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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-04-22, Page 27Anyt .. action taken unilaterally lay . Canada to • increase tolls or user charges on: the -all -Canadian Welland Ship Cabal would • ge?erate iinm'ediate reactions' directly harmful to .Canadian: users of the Seaway. and the national, •ecanomY.; ;Jack D. MacDonald, chairman of the Great Lakes, Waterways 'DevelopMent Association recently told the Canada Grains Council', meeting in Winnipeg. Increased : toll structures have' been .proposed by. Seaway officials -that would' increase the present user charges for a fully loaded' vessel .through -the .systeni from the present ap- proximately $15,000to ap- proximately $22,500. Such increased.: costs ' of moving raW materials would even- tually lead to. higher prices to the consumer. • Mr. MacDonald stated that retaliatory tolls of up to $2.00 per too could be -assessed against Canadian cargoes; transitting the United States locks at Sault Ste. Marie, but possibly more damaging ,would . be the diversion of 54 traffic out of•the Seaway. `"Today.the j`I:S.• ships a ' Substantial cargoes, of, grain via the St. Lawrence Seaway to export positions on the lower S. Lawrence, much of. which, is carried in vessels of Canadian registry. ':It 'Also ships irfcreasi g export • grain. tonnage via the • . Seaway direct in ocean 'going vessels," he said: "On: the .average.10Ptnifiion 'get : tons •of such .grain has annually transitted the -present Seaway since 1959," Mr. McDonald estimated.. 'Our exports of Canadian iron ore from the lower . St: • Lawr iae, for U.S. steel _L. !plants_ th__e_.._Great_: Lakes have averaged well oyer 10 million. tons annually since 1959, and Canadian steel 5.. sumer plants . in Hamilton also use about three -and -a -half million. tons a year from the same. source",,Mr. • MacDonald. said. ' Canada s .export grain ',shippers and • major steel mills enjoy extremely competitiv,e shipping'rates as vessels carrying grain • from Lakehead terminals to deepwaterports on the ,'east. coast are able tobackhaul iron ore rnined from the north St; Lawrence region. In .this way lower rates are passible as vessels enga'ged in this trade -'can usually arrange cargoes for most orthe,9,000 miles involved. in --the round trip from. Thunder Bay to tidewater. Mr. MacDonald • cautioned that while. neither -U.S. export grain nor the bulk of Canadian . iron ore export shipments are captive to the international Seaway • and Welland Ship Canal route, the greatest part 'of Canada's export grain has no. viable alternative. Costs of shipping Canada'sgrain ;to deepwater ports for export must be absorbed by the growers: Illustrating the significance of the Seaway to Canada's development, Mr. MacDonald pointed out that in" the .years 1959-1975 the • inland waterway system handled 819.2 million net tons of cargo.' In the peak year of 1973 the 75:2 'million tons of handled 1uritrrg-the--280-day ' shipping Season exceeded by 25 .million tons : 'cargoes carried by CPR in its year; round operations, and by more 'than -nine million" tons the cargoes handled'by CNR. "I am` not quoting •these figures to : disparage • our railways,far froal it. 'Indeed • ever since .1883 the CPR;,and the Seaway:have been jointly engaged -in -making -rt pess-ible --- for Canadian grain to com- piete . in many export markets;'' the ' chairman explained. . ' Users ..of 'the Seaway, comprising grain shippers, Canada's. • 'malar steel producers,and secondary industries,•. together•• with consumergroups are con-' corned' about • the discriminatory . approach towards capital expenditures sfiow'n by - the federal go�vernment against the Seaway as compared' with other transportation systems. "We particularly object to the constant, assertion that the Seaway has.been a:failure because it is overhung with analleged debt of $800 million,' Mr. MacDonald stated. He continued by pointing out that the $312 million needed for building Canada's section of the Seaway was paid • out of general revenues yet since then one arm of the gover- nment has been charging. another, arm of ` the same. government interest on the `cost pf the labor, materials' and .services used ` in the construction.. "In the period 1959 t� 1974 the Canadian section of -the Seaway , had an operating profit of $137.6 million, while Canadian, .railways received from the "Canadian :govern. - ,'•r „;i,„ AAA ARBOR DAY 1S APRIL 29th.... ‘' :1-72v then. before ieSiV N,. visit LANDSCAPING• .' .IyY NURSERY and GARDEN CENTRE for. all your ��.