The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-01-24, Page 23This is the 1979-80 executive committee of the
Purchasing Management Association of Canada,
Western Ontario District. This Is an association of
purchasing people from across Canada with
members, from every type of business, institution
and government, Here in Western Ontario there -are
over 150 members from companies in Goderich,
London, Woodstock and St, Thomas areas. Front
row, left to right, are Frank Clement (of Champion
Road Machinery In Goderich), president; Jim
Thompson, first vice-president; Bob Wardell,
second vice-president; •Ron Neatby, treasurer; and
Larry Wein, secretary. Back.row;-left to right, are
Cy 'Vincent,chairman; welfare committee; Al
Riddell', chairman public relations; John Whaley,
assistant chairman membership; - Edith Kells,
assistant chairman professional development;
. Roger Magee, chairman entertainment; Barry
• Fisher, chairman cominunications; Jim Dougall,
chairman membership; and Jim Caldwell, 1980
conference booster. Absent from photo were Jim
Dezorzi, chairman 1980 conference; Stan McMillan,
assistant chairman communications; Jerry
Hartman, assistant chairman entertainment; and
Bruce Janson, chairman professional development.
By. Bob Trotter
One Foot in the Furrow
The whole world Seems to be- engaged in..yankee-
baiting these days. •
The Russians have been doing it for 35 years, The
'Iranians have been at it. for .bout 35 nionths.
Canadians, to somedegree, have been doing it for 100
years. •
I have always taken the attitude that, if you have to
sleep beside an..elephant, I'm glad that elephant is the
United States. Mind you, every time that elephant
passes wind, you can still sleep but it might become a
- trifle uncomfortable.
What the Yanks fail to understand is that other
• nations are not as enthusiastic as they are about their
system of democracy.*They seern,,blind to the idea that
turn about is filnplay.-IFY-Ou slap me arouriEaTiftle,
There is nothing wrong with foreign ownership.
Canada needs investment dollars. However, a strong
and vigilant watch should be kept on just who owns the
land suitable for farming in this country.
Only about, five oesix per cent of the land in this vast
nation is sujtable for agriculture. It should be guarded
and treasured as a finite, natural resource. /
They just clOn't make land any more.
OFA gives
new look 0
pr
atices
I'm going to do the same -thing to you when the op- •The Ontario Federation
portunity presents itself. of Agriculture Food
Any observer of Canadian -American relations is
aware of the fact that Canada has been financed to a
great extent by American money and. know-how. It
has_happened for so many years that hundreds of
Canadian businesses and industries are controlled by_
American dollars. •
This was ,brought home forcibly last year when Oil
destined for Canada was diverted by the parent
• company in the United States and went to American
refineries. Many Canadians can reeall when a major
automobile company in Canada made a contract with
China to sell trucks. The parent company in the states
said no to the deal. •
It is this high-handedness that alienates.
The same thing is happening now in land deals. The.
attorney -general in the, state of 'Oklahoma is at-.
• tempting to bar foreign companies from owning land,
in the state.. Foreign investment'in the U.S.A. could be
blocked by a 70-year:old provision in Oklahoma's
constitution. In a test case, the attorney -general, J. E.
•Cartwright, launched proceedings against Hillcrest
Investments Ltd., a Calgary -based company, which
owns 23 apartment buildings and offices in Oklahoma
worth about $60•million. •
Hillcrest launched a counter suit and won an in-
definite stay against a state seizure of its holdings.
Of all people 'in the world, the Americans should be
• sympathetic to foreign investment-. Their people have
chunks of land all over the world.
The whole fiasco came about because Cartwright
• was asked by the state legislature to look into "eller
land holdings. It was supposedly a routine in-
vestigation but became a major issue. ' •
Fears have been expressed in this Country. that too
many foreigners are buying up too much land in ,
Canada, especially prime farmland. I have expressed
those fears in this corner off and on for a dozen years. I
am not against foreign investment in Canada but I do
believe that farmers intik constantly be aware of
what could happen.
It could get to -the point where farmland is in the
hands of absentee landlords and history reminds us
what happens when landlords care nothing about the
rape of the land.
My big fear is that the huge companies in the food
chain will get control of most of the good farmland in
this country and farmers will become nothing but a
pawn in the hands of big business. These national and
• multi -national firms are, understandably, interested
only in making a profit. Many do not care who. gets
burned or forced into bankruptcy as long as they can
show a profit. They have almost exterminated corner
grocery stores.They control food from the' time it
leaves the farm—gate_mitil it gets_to your table. They
own the processing companies, the shipping com-
• panies, the trucking firms, the packaging companies,
the wholesalers and the retailers of food.
I think they would loVe to own the land and get final
control of the whole shebang.
Basket • for December,
1979, highlights some
• interesting developments
in the food picture Over
the last year... _
Food prices to con-
sumers have gone up of
course, particularly f or •
beef, • eggs, dairy
. products, • bread, flour
and processed fruits.
