The Huron Expositor, 1976-08-12, Page 15Who'd work for a minus figure on pay.. cheque?
Consumers tend to become insulated froM farmers' prob-
lems. Communications systems are so sophisticated that
most people hear -about an agricultural dispute and then
forget it.
The dairy problem has been flogged to death, it seems, by
the mass media. Yet few people understand it in its entirety.
I have been an observer of the agricultural scene for a coin•
pie of decades but the complications in dairy farming are
stilt, in some areas, beyond my understanding.
Most people - consumers — give up after a few days or
weeks and let nature take its course.
But is this enough? We have just returned from a vacation
triPjnto northern Quebec, specifically the Saguenay River
varay and Chicoutimi and along the shore of Lac St. Jean,
We made it a point not to take the double lane highways but
to stick to the lesser-used roads from Montreal north.
Wherever the traveller goes, prominent signs are display-
ed in almost every,industrial milk-producing farm in the
province: ",,Rroducteurs Laiters Baisse de Revenus de 20%
pour '76 InitiatiVe du Federal."
My high school French is lacking in accuracy but, roughly
translated, I think these signs say that milk producers' reve-
nues have been cut 20 per gent this year by the federal gov-
ernment,
Hardest hit by the federal government's dairy policy are
the Quebec farmers because many of them are in the indus-
trial milk producing business; that is, milk not used for
table purposes but for making cheese, butter and powdere
milk and a few other milk-based products such as yog
A couple of months ago, Quebec dairy farmers s rmed
Parliament Hill and caused considerable turmoil. t that
time, one of Canada's leading political journalists, D glas
Fisher, expressed grave concern.
Those people on the Hill that day were not young revolu-
tionaries, he -said. They were nagreembeh n d-th e-ea rs-k id s
or Maoists or young radicals or Separatists. They were'
honest-tceGod farmers, most of them middle-aged with the
brawny arms of those who toil in the fields for a living.
He was obviously disturbed by the confrontation. The
solidarity of the Quebec farmers becomes apparent driving
through the province. They have been ordered to take a 20
per cent cut in their returns and they are not going to accept
it.
Can you blame them? As mentioned before in this corner,
how many unionists would accept a 20 per cent cut? They are
ind.ignant because they have been asked — ordered, perhaps,
is a better word — to accept a,10 per cent increase. And they
'are angry about t at. What Would happen if they had to ac-
cept a 20 er c decrease in wages?
• The m t behi by the Quebec dairy farmers would
be nothing comp d to what organized labor Fould perpe-
trate. Labor unionists, especially labor leaders, are familiar
with confrontation. They have used confrontation tactics to
great advantage over the years.
But faimers are new to the game. Only the National Farm-
ers Union has suggested withholding of produce to, gain ob-
jectives. And few people in Ontario have been taking the
farmers union seriously in recent years. This, too, is unfor-
tunate because at one time, the old•Ontario Farmers Union
was a voice to be reckoned within the province.
The federal dairy policy has been modified slightly in
recent weeks and indications are that mare changes will be
made.
In My :humble opinion, it is high time. Industrial milk
producers have been caught in a dreadful bind even though
some of the fault lies within their-own barnyards. They did
over-produce last year in spite of warnings from both federal.
and provincial agriculture ministers.
But the penalties they areforced to pay now seem to be a
drastic method to force them into line. •
I'm sure most of us would quit and go on unemployment if
we worked for a month and ended up with a minus figure on
our pay cheques.
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match the size of the load, wait until you have a full load
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OFA complimetihr
Whelan on milk change
We have c gooct
"Federal .Agricultural
Minister Eugene Whelan is to be
complimented for easing monthly
quota allocations for indlistrial
milk producers", ' said Gordon -
Hill, President, Ontario Feder-
ation of Agriculture. "Mr.
-Whelan's announced changes will
make the program acceptable for
most dairy producers," Mr. Hill
sid. "However, there is a small
grou\of Ontario shippers who
find themselves without the
neces ary amount of quota to stay
in business. Many of these are
new shippers who were
encouraged into production by
the Ontarice,,Government IMPIP
program They had, #1eJ,g1.49r- „
standing that quota would be
available when they needed it.
"The. IMPIP program," Mr. Hill
said, "was a good program and of
benefit to all Ontario people.
The Ontario Government, in
Mr. Hill's opinion, was sincere in-
introducing the program and
should now come to the aid of
producers caught with high
expenses and insufficient quotaS
to finance their farm operations.
"Ottawa has amended their
part of the program," said Mr.
Hill. "No, Ontario Agricultural
and 'food Minister, Wm.
Newman, shonld.assist farMerS to ,
get necessary quota and offer to
pay over-quota levy for those
Ontario dairymen caught in the
squeeze."
Hullett tough
on stray cattie
Hullett Township cattle far-
mers, should be warned not to
give their cows any bum steers as
that Township 'now has ,a tough
bylaw to prevent wandering
cattle. e
Hullett council passed a bylaw
at their meeting •last Monday
night to fine owners up to $300 for
any cattle wandering on township
-roads. The bylaw was passed in
the hopes that cattle will be
. prevented from wandering, .01:Ito-'
other people's property.'
In other 'council business,
Hidlett Township has 10 munici-
pal drains under construction.
Council has paid for two of them
and has heard reports on' four
others. A petition was read for
another municipal drain to be
installed. -
Two applications for tile drain
loans were accepted and 11
building permits were Brat teed.
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SEAFORTH FARMERS
co-op
527-0770 Seaforth
Logan~adop#s_ ,drain. ort
were approved:-''
Council agreed to accept' their
share of the cost of repairing the
floor and washrooms in the
Monkton Arena, as requested by
the Board of Health.
General Accounts amounting to
$48,361.95 and Road Accounts
totalling $6,795.25 were ordered
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Drains were the main- topic,
wlier--•Logan--Township Connell
met at Bornholm Monday,
August 3.
•The Reidy Drain Report was
adopted. The clerk will prepare a ,..
by-law with .5 year Debentures at•
11%, and Court of Revision -is to
be held Sept. 7 at 9:00 p.m.
Tile Beauchamp )grey
Township) was also adopted..
The C.-,ottrtef,le)Mon on the
North ilifq5PIntifik.'illif6iii6a
with and the. by-law given 3rd
reading. The contract was
awarded' tp Anson Ehgoetz for
$28,400.
. The Waite Drain and the 'Rock
Branch of the Nicholson Drain are
now, completed and amending
by-laws were passed. ,
Two tile drainage loans were
completed amounting to $6,600.
and three applications were
approved amounting to $10,000.
Having received a petition for
the repair of the Ritz Drain,
Dawson and Johnson, •Engineers paid.
were appointed to examine same •
and report back to Council. '" .
Inspection Committee and the
District Planning Board, the '
Mitchell & District Protective seyves
Mitchell & District , Arent& and
Community Centre Comniittee CANADIAN ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD
The minutes" Of 'the' Mitchar&',,,-AtVeriElSinn':r'If
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