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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-07-02, Page 2PAGE TWO THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1764 1644, ousedieaning At Ottawa Could Foil Loan Sharks Last week's edition of the Clinton News -Record carried a front-page story un- der the heading: "Huron Farmers Milked by Finance Firms". The sub -heading read: 'Some 'Victims' Paying Up to 25 ". The story was based on a report to Huron County Council and the discussions it provoked. None of the representatives at council raised his voice in support or favor of the finance companies. t, e u n t y agricultural representative Doug 'Hiles told council $75,000 worth of farm equipment had been bought in the Clinton area within recent days. He said the money has been borrowed from finance companies at 22'r interest. That rate makes a $6.000 tractor cost $9.500 by the time the last installment has been paid. In other words, the farmer is paying $3.500 for the use of that money over a short period of time, Three thousand, five hundred dollars just for the use of the money: : Enough cash to buy a new car, remodel the farm house, pay a large chunk of son's or daughter's college education costs, or take a three-month vacation to Mexico or a month-long tour of Europe. The kind of money needed by farmers to buy new equipment is readily available either from the government or the banks. No bank manager is going to turn down a loan application from a man who needs new equipment to get the most out of his farm. It is a mystery -to this writer at least -why people go to the usurers for such high-priced money. It is perhaps under- standable if their credit is shaky and they want to buy something frivolous or some- thing which is not within their reach to ever cwn by saving. It is easy to borrow money from a finance company. All their advertisements tell you this. Ancl you can buy something with no money down and the rest in easy installments, BUT watch what happens when you are unable to make that first payment -or the last payment. That smiling gentleman from the finance company is on the tele- phone in one big fast hurry, and if he can't squeeze the money out of you, there are other methods which the government allows. Such as repossession . . , but need we say more? We are living in a "buy now -pay later" era. Our governments do this, busi- nesses do this, and chances are the Jones next door who took that winter vacation in Nassau did it that way and are still paying for it. But the farmer who needs costly equipment with which to sow, cultivate or harvest his crops should not be paying usurous interest rates. His equipment is needed for a business -and a very impor- tant business, vital to the economy of our nation. Government loans are available to the farmers at low interest rates. One reason given for farmers signing away their very life at finance companies is that processing of government loan ap- plications takes a long time, When a men needs a new tractor, he needs it immediately. Loans should be available sooner to the farmer. It seems in this case, only a bit of cleaner housekeeping in Ottawa is needed to keep the farmers -the backbone of our nation -from the chrome and glass offices of the loan sharks who are getting filthy rich at the expense of the working class. - (Clinton News -Record). Bottoms Up i The contentious question of liquor ad- vertising that crops up quite frequently gets a good deal of play in the newspapers. Regardless of attitudes for or against such advertising, the television spiels pre- sented as commercials are insulting to the intelligence of the viewer. In an effort to make such advertising interesting to the viewer and still get across the message of buying this or that brand of beer. the public is presented with a ridiculous picture of customers drinking with their backs turned to the camera or waiters in the same position obviously un- capping a bottle of the product. This must come under the heading of camouflage, but who is taken in by it? In an effort to meet regulations, the producers of these commercials are reduced to this type of subterfuge, They may please the powers that be, but do they please the viewers? By concealment are we supposed to be- lieve it isn't there? In essence we are being treated like children, An adult atti- tude toward the question of consumption of alcoholic beverages is to be desired for everyone. This type of advertising can hardly be classed as adult. If we are to have commercials for beer and Iiquor, could they not at least be an honest presentation. We fail to see where the showing of the actual product could be any more offensive to those opposed to such advertising, and certainly such a pres- entation would be more palatable to those who find no objection. - (New Hamburg Indepen dent). It isn't the Town - it's You When everything seems to be going wrong, And trouble seems everywhere brewing When local meetings, council meetings and all Seem simmering, slowly stewing, Just take a look at yourself and say What's the use of being blue? Are you doing your bit to make things hit, it isn't the town, it's you. It's really strange sometimes, don't you know, That things go as well as they do, When we think of the little, the very small mite We add to the work of the few. We sit around and complain of what's done And do very little but fuss, Are we doing our share of the burdens to bear, it isn't the town, it's you. So if you want to have the kind of a town Like the kind of a town you'd Iike, Put off your guile, and put on your best smile, And hike, my friend, just hike, To the work in hand that has to be done, The work of convincing a few, That it isn't the town that's wrong, my friend, it isn't the town, it's you. ZURICH Citizens NEWS HERB TURKHEIM -- Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY .MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for the payment of postage in cash. Member: CANADIAN WEE1 LY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies '1 cents and I11111111111111111111111111111111111)11111111111111111111111111111M1111111111I1111191111jU01111 t linM'Bh JIB!' "You're a lazy bum, Bill Smiley." That's a recurrent thence around our place the minute the long, hot days of July begin. And it isn't me talk- ing to myself, I might add. The Bible tells us that a prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. These days, a philosopher is not with- out honor, save in his own back yard, when summer comes. And he'd look pretty silly sitting out there meditating in January. I