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The Rural Voice, 1979-12, Page 19A Matter of Principle by J. Carl Hemingway Our troubles are man-made Farming apparently is going to be pretty tough for the next decade. More and more we are hearing about the thirties. I remember then quite well. The beef cattle business is very uncertain. Hog producers seem to be facing real financial trouble. So far milk producers are doing financially pretty well as are the poultry producers but with the prospects of higher unemployment, ever higher interest rates and capital investment how long will it last? Even we "old age" pensioners are wondering how long the monthly cheques will continue and how long we will be able to keep warm with the energy shortage all around us. Some are saying they are glad they haven't too many years left. However, November is getting along and Christmas is only a short time away. Soon the dull drab days of November will be past. The brown fields of dead grass and black ploughed land will be covered with snow. The days will soon begin to lengthen. Christmas with its promise of hope, sesurity and rejoicing will be only days ahead. What about our energy crisis? Just a couple of nights ago we were told that a tMe'1v burner for our oil furnace will give us a 20% reduction in our oil consumption. We have finally discovered that for the past many years there has been plenty of food to feed the starving adequately. It is our distribution system that is at fault. We have had the internal combustion for many, many years. How much have we improved its real efficiency? Dad bought a Maxwell touring car in 1921. I'm sure it was just as heavy as the average sedan of to -day but he got 25 miles or better per gallon. I purchased a deisel tractor in 1962 and got more power on '/3 the fuel that my gasoline tractor was using. How much farther can we go? Years ago I read that there is enough power in a drop of water to push the Queen Mary across the Altantic. All we have to do is find the way to release that power. We have done it with uranium which is a bit tricky and dangerous and nonrenewable. There is no scarcity of water, it is perfectly safe, non polluting and renewable. The Indians lived in fear and trembling beside Niagara Falls. We know it isn't something to fear. It is one of God's many blessings. I'm sure the Indians would eventually discover its power. As a Christian in a predominately Christian Country I cannot believe God created the Universe, the Earth and Man only to see us live in misery and die of starvation! As Cassius remarked in the play Julius Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus lies not within Stars but in ourselves, that we are underlings." Our troubles are man-made! Let's get off our "fannies" and overcome them. 411. sc,o ATTENTION Is`0 06' FARMERS r'soo We are now paying $5.00 = $15.00 for fresh dead or disabled cows & horses over 500 lbs. All calves & pigs picked up free of charge. FAST EFFICIENT SERVICE 24 hrs. a day 7 days a week. HURON DEAD STOCK REMOVAL Call Collect 482-9811 Call us first you won't have to call anyone else W.D.HOPPER & SONS Water Well Drilling R.R.2 SEAFORTH Members of the Ontario Water Well Assoc. . Prompt Reliable Service . Free Estimates . 4 Modern Rotary Rigs Coll Collect Neil James Durl Seaforth Seaforth Seaforth 527-1737 527-0775 527-0828) 'Where Hopper Goes the Water Flows' SINCE 1915 THE RURAL VOICE/DECEMBER197Y PO. 111