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"It'll never work. I think that
fellow George McLaughlin is an
autocratic bum who will ride
roughshod over everybody."
That is an almost -word-for-word
quote from a farmer friend of mine in
Waterloo County (it was a county
then) when the Ontario Milk
Marketing Board was formed 20
years ago. His neighbor stood beside
him and shook his head m agreement.
"Farmers," said the neighbor, "are
just too damned independent. They
will not let anyone tell them where
they can market their milk."
And a few years later when the
board began to rationalize milk pick-
up routes across the province, I listen-
ed to a dour Scotsman in North Dum-
fries Township rant and rave.
"Nobody is going to tell me who can
pick up my milk. By Gawd, we've had
the same trucker for 35 years and
those milk board bums are trying to
tell me I gotta give it to somebody
else!"
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ducer was forced td instal bulk tanks
and refrigeration units, two milk pro-
ducers in my home county of Victoria
threw in the towel.
"It's too costly," they both agreed.
"We can't afford it.".
Both of them sold their beautiful
black -and -whites and got into beef.
Ten years later, both of them said
they regretted their precipitate
action.
Twenty years ago, ` though,
everyone agreed that dairy farmers
were in a mess. They cold not get a
reasonable price for their products.
Milk trucks were dashing all over the
Rural people
asked to help
With the heavy snows of winter on
the horizon, Canada Post Corporation
is seeking the co-operation of its rural
customers and snowplough operators
across the country.
Every year Rural Route contrac-
tors who deliver mail to more than
one million Canadian residences face
the hazards of travelling during the
winter months. In addition, their job
is hampered by the buildup of snow
and ice aroupd, rn,O1 boxes.
As the. prvecty of therural resi-
dent, it is the postal customer's
responsibility to keep the area around
the boxes as clear as possible of snow.
On behalf of its rural route contrac-
tors, Canada Post is asking all such
customers to do their best to ensure
a clear path to their boxes.
An additional problem for rural
route couriers as well as rural
residents is the damage and destruc-
tion caused by snowploughs. Many
cases are reported each winter of
snowploughs lopping off boxes from
their posts and destroying the recep-
tacles and their moorings entirely.
While recognizing the difficult chore
faced by plough operators, the post of-
fice believes a little more care and co-
operation would alleviate the problem
considerably.
country, criss-crossing paths, adding
to costs, to collect milk which was
sometimes sour before it got to the
creameries and the dairies.
Naturally, the people who paid the
price for the incompetence were the
farmers who produced the milk.
It took a gutsy minister of
agriculture to make the drastic
changes. It was Bill Stewart of Lon-
don, agminister at the time in a Tory
government, who made the decision.
Without a vote, he decreed the ex- ,
istence of milk marketing- board
which would control production, buy
and sell milk and charge for those
duties.
Talk about groaning, moaning and
grumbling! George McLaughlin and
the original members of the milk
board had to ram through the early
policies with a lot of back-biting and
behind -the -scenes' wrestling from
farmers, farm organizations and even
the co-operatives.
I do not know whether there were
individual threats against members
but I can recall early meetings of the
milk producers in the province when
the entire board was under verbal
fire. There was a small group in the
beginning who were dedicated to scut-
tling the board.
It was through the diplomacy and
guts of the chairman and the board
that milk marketing in Ontario is the
envy of other dairy countries. The.On-
tario Milk Marketing Board (OMMB)
gets inquiries from all over the world.
It may not be perfect -- and its
members will readily admit they are
not perfect -- but it is working better
than most schemes.
The board has always had the abili-
ty to hire excellent people on its staff,
people who go the extra mile, people
who are dedicated to making the
OMMB work. The board is always
ready to look at itself, too, with advice
from outsiders rather than navel -
gazing.
To say the board's first 20 years
have been successful would be an
under statement.
Getting a group of farmers to work
together for that long is nothing short
of miraculous.
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Ttm,s-Advocate, December 10, 1986
Page 7A
Claureli zonings elu&ngod
Applications were received recent-
ly to rezone the former Clandeboye
United Church and Greenway
Anglican Church properties for
residential use. No objections were
received in writing Cr at the public
meetings and the zoning applications
were approved by McGillivray
township council.
Stephen Township has proposed
assuming responsibility for several
watermains constructed within
Stephen by McGillivray on the peti-
tion of Stephen residents. Following
two meetings of McGillivray and
Stephen councils -with the affected
Stephen residents, council decided to
delay a deciaalon on the request pen-
ding an agreement being reached bet-
ween Stephen Council and water
users.
Arrangements having been made
for restitution in connection with
damages to the Salem Cemetery;
Pryde Monuments Ltd. of Exeter has
been instructed to effect the repairs
as soon as weather conditions permit.
Advice was received from the
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and
from the Township's auditors that
more frequent tax collections dates
must be established in cyder to meet
the requirement of The Municipal Act
that interim bank financing must be
secured by taxes due.
Council reluctantly agreed they
must comply with the Municipal Act
and set 1987 collection dates for
March 30, June 30, September 30 and
November 30.
Tax Collector S. Scott reported no
outstanding taxes from 1983 and 77
percent of 1986 taxes collected by Oc-
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