The Huron Expositor, 1978-05-04, Page 2•
The potato farmers
Farmers blocking the trans-Canada time when New Brunswick farmer 0
_Highway,_fir_st vvith_their... mac h inery , weredumping-their-potatoesifor--want--,--
and then with their bodies? •of a market.
New Brunswick farmers, natives of The New 'BrunswiCk farmer want a
that conservative; careful, Mokk-to- national potato marketing board, one
anger province? , ' that will set quotas,. stabilize 'prices
It may be hard for sortie of us to and control imports and exports. A
believe but that's exactly what some national marketing board, they say, 1 New Brunswick potato farmers, will, prevent: fiascos that see their .
driven to the,wall by prices that give' potatoes dumped while others criss-
them 2 cents a pound for crops which cross the country to markets.
cost 41/2 cents to produce, are doing. New Brunswick , and federal
The big problem seems to be that governr_nents counter that provincial
t . although potatoes are New potato marketing boards must be
' Brunswick's traditional crop, its established first. Needless '
farmers produce 20 percent ' of bureaucracy, 'and totally inefficient
Canada's potatoes --- until fairly unless growers from all provinces are
recently there was'competition among included,.counters the NFU ' which
buyers, and hence a chance af.a fair represents protesting, farmers. .
price, for that crop. We don't know who's right. But a
CompetitionJor_the.potato-crop-has------quick—look—ar-the—ViTaTibli—wou Id
been nearly eliminated since the giant indicate a) New Brunswick. potato .
McCain Foods Ltd. has been able to farmers are desperate and b) the clout
overshadow all other potato of ,a national marketing 'agency may '
processors, • be needed to get fair treatment from a
In a recent example of questionable - monopoly .. like McCains.
corporate good Citizenship McCaih It wouldn't hurt Mr. Whelan to talk
brought potatoes, 93 million pounds to the 'farmers, , to, provincial
of them, into New, Brunswick from agriculture ministers and try to Work
B.C. and the State of Washington at a out a compromise
It's a cruel month
April is the cruellest- month.
in Canada, It sure as heck is.
Where else would you find income tax'
due on the same weekend that after a
whole week of balmy almost summer
like weather, the temperature
phinges to a winter-like low?
We Canadians are used to, lovely
warm days while we're at work during
the week and rotten, cold and rainy
weather when we have some free time
on the weekends. That's almost a
'national traditiOn.
But to have the bad weekend
weather co-incide with the forking
over of a good percentage of one's
pay to. the • federal and provincial
governments, • that's enough to
provoke
.
despair. ._r' But 'we Canadians rally quickly
Just the cheering" thought we need
may be the fact that today it's May 4
'and the price of lettuce is on its -way
back - down to normal.
Expositor as ks:
[by Debbie'Ranneyl
Recently , provinciat treasurer Darcy
McKeough backed down on his proposed 37'
per cent increase on OHIP premiums. cutting
it in half to 18.75. Expositor Asks thought it
might be,interesting to ask local people what
they thought of the treasurer's latest move,
Mrs. Robert J. Campbell of 'R. R. #.1.
Seaforth 'said, "I think it was raised too high
to start with. This is at least an improve-
ment." • •
JIrian Flannigan of 15 Louisa Street,
Seaforth siad, "1 think it's much better than
paying the 3/V2, per cent," but he added that
he thought the rate should be lower than 18.75
per cent.
Mrs. Roy Elliott of Egmendville said. !'At
least it's a little bit better than it'was. It's an
improvement."'
"I don't think it needed to go up at all," she
added.
. Mrs. Alek MCGregor of R. R. #2, Kippen
Said, "I think they were making enough out of
it the w it was without raising it anymore."
Mrs. Charles Glanville of R. R. #1. Hensall •
said,'"It's a tot better than it was,
Ted Doyle of R. R. #2, Staffa. said) didn't
know why the government-.'didrl put the
increase on income tax. "It's" politics." he
said. He added that he thou • ht they should
have cut the increase down 'o 8 per cent.
