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HIBBERT LIBERALS
NAME OFFICERS
Hibbert Township Liberal As-
sociation held an enthusiastic
meeting in the Township Hall at
Staffa.
George Coyne was appointed
chairman of the meeting. Offi-
cers elected for 1955 were: Robt.
Gardiner, of Cromarty, president;
Gerald Holland, of Dublin, secre-
tary -treasurer; officers for Poll
Poll No. 1, Martin Feeney, Nor-
man O'Connor; Poll -No. 2, Joseph
Melody, Gordon Docking; Poll No.
3, Lloyd Colquhoun, Robert Ham-
ilton; Poll No. 4, Calder McKaig,
Malcolm Lammond.
Also appointed were voting dele-
gates to the nomination conven-
tion.
Mr. Holland outlined the need
for greater interest in provincial
affairs.
"Is MacPherson a typical Scot?"
"I should say he is. He's saved
all his toys for his second child-
hood."
THE GREATEST HANDICAP
Ignorance! "If parents could
appreciate that the chance of
one or more of their children
(or their neighbor's 'children)
becoming an alcoholic exceeds
-kbe combined ch9nce of their
developing. tuberculosis or
poliomyelitis, more interest in
this field would be quickly de-
veloped. Read that again! It
is not the hysterical pro-
nouncement of a temperance
crank. We quote from a re-
cent publication of the Health
League of Canada. Again,
"The greatest handicap to ef-
fective treatment and proven:
tion of alcohol addiction and
,chronic alcoholism lies in the
'general public's ignorance."—
(Advt.).
District
Obituaries
MRS. WALTER L. MURRAY
VARNA.—A well known Ottawa
woman, Mrs. •Walter L. Murray,
died Tuesday, March 8, at her
home, 24 Powell Avenue. She was
66. Mrs. Murray was the mother
of Walter M. Murray, president of
Murphy -Gamble Limited. Her
late 'husband, Walter L. Murray,
also headed thedepartment store
firm prior to his death in 1947.
Her death followed a lengthy ill-
ness.
She served on the board of the
Protestant Children's Village and
had been active in the Ottawa
Community Chests. A member of
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
she ,was active in the Women's
Guild and the Missionary Society
of the church.
She was also a member of the
Earnscliffe Chapter, Independent
Order Daughters of the Empire,
the Chelsea Club, the Ottawa Curl-
ing Club, the Ottawa Hunt and
Golf Club and the Rivermead Golf
Club.
The former Margaret R. Moffatt,
she was born in Varna, Ont., a
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Moffatt She married the
late Walter L. Murray in 1914.
Mrs. Murray leaves one son,
Walter M., and a daughter, Mrs.
gRussell 13Nce, of Ottawa: a bro-
er, Dr. L. A. Moffat, of London,
Ont., and five grandchildren.
The body rested at the home of
Mrs. Boyce, 169 Clemow Avenue,
Ottawa. The funeral was held
Friday to St. Andrew's Church for
service at 2 p.m. Burial was in
Beechwood Cemetery.
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Seaforth Dairy
Maidens Meet
The first meeting of the "Milky
Way" 4-H Homemaking Club was
held recently at the home of Mrs.
D. Nixon, There were 10 members
and the two leaders, Mrs. D. Nix-
on and Mrs. J. McGregor, present.
New officers elected were: presi-
dnt, Hazel Bannerman; vice-presi-
dent, Elizabbth Townsend; secre-
tary, Alice Ann Nixon; press re-
porter, Marjorie Papple; radio re-
porter, Gloria Carter; treasurer,
Ruth Pinder; pianist, Gene Nixon.
The distribution of leaflets and
pamphlets closed the meeting.
Horne assignments were: (1)
Write out your menu a list of foods
you ate for one day, underlining
the foods which contain milk in
any amount; estimate your con-
sumption of i ilk for that day; (2)
Start record books.
The second meeting was held at
Mrs. D. Nixon's on Saturday of
last week. The meeting was op-
ened by singing "0 Canada.". Six
girls answered the roll call, "One.
reason why milk is a good food."
The minutes of the last meeting
were read by Alice Ann Nixon.
"The Seaforth Dairy Maidens"
was chosen as the name of the
club. It was decided to use white
bristol-board for our record books.
The girls then pasteurized milk in
two different ways, and the milk
was used to make baked ggstard.
