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THE. HURON EXPOSITOR, JULY 19, 1919
•.LEGIONVISITORS-,Last WedneaclaY, these rnell, all Yeterans.from the
*Worth area, now staying in Westminster Hospital, 1-.0nds0h were. SPeOlat
guestsfor the afternoon at the Seaforth egion. The men are (left tct
right) •Charles Pttnlop, ,Mighaet Feenay, 4Qhn Holland and ?lit
Sutherland., (Expositor photo)
Jai.. k's..Jottiogs
PoIIution is
dostroytpg our lake
BY JACK RIDDELL, M.P.P.
for generations, 'mous,
ands of Ontariens have Cher-
ished the notion of cottage -
country as the great .escape
from the pressures of urban
living. The concept of spark- ••
ring, clear, waters:, of un-
spoiled countryside, of free-
dom from the noise, dust and
odours of the city has tradit-
'
Tonally sustained the spirits
• of city dwellerS, many of
whom virtually live for the
weekends during the. long
sultry weeks of summer: Our
cottage country offers some-
thing for everyone - fishing,
• swimming, boating, camping
•or simply relaxing in fresh,
clean, sunlit surroundings.
• It has been estimated that
• there are.some 300,000 cot,
• tages m Ontario -• m other
words,• something like
1,000,000 ''cottagers''. In
• addition, there • are millions
• of tourists, eaglets . 'and
• campers. who ' enjoy them-
selves: at lodges,' campsites
• and provincial parks, and
whose activities • are so
• important to the economies
of these recreational
But: the dream is rapidly
" becoming tarnished - per-
haps irrevocably. There are
• increasing reports that our
•;cottage country ,• is being
destroyed by urbanization
• and by industrialization.
Almost daily, it seems, we
hear of increased phosphate
pollution - the problems
• caused by over -building
along our lakeshores, by
inadequate sewage systems
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• OF ONTARIO
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•
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• with
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'
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and by agrieultOral run-off.
fn, addition, it • has,. been
estimated that some 48.000
of' Ontario's lakes will be-
come biologically sterile due
to. acid taiti - precipitation
which mixes with industrial
pollution and falls into ow
lakes and rivers as a- mild but
destructive acid - within the
next 15 *2O years, 140 lakes
have already "died," encrwe
have. not evon • begun to
measure the results of acid
rain pollution.
What is being done to save
our lakes for future gener-
ations? What can be -dene?-.
What must be done?
• A classic case in point is
Lake. Sitncoe, • which can
serve- as a warning and an
example of the fatethat
awaits all our recreational
lakes unless action is taken
immediately, before the
damage is irreversible,
Moreover, Lake Simcoe is a
prime example of :an inland
lake which must be cleaned
up if solutions to.: the prob-
lems of the Great Lakes are
ever to be found. .
Some 40000 cottagers
currently exijoy Lake Simeee.
There are about 4 million
"person visits" to the Lake
each year, and these visitors
spend over $75 Million! Some
100,000 winter anglers and
45,000 summer anglers fish
in the Lake,. an activity which
generates about S13.6 mill-
ion. Yet there is strong
evidence that unless correct-
ive action is taken to limit the
nutrient arid phosphate
dumping into the • Lake;
pollution problems will
accelerate to the point where
Lake Simcoe will be doomed
as a recreational resource for
Ontario. .
Prompt action is neces-
sary. Rather than awaiting
development of a compre-
• hensive long-term plan for
the entire Basin, we believe
:immediate steps must be
taken to reduce the phos-
phorus input into Lake Sini-
coe, and we have recom-
mended a nine point strategy
to this end.
1., Set new lower popuf:
lation targets 'which are re-
lated to the cost atid tech-
nelogy required to handlethe
phosphorus loadings pro -
2. Adopt the slightly more
stringent short-term target of
95 metric tonnes. rather than
103 metric tonnes, as the
maximum phosphorus load,
ing limit for the Lake, with
the aim of reducing this level
even further in the future.
3, Control agricultural
run-off pollution.
4. Apply better tech-
niques such as storm water
settling ponds to improve the
management of urban storm
run -Off. These should 'be
mandatory for new develop -
merit. ;
5. Require all existing
sewage treatment plants to
limit their phosphorus Oft-
ent to no higher' than .3 mg.
per litre - the level set by,..the
14ininstry • of the Element-
rnent for all • new sewage
treatment facilitieS.• if neces-
sary, provide financial aid to
municipalities to upgrade
existing plants. - •
6. Make a commitment to,
improve the' Lake's fishing
•levels through a variety of
prograMs - greater protect-
. ion of spawning areas, more
imaginative management
Programs, etc. •
• 7, Institute a continuous
.program of intensive inspec-
tion of septic tanks on Lake
Simeoe. As a )ong-term pro-
gram, undertake to replace
untreated steel septic tanks
with tanks preferably made
of concrete.'
