HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1945-06-07, Page 7THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1945
THE S17AFORTH NEWS
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The Canadian p opFe have
made a magnificent contribution to
the common victory in Europe.
The Liberal ad ,eainistr tion
can say with honesty and justice
This is the Government which
has directed Canada's war ef-
fort at hone and abroad.
This is the Government which
during the war worked out a
program of full employment
and social reform.
These things are now a matter
of record and of common
knowledge.
On the basis of its record
the choice of Prime Minister King's
party to form the next Government
of Canada is a matter of just plain
Let the Liberal Government
finish its work
VOTE LIBERAL
PUBLISHED BY THE NATIONAL LIBERAL COMMITTEE
Federation President
Addresses Farmers
President Ken Betzher Tells
What The Federation Has
Done For Farming
(Continued)
A meeting in London England
where an International Farmers Or-
ganieation, which they will attempt
to set up with. representation from
all countries who have a national
organization. Now you can . readily
see what you can expect in any.
country, who has not an organiza-
To make that clearer I would say.
this, would any of you endeavour to
represent Canada at an Internation-
al Organization in London, if you
did not represent an organization of.
the Dominion.
France is busy organizing at the
present time a Federation of Agri-
culture in the hope of being able to
be represented in London in October
of this year. If it is successful in
setting up an International. Organ-
ization, we, as the second largest
food producing county in the world
certainly have much to gain, 70 %
of the people of the world are far-
mers or working in allied industries
to Agriculture. If Agriculture re-
ceives its fair share of . National
and International Income, certainly
we are entitled to our share of
National revenue..
Now a few of the achievements
of the Federation and of the work-
ings of the Federation, Much has
been done in the -past few years
through contact with Proviacial'and
Federal Governments on your be-
half, endeavouring to get a fair in-
come for agriculture. I will mention
only a few of them:
In Ottawa in 1941, at which time
it was felt that something must be
done in Eastern Ontario to be able
to produce the amount of bacon,
you know there was:: a threatening
strike in the Packers. We received
word from Ottawa in the afternoon,
at 3 p.m. that the packing plants of
the Dominion would, be closed down
due to strike. We called in that
very afternoon representatives of
the Packers concerned and of the
Dominion of Canada; and we dis-
tinctly told them that we as organ-
ized Agriculture would not stand by
and have the farmers cattle deterio-
rate on the yards and the farmer
take the loss due to a squabble be-
tween the Government and labour.
That same evening we met Rrepre-
sentative of organized labour of the
Packing house Workers Union and
had President of the C.I.O.. in our
office, and told them distinctly that
we wouldnotstand by and have
agriculture jeopardized due ' to a
threatening strike, Within 48 hours
the strike was settled. Our interven-
tion stopped the strike. A meeting'
was called at the Royal York to
which our Packers were invited and
the Federation was openly thanked
for its policy to endeavour to divert
the strike.
On the War Assets Board there
are only 12 official offices in that
Large building, one of which is our
Representative who is the first Vice -
President of the Federation. Now I
urge you to get in contact with
your Provincial Federation, your
County Federation and make known
your demands. T think it is safe to
say that the Canadian Federation is
being recognized, and I think the
reason they have recognition is that
they endeavoured to present a fair
picture. At no time has the Federa-
tion asked for more than a fair
price. No other organization repre-
senting other groups in this country
claim that privilege of being official-
, ly recognized. That is due to the
fact that we have endeavoured to
present farmers problems in a fair
and able planner. As .you know we
meet the Federal Government an-
nually making our presentations,
There again let me draw to your
attention some three years ago in
Ottawa at the Canadian Federation
for the first time the Canadian Fed-
eration of Agriculture presented a
request for specific or commodity
which is produced in Western Cana-
' da and which is used to a great ex -
'tent in Eastern Canada and that is
wheat. We met the Cabinet and
y, made a presentation. We did not
get $1.00 but we received 90e per
ibushel. Now what I am getting'; -at -
is this. Only by. unified action na-
tionally, can we hope to retain our
request. Only through organization
can we retain our hopes for the
future. Now the price ceiling policy,
as all of you know in the Fall of
'41 came into effect. The Canadian
Federation was informed of this
policy some two weeks prior to its
inception.
Agriculture Income was approxi-
mately 18% below that of the
National Income. In other words.
your $1.00 bought only 82c. We en-
deavoured to have Agriculture In-
_ come raised' 18% then have a price
ceiling policy put on, but we were
not powerful enough, we did not
have the support of the farmers of
Canada as we have today. Now
some people will tell you that Agri-
culture has endeavoured through its
organization to take advantage of
this war period to bettor its position
at the expense of the • war 'effort.
