo.ut 309 - area,
farmers' 'turn tut to hear'
advice on farm taxes. plus, an
explanation of 'the -workings .
of:• the ' Ontario 'Bean
Producers Marketing -Board
Phil: Bowman, • ;of ]?rice
Waterhouse ' and 'Company
outlined ,tax problems in his
address entitled ':`How To Get
An Even Break From .The '
Taxman.''' -
The• second .portion of .the,
program, • ','Your Bean ;
Producer's Marketing Board-
Wlriy and How" was presented
by3phirHaz-littof Biner a:•
director of the Ontario Board.
ESI: Balaisis, ' ,general
manager of Cook's Division of
Gerbe Corporation,
welcomed those attending. '
He said that when Cook's
entered the bean industry five
years ago, the bean board
was already in existence.
"We had the -option of being
in or being out." he said.•"We
got in because we- thoughtit
was.a pretty good system: It
- made sense; there was some
• semblance ` of" organization :
compared to the .Michigan
system _..where, -everybody,
scrambles around and
'nobody • knows what's hap-
pening." .
Mr., Balaisis said .his firm
endorsed'the'present system,
adding`, that the endorsement,
didn t mean the firm. liked.
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r•c •pia . y,- : sN ` •ower ---x v.' ".7.-e•ve • ti'l'l $UaaHhrbo$r _
and no doubt the.board didn't
like every' thing' about the •
. dealers. • • •
• "We've' • had • our
disagreements with the''
• board; '-we don't like
• FOR SALE ---' Quantity of • 1000'BALES of'straw.: Phone everything they .do and they
'choice baled hay. Phone 529- . 529.7463.-14 • • don't like everything we do. '
7462 11tf �... ter. o said Mr. Balaisis
F •. - .He said hat•he-,felt it -would ..
6=`CUSTOM-11be a good. area to bring the
STORMONT seed oats for
sale.; Phone 524-2329 before - • facts out in the open and field "
;8:30 questions •i.
'We're having all kinds of..
factions. try to split us. up. .I
we're'going to be divided and
;split; we're. not going to do
very -well." said Mr: Balaisis.
'"If we can co-operate` despite
these differences, I think we
can-rriake-this an even:better•-
industry than it .has-been.and
it: is a good industry as it is."
• In his address; Mr.. Hazlitt""
• • presented a series' of, slides
outlining•th,e organization -and
operation of the Ontario Bean
Producer's Marketing Board.
Mr. • Hazlitt explained that
he' had been a farmer since.
1966 and is now -a Select Seed '
grower. He has been -on the .
Ontario Bears Producer's
Marketing Board, , for four
Years.-
Mr. Hazlitt said, that the
'Slide' presentation had ' been,
x lain the:
•.A -'FOR SALE •
A- FOR S�At'E.
hound's workings to bean
producers. Surveying the
producers present by a show
of hafids, Mr. Hazlitt learned
:that the hulk, of, the farmers
present had been producing
prior 1:o,1968 while only a -few
h'ad started since 1:973.1
Mr, Huzi'itt explained that
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the board was formed in 1967
after a producer vote in do-
operation With.the Farm
Products Marketing Board.
He said there were nine
directors on the board
representing the.rflajor bean
producing' .counties, meeting
in London at The office.
He said ,:thtiere--were 3,500
producer -s -in Ontario rowin-
P g g
White bean& and yellow -eye
beans. A turnover of
Rroducers at about ten per-
cent per year has _been ex-
periericed.
Mr. Hazlitt said beans are
grown mainly in six counties
around -Western Ontario but
were also grown as far north
as. Barrie and as far•. east as•
the Ottawa valley. •
Mr. Hazlitt said the dealers
provide receiving; handling,
storage . and' . processing
faciljties.
"As the average. and yields
have 'increased' se have the
dealers'$ac%hties'."• said Mr.
Hazlitt. .The overall growth
of the industry is a variable I
believe will- continue."
