The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-07-24, Page 9- ' ' • • ' 4r, ' W/rtionik,
Second Socticm
HURON'S PRINCESS -Twenty -year-old Marlene Johnson, of Fordwich, was crowned
Huron County Dairy Princess Friday night by C. S. MacNaughton, Huron MPP, right,
after she was chosen'over four other contestants to represent the county in CNE
competitions this fall. Usborne Reeve Clayton Smith, left, a member of the Huron
county home committee, was among the speakers at the Hurori Soil and Crop Im-
provement Association twilight meeting, at which the dairy princess competition was
held. -T-A. Photo
Letters To The Editor
Writers Oppose Scheme
Over Dictatorial Powers
To The Editor:
Allow nie to say thank you for
the impartial way you have
printed letters both for and
against t h e Hog Marketing
BoardaR is my opinion that your
idea concerning the right to ex-
press an opinion in public, as
e t forth at the head of your edi-
torial column, is one of the things
that has made The Exeter Times -
Advocate one of the best in the
business,
in reading one of Mr. Heming-
way's letters in the July 17 edi-
tion of the Exeter Times -Advo-
cate. I was reminded of the man
who when asked what kind of
t'eg his mongrel was, replied,
ba's a coon dog. When asked
how he knew, the man said, well
ha isn't good for anything else
I figured he must be a coon
dog.
Mr. Hemingway says he has
been told Chat the Barrie Copaco
tees on the verge of bankrupty
previous to the HogMarketing
Board, but since the inception of
the board the profits of this same
eacker went up tremendously.
tee only 'logical conclusion then
is that in the lays of free com-
petetion bidding the packers
were working on a very, small
margin of profit. 1 realize this
was the case and agree with Mr.
tlemingway. However, I did not
realize that the hog marketing
board had been able to increase
profits to the packers so tremen-
reusly. One would expect that
the bog board would receive a
bstantiai remuneration from
the packers for this service.
So like the dog we find the
bog board is good for something,
the only catch being that it is
(It packers instead of the far-
mer, It is good of Mr.. Heming-
way to bring out this point as 1
-mild have hesitated to suggest
it the way he has, even though
it was in my mind.
In regard to Mr. Hemingway's
statement concerning the large
price differential between va-
r ous yards in Montreal, it seems
unreasonable to suppose that a
marketing yard could buy pigs
;it a high price and operate be-
ide a yard that was buying the
same thing at a low price.,
At any rate these figures don't
cut much ice, as I have been.
selling pigs to a packing com-
pany in Montreal. and know that
Fiey pay more than the Ontario
big marketing board, Incidently
l might add that seven farmers
eat of twelve hog producers
two -and -one-half miles of one
concession are shipping to Mon-
treal. Of the rest many are in-
terested in remaining free men,
but have hesitated to ship out-
side the board because of the
bombastic threats of this illegal
and invalidated board.
In regard to Mr. Hemingway's
reference to an attack on the
board I might say that when the
true facts are presented, and it
sounds like an attack, that is
beyond my control.
As far as the letter of July 3
being confusing that sounds like
the man'who says, my mind is
made up, don't confuse Inc with
the facts.
I have talked with farmers
from as far away as Lions Head
in the Bruce Peninsula, and find
that practicallynone knows the
facts,They have no idea what is
contained in the Farm Products
Marketing Act.
This act gives the hog 'board
power to licence all persons be-
fore th,ey are allowed to com-
mence or continue to engage in
the production of hogs.
The board has power to re-
fuse to grant a licence where the.
applicant is not qualified by ex-
perience, financial responsibility
and equipment, or for any other
reason which the board may
deem proper.
The board may also fix licence
fees payable yearly, half -yearly
or monthly at different amounts
or in instalments from any or all
producers.
Provision is also made to col-
lect these fees through tile
courts if they are not paid.
The board has power to fix
quotas. In other worts you would
be told whether you could keep
another sow or buy a few more
pigs,
These are only a very few of
the regulations which are set
forth in the act. .fhere are many
more clauses in the act such as
these which would turn the far-
mer into an unthinking robot;
doing the bidding of his muse-
riors, but space will not permit
me to write more. These are
some of the true facts, as I
have a copy of the act before me
as I write.
Let us take a look at Russia
where the system is very simi-
lar, , the farmer doing what his
superiors tell him, and growing a,
what he is told, Almost half of ;-
the Soviet; workers engage in
agriculture and are only able to
provide the population with a
low standard diet. In our own
country under free enterprise
only one worker in thirteen is
needed to provide a high stan-
dard diet. In Russia few farm
families have electricity or run-
ning water. They live in wooden
cabins, or even mud hut. They
seldom get to town, Horse drawn
carts are their means of trans-
portation. In Canada, farmers
all have cars, practically all
have electricity and running
water in their homes, and they
do not work as hard as the
Soviet fernier.
As I see It hog board offic!ials
base their .hopes for a yes vote
and continuation of a lucrative
job, on two things: .