That is not borne oat by facts. We
have received since the beginning of
the Ndar $420,000,000 in subsidies
for Agriculture products. If Agri-
culture had received its share we
would have received annually $400,-
000,000 a year in subsidies. we re-
ceived $420,000,000 in five years.
Agriculture Income has risen to the
end of 1944 13% over that of the
period which has been accepted as.
a basic period from 26-29. Now I
think.I have spoken quite a while on.
this subject and: I know many of
you will have some questions. We
cannot hope to subsidize low quali-
ty farm products, -and hope to sell
it Where are you going to get the
market for it, You will -certainly
not' get it from our import count-
ries. In discussing bacon with out
British friends, I think they are
very well pleased with all our com-
modities of export, but we feel
from the discussion and I definitely
know that we must raise the quality
of our bacon. That is one example
of what I mean that the floor price
polioy must be passed 011 a quality
production basis. In other words
your government will be paying for
it and will have no outlet for it, and
only through commodity organiza-
tion will we have the power to see
that farm. products are marketed,
and that high quality products sell.
That has been proven in all organ-
ization commodity groups. That you
must produce quality to hold the
market.
We have just come through, a very
strenuous war and I atn brought
to think of the second clause of the
Atlantic Charter, "In which these
cheese, and dairy products to main.
tain our quota ofdairy products to
Great Britain. That following day
there was announced the free freight
policy of grain to Eastern Canada
That meant to the farmers of
Ontario in three years over $18,000-
000 of subsidies on free freight
grain. In other words you know how
many tons of grain you bought
from Eastern Canada, and definite-
ly a result of organzied Agriculture
interceding on your behalf en-
deavouring to bring the grain down
to your price where you could feed
this grain at a reasonable profit;
The Federation has also been en-
deavouring to do a Public Relations
job which as in the past has not
been done by Agriculture. Too often
we have over the back fence and
even publicly sat down and dammed
the man who has been the. Professor
or the Factory man. Let me give
you an example of what happened
last fail in November when most of
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Letters From The Forces
Dear Sit': I -wish to thank you
very kindly for your gift of cigar-
ettes which reached me last week.
Please inform the members of the
local branch of the Legion that I
have received their generous remem-
brance: We are very much informed
with the work of the Legion and I
thinlc you will find that most of the
boys will become members, It is
my earnest desire and am already
working to that end, that every mem-
ber of the services become an active
member of the Legion. It will be
some time before we are home
again as training on this station will
continue till late in the Autumn,
However,' I hope I will have sone
priority to get in home sooner, As
yet we have heard nothing. We
don't even know who the candidates
in the elections are as yet, or how,
where or when we vote. Bill Lane
and Joe McIver are on this station
also. CHAS. J. MALONE.
Dear Friends: Just a lettle letter
of appreciation and thanks for your
welcome parcel of cigarettes which
7 received today, thanks a lot for
then, there's always a welcome for
the smokes from. home, The days
are very momentous now as the
allied armies go racing through the
continent of Enrope anti carve the
Nazi lead up so much as they please
maybe by the time this is delivered
to you there will have been peace
declared in this theatre of war and
the boys won't be long after that in
starting the treck home to take an
is active part in the Legion as they
did in the forces to help win the
peace and say in person thanks a
a lot to you all of the Legion for the
services yon have rendered unto
them while away from home, they
have done a grand job over here and
it's Within them to do just as great
a job at home for their people. It's
pretty quiet where I am, guess we
are just waiting to cheer with them
when the good news conies though,
so `thanks a lot to you all. JOHN
WOODS.
Dear Friends: Just a few lines it
thanks and appreciation for thecig-
arettes I received from you today
and believe me they sure .came at
the right time as 1 was buying Eng-
lish cigarettes anti I certainly don't
like them. so I ant certainly glad to
get yours. This leaves us all fine
here and the weather has been
good and with the way the war is
going now it makes ars all feel much
better, so maybe it wont be so long
now until we are all on our way
home, at least I hope: About three
weeks ago I bad my two brothers
over on leave here which they spent
with niy wife and!, and we certainly
had i ,treat reunion. it was good to
see them again, so here's hoping our
next reunion will be down in the
old Diek House. Well, I am short of
news this time, so hoping this finds
you all well and happy, so chorrio
for now and chins up and thanks a
million, C. COOMBS,
Dear Legion Members: I wish to
thank you all for another lot of
three hundred cigarettes I received
a few days ago. They are really ap-
preciated which I am sure you all
know, acid we are all fortunate to
have Canadian cigarettes over here.
Hitler's gae seems to be nearly
finished, so it may not be long be-
fore we are back in Seaforth.
Thanking you again, PEARSON
CHESNEY.
Dear Sir: Received your most.
welcomed gift of cigarettes which
were appreciated very much. It sure
feels great when you get a gift like
that from the people at home, it
makes you feel that they have not
forgotten about you. Thanking you
again very much. JACK MOORS.
