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GODE RICH SIGNAL -STAR; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 401!
nnam says inexpensive food
kes luxury living possible
Hannan', president of
ntario Federation of
lture, spoke Friday at
heon at the Canadian
nal Exhibition's
Iture Day in Toronto.
text (in part) of Mr.
m's address follows:
ow; you hear a lot of
fining about -the high
of food but, when you
the facts, the criticism
isn't justified. Because
Canada has one of the
standards of living in
Id. But no one seems .
hy!
of the main reasons is
ever before have
ans been able to buy
so cheaply.
1947, we spent 25 per -
our income,after
on food. By 1960, that
len to 22 percept and,
it's: only 18 percent and
ing rapidly in 1977. In
for example, it's 26
; in Britain, 30 per -
and in many of the
veloped countries;
m 50 to 80 percent of
comes spent on food.
hen you spend that
food, you have very
eft over for other
in Canada, where we
end 18 percent of our
on food, we have a lot
ft over for our second
a vacation, or a
television, or .to
provide more education for
our children and that's why
we have a higher standard of
living in Canada, Certainly
not in spite of the cost of food
blat primarily because of the
cost of food. Because food's so
inexpensive, Canadians can
afford to buy so many ether
things,
"It's rather remarkable
when you consider the chartge
in the food industry over the
last number of years,. Look at
the . variety of food now!
Think of the last time you
were in. a supermarket and
the row after row of highly
processed fotfas, frozen
dinners, pizzas, and the fresh
fruits and vegetables all year
round and then just think how
that compares to twenty-five
years ago when we were
spending_more of_.our_.income
on food. So Canadian farmers
are 4 providing a greater
variety at less cost.
"Also consider the rapid
growth of the fast food chains,
the hamburgers, the fried
chicken, the pizza. That's one
of the fastest growing in-
dustries in Canada and it's
followed closely by
restaurants. Canadians are
eating out more and ordering
' more of their food in and all of
that is also 'included in the
cost of food. And still the cost
is lower than it was 10 or 20
years ago.
"And that's not all --
Canadians are also eating
more expensive foods. We've
doubled our consumption of
beef and poultry since 1950.
Then an average worker
could buy a pound and a half
of sirloin with an hour's
work; now he doubles -that
and gets three pounds.
There's no question,
Canadians now eat better for
less than at any time in their
history.
STEAK, GAS AND WAGES
"I am sometimes asked
when we're going to see $1.00
a pound steaks again and my
usual answer is that we may
see that when we see gasoline
going down to 50 cents a
gallon or when we see wages
down to $1.00 an hour. You
see, people forget that food
prices are not a cause of
inflation, they're a result of in
inflation.
"Winston Churchill sum-
med up the whole thing quite
nicely. He was asked once
how his wife was and he
simply replied: "compared to
what?"
"Sure, the actual price of
food is higher today -- but
compared to what? Com-
pared to the cost of produc-
tion?No! Production costs
have risen faster than prices.
"Compared to food in other
ome on exhibit
50th annual Huron
plowing match and
machinery demon -
will be sponsored by
uron Plowmen's
tion at Allan Walper's
Stephen Township,
and Bend:
sties begin with the
coaching day on'
y, September 15 at
,as well as the Junior
t2:00p.m.
Montique, Jarvis,
t head judge for
ational Plowing
s in Ontario will he
the coaches. Expert
n, Roy Craig, Caledon
ill also offer very
coaching advice.
ueen of the Furrow
ition and all the nine
plowing classes and
trations will he held
main day, Saturday,
ber 17, beginning at
. Added features will
horse shoe pitching,
ing as well as ladies'
en's nail driving
ded attraction at this
match will be a
tration of the solar
system that Mr. and
ig barns......
age 12 1
lth of existing herds or
ng old barns for new
ther barns are par -
leaned every two or
ars or an "all -in, all -
stem is used to clean
rn numerous times
ar, all waste must he
d to be effective."
sen organic matter,
he barn with water
w it to soak for a day.
lean with a low -
high pressure (800 to
nds per square inch
to 6895 kilopascals),
ray.
the barn is clean,
disinfectant and allow
ry for several days
eintroducing pigs.
ry Crowley
gs"' Landon
Liffe
Mrs. Allan Wolper use to heat
their home.