First, a withholding of the
facts from the farmers. if they
had truly wanted the farmer to
have the facts they would have
placed a copy of The Farm Mar-
keting Act in the hands of every
farmer, or at least had it printed
in the papers.
Second, the hog board has
taken vast amounts of money
from the farmers illegally and
by compulsio.n. Therefore they
are to finance a great advertising
campaign by way of the press
and radio. This campaign seems
designed not so much to en-
lighten as to brainwash.
Freedom is not something
which we inherit, and so 'have
for all time, but rather it is
something which must be zea-
lously guarded or it will be taken
from us.
If 1 vote "yes", I feel 1 would
be 'voting for a monopolistic
company whose potential for
harm is terrifying,while at the
same time 1 would be voting
against all that has made this
Canada of ours, tht great nation
that it is today.
Huron County Hog Producer*
*Name Available on Request
MORE LETTERS ON PAGE 10
EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 24, 1958
:pect Heavy Ballothg
ope Clear-CutFor Decision
Pogo Nino
County Princess
School Teacher
A 20-yeareald school teacher
from Fordwich, Marlene John'
son, became Huron County's sec-
ond dairy princess Friday night
when she was chosen from
,among five young milkmaids who
competed for the honor at the
Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Associa tion twiliglit meet-
ing at Clinton.
She was crowned by C. S.
MacNaughton, Huron. MPP, pre-
Isreativt.elingwbhahg. flowers and a
The honor came at the end of
a hectic day for the fair-haired
girl who teaches a one -room
school near Lucknow, 11 was
only. earlier in the day that she
learned she had been entered in
the competition; she was in To-
ronto at the time, taking a sum-
mer course at •the Ontario College
of Education.
' She just made it to Clinton in.
time to take part in the milking
competition early in the evening.
The five girls operated machines
on Holsteins at. the county farm.
Marlene will represent Huron
at competitions at the , CNE this
fall. She'll have a chance to win
a trip to the United Kingdom.
Her father keeps a herd of 14
Holsteins on their For.dwich
farm. The princess, who has one
sister, attended Listowel District.
High School,
iwAonysirlwatrimonial intentions?
Runner-up in the competition
was Doreen Howatt, R.R. 1, Bel -
grave. She was presented with a
corsage by Winston Shapton,
president of Huron County Fed-
eration.
Other contestants were Laurel
Dale, Clinton; Betty Storey, Sea -
forth, and Margaret McCann,
Fordwich.
Clarify .Confusion
Over Future Vote
Confusion over the position of
hog producers if Friday's vote
fails has been cleared up by a
statement from Hon. W. A.
Goodfellow, minister of agricul-
ture.
"The position of the hog pro-
ducers in the event the required •
percentage ofvotes is not regis-
tored for the plan to continue,"
the minister said, "is stated in
section 4 (3) of the Ontario
Farm Products Marketing Act,
The significance of the section
briefly is that if the plan should
fail to get the required support
it cannot be voted on again
within two years but this would
not prevent the taking of another
vote of the hog producers of an
entirely different plan."
In last week's ad for the Hu-
ron County Hog Producers As-
sociation, it was incorrectly
stated that no N,ote on any plan
could be held for two years.
The •wording of The. Times -
Advocate was 710 t the same as
that originally drafted by the
bog producers because of an
error, in recording the advertise-
ment over the •telephone,
Judge (to witness): "Was your
friend in the habit of talking to
himself when he was alone?"
Witness: "To tell you the truth,
your honour, I never was with
him when he was alone,"
Where To Vote On Friday
BIDDULPH TOWNSHIP -Township Hall, ucan
HAY TOWNSHIP -Town Hall, Zurich
McGILL1VRAY TOWNSHIP -West McGillivray Hall
STANLEY TOWNSHIP -Township Hall, Varna
STEPHEN TOWNSHIP -Township Office, Crediton
TUCKERSMITH TOWNSHIP -Township Hall, Seaforth
USBORNE TOWNSHIP,Township Hall, Elimville
POLLS OPEN 10 A.M. TO 8 P.M.
Fieldman Comments
Men Who Fail To Vote
an Defeat Hog Plan
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
In ;July 25, Ontario hog produ
cora will vote on the Hog Produ
cers Marketing Plan. If this
marketing plan ia defeated you
trill have no opportunity Lo put
It or any other marketing plan
for hogs in force for at least
two years.
Economists, who have studied
the situation, have indicated that
in two years contract farming
could dominate the production of
hogs. The open market as pro
vided under the present hog pro
ducers marketing plan is the
only protection the family farm
has agrinst the invasion of hog
farming by huge corporations
through contracts,
I'm quite sure there would be
a place on the family .farm for
the profitable production of a
thousand, Or two broilers per
year if they had the same open
market for broilers that we pre-
sently enjoy for hogs. Let us all
realise how important our vote
is on July 25.
Let us consider this on the
basis of 100 hog producers.
If 75 of that hundred go to the
polls and 25 vote "No" and. 50
vote "Yea," the marketing plan
is defeated since over 66% must,
vote "Yes."
