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BLUE
RIBBON
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Farmers .should. have vote
A group of 25 farm families, whose members feed more
• than 60,000 cattle or five per cent of the beef in Ontario, has
asked the new provincial Minister of Agriculture, Philip
• Andrewes to reopen the issue, of a beef marketing agency:
The United Managers group'has Sent 'a letter to Andrewes
asking the minister to reinstate the producer dote 'on'
• • whether or not. to implement the beef marketing agency as
recommended by, the Beef Agency Commission. .
The producer vote on the issue was to be held in April
until it was cancelled by forrrrer agriculture minister Dennis ' •
Tfmbrell who bowed to. 'pressure .from the : Concerned
..Cattlemen of .Ontario:
• United Managers believe the Concerned :Cattlemen of
Ontario is .a vocal minority. "There's a lot of support for the
agency and it's the quiet majority," says Al Osborne of.
Beachville in, a report carried this week in the' .Western
Ontario Partner. "There's a large feeling for the work that's
. been put in this report. We feel°really let down that it didn't
Borne to'a vote." To see the vote traded off to a tribunal
which has lessthan.one-third representation from cattlemen
is 'really disappointing, says Osborne. / • •
United Managers of Ontario formed last year to help eadr .
. other develop. a more professional approach to fanning.
Their primary concern was increasing efficiency rather' than
lobbying; ' however they did submit a report to the Beef
• Marketing .Agency .Commission and when the vote was
cancelled felt compelled to speak .out. .
"We are professional'.cattle feeders, but we are amateurs
when . it 'comes to marketing 'cattle, say§ James Cook of '
Walkerton. Fbr this reason United Managers supported the
• idea of establishing a beef marketing agency. The group
•supports the Ontario Cattlemen's Association (OCA), and
,think its role should be that of 'a political arm. and lobby
group,, an educational force and trade association where
producers can share ideas. • '
. A political body should.not be a marketing association. It's
just not feasible. A marketing group should be set up
separately and Tirnbrell recognized this as did the Beef
Marketing Agency Commission . in their report.. Ontario
farmers should have the opportunity to speak their mind and .
the vote was just that opportunity. •.
There is reason to believe the .silent majority want a vote.
Six counties attended the Wellington cattlemen's directors'
meeting to discuss ways of salvaging the marketing agency.
Representatives,ftom Grey, Bruce, Wellington, Haldimand; .
Wentworth and Simone decided to ask Andrewes for an
• audience before the OCA's annual meeting, , but their
request was refused.
United Managers is advocating a simple majority vote on
a yes -no question, whether or notto establish an agency on
a three year trial basis, with a two-thirds majority vote to
follow on whether or not to make the agency permanent at
the end of the trial. • - . • —,...••••••,..,
,., •••
They are challenging other beef producers throughout the
�g
province'to• show their support. Write to United Managers:
Write to your MIAs. Write to -the minister.
The OCA should not be involved in a beef marketing.
• agency and the recent developments reinforce that position.
It is time cattlemen across the province, whether they are
members of the association or not, havethe chance to speak .
out on. the direction they want their industry to take.
The recommendations . contained in. the Beef Marketing
Agency report were the fust sensible directives to emerge
from an industry plagued by 'bankruptcies and -cattlemen
should have . an opportunity to voice their opinion. If a
democratic vote is defeated, so be it. 'The industry will know
' where it, stands. • . .
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(Photos by Alan Rivett
. Indians were rarely seen by the settlers of
Retirees and ' the few times they had
appeared, were more of a help than . a
hindrance. They seemed to hold the commun-
ity in revetioe even though they never
communicated with anybody except the
Reverend Duncan MacLeod. Their profound
respect for the minister had begun many
years previously when Macleod rode into
their midst bringing the word of God. At that
time, he travelled throughout the countryside
alone and seemed to have thehappy knack of
reaching the hearts of the native people, if not
by his strange 'religious revelations, then
most certainly by his kindness and under-
standing of humanity: He was known as "the
little spirit who rides the horse".
One cold autumn day, when the frost had
hardened the surface of the earth, two of
these strange people of the fort came to
Ratlines. One was leading a horse which was
dragging a two -pole litter supporting a seem-
ingly
eemingly lifeless body. The other man walked at
the rear, his eyes never leaving the motion-
less •form whidi was wrapped in furs.
Their approach .was seen at the outskirts of
the settlement and soon, a small. crowd of
Curious onlookers followed the litter. They
kept asking the Indians questions about the
identity of the person they were transporting,
but neither of them spoke. Nations they did
not understand the white man's tongue but in
any cue, whatever their business in
Redtrees, • they would only divulge it to
Macleod. .
At the church, they untied the poles from
the horse: One of them opened the, door and
then returned to assist his comrade to carry
their burden inside. They associated this
place with Macleod, as• if he belonged
nowhere else except inside the church: When
one of the women of the community attempt-
ed to move the furs and take a look at the / REDTREES
person on the 'litter, she was 'roughly .
restrained by the braves. As they awaited the by Don Campbell
appearance of the minister, they stood either
Side of the litter with their arms folded, as if
standing on guard.
When the Reverend Duncan MacLeod
appeared he spoke to the small crowd of his
inquisitive congregation.
"I would be obliged if you would all go'
outside the church and allow me to speak to
my friends," he said quietly and firmly. "If I
require any assistance I will call/you. "
It was not long before the Indians emerged
from the dturch. They both climbed on to the
back of the horse and nide away just as
silently as they came. .When MacLeod erne
outside he looked very grave.
'There is nothing any of us can do until the
doctor arrives," he said in a loud voice.
"Somebody nm and fetch :Doctor Cameron."
When the doctor •came, he entered the
Church. The look on his face was enough to
tell the people to stay outside. He went to the
litter and pulled the -furs away ftin the body.
What he Saw was the fade, of a woman of s¢me
thirty years. She was dirty and dishevelled.
"She was found in the bush, miles from
anywhere," the minister .told him. "The •
Indians brought her here."
Cameron placed his hand upon the
woman's head and then took her hand and
felt her pulse.
"At first glance, she seems to be suffering
fro sure," he said.. "I shall have to
make are detailed examination in the
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