Home assi.gnnlent WAS: Make at
least one milk drink at home and
tell about it in your record book.
The meeting was closed by re-
peating the 4-H Pledge and a de-
licious lunch was served by the
hostess.
Cromarty Groups
Hold Meeting
Mrs. Thos. Scott was hostess for
the W.M.S. meeting on Thursday
and also presided and opened the
meeting with a call to worship,
followed with the scripture read-
ing and prayer. The roll call' was
answered with giving a need in
India. The minutes were read by
Mrs. T. L. Scott. Mrs. Lamond
gave the treasurer's report. Mrs.
Jas. Scott read a paper entitled,
"The Peace of God, For He is Our
Peace." Mrs. Harburn gave the
offertory prayer. Mrs. Glossop had
charge of the study book, and was
assisted by Mrs. Howe, Mrs. Laing
and Mrs. Houghton. A life mem-
bership certificate was presented
by Mrs. T. Laing to Mrs. J. Scott.
The address was read by Mrs. S.
Kerr. The meeting closed with
prayer by Mrs. Lamond.
The Ladies° Aid Society met at
the close of the W.M.S. meeting.
Mrs. Houghton presided. The roll
call was answered by naming a
condition that needs improving.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read by Mrs. J. -Scott in the
absence of the secretary, Mrs. J.
Wallace. The treasurer's report
was given by Mrs. K. McKellar'.
Several items of business were
discussed. The meeting closed by
repeating the Lord's Prayer in uni-
son.
The Young People's Society held
their meeting in the basement of
the church with Phillip James pre-
siding. The devotional period was
taken. by Ethel Mae Norris. Misses
Mary and Helen Barbour favored
with a duet, with Joy Vivian as
accompanist. The topic on "Pray-
er" was given by Mrs. R. D. Sad-
ler.
Woman (to chemist): "That
tonic you gave me is wonderful.
Before taking it I could hardly
scold the dog; now my husband
runs away and hides."
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The tali, fur hat of British guardsmen is known to them as a bearskin; and bearskins begin
with a willow frame made by a London basketmaker whose better known wares will be seen at
the British Industries Fair, Ma y 2-13 in London and Birmingham, England. Left: Mrs. Kitty Grin -
ham making the willow frames for one bearskin. Right: Welsh guardsmen in their bearskins.
Hog Producers Association
(Continued from Page 6) be the popular thing to do to throw experiences we should consider, if
organized movement to do away stones at our agents, that we
with the agency, which is now be-
ing further promoted with sugges-
tions of court action and a new'
vote.
Let us bear in mind here that
the main issue concerning the hog
producer of this province is:
Have they got the right, which
is enjoyed by all other industries
(and without question), to appoint
their agents to sell their products
and, through their agents, direct
their products to the party that
will pay the highest price?"
This does bring to our attention
that we, as producers, have to
take a firm stand as to whether
we can be pushed around by court
cases and votes when we attempt-
ed to do what all other industries
have done without question or pro-
test.
Now_that we have examined the
facts pertaining to production,
marketings, exports and stocks on
hand and general trend through
the past year, may we turn to a
careful examination of your asso-
ciation and the marketing agency.
At the beginning of 1954 the Hog
Producers' Marketing Board by a
majority vote, decided to renew
the contract with United Livestock
Sales on the basis of the same com-
mission as was paid in 1953, but
with a provision- that 20% of the
profits be returned to the board
for services rendered. A few
weeks following this decision, a
public meeting was called in op-
position to this renewal of con-
tract, with the result that a con-
siderable amount of opposition to
United Livestock Sales was stimu-
lated within our organization and
has continued to grow. In board
meetings which followed. other
clauses in the agreement were dis-
cussed along with the commission
rate which had previously been de-
cided on and, finally, at the end of
May, the old agreement was re-
placed by a new one which ex-
pires May 30 of this year.
The opposition to United Live-
stock Sales continued to spread
with stories i of profits being circu-
latedg
by the grapevine and other-
wise, until. today it is being sug-
gested that they made profits of
$2 million dollars, and is being
criticized in other quarters for
building up $21/4 million dollars.
In view of these incidents and
stories, which I feel are unfair to
your association, unfair to the
United Livestock Sales and to the
public in general, we should at
this time clearly examine their
operations and find out the facts.
It was Winston Churchill who said
at a critical time in the history of
England, "Let us face the facts!"
