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Clinton News-Record, 1967-05-18, Page 10/ Page 1G-—Clinton News-Record—Thurs.f May 18, 1967 Matter of Principle I have always been interest ed in figures but there are many.times that I have been confused and frustrated. Quite a few years' ago I at tended a farm management course. We were given a form to fill in which would give us the measure of our farming efficiency and our net income. I filled1 mine in as accurately as possible 'and was amazed to find What an efficient operation I was .carrying on and "what a good income I had, However, I was most con fused and frustrated when I looked in my billfold and' check- D TA WEEKLY LOOK AT Kipling was wrong! East, is' east and west is west' •— and the twain DO meat, from April 28 .to October 27 at Expo ’67 in Montreal. Peoples from the four cor ners of the earth, and from more than 70 different nations are being gathered for this ex travaganza .and they’re bring ing their customs, their culture and their products. A trip to these countries would be more Costly, more bothersome and take a great detail more time, but probably couldn’t provide anything more in the way of a glofwting pic ture of .life as it is today around the globe, than the national er- hibits that will be on display at Expo ’67. No other world exhibition has ever included so many partici pating nations. Just ' imagine some of the things you will see at Expo '67 — paintings and tapestries from Belgium; for example or some of the wonderful specimens of firearms, veritable collectors items. for which this country is so famous; crystal ‘works of Vai St. Lambert; the Bolshoi Opera, -LaScalla Opera, the $2,- 500,000 fantasy Gyrotron ride; the 38 massive sculptures com missioned especially for , Expo and a. thousand and one other - items to be seen nowhere else in the world. There will be items aplenty .. from Britain, France, Morocco, ’ the Netherlands, Austria, Vene zuela, Israel, Iran, Sweden, • * Denmark, Finland, I _ China, Japan, 'ifcaly, Ireland, Russia, India. And not only the larger coun tries are participating. Check off Malaysia, Ceylon, Jamaica, Monaco, Switzerland, Columbia, Thailand, Ethiopia, Argentina for a feW more. And this' isn’t half. We might also list the Ger man Federalist Republic, Trini dad and Tobago, the Ivory Coast, the Upper Volta, the Re public of Chad, the Congo and Barbadoes, and still not be fin ished. And we haven’t mentioned the United States of America yet, with a pavilion right next to the Russians. And in all their exhibits, the 70-odd nations of the world ex- LONOESBORO f Me raoMwed trade mark of Clba ed my tfenk account. Some-’ how the figures just didn’t match-up. After reading an article, “Average Farmer’s Income Rises Fast” on the front page of the second section of the April 29 issue of- the Stratford Beacon-Herald, I feel much thte same way. This article states! that the estimated net income of farm ers for 1966 is up 81 percent over the 1965 estiimatels. This seems very hard to believe. Hog prices wetrle up a good deal but cattle prices, seemed to be only steady. Perhaps the large grain ihibitlng at Expo 67 are x^evealr ing as much as possible of their customs and products and culture, their history and their geography. This is one reason why. chil dren will find a Visit to Expo so very valuable. Kipling, we said art the outset, was wrong when he prophesied that east and west wouldn’t meet; but he was right when he wrote about “the female of the species.” * Women who travel — and those who wish they could — will enjoy wandering through he pavilions, of the many na tions at Expo ’67. The non-commeroial exhibits will exhude the atmosphere of the countries they represent. And there will be tood, re member, just like. mother thinks She used to males — and mother won’t have to wash the dishes. And if milady has a desire to shop — that will be made easy, as well, and' in the many shop ping-plazas she will find items she couldn’t pick up anywhere else in America, and that’s say ing something. (Address correspondence to‘ Tracy S. Ludington, EXPO ’67, at 7005 Kildare Road, Mont real 29). /...... .................................——■■■■ FARM SEEDS LONOESBORO ■Most of the prominent cereal grain varieties. —Everything in grass and legume seeds. —Garry, York and Selkirk Cereal Mix. —Some Barley varieties. —Locally grown Canada No. I Timothy. —Canada No. I Birdsfoot Trefoil. WE GROW, BUY, CLEAN AND SELL FARM SEEDS R. N. ALEXANDER ' ’ . v 482-7475 19-20b J. Carl Hemingway crop in the thi ng to do West had somte:- with it. In this area" I'm not well informed but Jet us look at Ontario. According to figures by pro vinces, the net income of Ont ario farmers was up by 115; million or abput>32 per cent. Whiere did it come from? There was ;an exceptionally good tobacco crop, and since inventories of product and live stock was taken into account this could have been one of the big reasons for the increase. Another factor that could have upset the accuracy of the figures is the fact that over a large part of Ontario there was an exceptionally large crop in 1965 which was fed in 1966. If the value of inventories were taken early in 1966, the inven tory would1 be quite high since ■the granaries were full and extra cattle were