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The. retiring president of the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, Gordon Hill of Varna
strongly criticized supermarket
chains in Ontario in his final
president's address after seven
years in the post. He said the
Chains control no less than 67 pet
cent of the retail food business.
Stich chains, he told the
delegates, tend to simply
"swallovv„ up" their smaller
competitors.
The retiring president also
reminded the Federation's annual
convention that the Federal Anti
Inflatioit Hoard had named six
large food firms as having made
excess profits. He pointed to
Borden, Swift, Canada Packers,
Christie Brown, General Foods
and Kellog.
The farmer, he said, only gets
20 per cent of the dollar spent by
consumers for food,
Farmers and • consumers are
interdependent, he told the
gathering,s and that the supposed
confrontation between those two
groups has been created by the
Department of Consumer Affairs
and the press.
Farmers were urged to develop
4. clear identity when certain
segments of the population began
speaking . up on such affairs.
"There are two main slots in
the field of business," .fie said,
"labour and management. And
People want to know which
farmers belong to... we belong to
botg."
According to Mr. Hill farmers
produced $10 billion in products
in Canada last gear and managed
assets which were valued at $40
billion. On top of that farmers
purchased billions of dollars
worth of goods and services to
operate their farms.
Guest speaker at the Monday
session was Federal Conservative
leader Joe Clark,
Clark told the convention that a
gulf had grown, between those
who make and, those who are
affected by decisions.
Agriculture, he said,
represented one of the most
impoRed components of the
Canadian economy.
Turning to the question of beef
import4he explained that a beef
quota law exists "on the books"
in the Usiited States which can be
puff into effect at any time.
Although it 'is not always
enforced, he suggested the very
fact that it exists has a regulatory
effect on the beef,' market. He
went on to note that he would like4
to see similar legislation
introduced in Canada.
Mr. Clark also said that under a
Conservative government when
producers determined that a
marketing board for the product
would be advantageous such a
board would be established. And
when such a board was seen as a
disadvantage by the producers in
question, no board would be
recommended. In general he
indicated a. willingness to have
producer input to legislation.
In' other business the
convention considered a number
of resolutions on farm safety. A
resolution calling on
manufacturers to redesign tractor
fenderS to improve safety was
accepted. It calls for lower front
portions to the fenders be
connected to the floor plate 'to
protect operator's feet and legs
from injury by the moving parts.
Noting that npst operators of
fast moving vehicles have little
respect for slow moving vehicle
signs and will pass at any time the
delegation from Lanark County
urged that the Federation request
the Provincial Government to
revise their laws on slow moving
vehicle signs, to require- that all
vehicles, before pasi'ing, indicate •
their intention to pass by
sounding their horn.
The resolution was narrowly
lost as the delegates felt it wold
be unwisette have farmers relying
on the sound of a horn which
would be difficult to bear above
the noise of operating machinery
and especially where the operator
was wearing safety muff to
reduce such sound.
A Grey County
recommendation that the OFA
request the Ontario government
to pass legislation requiring farm
machinery manufacturers to
install turn signals was referred
back to the Safety Cqmmittee for
a more detailed definition of
"farm machinery!'
In the debate it' Was noted that
with such equipment as plows
• and discs the rear view of the
operator or the vehicle
approaching from the rear was
not seriously impaired. It was also
Suggested that 12 volt wiring for
such signals was fragile as .was
unlikely to stand up to the rough
us age farm machinery was
subjected to. " •
An Ottawa-Carleton resolution
noting that farmers who own a
dump truck for their farm
operations and occasionally_ will
haul a load of gravel Or fill for
their own use should be allowed
to carry farm vehicle licenses and'
- be exempted from compulsory
semi-annual safety checks was
narrowly passed.
The OFA also agreed to request
the Ontario Government to
reinstate grants for transportation
of'agricultural line although
'delegates felt a subsidy should be
placed on fertilizer as well.
The,OFA 'also agreed to request
the Ministry of Agriculture, and
Food to increase the number of
participants of the Junior
Agriculturist Program in order
that more farmers may secure
'help wtih his - program. The
Federation • agreed to support a
resolution calling on Bell Canada
to institute much larger toll free
areas in the ,Rainy River and
similar districts.
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