"I think it's much better bt it ..uld be a
tittle bit lower," said Mrs. Jame 1 e. nor of
R. R. #2. Dublin, "I think it's big for young
people starting up." •
Mrs. John Burch of R„ R. #1. Waltoi said,
"It was a pretty big step. They admitted it was
to Stop an election. There wasn't web
concern for the people."
"We're going to have to pay it one wa 'y or
another," she said. She added that she
thought if some patients were examined more
closely they probably wouldn't have to put so
many pbople in hospital and that cutting down
on unnecessary hospitalization would help
keep health costs
•
At the rummage: sate
ehind t e scenes
By Keith- Roulston
More than ever today, with proiongee
teachers' strikes, and the continued fracas at
the Fleck plant, one . hears Mutterings that
unions are too strong. and that people 'are too
'greedy. The latter remains undeniably true. "
The former is deba e.
There is • tio doubt that, t e u
s
hav
e
achieved their primary purpose in t fast 100
year. cy have gained a more than equitable
ge for Most of their members. Now the
pendulum has swung the other way. The
workers' productivity is at an all-time
while their ever-increasing demands are'
putting management out of business. There's '
the rub,
The unions are here tostay, but their role in
the economy should obviously change. No
longer are strong-arm tactics much needed in
achieving decent wages and working
conditions. For the most part they have been
achieved. Since unionism is no longer in its.
infancy, its means and ends Must cease being
infantile. Now the unions must strive for a
voice in the management of the company.
Profit sharing gives sonic incentive 'toward
higher productivity, but is insufficient. A
worker/sharehOlder situation is • ideal, but .
very difficult to achieve, even with a newer
cornpatty. The middle-of-the road proposal
that of having the workers electing one or
more arthemSelves to a seat on the board of
directors. voicing the employees constructive
criticisms, complaints, etc. • is' the most
obvious choice. It would create a two-way
means of communication. It would put an end
to many unproductive strikes. It would
enlighten the workers as to why a•certain raise
would cause the company's financialruin. It
Would • -allow the management firSt-hand
,information regarding working conditions. In
the end it would 'promote a healthier Canadian
economy, „ ;
it all sounds beautiful, maybe somewhat
unrealistic. We must allow for human fraility,
Can sufficiently astute workers be found to.
serve on a board of directors ?A ratio Of one
worker/director to ten management/directors
will obviously serve only to provide informa-
tion. not to influence company policies. Will it
increaase productivity? Any person who
understands the direct relationship between
the efficiency/profitability of "his" company
and the size of his pocketbook will
undoubtedly work harder, How else will the
company benefit? Thereis the possibility' that
the' workers come up with ideas on new
Marketing fields, an expanded line of goods,
and especially on More efficient methods of
production: two heads are always better than
one.
Finally, . we must remember • that the
wotkebmanager relationship,. like marriage,
is a two-way street. Neither can operate .en his
own, As always: it's a matter of "give acid
take".
• Dirk van der 'VVerf
Clinton
A useful
Last week's exciting dernon,stralion
of the community forurn concept in.
Dtiblin may, be an indication of things
to come -we hope so.
The. Idea behind the forums is
certainly a valid one - to let the people
of a community involve themselves, in
setting three goals for the corn Muni-
ty 's future. Tbo often we elect our
loCal politicians, leave all the decision
-making up to--thenrand-thentomplain
endlessly about the results.
The' 25 Dublin --residents- -who-
attended the' forum represented a
broad cross section of the comMunity,
• from students, who don't usually
havevoice in ,local government, to
teachers, housewives and retired
reSidents_of the village: Our only wish
is that more local businessmen could'
have been repreSented, bince'it soon
evolved that. attracting new,
and industry was felt to be one of the
main challenges facing Dublin in the
future. "
Although the co-ordinators 'of the,
forum were certainly bOth skilled
communicators, this same format
could be used in a variety of settings
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and with a variety Of organizations.
We've already heard of a local
hospital auxiliary group which makes
use of the workshop -method in,taking
a serious look at the aims and.
objectives of their organization.
Communities, city • neighbourhoods, •
farm organizations and even county .
boards of -education could set aside
one evening, perhaps only once a
year, and:-'-go ihrough--- the-'same
exercise with the help of guidelines
supplied--by the Institute of Cultural
Affairs.
