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IpiclproviSenthiel Wednesday, November 5, 1980—Page 7
ry a threat
Behind me in the den where this
deathless prose is 'being written, Jiro
Perry la playing Headline Hunters.'
Let's playa little game of`our own,
What study, recently completed in
Ontario, cost taxpayers more than
$450,000? e
What did this report-recommend? •
Who was, the, commissioner of the
r eport?
What issues did the report fail to
confront?
Who said the report is "totally
unacceptable"?
Why?
If you answered •• all questions
correctly; yOU:wirt--a• subscription to
the Family Herald, •
It was the •Royal commission on
Discounts and Allowances and the
report.of the commission was issued
in October as written by. Judge W.
W. Leach. ' Only three 'recom-
mendations were made: that there
be no further inquiries into food
discounting, that the sale of wine,be
permitted by both large and small
grocers,- and . that the •Legislature
consider establishing an outside
forum to mediate disputes in the
food industry. •
And it was Ralph Barrie,
president of the. Ontario Federation
of Agriculture, who said the report
was unacceptable because it did riot
deal with the central., Issue: the
•
growing concentration of power in
the food industry.
"Farmers will find: they have
fewer and fewer buyers for their,
products,..Con!timers.vt'ill~finat that
what buy, and at what price,
will be determined in the boar-
.. &wins - of a. few very large con.
porations,'? Barrie. said..
. In other Words; the report did not
warn the about the continued
concentration in the food induitry ••
abont'fbur or five chain stores in an
intenSe, no-holds,barred fight for.
supremacy. .:Consumers .inay.• be
reaping a few benefits now but thoSe
chains are waging' a war and,
•everitnally, somebody 'must pay the
price for that war.
It might be five years down the
line, maybe 10, but that price will be
paid because so much, power will be
concentrated, in so few hands that all
the decisions will be made ' by a
handful:', of people in a couple Of
boardrooms. You will pay whatever
price . they determine, not what the '
free market determines,
opiPiPn that t119§,!,.A4P9
food chains use the litTge incomes
they get from discounting to enlarge
their clout in the marketplace, to
buy .more land, open more stores,
control, more suppliers and promote
their own brands of food.
I am convinced that the savings
they make do little to reduCe Prices
to consumers or, give farmers more
money for their ,produce or, even to
pay larger dividends to
shareholders. They use it to get
bigger and more powerful and this is
where the Royal Commission .on
Discounts and Allowances failed
miserably.
All not well in the food industry
as Judge Leach's report would have
us believe. The commission must
have felt all was well or It would not
have recommended that no more,
inquiries be made.
There is a war going oil out there
and it is getting hotter and hotter.
Big business is after a stranglehold
and two or three cheitis Will even-
tually gain complete powers,
Right-now, no legislation either 'a
the federal or provincial level has
enough clout to prevent more con-
centrat ion.
It has happened in dozens of
businesses. and the most recent is the
Thom son-Southam grab of
newspapers.
Fit; ."ffeiaidS —have -.
been accused of all kinds of things in
the ,past and they'll be accirsed of
many .more, especially the egg
marketing agency. You can bet a big
fooferaw is underway right now
about quota prices that will spill
over and have tremendous effect on
agriculture.
-.But farm marketing, boards,
organized and• run by farmers,, are
the 'only effective tool giving the
little man any clout in' the
marketplace, the only legislation
which has any method of competing
against the great concentration of
power that the-Royal Commission
didn't even bother to look at.
uestion s approval of sewage plan
Making ttp'pttns 75 Oa'Sy, Mee you know'bow. The trick
is simple and only takeS a minute to learn.:The rest is up
tO'you,.
A pun is a play,on a word. iqpny words have More.than
one meaning. And Many words rhyme with other Words
or spOnd like other words. All you ha ye to do is think of a
wotid4hat has-t-Wo-meanings Or sou Itth,,like_another_ward,
and you have•the raw material to make up a pun.