Pork prices, though, fell
sharply. The price
decline for chicken and
turkey appears •to be
temporary.
• • In all the price of the
weekly food basket rose
by $3.74 an increase of
12.2 percent.
Farm -gate values also
went up, particularly for
beef, turkey, eggs, milk,
and wheat. The decline in
beef herds in this, the
down phase of the cattle
cycle, has been well
publicized. Pork prices to
farmers declined, due to
sharply higher supply
levels. In all the farm -
gate value of the OFA
Food Basket rose by $1.02
• an increase of 8.9 per-
cent.
The farm -retail spread
also went up, particularly
for beef, milk and cream,
cheese • and grain
products. In all the farm --
retail spread rose by
$1.92, an increase of 15.5
• percent. •
The farm -retail spread
is of course the cost to the
consumer of processing,
packaging, •distributing
and,merchandising food. •
It 'is pertinent to note
that •mae than half the
indrease in the cost of the
OFA Food Basket in the
last 12 months occurred
yo -Ti ar ,gate. -
The OFA Food Pasket
is a composite of 89 retail
prices and 30 farm -gate
prices of 20 separate
farm products. It is the
only food basket to be
published in Canada that
not only lists retail prices
on a detailed basis but
also gives farm -gate
equivalent values.
New officers for board
At, a special meeting of
• the . 'Ontario • Milk
Marketing Board, held in
Toronto on January 11,
Kenneth G. McKinnon
was re-elected Chairman
of the Board, and J.
Grant Smith was re-
elected Vice-Chairmari of
the Board.
Mr. McKinnon
represents milk
prOducers in the Counties
of Grey, Bruce and
Huron, and resides on his
dairy farm at Port Elgin.
Mr. Smith represents
milk producers in the
Counties of Oxford, Elgin
and Norfolk,
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BY JACK RIDDELL,
As I' indicated in a
previousarticle, the
goVernment 44.§, brought
forward legislation to
replace the current pet*,
Trespais Act, an Act
which is almost identical
to the original which was,
passed in- 1834.
Legislative changes are
long overdue and two
Bills, The Trespass
Property At and the
Oceueiers' Liability' Act
will bring about the much
needed changes.
Clearly the new
legislation will be par-
ticularly helpful for
farmers concernedabout
crop thieves and school
administrations faced
with extensive van-
dalism. It will mean that
landowners allowing
their fields to be used for
cross country skiing,
nature walks etc. will no
longer have te fear being
sued if someone gets
injured. Possibly, as a
result, more private land
will be made available
for recreational pur-
poses.
As leisure time and
mobility have increased,
so the public has
demanded more access
for recreational pursuits.
Farm and equipment and
farm activities may pose
increasing hazards for'
intruders who may be
Urtawarg of the risks they
rim, The proposed new
expands, . the elasses
ef land whith do not need
signs in Order to keep
intruders out. This will
include • land under
cultivation, gardens,
orchards, vineyards and
premiseS on which trees
have been planted.
It is -proposed .that the
existing trespassing
prohibition shotild be
replaced with three
specific offences: • entry
, .
, . . • •• .
• . ,
without permiSs_IOn;
prohibited actiyityi and •
refusal to leave after
being told to do so. The
burden of probf to show
that permission to enter
has been given • lies 'with Warded.
the accusal. Fines of up
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te $1,000 are envisaged.
e In addition te "no
trespassing" signs, "no
fishing" signs.. etc.', the
government intends to
allow colour-coded signs.
A sign with a diagonal
i
line runnng through a
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WANTED TO RENT:
Crop land in Colborne,
Goderieh and Ashfield
Townships. Tap dollar
paid for top land, Call
Steve Buchanan,
Goderich 524 -4700.--:-38tfnc
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'FOR SALE' - PoOd
election of HanVOlgre,
Yorltshire
and 'Vox* 4adrace,
boars. Als0 ai(aitabl#
gilts of .these breedS an4.
crosses.' Bob Robinson,-
Walton 3454317..47..2-4
Jay Bee Hereford
Farms -
The executors of the Stanley M. Jackson
estate are offering for sale 300 acres of kind
in the Hensall-Seaforth Area.
200 acres on lots 7 & 8 concession 9, Tuckersmith, ap-
prox. 175 acres workable, good 11/4 storey, 4 bedroom
brick home, large L-shaped bank barn for cattle. 2 con-
• crete yards, corra/s, and silo. Drilled well, implement
shed and steel granary.
100 acres on •lot 9 concession 7 Tuckersmith, ap-
proximately 90 acres workable. All this property is
good bean & corn land.
Contact:
Ken Carnochan
Clinton 482-3354
or Bob Kinsman
Hensoll 262-5480
By February 1st, 1980
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