KNOW the hedge needs trimming and the lawn needs mowing and the flower beds need weeding and the back porch needs painting and the kids need a clip on the ear. I don't have to be told over and over again, like a retarded child, But there are a lot of other things that need doing a whole lot more. So I wish my wife would lust shut up about'these petty, menial chores and let me get on with something worth- while. There's bird -watching to be done. Who is going to enjoy the three robins and the flicker under the sprinkler, just like three dowagers and a gigolo, if I'm not there? i�'.T i 's.,z" Who's going to shout back in- sults to the starlings, warn the sparrows that the cat is stalk- ing, •and scare off the gulls as they swoop closer and closer to the barbecue, if I'm not on hand? There's ruminating to be done.' Somewhere on this crazy continent there has to be one man sitting quietly, thinking seriously -if you'll bare with SUGAR and. r S ICB By BM Smiley me- about the psychological and moral effects of the topless swim suit. There's planning to be done. How can a chap plan a golf game and a fishing jaunt and a camping trip and a summer course and a column and a speech and how to avoid doing any of them, if he's muddling about with a paint brush or a pair of shears? There's a lot of figuring to be done. Who else around here is going to figure out how to get the mortgage extended, meet the note at the bank, and stay out of debtors' prison, when our outgo exceeds our in- come by an indecent row of digits? There's cold beer to be drunk. Any simpleton can jam up the fridge with it, and leave it there, taking up valuable space. It takes a touch of the artist to keep it moving at just the right speed so that you're never stuck if you feel like a cold one, but are just fresh out when a gang of thirsty visitors arrives. There are books to be read, clouds to be counted, squirrel - fights to referee. Who's going to listen to the trees making love, the acorns dropping, the bees droning if I'm sweating around behind the roar of the lawn mower? So. Next time you drive past our place, and see a recumbent figure on •a lawn chair. inert. and your wife says, "That Bill Smiley is a lazy bum, isn't he?" don't agree like the coward you are. Just retort, "Nuts. He's a philosopher without honor in his own back yard." but after all I just can't ignore them. I used to have long blonde hair and got it cut because the girls thought that was the rea- son. Then it was my figure, I think it's disgusting when I can't walk down the hall with- out girls saying things about my figure. I try to eat more and get fat and fabby but it's no use. You're my last hope; please help me. GIRL TROUBLE DEAR GIRL TROUBLE - Once I knew a beautiful girl who was the idol of both girls and boys. How did she do it? By being sincerely friendly. She was never known to say any- thing unkind or even slightly critical about anyone of either sex. Wouldn't that be a better way than by trying to disfigure yourself, as it were? DEAR DORIS - My flnauee has invited me to go with him to the World's Fair. We would stay at his married sister's place, which is just one day's drive. This means there would be no "night stops" on the way, Before I commit myself, I want to know whether it is proper for me to go. I am 21, he is 25, His sister and her husband are over 30. MISS PRIM DEAR MISS PRIM -- Quite proper. Go with my blessing. 0 TB Clink T13 clinic will be held at the Hensall Arena, July 2, 3, 7 and 8, sponsored by the Hen- sall Kinsmen, who will be assis- ted by the Hensall Kinettes, Bob Caldwell is service com- mittee chairman. Bigger, Better Bean Harvests Begin Here You get more beans , , , better beans ... cleaner beans when you use the Innes Bean Wlndrower, it's Just as important as your combine and puller knives, Gentle handling eliminates crack- ing and shelling, Windrows are formed with beans up away from soil for faster drying, cleaner combining. Individually replaceable RUbbcrSef Fingers work better, last longer. No other machine protects edible beans and your combine likes Innes) No other machine makes combining beans so easyl 'four choice of models to form windrow from 2, 4, 6 or .8 rows In 20" to 34" plantings. Write for literature to select right model for your conditions. 3 SERIES Cuts Tillage Costs ... Increases Yields ... Takes Least Power Innes chops and shreds better and takes less power, tool .. - because it's designed better, because It's made better! Hardened hammers are Individually replaceable in balanced pairs. Innes starts in balance and it stays In balance, so there's no vibration. You get better tilth, better yields with less labor because Innes works better. You save more, too, because Innes takes least power! Innes ... your better buy, because It's precision made! SEE YOUR DEALER OR WRITE FOR LITERATURE Costs Less to Own .. . $Pats More Groin in the Bin You'll save big dollars when you buy the Innes 15 1-0 Floating Pick -Up ... yet you'll get features not found on others costing hundreds more. Exclusive design never wraps, can't plug . , . gently lifts the wind• row to put more grain In the hopper. New individually replaceable RubberSef Fingers on Extra MI -D -E's work better, last longer. 4 Regular Models to 84", 4 EXTRA W -1.D -E's from 8' to 14'. C1NO1P'P.4CR G'. OI.tributed by H. L. TURNER (Ont.) LTD, Blenheim, Ontario �;:<::t.i.'r°:a�4:s,ff..+.�;`i�i.`nb�t.'Gw.i;'SS<r`i+`s Canadian social worker Doris Clark invites you to write her about your problem. She answers letters of general interestin this column but can't undertake personal replies. DEAR DORIS_- Could y o u give me the names of some places fox unmarried girls that are to become mothers? My girl will be 16 in July and the doctor says she should be able to finish her Grade 10 before she starts to show too much. Also, do you know what can be expected of the boy to help? He will be 18 this summer and thinks it would ruin both their lives to get married. ANXIOUS MOTHER DEAR MOTHER -The child care agency for your area will have a list of places, as well as good counsel for you and your girl. Shotgun marriages are no longer the rule, thank heaven. But the man in the case is ex- pected to help with hospital ex- penses and support the child. If and when the baby is adopt- ed, this obligation is over. (Write in for my artcie `Unwed Mothers and Their Babies", en- closing ten cents and a self-ad- dressed, stamped envelope.) DEAR DORIS_-- I am a 15 - year -old honor student, and used to be popular with all the girls. 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