Furthermore, at the finish of the
workshops, each participant receives
a copy of the results of their
brainstorming = a copy they' can refer •
to in the future, hopefully as they're ,
implementing the, challenges they r
identified in the forum.
The business world has used these
brainstorming techniques for years -
,so there must be something
'productive about them. The forum in
•Dublin was an exciting example of
community involvement, but let's see'
this involvement happenAiore often!
idea •
• 'My what the pitter patter of little feet can do
to the peaceof the home. Especially when you
have 32' little feet doing the pitter Pattering.
Nolt isn't a miracle of modern; maternity, or •
a major adoption project out at Muddy Ltgw
Manor. just a croptif eight little puppies. Or at •
.least they were little but they're doing their
best to remedy the situation. '
it had never been one of my great ambitions
to have pups wandering around: Throughout
my life I'Ve been very sexist when it came. to
dogs:. We alw.ays!had'a male dog or we, didn't
have a' dog at all, When we lived in• town we
just didn't have a dog 'because we felt dogs'
should have -space torun.and we didn't. have . •
the 'space. ... •
Indeed-when we moved out to the manor the
• wife wasn't 'sure She still wanted a dog. Shed
_neve • had .a degyylien siewaS,grewieginp..and
to her eats were the only, et worth hay lag.
Still eventually she sleciddd that she'd give
dog h try (she's a'. sucker for any kind of
anirnifl.and it was she who actually. picked out„.
our first .dog, an animal. of indeterminant •
origin which the • village, officials had found
running the streets and 'captured. The man in
charge of such things • as' gettieg of
unwanted degs-just couldn't do it with this one
because he was so appealing so he kilit him,
hoping someday he would find a home .for.
.
•
him. •
When he brought Jack (our children named
him after a dog in 'their faveurite: televisi on
series) out to the .farm it was one of the Most.
Warming experiences one 'could take part in,
Suddenly after being coopedup in 'town he s,
' had the. run 'of many acres and the love of
three children. 'He was a. great first dog and
rather spoiled us. .1-lc. never _got into trouble
•and never, strayed from home as far as we'
could. figure out. But one, day last hill he',
suddenly just disappeared in the middle of the
afternoon and we, never saw hint again. '
Suddenly after many members of the family
not beiiig sure they Wanted a dog at all they
found they had a great longing for a doh;. So
when we learned through. a family connection
of some Labrador Retrener pups to be given
• away we too*-1111(10k.' 1111:y were both ,female
'but ah what the heck.
•
That "ahwhat the heck" was Inq fall, This
winter .we found out what the heck. One day
Ie dog started acting strangely.and' shortly
erwards a big German Shepherd took up
( ,..yesidened just outside the kitchen door. tie
stayed there, with the odd break for (Ass! or
whatever;„ for, the next 10 days. Whrn it
The: intter of 32 little feet
and sleep but' later when they got older and
friskier life in the kitchen became hectic to
the leaSt. Every step was taken with the
knowledge that one Ailglirtse-"steppitirorFa
pup or on. his calling card,
• S'o when the warm weather finally arrived
last week' there was a hugh sigh. of relief
around our house. Finally the pups could go
' outside and the kitchen could return to being a
became' evident that he wasn:t aeout to go
• away we were 'faced with a predicant t.
mean after all you can't keep the dog in 'de ••.
:forever or the place will seenSmell like a bar
So tinafl.y with, anrithet "ah whatthe heck" we
opened the door and let the dog out the next
- time nature called. And nature called in more
than one way. That dog had more fun for the
. next few days than she, probably knew was
petSible in her wildest puppy dreams. They
cavorted around the yard. day and night and
she played him like the typical movie version o
' of the coquettish woman. One minute.she"d be.
mad for him and the' next min ute she'd ignore ..:••
hint and he'd look bewildered tly it all'.
But her turn to be 'bewildered was Coming.
. She kept getting bigger and heavier as the
weeks: were on and Suddenly found •she
couldn't do all the things she'd once done as •a
slim Tlieh -Ofie
came into the house in the morning 'acting
strangety, running-in and out of. rooms and
just getting into the house in time to•-decide
- she wanted out again. I was off.to a me.eting.