A 75' ballot is a great, deal
higher than is .recorded in most
municipal elections; seldom has
this percentage been equalled in
any provincial or dominion elec-
tion,
I1 we can judge by the letters
and the expensive advertising
being used by the opposition to
the Plan we must admit that
there will be opposing votes and
ttuhrant theout 0.oppositiontion will probably
This means that for every op-
posing vote there must be more
than two votes in favour. There
is no doubt that the vast majority
of producers favour the market-
ing plan but being in favour is
not enough. You must VOTE in
favour to retain this marketing
plan.
It. is largely those who failed
to vote in the last hog producers
vote, that has made it necessary
- to have this vote, Don't let it
. happen again! We. want to have
a large majority of "Yes" votes
but we also want at. least 95".-
01 the hog producers to cast
their ballots. If this is to be the
successful marketing plan that
It can be, we want a positive in-
dieation of the will of the pro-
ducers,
Huron County
Crop Report
By 0, H. MILES
There is still considerable hay
to be harvested with about two-
thirds of the crop of 1957.
The cutting of fall wheat and
barley is in progress in the south
end of the county.
The 1958 crop of turnips is be-
ing harvested and there is some
export.
Corn is making slow growth.
Two 4-H Clubs.
See Area Farms
Wednesday evening, July 16,
leaders and members of Hensall
White Bean Club, toured the farm
of Alex M. Stewart, Ailsa Craig,
a leading Middlesex farmer.
Mr. Stewart discussed the
growth of various crops on his
farm and the methods used in
planting, caring for and harvest-
ing the.m.
Miss Phyllis Lostell expressed
appreciation.
Judge Angus Cattle
Third meeting of the Exeter
Beef Calf Club was held at the
farm of D. B. Weldon, London
township, on July 17 when mem-
bers judged two classes of Angus
cattle.
Several quizzes were conduct-
ed.
Bill Etherington expressed ap-
preciation to the host.
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The voter who hasn't commit-
ted himself -and there. are thoifl
sands of them -will decide the
fate of the Ontario Hog Produc-
ers Marketing Plan on Friday.
Leaders of both sides of the
campaign confidently pr e d i c t
victory but some qualify their
Prognosis with the admission
that the majority of voters have
still 130l indicated which way
they will swing.
Bert Lobb, Huron County hog
producers president, was unre-
served in his confidence that the
plan would be approved. "It will
carry in Huron and it will carry
all over. I have no doubts about
it," he told The Times -Advocate
Wednesday.
He has been encouraged bY
response at meetings in north
Huron where, he said, farmers
in attendance supported the plan
100 percent.
Theodore Parker, Sebringville,
admitted that Western Ontario
was strong for the opponents but
he was confident that opposition
in the eastern sections would
scuttle the plan.
-"There's a lot of confusion,"
Parker said, "and there are
many farmers who haven't com-
mitted themselves." He has 'been
speaking to a number of meet-
ings in Eastern Ontario where,
he said, discontent was preval-
ent.
Bert Lobb indicated his or-
ganization was well prepared to
get out the vote on Friday.
Scrutineers and assistant. scrutin-
eers have been appointed for
each township poll and there
will be an active campaign in
each school section to ensure a
heavy vote..
Hog producer officials are well
aware that a light vote can
easily defeat the plan because
of the regulation that the plebis-
cite must carry by a two-thirds
majority.
Gov't officials are also anxious
for a big percentage because
they'd like to see a clear-cut
decision one way or the other
to end the long drawn-out con-
troversy.
Municipal clerks in this area,
who are deputy returning of-
ficers expect a heavy vote.
Polling stations will be open
between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.:
Most of the booths are located
.at the municipal hall or office rn
each township.
Following revision of the
preliminary voters' lista pre-
pared by the municipal clerks of
the 420 townships affected, the
Ontario Farm Products Market-
ing Board announced today that
78.675 Ontario farmers are egg-
ible to vote in the July 25
referendum on the present hog
marketing plan.
With the completion of the re
vision today, the. hat has been
declared closed for the purpose
of the vote. No personwhose
name. is not on the final list will
be entitled to vote.
Agriculture Minister Goodfela
low said both he and the hoard
had endeavored to make sure
that the final list was as accurate
as humanly possible.
"We are anxious that everyone
entitled to vote has an opportun-
ity to do so," said Mr. Good-
fellow. "Equally, we do not want
names on the list who are not
hog produces."
The minister said that until
the amendments to theFarm
Products Marketing Act in 1953
there was no mandatory require-
ments to take a vote of produe•
ers on any marketing plan, al-
though an expression of opinion
was always taken by petition or
mailed ballot in some form.
"Since 1953 when producer ap-
proval became obligatory on all
marketing plans, there have been
at least two proposed plebiscites
on the hog plan postponed for
reasons beyond the control of
the board due to litigation in the
courts," Mr. Goodfellow said,
"It is therefore most impor-
tant that Ontario hog producers
indicate clearly and positively
their approval or disapproval of
the present marketing plan."
Polls will be open from 10 a.m,
to 8 p.m., local time,
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