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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1980-01-09, Page 2•••, . „•„A • •„„ • 7,"*,7,741: jt an* Adv,ance-Times, January 9, 1980 w•IX. •-••••,,•".7.1:1,11;,;:p. ,'" • ! , • to system is defer arketing board c By Alice Mb lOper cent oftheir current quota, Quotas, quota values and the "so everyone eventually gets supply management system their barns filled", the speaker were defended by Ken McKin- said. 'non, chairman of the Ontario A member .of the audience Milk Producers' Marketing asked Mr. Johnstone- if there Board and Jim Johnstone, chair- wasn't a danger that some day man of the Ontario Egg Pro- "we'll be down to one producer in ducers' Marketing Board at the Ontario". Mr. Johnstone replied January meeting of the Huron if consumer pressure gets to the CountyFederation of Agriculture Point where they say we must in Clinton last Thursday. ' have large corporate farms, then Mr. McKinnon told an audience government policy may dictate off over 100psiople that he believes this. However, the marketing quotas in the milk industry board chairman added, "I don't should be "as open and freely think 'producers will let this transferable aspossible".He happen." said quota values should bde- He told the audience right now termined by the marketplace. the average size of flocks in the The marketing heard. chair- egg business in the province is man said one concern raised 9,000 birds and he said the tradi- about milk quotas has been that tion of small, family farm opera - current prices make it -difficult tions in Canada seems to be con - for young people wanting to enter tinuing, -unlike the US -where the dairy industry. He told the audience the marketing board, in regarding quota transfers, is "required to use people the same way". He added, "If anybody is going to get into the milk industry today, you're talking several thousand dollars per cow." (this figure includes cost of the quota). He said the value of a quota system is that it brings stability and guarantees each produCer a share of the market. Insdefending .quota prices, Mr. McKinnon said his- board will be - looking at the, formiditior pricing quotas in the futere. He pointed out studies have shown that.. "high prices aren't necessarily bad" and added, "They don't cost - the consumer a cent". The. marketing board .chair- man -told the audience he doesn't see how it would be possible to do without quota values and said this issue leads to the question of how best to use capital within the . dairy industry. He told pro- ducers, "Today farming is just as tough as.any business down lathe . city" and that farmers must act • like it is. He warned producers must epreitared. AO, eperate • more on borrowed.capital hi. the future. • • •• ME*41.1:19X1C4421* -1010,Llie0 • • the audience,'Mr.-sac Killen said • his marketing. is -going to • 'be introducing ex- change system rm th • future which. will allow.a new reducer . in thellith7 industry t e same ch ce to share in. •' enable ' • quota. Under this system, the . quota will be sold for ,the highest dollar. • He amid. the hainrri nth: •new' exchange system will pre- vedt third party -involvement in quota transfers. • . ' 'response, to another, :ques tion, the chairinan Said it's wrong to speculate -the -quota will be bought Aip by wealthylirmeni. , Hesaid if -large corporations had . ;• • wanted to take over the milk in- ; -dustrys. they!ve already- bad' ample opportimity tedethat. The soaker said•quotedidel get -into *.1 the hinds Of large operators in the•pastend that today there -are' only 26 herds milking -over 150 cows in the province and only two herds milking over 200 cows and one of these is at the Agricul, ture Canada Research Station. Mr. McKinnon said the new quota exchange system will be introduced to producers at. a series of information meetings whith will be held across the pro- vince. He said the system will go into effect with as few controls as possible and will be reviewed at the end of six months. The milk board proposes to start the new quota transfer system in March. In response to another question on thie,possibility of quota values drastically increasing, Mr. McKinnon said he speculates the market Share quota value will actually go down after a few months of the new system. Jim Johnstone, chairman of ---the Ontario Egg Producers Marketing Board, told the au- dience the more farmers discuss quotas, the !'more problems we sen to run into". He said until tiii eyear,-. the egg marketing board always sold quota with a farm and didn't have any face-to- face quota buying system in effect. ' . Mr. Johnstone said in the past, people have been able to get into the egg industry by buying farms. He said now it would cost a producer $13-$14 per bird to get into egg- production and he praised the quota system l saying it*.,insurance, you can recover your investment over averted of 0 FACE-TO-FACE SALES The marketing board chair- man said now the board has decided to open the system up, "very slowly and very quietly". Producers will be allowed to buy L.',-.