, .and just going out the back door when -1 heard
astrangenoiSe'an.dlooke&over to sec the dog
- a . corner. licking something ••Ahat was
whimpering. "Jill," -1 , yelled, "the dog's
.having pups; see .you later." Well I meanofter
. • all she's at least had "seine .nursing training . •
• and I wasn't:lily' good at those things. -
• Lateethat afereoon I came home to'find out
the dog had eight pups, all looking just' like
• Labs. Front then on our lives were to' change -
• severely. •With the weather so backward this,
spring there was only one placethe pups could- -
• .be..k.ent: in the house. That wasn't hadfor the
first couple of Weeks when all the.y, did was eat ••
kitchen after being a kennel. Suddenly the
pups became loveable objects again instead of
little pests But if we were relieved, motherdo.g
was even happier. She . wasn't really
• enamoured .with. the idea of being a mother.
Haying, eight little offspring 'yapping at her
hecIS everytime she moved' wasn't . exactly her
idea of a good' time, •
With the, pups outside she could finally get
urine peace by going inside. Well ' eld girl,
that's the penalty you pay for loose living.
the y arst4gorte
10,1878
sPow person or peOons drove' an-kW-spike in the
joint of the rails on the raifroad track near Maitland
'Brice; Londesboro, A young man named Hagerty was
arrested on suspicion and was tried —before the
Magistrate who eoalMitted him to Goderich Jail to await
the assizes.,
sizes MCharles flohlbein has lately bought the
blacksmith's shop of William PumMel he Dashwood,
also the entire stock of, Messrs. Cook and Broadfoot
who have he:Cii'ea.:rrying the, business for the. last 15
months. Mr. Hohlbein in the future will carry On the
business by' himself, •
On Tuesday last, Mr. Robert Winter, cattle dealer,
shipped to the English market a carload of as fine stock
'as Aver left this station.
Out draught club visited Brucefield on •Friday
evening lalt and played the, return match with the
Draught club of thit village in Tupscr's, liptet. William
Charter's of Hensall was chosen to .-act as umpire.
iMr. Henry Taylor, of,HUllett left on Thursday fora a.
visit to Scotland.
Mr. William Dickson of 'Stanley sold' a tine'; Yount
general-purpose •stailion
88,1903 '
03,to 9Mr. Robert Shaft) PAA
STanley. The price ..paid for it was $500.
MAX
As will be seen by abother announcement the
Trustees of Varna School, Section #6, Stanley, have
' decided to erect a new school and are calling for tenders,
for the new work,
A brabch of the Sovereign Bank in Zurich had, been
opened wehe-viliage. .
On Saturday evening last, Hensall village was ,
enlivened by the stirring strains of the reorganized
Brass Band under the leadership of Mr. Charleslinder.
Their playing-brought out.a.large crowd of people. We
believe that it is the intention of the band to play every
Saturday. evening. ,
Mr. William Pepper; one of the, prosperous farmers •
•in Tuckersmith, near Hensall, passed. through Seaforth
on-Monday on his vvay-home, from Humphreys Sale of
jerseys in Lambeth. He had with-him -a pretty 3-year old '
heifer which was one of the best sold at the sale and for
which he-had-paid--$85:
'As Mrs. David Donate Jr. was walking across the
floor in her residence, she slipped and in falling, she
• fractured her thigh -Ilene.
Mrs. E. McFall, Mrs. Andrew Young, anFfl, Mrs. M.
Y. McLean are in Guelph this week attending the'
General Annual Meeting of the Wonien's Foreign
ivli,ssionary's Society of the Presbyterian Church.
William Pickard has. purchased a large bankrupt
stock of dry goods in Hamilton and 'is having it placed in
hig mammoth establishment in Seaforth. As he -has"
purchased it at a very low rate on the dollar, no doubt
he will 'give his customers that advantage of his
bargain.
Murdoch Brothers of Brucefield left this week with'a
"shipinent of cattle for' the Old Country.
The good tempters of Kinburn , reorganized last
' Friday night and have now 31, members.