purchased or carried to heavier weights to consume the available feted sup ply. t .. ‘ Whatever the'discrepency is,, there must be something wrong since the figures * quoted are from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, why then would the government increase the re turns to dairy farmers so. sub stantially if they had ■ already had a 32 per cent increase in net income? It would seem that we either have a most irre sponsible government or a gov ernment that doesn’t, believe its own figures. The article also points out that farm net income increased much more than the operating cost but doesn’t give any idea of just how it arrived at this conclusion. . Could it be that, according to the D.B.S. figures, farm in come did increase more in 1966 than did operating costs in 1966 but failed to take into consid eration the fact that operating costs had 'increased a great deal more in years previous and this still results in a cost price squeeze even in 1966?. Wherever or whatever the error is, this article does not give a true picture of the far mer's economic position in our society and the .government’s action, even though spotty, in subsidizing agriculture con firms this opinion. • I (Continued from Page Four) for May 29, .A new leader of the Social Credit Party will be speaking tor that group this time, a. new house leader fqr the govern ment will be arranging the House business and a new Tory whip will be keeping the Con servatives in line, About the only thing that was the same was'the predict able .criticisms of the opposition leaders. Both Mr. Diefenbaker and Mr. Douglas called it a ''re hash” of earlier throne speeches and. berated the government for not including their particular pet projects. Seeking the1 opposition coni-' ments is sort of a necessary evil newsmen must endure. It is inconceivable that' the throne speech will ever win the praise of the opposition parties and since no government concludes all its proposals in any given session, the throne speech pre dictably includes ,a lot of the measures outlined in the pre vious one. Nor is it. safe to ^ssume that the time necessary to - enact all the legislation outlined in the1 speech indicates the govern ment is not planning an early election. Going to the people for a new mandate while there is still a substantial list of mea sures not debated is considered pretty good election ploy. It provides ready-made campaign material and helps to keep all the candidates on the same track. If there is not a general elec tion in the fall it will be more ■ the result of the Conservative leadership convention and the likelihood of an Ontario pro vincial election' than of pres sure of unfinished business in the Commons. How much business the House gets through before the summer recess depends on many things, but an import ant factor will be the success or failure of the new govern ment house leader, Allan Mac- Eachen, in organizing debate and obtaining all-party agree ment on allocation of time. MacEachen is a skilled parlia- ►7 JV • I Vs WO J HOMELITE SUPER XL’67 CHAIN SAW For any. cutting job, profes sional or amateur, here's a lightweight, direct drive chain < saw with super power! The Homelite Super XL’67 weighs only 13 lbs., 12 oz., less bar and chain, yet fells trees up to 4' in diameter... cuts 18" softwood in just 17 seconds ... cuts 18" hardwood in 24 seconds. Come in for a free demonstration today. JACK W. PECK WELLS AUTO ELECTRIC 54 King Street1, Clinton Phone 482- 3851 mentarian, but he also has a knack of the hackles on the opposition. • The results ofthe by-elections will also be a factor. Any weakening of Liberal support could encourage the opposition to put an the pressure and. force a general election. For those Wino hoped the Lib eral government might be turn ing more to tire right, the throne speech was a disappoint-, ment, Big government and' social welfare legislation seems to be the continuing commlit- ment of the Pearson adminis tration. The speech bristles with generalized jargon such as this gem: "the' involvement of gov ernment in many matters, and the increasing technicality of modern society and the methods of its regulation." Spelled out in specific legis lation it means more govern ment controls with a cons’er quent weakening of individual freedom and. responsibility. Place it alongside the announce ment that the. work force at one of the government office complexes will be increased from 8,000 to 20,000 in five years and the direction is clear. Z'"”" ....... ‘ ■ V. MEETING TO CONSIDER BY-LAW TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH TAKE NOTICE that a by-law for raising $200,000.00 under the provisions of THE TILE DRAINAGE ACT, will be taken into consideration by the Council of*the,Township of Tuckersmith at the Town of Seaforth on the 6th day of June, 1967 at the hour of 9:30 o'clock in the evening. LOANS UP TO $5000 GAG INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP., LTD. Winter Wheat Acreage Down Due To Weather The Ontario winter wheat crop has suffered severe dam age from a wet, cold spring. An . aerial survey just com pleted by the Ontario Wheat Producer?’ Marketing Board re-? veals a. loss of 12.1 percent of the acres planted last fall. 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