••v•rr• ,r,14.41* corporate farms are becoming more. common. Mr. Johnstone also discussed the board's quota leasing pro- gram with the audience. He said underethe leasing program one producer can rent another pro- ducer's quota „for two crops. He said this plan was imple- mented by the board so provin- cial producers would be using all their -nationally allotted quota. He said under this policy, pro- ducers with a chunk of quota they can't use can rent it to a producer who, has space in his barns and can make use of the quota. At the end of a one year lease, the ori- ginal egg producer can take back his quota or can sell it to the board. Mr. Johnstone said the Ontario Egg Producers Marketing Board wants to keep quota in the pro- vince utilized in the 900-94,,par cent range so other **Owes won't demand it. He saidtb* of the quota has been IOW by five to 15,000 bird egg pr news and the policy haswork very well. : Gordon Hill of Varna told the board chairmen he had, read In a too high in an industry the . report that wpnnhpeenonn.qusootadV:17 would introduce more eitto asked the speakers when th13,.., goingmrtomchicle board doesn't plan to In ue more quota at this tip* dyke there is enough quota for the market now. He said he thought the comment on new quota was cautioned with the commentth4 commodities. it wouldojeliptaniewssotarkas only i_ethaeoeilegg,19, •e,"' . • LIBERAL CANDIDATE—tugene Whelan congratulates Graeme Craig on his nomination as the Liberal candidate for Huron -Bruce in the upcoming federal, election. k\ • . • . . . .:.• ...a Craig-tr•.c):t . .. : . . ,.. ....,...„.., ,.. ::. ., .„.„...,..,.:•..., •, u •a. --in fot•Liberals....... ..' By Rhea.Hamilton Graeme Craig, a Walton area farmer, was acclahned to the Liberal nomination in Huron - Bruce at a meeting attended by about, 360 • peeple at Blyth last week He contest the Feb. 18 • federal election. Mr. Craig was enthusiastic about the election and claimed Tory promises, like the shifting of -the Canadian embassy m Isrel,,haVe affected residents of Huron. He said that because of the promised move Dominion Road Machinery in Goderich lost a large order and had to lay off Workers. Firemen respond to chimney fire Local firefighters responded to an alarm turned in when a chimney attached to a wood - burning stove caught fire Jan. 4. The fire, at the Wilfred McGregory property south of Gorrie on County Road 28, was quicldy extinguished and caused no damage. Fire Chief Dave Crothers is also issuing a reminder that a small investment in a smoke detector could mean the dif- ference between life and death. Seventy-five per cent of homes still are not protected, he said, urging: "Don't be a defector, get a detector!" With a fire, as with a person who has stopped breathing, the first few minutes are critical, he noted. If the fire is not detected within the first five minutes, and control measures taken, further efforts may be futile. Fire prevention week should be every week of the year, he said, adding that use of wood -burning devices requires extra care and a realization of the possible associated fire hazards. If a fire is detected get every- one out of the building—toxic gases and fumes are generated by many substances found in eebnildinge ,today when they are ',Jailed, and thekean be deadly ' Then phone the fire 'department and give clear, concise direc- tions, with name, street or concession and lot number, and • direction (north, south, east or west) from a given location, • This will beMr. Craig's second campaign. The 31 -year-old farmer and United Breeder's technician was defeated by long- time Progressive Conservative MP Bob McKinley last May. With Mr. McKinley not seeking the nomination thin time, Liberal party faithfuls are confident of an upset here. A lifelong resident of the riding, Mr. -_Craig, has farmed near Walton since graduating from' the Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology. He is a director of the Huron Cat- tlemen's Association, secretary - treasurer of the Huron Plowmen, past president of the county, Junior Farmers. and off the Brussels Agricultural Society. He has been a 4-11 club leader for the past 12 years. Mr.. Craig,. said high interest rates have eroded the confidence of people and pre -Christmas sales indicated a cutback in consumer spending. "Therefundable tax -credit the Conservative government was promising would only cover 20 s' per cent of the low income families," he claimed. Eugene Whalen, Mfor Essex - 'Windsor and former Liberal Agriculture. minister, was guest: speaker at the. meeting and he came down hard on the budget and the minority Conservative government, "We (Liberals) knew about minority governments," he said. "We had a minority government under Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau. And when you are a minority you take some of the other parties' views and consult with them." He said everyone would have been affected by the proposed budget, which he claimed meant slow growth and dquble digit inflation. In other business at the con- vention Treasurer Murray Elston reported on the campaign for contributions. He said more funding will be necessary to cover the greater volume of advertising made necessary by the winter campaign. • Town Council briefs is still studying the possibility of hiring a crossing guard to help children across Josephine Street on their way.to or from school, Following the Meeting last month council advertise, for someone to fill the position and one application was received. However Councillor Gordon Baxter recommended further study before a final- decision is made and the matter was referred to council's police cOmmittee. 