Mr. Hazlitt'said the .broker
does not playa large part in
the ••nnovement of beans) in
�n3'Cla. latlir w . v n
d portant person in "foreign
sales. The- broker, said Mr:
Hazlitt, provides. a service to
many buyers and ' in .many
European 'countries, .brokers
will do a.lot of -the buying for
iridividtral canners. " • •
'•Mr. Hazlitt said canners
and 'packagers of beans are
located in Ontari'0 and across'
C nada ;Three .6f -the Boa'rd's
dealers and .. other ' in-
depende.nt onera.tors,
package.:beans... . :....
An advisory board has been
set up to bring together all
segments of the industry to
discuss mutual problems. It
meets on. a regular basis. The
Farm: .Product's Marketing
Board is^the regulatory body
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always contacted.during the
winter months to.determine
the amount ,,,,f,: -beans which '
they require, Mr. _Hazlitt•
continued.- ..This dray the
beard determines the am.ount
vf•. beans available' for the
export'niiarket. •'
"M•ich'i n is - r ' r.
. ga . our, , mato
cempetitor,' ° said •. Mr.
/Hazlittt, "and we,have•.very.
`good repeire with • all
segrpents' of .the Michigan •
industry.
.Consumers are - also con-
sidered 'by the board' ..which .•
works with the Canadian
Consumers Association. The
board - has exhibits and
- displays •fox consurner .use
and ' has mach- assistance
from, the Ontario Food.
Councils •
Transportation is one
problem encountered by' the
board.. according to Mr.
Hazlitt.. Canadian ,, railways
are not competitive with the
American railways' -and
therefore beans 'can •be
delivered.cheaper to Western
Canada by U.S. suppliers
than, through Canadian
sources.
"The most important part
of this whole bean .business is
research., said Mr.. Hazlitt,
"Through active research,
Canada has, remained
competitive with all countries,
in•=t'-ie world 'but we .as, far-
, niers do not communicate
enough With the research
The • . bean industry,
Ilazlitt said, is Very; eon-
cerne.d w4tb bronzing; caused
by air pollution; 4s Ontario
be'c es more iridustriali ed .
r-' i' • •e
he- le . s More of
t ob m .
th . A r -
re' s a esult . the -heart .
board made eepreseritation to .
the ,Porter -Con-mission_ on:;
electric power, ,
Asked about . the •current
price'of ;beans, Mr: 'Hazlitt
said he wasn't sure as the •
price had been fluctuating up •' and down from day to day. He
did state that the' Onta'rie
price• would 'be the same as •
the world price. ' • .
;W.•..:were-Were_ .•.:
iiy t e beans. not
• stri-d•'berate-Christmas-.whe'n
bean prices were good? " one
_ prod"user asked. •
Mr. Hazlitt replied that" -the
price being high really didn't
mean much if there were no .
buyers willing to pay:'• that
price..
:Asked what • pric,e( seed
would be --this year, Mr. .
.Hazlitt said the price had not
yet been set. ' He said • the . •
board rt•ied to -relate the'pr'ice
of seed to the actual price of
horns and this .would not. be •
thine until late April or May.'
crue's'ti h regarding trade
mistiions. - to Europe's
prompted •Mt'': Hazlitt"..to. -
answer that.there would :not
bea. European, mission; this .
year. At,. present ' the board
manager, along with elevator
tit) cr<ition5 arc orr'a tri to"
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I�1ow �Zca,Tand.. .
Austral' i find Japari .and
sales have been node inl�ew'
Zealand and Aust.rali�i. Trade
iirissiuns by the board have
resulted in sales to: 19 coun-
.tries -as opposed. to one' •
foreign country prier to .the.
',Missions:
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to control marketing boards.
Mr. Hazlitt ,Said the board
constantly goes to the com .
mitteemen.,and directors fez-
information
or
information from .the dealers,
the.board uses .this to read the -
pulse of the industry and
mon-'tor crop conditions. `-
"This pooled information is
extremely important in
making advance sales and.
helps the board to. try to set a
reasonable price." said. Mr•..
Hazlitt'. "Of •:course supply
and 'derriand on . the world:-
market situation enter into
the price structure.''
stations." ,
H' z1 itt• 4a i.�= 'e b _.•
concern is" that research
funds .have not been . in-
creasing. ,A Field Bean
Committee 'has - been . set up
with members f.rom the
board, dealers, canners 'and,
research stations. It guides
the destination of research in
beans.
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