• 8. Require an update of ell
official plans of the 25 munic-
ipalities involved to. incor-
porate , the .environmental
strategy and revised . popu-
• lation targets within three
years.
9. Establish one agency -
perhaps a co-ordinating body
under the-' Cabinet Com-
mittee on Resources Devel-
opment - and give it Power to
' co-ordinate andeosure
implementation of the policy.
This plan to save Lake •
Simcoe will require spend-
ing. However, against the
cost of such action we must
measure the far greater cost
of inaction - to Ontario's $5,5
billion tourist industry„to our
• fishing industry. to property
Values of cottage -owners and
permanent residents. Above
all, unless the problems are
dealt with now, vastly expen-
sive schemes will be needed:
to restore the Lake in the
future.
Lake Simcoe is an import-
ant testing ground and the
fate of the Lake rests with the
Provincial Cabinet. • The
, Government's response on
this issue will have ramifi-
cations for the thousands of
other Ontario lakes which are
threatened by pollution..
t, the co_opermois
fritut;thal• ro‘u‘tt
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fttnds for the Ontario March
of Dirties in MeKillop, Town, -
ship again have inereaSed
their coueetions. The strong
Support from township
homes has meant 01,004-35
boa !been, turned .9.yer to.
uncle is in. por.k
•Support March of Plates
a a
New hog harm ere being built at a great rate around our
part of the province. Seems, everybody and his uncle is
getting ioto the production Of Perk.
The Ontario, Pork Producers, Marketing Board is
worried.
Canadian prodection,,' up 12 per cent last year, has
exploded this year and is already up 24'per cent. On top of
all that, Quebec farmers have hopped on to the
high -price -of -pork bandwagon and increased production
30 per ceant.
Economists are predicting a Severe drop in pork prices,
dOWnto the low 350s.
The pork hoard, n facto Says more than 2,000 more
burners are shipping hogs now than a year ago. In other
words, the good prices of the last few years in hogs has
convinced some farmers who had not been in production to
get back into it again. Not only than, but those "new"
producers are fellows building the big barns. They are in it
to stay, They have to stay becatise they have too much
invested to get out., •
Living in Waterloo 6unty,, One of the biggest hog
producing counties in the province—second only to .
Wellingten, L believe -r -the production increases could
throw the entire marketing scheme into a tizzy if the price
does drop.
Mind you, economists-, and agricultural experts have
been predicting a drop in pork prices for three years. They
are at it again now with' dire warnings to all prOducers to
cut back naw while they still can.
• What would frighten me if I were a producer is that
forecasters in the United States are Predicting a 20 Per
• cent increase in marketing this year. Canada, whether we
like it or not, is in a North American market. What
happens across the border;particularly itt hog production, '
has tremeodoeS influence here, A 20 per cent increase in
production over there is equal to more than the entire
1)01.tAlll SINE
Banks offer dedi •
canadian output of hogs.
If the Yanks have a. surplus, you know where it Will got
tight across the border, Which will have a depressing.
from 572,44 a hundredweight last winter to less than se .4
"
I don't know what the break-even point in hogs 1.,$, the4e, .""--1"..".....""7"...."."71".""-
hundredweight in May,
days but the heavy investment some farmers have already
oommitteed themselves to would probably make it around
$55 or 560 a hundredweight. Anything Jess than. that and
they will be losing money on every hog they ship.
But 1 figure fatmerS mast be the Most optimi$tic people
in the world. No matter what the guessperts have been
saying for the last two years, farmers keep right on,
ignoring them.
The economists' warnings have been Unheeded. The
experts, have been told to go suck eggs.
Maybe the hog producers think their new restaurant in
Toronto will sell all the hogs they can produce, Or maybe
that hilarious migraine Of theirs called Playboar will
prentote their product so well the demand for pork will
skyrocket. The restaurant is called The Pork Place and it's
run by the pork producers. Well, not really, But the
producers are bankrolling it and paying others to run The
PerkPlace for them.
It's in downtoWn Toronto and it is the first time in North
• America that farmerS, as a group, have 'financed their own
restaurant.
hope it works. I hope they sell all kinds of pork because
theynext f
areewm
gooinnth.
g:o, need a lot of sales to get rid of the
thousands of hogs that are corning oh the market over the
They are planning to open four more restaurants on a
franchised basis this year, They'll need a lot more than. .
that to keep j4,000 producers in business on a break-even
basis,
effect on Canadian Priem The drop is already apparent
Murray, Kni JPe O'Shea,:
Mrs. Vara Murray and Mrs,
Wm. All)01; Mrs. amiss&
Stewart, Mrs. Evelyn, ,
Hendr000, fowces,
storey, mrs.. Grace
Campbell; Mrs. Joe Van
Dooren: Mrs, Earl Rock,
Mrs. Anne Murray, 1‘41:S.