At this time, when our agency and
our organization is facing a criti-
cal period, let us face the facts.
According to audited statements
given to us by United Livestock
Sales, they have, in the first year
of operations, had what might be
termed a net profit of $44,000, and
this past year $48,000.
Let us take a look at these fig-
ures and see in what sense they
can even be termed "profits".
In our agreement with the Unit-
ed Livestock Sales in both 1953 and
1954, it was stipulated very clearly
that they were responsible for the
payment of all hogs sold for pro-
cessing purposes in the Province
of Ontario. You may be surpris-
ed to learn that at the close of
many of the weeks' business, when
the producers had been paid in full
for hogs, the United Livestock
Sales had amounts owing to them
by processing plants ranging well
over $100,000, and at any time this
apparent surplus might be liqui-
dated by the failure of some pro-
cessors to pay for the producers'
hogs. If we attempt to set up an
agency within our association, let
us bear in mind that We will have
to assume these responsibilities
and, in doing so, United Livestock
Sales may be relieved of a lot of
unpleasant headafhes which they
have endured.
We should bear in mind that
when United Livestock Sales as-
sumed the responsibility of being
our agents to market our hogs, in
order to secure office space which
made it possible for them to carry
on, they had to assume an obliga-
tion for renting a building for a
period of five years, and also lead
to invest in excess of $18,000 in
equipment, and many of the com-
mission firms sacrificed some of
their key personnel in order to
make this project possible. They
did this knowing that they were
only working on a yearly contract
which could be cancelled at any
time on 30 days' notice.
r04. merely -•make -mention of these
facts .because l; feel that it is on-
ly just and fair, white it seems to serVe of those boards. From these
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should recognize some of the
things they have done for us.
We must bear in mind that the
United Livestock Sales, being a
private company, had one disad-
vantage in that any profits made
are subject to the payment of in-
come taxes, and thus their cost of
operation is bound to be slightly
higher than some other methods
of operation. In this respect
though,, we must bear in mind that
in the United Livestock Sales' op-
erations the manager and the
salesmen have the opportunity of
calling together on a few moments'
notice, if a critical problem arises
in the selling field, the other com-
mission men with long years of
experience, and enjoy the benefit
of their advice. This. I have been
informed by the salesmen, has
many times helped them to make
decisions which have brought the
producers more money for their
product.
Nevertheless, we must bear in
mind that this agency's methods
of Selling was set up to serve the
producer, and our contracts have
been made on approximately a
yearly basis. We, therefore, at
this time, have the right and the
responsibility on behalf of our pro-
ducers to decide, in light of the
experiences of the past two years,
as to whether we should again re-
new the contract that we have
with United Livestock Sales, or set
it up on another basis.
Let us look at some of the al-
ternatives. It has been suggested
that we might go further towards
keeping this selling enterprise
completely in the hands of the
farm people, and ask the United
Co-operatives of Ontario to assume
the1 responsibility of being our mar-
keters. This suggestion has some
merit, and is worthy of some con-
sideration. We might consider the
advisability of the Hog Producers'
Marketing Board assuming the re-
sponsibility of directly administer-
ing the sales agency by appoint-
ing themselves as the marketing
agency. In this respect ‘ve should
take a look at its advantages and
its disadvantages.
we set up a co-operative agency,
The advisability of having the On-
tario Hog Producers' Marketing
Board elect some of their members
to such a board, with the balance
being appointed at the annual
meeting of the Hog Producers' As-
sociation. Such a .setup would
leave the Ontario Hog Producers'
Marketing Board in the position of
being a policy board, and not di-
rectly connected with the admini-
stration and subject to some polit-
ical influences (not party politics)
which could • prevent them from
rendering the best service.
Having given consideration to
these alternative methods as to
how we can best administer the
agency's operations, we will now
consider the position in which we
find ourselves at this particula
time.
Court Case
As has been previously mention-
ed, as a result of active participa-
tion in a movement to discredit
the United Livestock Sales, as well
as opposition which developed
when our agency attempted to di-
rect hogs to the buyer that would
pay the highest price, we now
face a challenge in the courts. In
this respect let us bear in mind
that it is not some action that we
have taken that is being challeng•
ed, but rather the principle behind
our whole marketing program an
the legislation which makes it
possible for us to market our own
production. In dealing with th
principle that is being challenged
let us make no mistake that it i
the farmer's right to appoint ar
agent to sell and deliver his good:
to the best buyer, that is the issue
If we, as producers of food, whicl
is the most important product tha'
is produced on the face of the
earth, have not that inherent right
then we are an underprivilea cc
class. So in this struggle w�/
fighting for a principle. Upo flTh
principle the future of our indus
try is going to be determined. a
well as the future of those wh
are associated with it.
