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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-02-06, Page 6'L'I�11FYlli/,! PAGE 6 Mr. Bob Eaton, parliament- ary assistant to Ontario's Min- istry of Agriculture and Food, had some very interesting rem- arks to make in a recent speech in Lindsay with regards to the criticism of marketing boards. At the same time that Professor Forbes condemned marketing boards with quotas in the name of the Foo prices Review Board, these same marketing boards had reasonable and stable prices for their products. Overall pricey went up 160/o. The lowest inc- reases, however were in the very products Professor Forbes said that marketing boards were setting unduly high prices en Homogenized milk went up 510. Grade A turkeys had gone up P10, and the eggs had gone up 550. Those products that were sold without the benefit of a marketing board with quotal as fresh tomatoes, up 6401o, and these came from other min, tries. Red Brand strip loin steak up 525, potatoes up 2750 and salmon up 215o. The overall price increase to the restaurant trade was 431o. The regulated products however went up least. The restaurant trade was 431o. The regulated products however went up least. The restaurant paid 12°7o more for milk, 810 for grade A turk- eys, 550 for chicken and 170/o for eggs. All well under the average 4350 increase. The real increase was in the unregulated product, as sugar up 1181o, shortening up 815o, beef fat up 8650, potatoes 4600, salmon 5610, coffee 285o and steak up 40fo. It is interesting to note, " Mr. Eaton said, !' that over that same period of time, prod- ucers under the marketing boards that the Professor was condemning for unduly high prices, gave indications that they had a stable and reasonable return on their products." Adequate insulation can often reduce the size of the heating system being installed in a new home --and offer savings of up to 30 per cent on the yearly heating cost of an existing house. Forbes also blamed tariffs and export quotas as causing artif- icially high prices and referred again to milk, dairy products, eggs, broilers and turkeys, none of which had import restrictions. Looking at these facts, he sug- gested that Professor Forbes ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS should be analized for perfor- mance. Summing up Mr. Eaton said: "really what we are saying to ourselves when we asses per- formance is how well you took an interest in your board or the marketing of your product. How well you support your board, the type of people you elect to your board and the type of management they hire. Given some commitment to these items, marketing boards can claim an increasingly import- ant role in the development of a strong agricultural industry in Ontario. Jottings by Jack (continued from page 5) ustry hungry areas further east or north. Development is un- likely for about 5 years. Event- ually it will include some hous- ing and parkland. Mr. Irvine said he did not know the total cost of acquiring the land but that it would be at least $5 1/2 million. The area designated includes 5, 000 to 6, 000 acres not yet optioned that could be added later. What brought the House down on Mr. Bennett, the Minister primarily concerned with ind- ustrial development was that until late December, he knew only that a realtor was taking option on the land but did not know that the realtor was work- ing for the Government. At that time, Mr. Bennett said the idea was "absolutely foolish." We would be completely off our nut to build a new industr- rial park there." He went on to say that whoever was assembl ing the land "certainly won't get any encouragement from me." Mr. Bennett had made the remark earlier in Eastern Ontario, that he personally found it extremely difficult to believe that the government can justify such a large purch- ase. Mr. Bennett provided his critics with more ammunition by revealing in the Legislature to. Opposition Leader, Robert Nixon, that although the full Cabinet recently approved buy- ing the land, the gevious dec- ision to have options taken on it was made by four Ministers of the Government of whom he was not one. Mr. Bennett refused to say which four Min- isters could snake such a long �trY o * Homes 4W * Cottages * Barns Backhoe Service 0 m Richard Bedard CONSTRUCTION LTD. 23.6-4679 ZURICH .reaching decision while keeping their cabinet colleagues in the dark long enough for them to make embarrassing public rem- arks. Culture and Recreation Min- ister, Robert Welch, introduced a Bill into the Legislature which would permit the Ontario Government to set up its own lottery early this summer. Mr. Welch told the Legislature the Goverrunent will set up the Ontario Lottery Corporation to handle what it hopes will be $100 million a year in ticket sales whithin a couple of years of operation. A profit, Mr. Welch said, will be $40 to $50 million a year and will go for physical fitness, sports recreat- ion and cultural programs. As well as supplementing money the Province now puts into these fields, Mr. Welch said that lottery proceeds will lead to a whole range of new programs in culture and amateur sports. The Provincial Treasurer, Darcy McKeough, introduced a bill entitled the Municipal Unconditional Grants Act, 1974. The purpose of this bill is to amend the Municipal Uncond- itional Grants Act to allow payments to be made to mun- icipalities due to the discontin- uation of the government's special assistance for unduly burdensome costs for Children's Aid Societies. The Bill also provides financial assistance to Municipalities to complete planning studies approved and initiated prior to April 1st, 1974. Transportation Minister, John Rhodes, introduced a bill to amendthe Highway Traffic Act. This Bill provides relief from hald load restriction for vehicles carrying milk, house- hold liquid and gases, fuel and Livestock feed. At the present time all vehicles using half load roads during the spring thaw are limited to 10, 000 lbs per axle total weight. Vehicles carrying the aforementioned commodities are equipped with tanks and complex pumps and other devices which result in their having a very high empty weight. As a result the load these vehicles can carry is so low as to be uneconomic and at times non-existent. In the case of trucks collecting milk from farms the situation is further complicated by a require meat that the farmer's tank mus. be emptied when the collection is made, thus resulting in overloading when the farm is located on a highway subject of half load restrictions. Under the proposed amendments milk trucks will be able to carry the same load in the half load season as they do at other times of the year. Two axle domestic fuel delivery trucks and vehicles with two axles carrying livestock feed to farms will be permitted 16, 000 lbs per axle rather than the present 10, 000. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1975 SHAW'S Dairy Store MAIN STREET ZURICH featuring a complete line of Groceries * Confectionery * Novelties Can IAB help you? HUGH SHELDON one of our representatives will be at LES PINES HOTEL, 58 Main St. N. EXETER, ONTARIO ; 235-0151 On February 10, 1975 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. If .you require financing to start, modernize, or expand your business, and are unable to obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions, perhaps /DB can help you. DEVEIUPMNThIIK 1032 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario N5A 6Z3 271-5650 NOTICE .OF ANNUAL MEETING Notice Is Hereby Given That the 100TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Hay Township Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company will be held in the Township Hall, Zurich -- ON — SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1975 AT 2:00 P.M. for the presentatinn of the Annual Report, to elect three directors to replace those whose terms expire, and to transact all business as may be done at a general meet- ing of the policyholders. The Directors whose term of office exp- ire are Leonard Erb, Hensall; Reinhold Mill- er, Dashwood; and Max Turnbull, Dashwood, who are eligible for re-election. Reinhold Miller and Max Turnbull are not seeking re- election. Notice of intent to amend the following By -Laws: No, 21 No. 24 No. 33 Qualifications .of Directors. Retirement of Directors in rotation. Remuneration. DONALD CAMPBELL PRESIDENT JOHN R. CONSITT, SECRETARY -MANAGER Please Note: By-law 21 Qualifications of Dir- ectors d) Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must file his intention to stand for election in writing with the Secretary of the Corporation at least ten days in adv- ance of an Annual Meeting or Special General Meeting called for the purp- ose of electing Directors.