The 50th anniversary of the
Huron P4-owrn-en's
Association will be celebrated
on the evening of October 20
with a banquet, awards night
and dance with Ian Wilbee
Orchestra supplying the
music. Tickets may be ob-
tained from directors of the
Association.
The 1977 International
Plowing Match and Farm
Machinery Demonstration
will be staged on the
Greenless Bros. and Sons
Limited, and neighbouring
farms in Frontenac County
near Kingston,
countries? No. Canadians
spend less of their income on
food than almost anywhere
else in the world.
"Compared to wages? No.
The average Worker can
purchase more food with an
hour's work than he ever
could before.
"Compared to the profit of
other industries? Not on your
life! I challenge• you to go
down into those stables in the
Coliseum today and talk to
the beef farmers who are
exhibiting those lovely fat
cattle this week. They're pot
making any return on their
investment and they've been
making very little for their
labour.
"So compared to other
things, the cost of food has
fallen -- not risen.
"Let's examine farmers'
profits a little more closely,
because we must remember
that without a profit we will
not have farmers. Farmers
are businessmen and like any
other businessman, they want
to make a decent living.
"Profits were low during
the late 1960's and, primarily
because of that, we lost farm
land at the rate of 26 acres an
hour, It was the OFA that
developed that 26 acres -an -
hour figure back in 1973. And
since then, it's been used and
abused and misused by more
people than any other figure I
can think of.
THE 22 - CENT CAPER
"Well, I would like to bring
to your attention another
figure - 22 cents -a -day. This
figure, 22 cents -a -day, is
going to,.be more important to
the history of agriculture in
this coytry than was the
famous 26 acres -an -hour.
."In the last 10 years, if
farmers had taken no profit
sand no return on their labour,
in other words, if farmers had
sold their produce for their
out-of-pocket expenses, then
each and every Canadian
would have saved only 22
cents a day.. That's less than
the price of a cup of coffee.
"From 1968 to 1972, when
we were losing 26 acres -an -
hour, the' figure was 14 cents
u day.- When you look at 1973
to 1975, the three hest years
that Canadian agriculture
has had since the Second
World War, it rose to s,lightly
above 30 cents -a -day.
"But that's history now.
Where are we in 1977? Well,
when you consider inflation,
we're right. back to where we
were in the late '60's. Farm
income was down over 20
percent in 1976 and with the
present market outlook, I
would say it will he down
another 25 percent in 1977,
And so that puts the 'cents -a -
day' figure for 1977 back to.22
cents -a -day. That's going to
mean more disruptions in the
agricultural industry, as
farmers facing bankruptcy
will thrash about trying to
produce any item which has
any chance of returning them
a profit. The pickings look
pretty slim right now.
UP, DOWN, ALL AROUND
"1 think that that figure of
22 cents -a -day should be
passed along to the, market
research department of the
C,N.E• i know they do a lot of
sophisticated forecasting
about how many people are
going to use the various rides
and they should be aware of it
when they do the forecasts for
the roller coasters. Because I
do not think they will get
many farmers on their roller
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coaster next year. You know •
why? It will remind them too
much of their incomes.
'But what •about
Future? Well, despite
problems we're in, I'm
tirtiistic. Food prices will
but compared to what?
"Energy is going up in
price; wages continue to go
up; the machinery, the fer-
tilizer, all of ,.the things that
farmers buy are increasing in
price at very rapid rates. And
you can't expect food to stay
at the same price in that kind
of economy. But it probably
will not rise faster than
everything else. Farmers
have nothing to be ashamed
of when it comes to the price
of food.
"If we have to apologize,
it's probably because the.
price has been too low and too
variable over the last 20
years. We farmers have
provided Canadians with 'one
of the highest quality and
most inexpensive supply of
food in the world and all we
have received is less than the
price of a cup of coffee, 22
cents -a -day from each
Canadian consumer."
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