The word 'Calf' has two meanings. One is a bah v 'cow,
and the other is part °fa leg. The word 'corn' also two
--firafvftw:Ottie is a. thfck--c-hitoustrrra7tor ~and-ttrfr ether is
a. cereal -Co WS eat corn and toes a ro attaehed to , legs. The
conne4tion"alloWs for a goOd pun
sOnworiv sYht.)'ss i'otnplattting ab,ott a sore tot on a. toe
'could "I wish the. c al f on m wild eat the corn on
my toe,': And the: o y ou have Zi ptui ,
WorcN that ,,ound thk, !arrie ,o ,11;t, pun!, Tho,,
ti.trrd lqp":sounds like ord. toe on could Say to 'the.
persoo ‘011:1 sort feet. -That' toe had:- They ,May.
respouti wit! ."Shot., thing " •
thin o pans you to tioni, of parts of. things.
l'oethaVt. Wan? parts: heels, archt toes,'ankles, warts,
tAlouses, wlctti etc, -WarCs .it !.0o." -.Don't be
lious -, and ...Are you niy arch vot my!'" i•t• all feet
patrs.
\
t.!a n make puns up about anOthing. Purls make
people' laugh. and laUghing•is fun. It's no small feat.
(e) Toronto Sun Fea
by Mac Kay Fairfield Tate
skatos-..,..b4ttutviiiter lessons
OPEN LETTER TO LUCKNOW
TOWN COUNCIL
Dear. Sirs,
• When I'came to 'Lucknow 30 years
ago, there was some, industry in the
village, but that has gradually been
phased out. There was. always the
faint ,,hope, • that some other firnr,'
would locate here, but now that is just
a dreaM, as the present council, has
seen to that, with their approval of this
sewage Lucknow:—
The 1:!vircinrnent `l'iiliniSter decides
that part.of the village should stick to
----their-seprie-tank system so-the-council----
has, approved it. But maybe in .the
future; another Minister, .will decide
that all the village should have sewers;
and we find we have to have two plans
. as thiS one cannot be expanded.
As one of the taxpayers :who will be
paying . the, $20.00d, without any
personal benefit, and being .a Scot, I
detest paying for something, I Will
never get.
It 'happens often, the Government
Departments make mistakes', but I feel
sure there could be some sewage plan,
that:eould be, expanded.„-----
May the sewers run good, and who
knows, the $20.00 will soon be $40.00
Dr, the "non-I3enefiters'.
Jim McNaughton.
HECK TN
The. Lucknow Figure Skat-
ing Club has completed
registration for winter clas-
es and approximately 65
Compete
with
business...
•from page 4 .
them to have initiative
but we keep eliminating
things 'for them to • do.
What's left?"
Turkheirn said that
distributors talk student
councils • into the'
proposition and take the
money out of the c9,m7
triunity, lie introduced a
motion to review the
policy of selling but it was
defeated by ,a narrow
argin
Board vice-chairman,
John • Henderson, said
that vending machines
fall into the same
category. "The use of
Vending machines should
stop tot) becaUse the
money goes outside the
schools to the company
involved,"
skaters are enrolled.
Debbie Pettit of Goderich
and Olive Lapp of. Wingham
are, pros again this year.
Skaters will be taking les-
sons on Monday and Thurs-
day evenings. Parents should
note that changes have been
made in' .the times because
there are no junior skaters at
present.
Beginners will now skate
from 4.20 until 5'.30. Novice
will skate from 5.30 until 6.45
and intermediate and senior
skaters will skate from 7.00
to 8.50. When skaters do
move into the junior level
*from page 5
such loans could be repaid
over a period of years .by
deductions on the utility bill
or deductions from the elec-
tricity payment the farmer
receives.
The final resolution dealt
with the price paid to the
farmer for corn sold to eleva-
tors. The resolution said
while the fine matter content
they will skate with the inter-
mediate and senior . skaters.
These time changes will
permit each division a longer
period of ice 'tithe and will
make better use of the club's
ice time.
Five Lucknow skaters pas
sed tests at summer and fall
schools. Those who passed
dances include: Cathy Chis-
holm, American' Waltz; She-
ila Campbell, Tracey McDon-
agh and Melissa Becker,
Willow and Leisa Rau',
Swing.
Sheila Campbell also pas-
sed her first figure.
is subtracted from the corn
and the producer doestk
receive any payment for this,.
the elevators in turn add it to
feed rations and charge
producers for it then.
The resolution asked "that
legislation be enacted to
force the elevators to pay
farmers for the fine matter
content received in their corn
at a reasonable price based
on feed price."
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