Dear Sirs: Just a few lines to
thank you for the carton of smokes
I received this past week. It gives
us all great pleasure to think that
you fellows think of us so often,
Now that the European show is over
;it may not be very long until we
shall all 'be back to thank you per-
sonally for your untiring efforts. We
had a real celebration over here on
V -Day but now that it is a thing of
the past thereis very little excite-
ment and the boys are getting an-
xious to move again. So thanking
you all once again, I remain, JACK
FORTUNE.
Dear Members: 1 am happy to be
able to write and: tell you that once
more 'your cigarettes reached me,
It's sure thoughtful of ,you to ' re-
member us like this, and cigarettes
are so welcome, We are moving on-
ward steadily and of course only
two months ago I made the trip here
forme Italy os 'Join the army and
see the world" is true, isn't it?
BILL BARBER.
May 8, 1945. The cigarettes ar-
rived the other day, many thanks.
WALLACE SHANNON.
Hello Ross: Once more convey my
sincere thanks to ails -the "boys" of
#156. I hope before very long now
I may drop in and say "thanks" in
person to those who have been so
good in mailing us the cigs, Well
the show is all over in this theatre
now and our one thought is how
soon we will be home. It has been
a long time and now that the job is
finishedhere, we can holly wait to
find out when we sail, All indica-
tions are that it will take some time
before we can move westward but.
we are hoping for a "short stay",
Once again thanks for the nice
parcel. IAN 'MeTAVISH,
Dear Mother ;Dad and Ross: Well
here I am again with a few lines to
let you know I'm still fine. Hope
you are all the same over there. I
had 2 letters from you last week,
one was written on the 7th May.
They come much faster than when I
was in Italy. Yes, the war is over
here in Europe. Now we are getting
ready for a big Victory, parade in
Berlin, there are some from every
unit in the Cdn. army going to be in
it, and We are picked out as repre-
sentative; of the est Cdn. armoured
Brigade and the Royal Cdn. Service
Corps as well. They have given us
all new ten ton tracks for the day in
June. We expect to be going near
Berlin in a few days. There's a
dance here about every other night,
its quite a change from Italy. I have
been doing a lot of moving lately.
After leaving Italy I had a holiday
in $eotland and England, then to
Belgium, Germany, and now in Hol-
land. The month we were in Bel-
gium we sure had a good time. We
were in a town .and as far as people
were concerned everything was
ours. The night before we left there
were dances put on for us. The
morning we left it was like a fair,
they were all out to see us off, but
the people here in Holland aren't
near so friendly. Well I guess I'll
sign off for now. IVAN HOGGART.
May 12, 1945. I received a carton
of Sweet Cap. cigarettes from you
yesterday. These few words of
thanks are quite inadequate to con-
vey to you the full extent of our
appreciation of what you have done
for us boys over here. You certain-
ly stuck it out right to the end with
us all, just as solid as you started.
Now that it is all over, thank God,
we boys of the Air Force, finch
ourselves very Math out of work. I
roust admit the lads in the Army
were keeping us pretty busy during
those last few crucial weeks though.
Nov we're having a holiday, and
fast becoming disgustingly healthy,
We spend our day, swimming, play-
ing softball, or trying to escape
from the insufferable heat wave
that is sweeping this flat little
country of Holland. May I extend to
you my sincere thanks for the cigar-
ettes and all the other comforts that
your organization has furnished for
the lads ever here. C. J. ECKERT.
Dear Mr. Sproat: 1 guess it is
time that I sat down and wrote you
a few lines. T hope that you all are
fine over there as I' am the same
way here. As I received your cig-
arettes
igarettes the other day, I must take
this opportunity to say, Thank You,
for your kindness as I sure appreci-
ate it very touch. JSow did every-
one take V.E. Day, over in Canada?
I hear that some places went wild.
It is a good job that it is finished
but there will still be a lot to do
yet to get some of these countries
back on their feet again. I aril sta-
tioned in the town of Leer, in
North-West Germany. at the present
time, but hope to be back there
sometime in the near future, Give
ny regards to every member of the
Legion. ALEX IRVINE,
Dear Ross: Please say "thank
you" from me to the members of the
Cdn. Legion, Seaforth Br., for 300
smokes which 1 gratefully received
the other day. I have completed
my •questionaire stating my future
preference which, incidentally, was
Canada, so will be seeing ,you as
soon as the Cdn. Govt. permits, Un-
til shell all the best to you all.
CLARE ARMSTRONG.
Engagement
Dr W. •Morley Wilkinson and
Mrs, Wilkinson, Oakville. announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Marian Eleanor Wilkinson, Reg. N.,
to Fit • Lt. Conrad R. Crawford, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Crawford,
196 Brunswick St., the wedding to
take place June 16 in Oakville;