From the standpoint of advant-
ages, we must first bear in mind
that they certainly could operate
cheaper than United Livestock
Sales, due to the fact that they
would not have to pay income tax-
es on the same basis,
We must consider the purpose of
a local board. and the field in
which it can render the best ser-
vice. There is some difference of
opinion as to whether a local board
can render its best service to the
producer by remaining an inde-
dent board to determine policy,
and allowing the administration to
be the direct responsibility of an-
other body of experienced men, or
by the board assuming the dual
responsibility of being a policy and
an administrative board combined.
We are perhaps too ready to
overlook the importance of a pol-
icy-making board. Policy is to a
business what a foundation is to
a building. As our marketing op-
erations will be an ever-growing
and expanding business, the foun-
dations or policies will have to be
changed from time to time. Let
us here remember that there is a
big responsibility for any board to
establish from time to time basic
principles and policies. The mar-
keting board could do this.
In a project as large and far-
reaching as this is, the manager
should be fortified with an ad-
ministrative board which could be
the Co-op Board, with which. he
could discuss administration.
In looking at alternative meth-
ods, we should consider the ad-
vantages or disadvantages of the
Hog Producers' Association setting
up a co-operative within the as-
sociation which might engage in
the active administration of the
agency in accordance with poli-
cies determined by the Ontario
Hog Producers' Marketing Board.
Experiences in government ad-
ministration have developed a
trend away from members of par-
liament or cabinet ministers be-
coming directly connected with the
administration of government pro-
jects. For example: the Ontario
Hydro -Electric System, which we
are proud of, is not administered
by members of parliament or a
government minister, but rather
by another body known as The On-
tario Hydro -Electric Commission.
A parallel to this setup would be
the 'Administration of the Canadian
National Railways by, the Domin-
ion Government. On both admini-
strative bodies the government
protects their position by appoint-
ing 'a minister of the crown to
a
As for the legal aspects of th
case, we have every reason to be
lieve that the government an
their legal advisor, who have ha
experience over many ears i
drafting legislation and regul
tions under the Acts, are full
qualified to produce legislatio
which will stand up in the court
Our opponents are also pressin
for a vote. We, as hog producer
engaged in this phase of marks
ing, have a record which we ar
proud 'of and which we believe th
producers of our province will e
dorse with an overwhelming m
jority, provided. the basis upo
which a vote is taken is fair an
that we are given 60 to 90 days
acquaint our people with the pr
posed regulations.
We refer to amended regulation
because it has been discovers
that in order to- do the kin
of marketing job which you e:
pect us to do, our present regul
tions have to be brought up in a
cordance with the new amen)
ments to the farm products marl
eting act. These amendments ai
not intended to give us new po
ers, but rather to clarify and 1
more fully interpret the power
which are contained in the preset
Act and Regulations thereunde
In presenting these new regul
tions to our producers for endors.
tion, if such should be required 1
the Government, we do so in tl
interests of a better marketir
system for not only hogs but fb
every farm product produced
the Province of Ontario.
As we look into the future, nc
withstanding the fact that produ
tion may be in excess of domest
requirements, yet we believe th
with the proper marketing maehi
ery, the consolidation of the thin
ing of farm people, and with pr
per leadership, the hog produce
should enjoy a price level for the
hogs higher than other provinc
in Canada, and most other coo
tries of the world. On the oth
hand, if we fail to get the prop
marketing authority so that
can jointly and collective)
through our agents, properly s
and direct our products the futu
is anything but bright.
The present opens up to us
portunities. Let us take adva
age of these opportunities and
for our industry and for Cana
what no one else can do for u
A pompous individual visiting
school was asked to question t
children on geography. He begs
"What is the caps of '011and
"Hl" was the crushing rejoind
from a lad in the back row,
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To facilitate snow removal operations, the public
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sides during the Winter months.
AND NOTICE is hereby given that the
Township will not be responsible for any damag-
amages caused to such vehicles as a result of snow- .
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plowing operations.
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Township of Tuckersmith.
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