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The Huron Expositor, 1982-10-13, Page 23
Fan ne at .bottom O® 1©© Nmw. i by IIob ITPo4>;c>� it has been said that,. because the American people believe in a pluralist society, anyone can become president of the United States. True,,,just about anybody can become • president. Ronald Reagan did. His idea of jleconomics is about as simple as a kindergar- ten lesson, He believes in the trickle system: Give the moneymen at the top the breathing room to slake more money and eventually, enough of that wealth at the top will trickle down to the peasants at the bottom. The idea is as stupid as winning one for The Dipper. Wealth for the common people is not created at the top. It is created at the bottom. It is created by farmers, by miners, by lumbermen, by people on production lines. Was it E. P. Taylor who said he never really needed to buy any company outright? All he needed was controlling interest and' some - Om.: that could be as little as IOor 12 per cent. ' He did not slake wealth for others. ' No fancy -dressed businessman on Wall Street or Bay Street creates money, He simply uses other people's money and productrlvity to make more' money for himself. Real money j, created at the bottom of Reagan's pyramid, Preblein is that there are tau many people a1 the bottom. The pyramid is sti wide that not much is left to he spread around. At the top. there arc fewer people. Those kw at the top get richer' and the poor get poorer. Let us carry the analogy a little farther. The farmer takes the silent land, the sunlight and the minerals in the soil. He grows beef or pork or chickens or turkeys or cash crops which he sells. Ile creates a commodity which other people need. While so doing, he uses many different kinds of machinery. He uses chemical fertilizers for weeds, for bugs and other pests. He uses energy. He needs labour. He nears trucks. His products have to be shipped and processed and packaged. Those products iv THE HURON EXPOSITOR, OCTOBER 13, 1982 P- Ma. ! must be displayed and sold in thousands of stores across Canada. The agricultural industry, it has been said, creates 43 of every 100 jobs in the country. The farmer needs chemical industries, trucking firms, packaging plants, processing plants, retailers. wholesalers, lawyers, repair shops, farm machinery industries', book- kccpers.- you -name -it. In other words, the farmer creates all kinds of jobs for millions of people. Farmers --and miners and lumbermen --create the jobs which recycle the money that was created by the farmer in the first place, Unfortunately, over the years, the farmer has been virtually ignored by all those moneymen at the top who still think they create the wealth. The experts have been saying for many years that Canadians should no longer be' hewers of wood and drawers of' water. The economists with their fancy talk have become obsessed with' expansion and gross national product to the point where they cannot set -the' forestfor the trees. They cannot see beyond the end of their educated nostrils. Those nostrils quiver and drip at the smell of manure. The importance of agriculture has been negated by the eggheads. They demand cheap food from the farmers. If you don't believe food in Canada is cheap, then you have not been reading this deathless prose for very long. Statistics prove that Canadians pay less for food thaniany other country in the world with the possible' exception of the United States. All those jobs along the food line are generated by less than five per cent of the population. It is getting to the point that farmers are working themselves into bank• ruptcy just to keep the big corporations in business. 11's time to re -assess the whole picture. Give farmers enough to make a decent living. allow them to expand their ranks. and maybe there will be enough left over to keep Buy Street busy. P-OURON F OF A PAST VICE PRESIDENT Jim McIntosh, left; president Tony McOuail and second vice president Doug Garniss. (photo by Levesque) BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Tony McQuail of RRI, Lucknow was acclaimed as president of the Huron County Federation of Agri- culture at its annual meeting on Oct, 8. Mr. McQuail takes over from Gerry Fbrtune of RRI, Wingham who served a two- year term as president. The new president asked those present to become active members in the federa- tion and also stressed co-op- eration between the various farm organizations. • Jim McIntosh of RR4. Seaforth was named as, first vice-president and DougiGar- niss of RR4, Wingham was acclaimepd as second vice- presiderlt. May form corn board BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE: A proiucta1 association for corn grew crs is close ty becoming a reality. Perth ( (minx Fedcraiion of Agri• culture members were told at thcrr Oct 4 annual individual sen ice members' meeting. Ron White. first vice-pres- ident of the Ontario Federa- tion oI Agriculture and chair-• ni:oi of the OFA'', ad hoc committee on the subject. spoke to the count) federa• lion members on Mitchell. Not a marketing hods. thq ,issnciaton will attempt to be the spokesman for grain producers. monitor product sends. inform producers on policy changes or other de- lel(ipments in the industry and lobby for greater ftn,nc- cial stabilization. Burlier this year, the OFA brought .together 12 corn growers from across the pro- vince to work 'on the ad hoc committee. This committee received support from across the province. Now.' five corn growers will form an interim hoard to put together the association's letters patent and constitution. "It %k HI be incorporated as a non•proftt organization." said Mr. White. "The object• nes will he determined by the membership... Scholarship. by plowing' A Walton arca plan and his ' ming teammate from Brus- sels arc the winners of a 55.1101) scholarship. thanks to their pion ing ability. Brian McGavin. son of Neil and Marie McGavin and Steen Adonis of RRS. Brus• sets• sun of Viola Adams and the late Mr. Adams. will share the Ontario Plowmen's Association Scholarship as a result of their aggregate plow mg scores in competition vv ith teams from all over the province at September's In. ie. natonal Plow ing Match n: ar 1 an. Brian a first year student m.igro altural business at the Ontario College of Agricul- ture in Guelph was on the runners-up team in the plow- ing competition for two years in a row. This year, Huron non and Halton County had the second place team. Steven, who is just 15 years old, will apply his share citric scholarship to future studies in agriculture- at one of the province's colleges or univer• Slliei. Mrs, McGavin said her son,a1982 Grade I,1 gradu• i ate. was at SDHS commence- nient the night of the plowing match award banquet and didn't learn of the win until t¢c next morning. He suggested members would pay an annual fee of S25. - ' "We do have public sup- port," noted Mr, White and quoted a' comment from the Minister of Agriculture Den- nis Timbrcll, "The best pos- sible thing corn producers can do today is organize." Prices this car for corn arc low. which Mr. White said tends to crnourage the forma• tion of an association. He said this is the third or fourth time in recent history that sonic kind of initiation for starting resi The federation's constitu- tion was changed at the annual meeting to allow seven directors'-at•large on the executive when there it a tie for sixth place. The directors are Art Bolton of RRI, Dublin, Walter Elliott of RRI Lucknow; Bob Coleman' of RR4, Seaforth, Doug For-' tune of RR . 'Wingham. Brenda McIntosh of RR4, Seaforth, Les Caldwell of RR3, Blyth and Garry BAker of RR2, Dashwood, Phillip Durand of RRI, Zurich was named as the Huron Farmer of the year. In the federation since he start- ed farming. Mr. Durand helped to organize various commodity boards, such as a hog board, wheat board, e t white bean producers mar- keting agency, , chicken and broiler boards. He has filled various executive positions in the organizations and was active in a comrnittee to stop a -r+ power plant being built' in Huron County. He also served as'a delegate to the Porter Commission hearings. A former school board trust- ee. Mr. Durand is also a member of the Knights•of Columbus. During the 'evening. the federation's past presidents received pins. The past pres- idents, Jack Stafford, Mason Bailey, Doug Fortune, Adrian Vos. Allen Walper. Merle Gunby and Mrs. Fortune. I; OSI -J L �arteries es �for caR1 s,, tLN Ll.i .ks jfl �(1 ,-ic t`o rS SAVE OP T 2i 010 regaetar 081 suggested Oist price Plus get a trade-iin allowance for. your old. battery! Come in. See why it pays to Install a new IH battery now: • We'll check your old battery for free • If needed; we'll replace it with a powerful, new IH low -maintenance or maintenande•free model • You'll save up t� 20% off the regular IH sug- gested list price , • And you'll save further when we take your old 'battery In trade Chances are we have the battery for you. Stop in now! i f101991110bATBO111AA ISAOIMESTE01 CANADA SWORN -5214120 FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED an association has taken place. "I hope this time it's more successful." added Mr. While. He warned federation members not to join if' they expect the association to raise the price (Acorn. The associa- tion will he made up of (olunteer• members and he expects results to he set n. "Corn has become the largest single crop in the province." said Mr. White pointing out the need for such :In association. Business Directory FLORIST 1 r--MUFFLERS--N I f;r�„Hildebrand Flowers 15 Main St. Seaforth rte`` Office 527.0555 ' Res. 527.1784 Complete Floral Service with ■ personal touch. �--PIANO--1 Directors chosen BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE Directors and delegates were chosen at the Oct. 4 meeting of the Perth County Federation of Agriculture. The directors will attend monthly meetings of the Ontario Federation of Agri- culture, while delegates only attend the annual OFA meet• ing on Nov. 22. 23. and 24. In Perth west, taking in the townships of Blanshard. Hib• bert and Fullarton. Clara Keller of RRI. Mitchell is the director. The delegates arc Andy De Vries of RRI. Fullarton and Ron Christie of RR2. Staffa with Ormond Pridham of RRI, Fullarton as the alternate. The director for Perth north including .the townships of Wallace and Elma is Wayne Hartung of RRI, Gowans - town. The delegates are Clay. ton Bender of RR•I Gowans/ town and Paul Vcrkley and Gerald Matheson. both of RRI Atwood. The alternate is Emmanuel Albrecht of Pal- merston. In Perth south. taking in the townships of Downie and North and South Easthope'. the director is Henry Kloostcr of RR2, Stratford. The tele- gate is Vic Roland of St. Paul's. with Tony Van Kiwis - ter of RR2. St. Paul's as an alternate.' . Bill Osborne of RR.I. West Monktln is the director for Perth cast which includes the townships of Logan, Flliec and Mornington. The (telt- gates are Dave Smith of RR 1 . c Sh l g sky r'n villc. Bill TrFnk)w of RR5. Mitchell and Cecil Rose nf RR,3. Mitchell. Alter Hales are Peter Bokkcrs of RR1. Sebring,. ilk anti John Nater of RR5, Mitchell. 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