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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-06-18, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1970 Farmers lack power to sway government policy The federal government just doesn't care about farmers. As evidence, one only needs to look at the decision to "unpeg" the Canadian dollar, thus allowing its value to rise. This makes imports cheaper for consumers to buy and exports harder to sell. One group which obviously suffers in such a situation is the farmers. But Canada's farmers are already suffer- ing because of federal agricultural policies, or lack of them in some cases. For wheat producers, this may well be the additional burden that finishes them off. But the federal government did decide to come to the aid of the textile industry and put a stiff tariff on certain imports from low-wage countries. The reason was given that jobs in Canada's textile industry needed to be saved, but one cannot help wondering whether the main, or even sole, reason was to protect the operators of the textile business. After all, they almost certainly make donations to the campaign funds of the major parties, although no one knows for sure because no one has to disclose this infor- mation. (New hamburg Independent) Those who won't yield should have to forfeit It is unfortunate that the first instinct of a lot of people when they see emergency vehicles with flashing red lights or hear sirens is to follow them to the fire or acci- dent,'as the case may be, to take in the sights. Too few people have the good sense (and respect for the law) to pull over to the side to allow the emergency vehicle the full use of the road. It is not unusual to see one motorist pull over to the side only to have the cars oehind him drive out around and obstruct the path of the emergency vehicle even more. The problem is compounded when, for reasons of decreasing the tension on an injured passenger, ambu- lances decide not to use their sirens and only turn on the flashing red lights. A few stiff fines and drivers' licence suspensions would help to correct this situation. (New Hamburg Independent) Being Fair With Your Community Down through the years much has been said con- cerning the duties of the ordinary citizens and his loy- alty to the communitiy in which he resides. At times we are inclined to forget some of the basic points which have previously been explained to us. One of the fun- damentals to successful and progressive community life is shopping at home. Needless to say, the merchants of our community form the background of the town and district's econom- ic system. It is they who are first called upon when funds are required for needy causes. They are the ones who foot the greater part of our taxation levy. They are the ones who are contacted when the community activities need a "shot in the arm". When there is something you need. why not check to see if your local merchant has it in stock before you try to procure it elsewhere. Play fair with your local business. Do your shopping in your own home town. By doing so, remember—you will help to make it a better town. (The Grenfell Sun) The good life There's something basically piggish about man. He wants to get his snout into that trough, and devil take the runt who can't wiggle his hum in there, because the landscape in front of him is one of solid bums, harder to break through than a cement wall. When you look at the size of Canada, and then at the popu- lation figures, it's difficult to believe that Canadians feel they can't get at the trough, that many of them feel like the runt of the litter. Yet thou- , sands (10. Many of them feel, as the old rural expression has it, that "they're sucking the hind tit." Tit is a short, but perfect- ly decent, synonym for teat. The hind one is the one the runt gets, if he gets any. This is rather a long-winded prelude to my major proposi- tion: That thousands of city - dwellers are desperate to get away from it all, out of the smog and the concrete can- yons, into the wild green yon- der. For practical reasons, they must, in most cases, live in the city, or exist there. That's where they make a living, where their children will have the best schools, where their friends are. But they don't like it. Obvious solution Buy a summer cottage. Many do. But even there, one does not escape from the throngs, the cramped feeling. Cottages are, mainly, stuck check by jowl. Boats and motorcycles in sum- mer, snowmobiles in winter, pollute the air with stink and noise. Added hazards in winter are, the roof breaking in under snow, and local hoodlums breaking in under booze. Also, for many, the cost of a waterfront lot and cottage are simply out of reach. Have you tried to pick up a nicely -treed, sand -beach water lot lately? Figure on $50 a foot for any: thing decent. Add a cottage, drill a well, pay taxes and up- keep, and you have to be pret- ty well-heeled even to consider it. Accordingly, many city deni- zens of modest means are buy- ing a chunk of land right in the country, anything from 10 to 50 acres. In some areas within a couple of hours drive, one can still buy "land" for $50 an acre. Thus, instead of socking $5,000 into a 100 - foot water lot, you can have your own ten -acre empire for $500. European immigrants are particularly interested in such land. because they didn't have ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 �t1 M Mer Loaf. Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association off'`' ei tilt® a Suheeription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Canada; in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents. FOCUS: One Moment of Time Our camera records a child's First Smile . . . makes an official report on the bride's radiance .. . Commemorates a trio posed for Dad's birthday surprise. Moments like these can never be recaptured unless they are per- fectly preserved by HADDEN'$ STUDIO. Your family's pictorial history should be in qualified hands. Contact Hadden's Studio GODERICH 118 St. David St. 524.878T a hope of buying an acre at home. unless wealthy. This land is usually sub -mar - marginal, or worse, But there seems to be a basic instinct to own some land. even though it won't grow anything but rocks and Christmas trees. Just to be able to pace around and say: "This is mine. Nobody can take it away from me," And the sheer delight of posting "No Trespassing" signs around your domain! A man's home used to he his castle. Now it's his prison. But he can have an estate in the country. It's an ideal set-up for a man uvith a young family. Prefera- bly he sould be handy with tools. He can buy his chunk of junk and spend a couple of years just going up on week- ends and vacations, tenting and clearing a hole in the scrub brush for his shack. And if he's smart, it will be, at first, just that — a shack. Never mind the three bed- rooms. Bang in some bunks. Never mind the big stone fire- place. Get a good wood stove. Over the years, he can add to the place, until, eventually, he will have a snug retirement home No traffic problems, No pollution. No punks. No peo- ple. Small tax hills A place to putter, to meditate Sound silly? Maybe. But with the new leisure age creep- ing upon us, it makes more sense than taking on a huge mortgage at 10 per cent, which will be paid off eight years after you die. Ideally, the property would have a small stream loaded with fat trout, a deer run, huge patches of wild berries, Real - Twelve Complete Dairy Course Twelve inen have completed a 10 -week Dairy herd Workers Course, held at the Kemptville College bf Agriculture Technol- ogy. This pilot course was first con- ceived by staff members of the Ontario Department of Agricult- ure and Food to fill a need ex- pressed by dairy farmers through- out the province. It began on March 16, after consultation with the Canada Department of Manpower and Immigration, the Ontario Dep- artment of Education, and the Principal and Animal Science staff members at Kemptville. The class of 12 men was div- ided into two groups which split the morning and afternoon milk- ing and chores for the dairy herd at Kemptville. Some of the men worked on dairy farms in the area part of the time. Each morning all students attended two hours of lectures on such topics as formulation of rat- ions, disease prevention, D.H. I. A, , R, 0, P. and other aspects of dairy herd management. While on the course, the men received the normal training al- lowance for Canada Manpower Retraining courses. A11 of them had some previous farm exper- ience, and all have been put in touch with farm operators who wish to hire dairy herd workers. Contact will be maintained with the 12 men in the coming months to determine the effect- iveness of the course. If feasible, a second course will be held in the winter. istically, it will be impossible to get water when you drill your well, the land will be infested by rattlesnakes or ro- dents, and smothered in net- tles and poison oak. But we can't have everything. I'm tempted myself. 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