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ZURICH Citizens NEWS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1959,
Dairy Industry Not Getting Handouts,
Proper Term is Consumer Subsidy
(By J. Carl Hemingway)
During the past week there have
been some disturbing events in
the Dairy industry, due to the an-
nouncement made by Minister of
Agriculture Harkness, to the ef-
fect that the support price on skim
milk powder would be lowered
from 15 cents to 10 cents; also the
support price on cheese would be
lowered from 34 cents to 32 cents.
Both with deficiency payments.
This announcement has had two
very unfortunate results. First
the attitude of the consumer is
that the taxpayer is being asked
to give a handout to the farmer.
In his first remarks Mr. Harkness
made it clear that the supports
were being reduced to reduce the
cost to the consumer. The defic-
iency payment is given to the far-
mer in order that the farmer may
be able to continue to produce this
product for the consumer. Who
then gets the benefit? This isn't
a deficiency payment to the farm-
er but rather, by the words of the
Minister, a direct consumer sub-
sidy. Lets call it by its right
name.
Second, the concentrated milk
processors have immediatey de-
manded that the price to the pro-
ducer must drop to the floor. If
this happens the government has
failed in its purpose. The Govern-
ment lowered the floor price in or-
der that the trade would find it
advantageous to divert milk into
other products. If the price of milk
to the producer drops in accord-
ance with the price of powder the
trade will have the same margin
of profit that was attractive en-
ough during the past year to per-
suade some 17 plants to put in
powder manufacturing equipment.
We need to realize that the sup-
port price isn't necessarily the
market price. Beef at present has
a support price of 17 cents yet
cattle of this quality have been
selling for from 24 cents to 27
cents for the past year. The sup-
port on cheese is lowered but
cheese has been selling above the
previous support so there is no
change in the price for milk going
for cheese.
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F. 'Watson Resigns
As Clerk of Stanley
Fred Watson, since 1947 Clerk-
treasurer of Stanley township, has
resigned because of ill health.
Council has advertised the posi-
tion and will accept applications
until noon on May 18.
Mr. Watson was reeve of Stan-
ley for seven years, and is a for-
mer warden of Huron county. He
has been active in the affairs of
the municipality for the past 26
years.
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Hensall Sale
Prices
(By our Hensall correspondent)
Butcher steers up to $25.30;
butcher heifers up to $23.40; but-
cher cows up to 20c; heifer cows
up to 21c; spring cows, $240; Hol-
stein calves $12 to $30; Durham
calves, $28 to $76; weanling pigs
$9.50 to $11.50; chunks, $12.50 to
$15.50; feeders, $16.50 to $26; sows
up to $80. 500 pigs and 345 cattle
were sold.
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Hensall Man Will
Instruct At RCAF
Safety School
(By our Hensall correspondent)
Sgt. John R. Beer, Hensall, has
been named an instructor in the
new RCAF safety supervisors
school, which opened at RCAF
Station recently.
The school is being established
to provide non-commissioned of-
ficers of the mobile support equip-
ment branch with supervisory ac-
cident prevention training. Ap-
proximately 285 NCO's will under-
go training.
Instruction will be conducted by
Sgt. Beer, who recently completed
a metropolitan police motor -driv-
ing course at Hendon, England,
and Sgt. Robert P. Monteith,
Nashwaale, N.B., a former inter -
command roadeo champion.
Each course will be of four
weeks duration and will be at-
tended by 15 men.
Sgt. Beer is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Beer, Hensall.
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LEGION MAY MEETING
VOTES $10 TO VETERANS
(By our Hensall correspondent)
The May meeting of the Hensall
Branch of the Canadian Legion
was held in the Legion Hall, on
Wednesday night, and chaired by
the president William Brown.
$10 was voted to the Tubercular
Veterans Summer Camp Fund.
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Brucellosis Canvass Shows Huron As
89.9 Percent For Test And Slaughter
The Brucellosis Canvass conduc-
ted by the Huron County Feder-
ation of Agriculture township
chairmen has been completed and
the petition forms have been re-
ceived from the Township Clerks.
According to information receiv-
Stephen Approves
Plans for Drains;
Tenders for Bridge
Stephen township council dealt
with two drains at ' its meeting
Tuesday evening.
The plan of James Howes, OLS,
Listowel, for moving the course of
the Walker drain was accepted and
his report on the Mud Creek mun-
icipal drain was approved.
Tenders for supply of 1,000
bags of cement or less for bridge
construction was let to Tieman's
Hardware, Dashwood, at an un-
disclosed price.
Truck insurance and Workmen's
Compensation contracts were re-
newed.
Reeve Glenn Webb presided and
all members were present.
ASKS QUESTIONS
(Goderich Signal- Star)
"I'd like to ask a few questions,"
said John Spain, addressing Town
Council Friday.
His first remarks were directed
of Mayor E. C. Fisher, chairman
of Goderich Police Commission.
Mr. Spain said that when he mov-
ed here in 1907 the town had
5,500 people and two policemen.
"Now I think there are 6,000,
and there are six," he stated. He
asked if the police department was
the reason for the tax rate going
away up.
Mayor Fisher replied: "I've tried
in the past not to run police af-
fairs from this chair." He said he
would be glad to answer any
'questions about police matters at
the next police commission meet-
ing. He promised to advise Mr.
Spain of the meeting date.
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Sold to Bert Lobb
Bert Lobb, Holmesville purchas-
ed the Kyle general store and
dwelling at Kippen for $500 in the
public auction Wednesday after-
noon.
The building, purchased last
year by the Ontario Dep't. of
Highways, must be removed by
August 1 to provide visibility for
traffic at the corner.
Mr. Lobb entered the only bid
for the buildings. Harold Jack-
son was the auctioneer.
INNEMEEMEMMV
ed from the Clerks of the 16
Townships, 3,459 people signed for
the test and slaughter program and
385 people either were opposed or
did not sign the petition forms for
a percentage of 89.9.
The petition forms have been
forwarded to the Livestock Com-
missioner for the Province of On-
tario in accordance with the
Brucellosis Act.
Under . the Brucellosis Control
Act it is necessary that 66 and
two -third percent of the cattle
owners of the County be in fav-
our before the Province can enter:
an agreement with the Canada
Department of Agriculture for the
test and slaughter program.
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