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' Growing old is not all increase in the Consumer
bad! .•
. Price Index to the interest
for Ast paegcei ar pyroi vullaergee es I iogfifbolre. credited' to. Y 0 t! rk'a c co !! n t
during the bans year
ed by Canada's major ended October 31. The
•
• benefits. •' ,•.
Here is some adviee: •
credited Novem-
•
•
•
• chartered hanks. But it is bonus is
.
v r the e 30 •
up to you to• apply for ' •
. • . Deposit all income to your • ,
They 'eliminate charges non-chequing • savings • ,. ••
for issuing cheques, for aecount. Arrangements can
payment of utility bills, for • be made to have cheques
• travellers cheques and in- mailed • and deposited
clude payment once a year directly te your account.
Of bonus interest on non- • Transfer funds to your
chequing savings accounts, chequing account to cover
They were introducedin cheques issued. If instruct
1976, but many elderly ed, your bank, will transfer.
customers are not aware a fixed amount on the same
that they exist. And neither day each month.
"your" bank nor
"my" . Do not keep excess funds
bank nor "our" bank is ,
telling them. i.ti aRechmeluinbegractchoautntiunds,
..•
lf quadtgrass is showing .
up in your harvest. use
Roundup° before you fall plow.
YOU didn't plant it. But •
that quackgrass came up
programs and services Which
work to change for the better
the world in which Ontario's
disabled adults, live.
The CO -Chairmen for
McKillop's fund-raising
were Mrs. Mervin Dietz,
R.R.1, Dublin, and Mrs.
Wm. Little, R.R.1, Seaforth.
Captains and canvassers in
• Mrs. Dietz's area were: Mrs.
Doris Ryan, Mrs. Irene
1Celly, Mrs. Madeline
Dianne Beuermann; Mrs.
Lavern Hoegy, Mrs. Debbie
Murray.
CaPtain$ in Mrs. Little's
area were: Mrs, Nancy
Schade, Mrs- Agnes Schade,
Mrs, Walter McClure, Mrs-
Oline Dennis, Mrs. Little,
'Mrs. Sarah Elliott.
CativasserS were three 4-1f
Club members,- Miss Donna
McClure, Misses Lisa and
Sandra Campbell, and Mrs.
Grace Scott.
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Framing, Roofing, Aluminum Siding,
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Sometimes you reap
a lot more than you sow.
• To take full advantage of transferred out of a savings
these plans you must have account on the last bum -
two accounts, a chequing eas day of a month,earn no
and a non- cheqiiingbawls interest for that Month.
Savings account. Chequing. If you must .withdraw or
accountterst osr' 3ppaye n
i centtll e on
in- transfer funds, out., o f a
e
savings account; do so on
minimum six4nonthily the first business day of a
• balance. • month. ' •
• Since January 1, 109, - But, never COMPLETELY
non-chequing ' SavingS in
c Se a bonus savings
• accounts have earned inter- account until December,
est at 91/2 per cent per after you have received the
annuli) on the minimum bonus. As far as the bank's
computer is concerned, you
monthly balance. The inter-
,
est is computed , , no longer exist when you
montniy
and credited at April 30 and close your account.
October 31. Thus interest is . Perhaps these suggest-
tompounded half yeaiiy, ions will help you to help
•with the bonus, the your bank do a better job
•
. ,
and, -,
rate becomes 401/2p er cent for you.
per annum. Bates can- •
change without notice. In
1978 they went up froth 53/4 Mr. Roberts is a retired CA
per cent to 9 per cent. who is a volunteer in the
The bonus calculated by Inatitute's free blepille, tax
applying the per cent program for senior citizens.
Farmers...
We will be receiving
• WHEAT
this year
*vv. buy and seldrlywet CornEt
• We are taking your
• Corn Contracts now
*We receive White Beans
• Trtititing is iiVallable for pick-up &
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anyhow, choking your crop
and taking a bite out of
yiSur potential yield.
Jamming up the
works at harvest
time. ,
• Don't let it happen
again next year. Get the.
jump on quackgrass, right
after harvest But not by plow,
ing. Plowing just breaks up
the weeds, leaving under,
ground root networks 4 ready to send
up new shoots in the spring.
This year, before you fall plow, let '
quackgrass regrow until most of
the weeds are at least eight
• inches high (the three or four
• leaf stage of -growth).
• Then, anytime
before the first weed killing
frost, apply Roundup°
herbicide by Monsanto.
• Roundup quickly translocates
• throughout the treated weeds,
• destroying them— root networks
and all. Just five days after using
Roundup, you can plow as usua).
(Note If you prefer to apply
Roundup in the spring, don't plow
the fields this fall.)
• Stop quackgrass before
• it attacks next year's crop.
With a post-harvest application
Roundup , before you plow.
There's never
been a herbicide I
like this before.
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