HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe 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. -
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operating' assistance of $14
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of $1,2• billion;" Mr.
MacDonald noted,
"The Seaway is; and :has
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been df far 'greater
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the reason that We have just
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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—
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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.
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