Mr. John SprOat and his gang of men are putting the
cement wall nrider-W.J.indsay's house in Kinburn.
MAY 4, 1928
Mr. Alex Sinclair of the Kippen Road last week sold
the prize winning gelding to the'D-ominion Transport
Company of Toronto and a price which will make horse
dobarrmeHedpirnbsgert . popular„ This colt Was raised by John Cairns f ib
The sawmill inWilton has closed down until the
are through with their seeding,— -
L, Bennewies o1 0,rodhagen, harnessmaker,
installing a new superteSt gasoline
William Riehl . unfortunately injured his hand in
cranking his car , and has secured the services of
Clarence Drager to assist in his barber, shop.
(Brodhagen) •
With`the advent of warmer weather at Chiselhurst, •
seeding is now general and reports ,have indicated that
-the-land is in excellent condition.
Mr. John Eckstein Of Zurich, a farmer livingon the
Bronson Line, lost two valuable working horses two
,days ago. Upon investigation, it was found that they
had eaten some fermented-ellisilage and although the
servies of a veternarian was secured, nothing could be
done, to save them. .
L., Smith of Zurich, publisher of the local
newspaper, is-having ajebtifit,intertype type setting
machine instilled this week.
.Farmers are very busy. at Zurich at seeding.
Weather and land conditions have beenexcellent this
week and a large acreage has already been 'sown.
Messrs. J. and C. -McDonell of-Hensall have rented •
the well situated piece of ground, west of E. Rennies lot
and will have it for a 4lisplay lot for cars. •
A very large acreage of onions in H.ensall is' being
sown here this spring., Hensell has always been noted
as an onion' cetre with what has beentermed "Onion
. King" for 'many years. •
Mr. John Murray a well known assessor of
Tuckersmith, who's els() well known as the gardener,
purchased some new potatoes during the latter part of ,
June in Phillips PruitStore.As an experiment, he cut a
few up and planted them in seven hills. He says it is the',
first time that he ever knew-that .new potatoes could be
used for seed. • • The plan for the Minstrel Show, given under the
auspices of the Seaforth Lions arid Bowling Clubs,
opens at Aberhart's Drug Store, Saturday May S-
A. W. Dunlop of the Chevrolet garage has leased the
residence of J. H. Smith and has moved his family here.
The Dominion Balk has had a cement curb laid along
the south' side of the building which males a ,distinct
improvement to the appearance of the street.
MAY 8, 1953 -
Following serious burns to her body and face
Sustained after an article of clothing caught fire after
working•over a stove, Mrs. Clara Wolfe died early
Tuesday morning.. Mrs. Wolfe who was housekeeper
for Frank Grieve was apparently preparing supper
when the 'accident 'occurred.
"Rose of TheDanube": alight operetta about young
love and financial difficulty Was presented by the
students of the Seaforth District High School before two
capacity audiences, in the school auditorium.
Doug Stewart, Upper Rho& strident, in Seafim1
District High Shool will represent his school on t e
Leader Club, sponsored by the London Free Pres • nd
the University of Western Ontario. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James A. Stewart of town..
Two ownership 'changes on Main 'street businesses
were revealed this week. P. J. Dorsey for 25 years,
'proprietor hi a Heating and Plumbing Business has sold
out to Donald 'Wood of town. Mr. Whod has worked
with Mr. Dorsey for ,several years. Mr. Dorsey,
veteran of World War I plans to retire. Clare Reith has
sold his grocery business to Orval Cooper, Tuckersmith
farmd. Mr. Keith will return to the employ of Seaforth
Co-operative as manager 'of the mill division. He was
formerly manager of the poultry division and ,prior to
that was employed by R. J. Sproat. Another change
in the process on Main Street. Ross Savauge's Jewellry
Store isis undergoing renovations for a modern store f
Frank McConnell who was manager of the :first Bank
• in Dublin was guest of honour at a birthday patty in
Mitchell last Sunday. He was 90 years old on Saturday.
He was manager of the Western Bank which was
opened in Dublin in 1903. He's the only surviving
member of the building committee of St.. Patrick's
Church, Dublin, which was built in 1900.
Published at
o the editor:
We need new roles for unions
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