0-0-0 Council passed a borrowing bylaw authorizing the town --to borrow a half million dollars -to meet expenses during the in- teryal between tax collection dates. Councillor John Bateson questioned why the amount 'was so high, saying he can remember a few years ago taxes were collected only twice a year in- stead of three times and still it wasn't necessary to borrow that much. He was told - $500,000 represents the maximum amount board will be monitoring the prices to which quota goes, but told Mr. Hill the organization mustwHe hisnnboard quota bounds. hopes "quota values weal get outof sight". He said the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency (CEMA) is n w looking at the export development markets and hopes to be able to sell Canadian, egg to the Middle East. following the question period, audience members debated a draft policy on marketing quotas which will be submitted to the Ontario Federation of Agricul- ture board of directors. Among the suggested objec- tives of having quota market values were: quota value should be minimized; quota should be used as an important tool to re- strict vertical integration and the tendency to dominance- of pro- duction by a few producect$07„in the current (1979) climate of opinion, marketing boards should continue to exclude quota market value from any calculations of cost of production used for pur- poses of price negotiation; quota administration should help the transfer of quota from those who have it to those who need it. In response to a question from the audience, both marketing board chairmen .agreed that quota market value should be ex- cluded from calculating the cost of production for purposes of price negotiation. Mr. Johnstone said he didn't , think the quota' market value should be allowed into the price negotiation formula, since the farmer should be able to recover the cost of quota when he leaves the industry. Mr. McKinnon said calculating the cost of quota in the price of goods wouldn't be a defensible position in terms of the public. He said interest rates, however, could be considered depending on how the formula is calculated. The draft policy on quotas will be discussed at the OFA board level and forwarded blithe Cana- dian of -Agri,. • which could be borrowed and the town isn't committed to borrowing the full amount, only as much as it needs. 0-0-0 The town has received three competing proposals for its municipal insurance policies, but councillors want to find someone who can explain the ins and oufs of insurance before deciding which to accept. Figui'es were not released, but one councillor noted there is quite--; a spread among the three quotes and he wants to make sure the town would be getting equivalent coverage with all three. 0-0-0 The sum of $172.50 was turned over to the Wingham Kinsmen Club for donation to the fight against cystic fibrosis. The money represents the amount collected from the town parking meters during the week Dec. 17- M. Council had earlier agreed to give this money to the Kinsmen for donation to That charity, Which is the national project of Kinsmen clubs. Up to 5 litres of 10W30 or 10W40 Super Oil 1 Motor Master Oil Filter By Appointment Pleaie keeteee '"' ee 'Nese:7e e; 40 tharlil readout. yaiue ,p0 $79-95 ; re,••••.: Wingham, Ontario - James F. Watt Holdings Limited i Josephine St. S. Box 10. NOG 2W0 Tel: (519) 357-3714 • 5•.• g o . 11'S•- Cfl no lon rive wi out insurance. ; et oir4 . The Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act came into effect on December lst, 1979. Now Ontario residents must have insurance to register any motor vehicle. Drivers can no longer pay $150 into the MotorVehicle Accident Claims Fund and register a vehicle wjthout insurance.The MVAC Fund did not provide insurance; it'corhp' en - sated the victim of an accident and made the driver responsible for ,payment of the claim. The deadline for car registration renewal is February 29,1980. TO register any motor vehicle you must have a minimum of $10Q,000 third party liability insurance. If you want more information. on the new CompulsoryAutomobile Insurance Act, pick up a pam- phlet at Vehicle Licensing Offices and Driver Examination Centres, or write to (call collect 1-416-963-1111): amarnaCE=. Consumer Information Centre Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations 555 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario M7A 2H6 f4.rS AS. Ontario Frac* Drea, Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations Wil m Davis; Premier t •