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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-10-14, Page 18THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1971 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 15. Huron F of A sponsors debate (continued from page 1) picture. Egg prices, hog, grain and corn prices are all too low he said. "This is not merely an econ- omic problem, " it's a human problem" he said, "A way of life is being uprooted." Dealing with the milk shortage Mr. Gaunt said he had always agreed with the objectives of the Ontario Milk 'Marketing Board and the Canadian Dairy Commission, but the quota system had become so rigid that it can't adjust to the mark- et. f is pointed out that this year Ontario couldn't fill the export demand for cheddar cheese and is expected to have to import butter, 11e blamed these short- ages on the inflexibility of the OMMB and the dairy commis- sion. These shortages should have been foreseen by the agencies a year ago so that quota change; could have been made at that time, he said, rather than waiting for a crisis before mak- ing a 10 per cent quota adjust- ment as had been done this fall. The Liberals, he said, bel- ieved the family farm must be preserved and part of the policy to help preserve it was through tax reform, not just rebates, bur comprehensive tax reform, A first step, he said, would be the province's picking up 80 per cent of the cost of educ- ation. He later pointed out, after criticism of the plan by Mr. MacNaughton, that the 80 per cent would be the provincial average. The province now pays only 65 per cent of educ- ation on the provincial average, he said, and lluron got 71 per cent. Under the Liberal plan, Huron might get as much as 90 per cent of education costs paid by the province. The Liberals, he said, would abolish succession duties, which, along with the move by the federal government to discontinue estate taxes, would mean families would no longer have to sell farms to pay for death taxes. (Mr, Mac - Naughton later claimed only a small per centage of estates now pay provincial succession duties STARLITE E ///Y DRIVE-IN THEATRE GRAND BEND tiMiSIOVICSMOVVIIMOMPOZMO FRI. & SAT. — Oct. 15 - 16 — Double Feature — START THE REVOLU- TION WITHOUT ME (Color) Gene Wilder, Hugh Griffith THE LEARNING TREE (Color) Kyle Johnson, Estell Evans LAST SHOW OF SEASON The driver of each car will be issued a pass valid for Opening Date of 1972 Season BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8d5 p.m, FIRST SHOW AT DUSK Children Under 12 in Cars Free r'o.+macnoc moral at present.) Gaunt said the Liberals would return assessment to the county level where an individual could deal face'to face with the assessor and if there were mis- takes in assessment they could be rectified easily. Under rhe county, he said, assessment had cosy $1,50 per capita but under provincial assessment, the cost had mush- roomed to :33,50 per capita, And with the increased costs, red tape had grown. Mr. Gaunt said that rhe year before last, Ontario had import- ed more agricultural produce than it had exported. His govern merit, he said, would help combat this by giving forgivable loans to farmers to produce products that are in short supply. The Liberals, he said, would encourage the federal govern- ment to give faster rax writeoffs to farmers for storage equipment so that farmers can store crops and take advantage of better prices in the off-season. And, he said, his government would move toward some standardization of farm mach- inery parrs and would set up a central depot for distribution of parts of all makes. Paul Carroll said the N, 17, P. rejects the claim by some that the family farts is out- moded and the future lies in a corporate operation which is vertically integrated from the .land itself to the retail outlet. "There is some evidence, " he said, "that in Ontario Today we are now passing the point of optimum efficiency in farm size.. , that point being in the range of 300-60o acres. " Ile said the corporate farm might not increase efficiency but certainly would bring a speedy end to the rural comm- unity as it is today, Farming he said, was not just a business, it was a way of life. Mr. Carroll said the N, D, P, realized Ontario had a large number of farms that were not economically viable and that rhe total of farms must be red- uced. However, he said, based on 1906 figures; even if all farmers with less than 525, 000 capital value of their farms had been abandoned, more than half the farmers remaining would still have been earning a "less -than -satisfactory income.' The N. D, P. he said, would legislate to restrict corporate ownership of farms and to keep farms in Canadian hands, It would initiate tax reforms, including taking over 80 per cern of the cost of education and separate assessment for farts land front farm residences. Mr. Carroll said the N, P, P. believes in producer -controlled marketing, boards which would be empowered to bargain col- lectivel} with food processing and retailing companies over rhe terms and conditions of contracts between these firsts and individual producers. A system of deficiency pay- ments ser up to full-time farm- ers on viable farms as a short- range measure. A crown corp- oration would be ser up to wholesale and distribute all makes of farm equipment and parts, allowing dealers to handle any kind of machine. There would be mandatory resting of faros equipment. Long -terns, low interest credit would be extended to farmers. Following a short rebuttal by Mr. MacNaughton, Mason Bailey, vice-president of rhe Huron Federation of Agriculture told what the federation would like to see the government do. lie said the federation wanted to see the farmer get equal return of his investment in cap- ital and time as other segments of the economy. Ile said producer -elected marketing boards should be maintained. Long -terns credit should be extended to rhe farmer with no interest in the first year, three per cent for the next five years and the going rate there- after. The federation favoured guidelines for disposal of anim- al waste. It wanted to see non- returnable bottles banned. Tt wanted the complete removal of education taxes from prop- erty assessment and wanted farm land assessed according to its ability to produce. Tt wanted to insure that farmers would not be hurt by expropriation laws. It opposed the takeover of auto insurance, by the government. 0 A friend is one who takes you to lunch, even though you are non-deductible. At middle age, your tripping becomes less light and more fantastic. J. BORST PROMOTIONS presents the of GRANDMA'S COW FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 Carmel women pian meeting The W , M, S, meeting of Carmel Presbyterian Church was held on Tuesday evening, October 5, in the Sunday school room, with a good at- tendance of members and visit- ors, The roll call was answered by a verse on Thanks. Mrs, George Walz and Mrs. Agnes Madge were in charge of devotions and gave a very impressive Thanksgiving Serv- ice. Mrs, John Love, assistant secretary, acting in place of the regular secretary, read the minutes, Mrs. R,A, Orr, pres- ident, was in charge of business. An invitation to attend a meet- ing of Seaforth Sr. W, M, S. on Tuesday, October 19, was extended to all who can attend, Plans were made for a fall thank -offering Meeting to be held on Tuesday, November 9, with the guest speaker to be Miss I lazel McDonald, of God- erictt, a returned missionary from Kenya, Africa. Guests are to be members of the Ladies groups of 1 iensall United and Anglican Churches, the Arnold Circle, and Home Help- ers of the Presbyterian church. After the meeting a gift was presented to Mrs. George Walz by Mrs, John Soldan, on behalf of the members, prior to her leaving for Stratford where she will be residing. 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