�, . SHRUBS and SHADE. and •,t.MS` ORNAMENTAL - TREES r' et vivers '- spreaders and uprights Columnar Yews - sjsreaders and uprights PpraMidal Cedars • 644146 ian's Gold and Globe l; Weeping Vll,ilfow Flowering Cherry; Magnolia Russian Olive•. Tulip Horse Chestnut ` Weeping Caragana Umbrella Catalpa Paul's Scarlet Hawthorn Laburnum Vossi (golden chain tree), Red, Pink and White Flowering Crab Trees Crimson King Maple Globe Norway Maple Silver Maple , Japanese Red Maple White Birch ' Cut Leaf Little Leaf Linden Idaho Locust Mountain Ash Flowering" Ash Fertilizers and insecticides Iifidoor plants and gardening tools "`POUR ONE. STOP LAWN & GARDEN. CENTRES" .Now 2 Locations• .. r NURSERY' - T' LANDSCAPINGGARDEN CENTRE Kennett '524.9126 SKYWAY MARKET _NU ERY 21 .NORTH • , 5244111 • • Meet in the same period's operating' assistance of $14 billion and capital assistance of $1,2• billion;" Mr. MacDonald noted, "The Seaway is; and :has always . been df far 'greater importance to Canada than to ;the United States,: if only for the reason that We have just one waterway giving access to' the Great Lakes, while the, • U.S. has the Mississippi and tributary• systems of inland waterways for that purpose," said the chairman. •• 'Mr. MacDonald concluded by urg'ing ,all interested parties to continue .their .. protests to members.'of parliamett to- prevent damage to Canada's .export trade and the whole Canadian economy. Mr.. MacDonald is a prominent Winnipeg businessman and was elected chairman of the Great Lakes Waterways: Development Association in January of this year. His, career has been ° devoted to the grain industry of Western Canada. The Association ..is seeking, to further the development of Canada through maintaining low cost water transportation for the . movement of bulk. cargoes. Gord McManus -(right), presented a handsome grand-' father,el•ock to Reverend G.L. Royal last Wednesday on behalf of the congregation of Knox Presbyterian Church. Rev.:Royal celebrated his 25th anniversary of ordination and has, served in Goderich since 1960. (photo by Ken Cuft). • Bile Smiley— (continuedfrom page 5) to pay?" • Getting. a little browned off, I ticked the item marked "by • cheque." That's how I've paid for years. • "Oh, we don't accept cheques!" "Well, what the hell's it -on the registration card for?" "Oh, we have a new policy. Th - t` 11 be case. Inadyance." By now, steam. was • coming out my ears. Here I was, an old customer. Obviously nota. dead -beat, The hotel was. about one-third full. If I'd'. been alone, I'd have told them what to 'do with the entire operation, sideways. But my wife was sitting there on the luggage. I paid, muttering. Pius $2 key deposit, another item in the new policy. --.Went/ to our room, ordered. some ice. I went out for a' paper. My wife signed for the ice, standard procedure. A few moments after I got back, • a flustered waiter was at the door, waving `a -bill. I was an "Advance" and had to pay cash, The sum.wasi1. He was embarrassed, I was furious. Things weren't good. The room was rather shabby, Breakfast arrived, borne by a surly waiter., half an hour late. The handle on the coffee potwas broken, the wheat. cakes were cold. Nothing improved. To top the whole performance, they tried to over -charge Me when I checked out: It was only $135, but by this time I'd ` have taken it to the Supreme Court. 1 hollered, and I got my pittance. It's <no wonder city hotels. are less than half filled. I know what you're saying. "Smiley had his dignity hurt, because he. wastreated like a transient..' Not at all. - My dignity, what's left of it, can't be hurt by such trivia. There's nothing wrong with cash on the barrel -head. But there is. something wrong When customers are treated - with insolence, indifference • and ba'd manners. •And ripped off. into the bargain unless they fight like tigers. C ()DERICI-I SIGNAL -STAR, 1-TASpA" , AIBP'' -Here's just a few of the many bargains t � ii>mF bc r BABY POWDER (14 oz.) 347 g a -u w', laagmasairm 87 Hot Lemon rap cows DISINFECTANT, YApOHI$A7EUA SPRAY DISINFECTi� _SPRA14 oz.. Y ui+nrwtt c0000l� _ n.. tkfl10N A11E 1 Asparaqus:.:t.►me. Ontario asparagus appears Soddenly • on. the scene and seems to disappear just as ,rapidly; so you, should ° be. prepared well in advance • to get your share, if fresh asparagus • is one of your favorite vegetables. 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