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1 have lust had one of Mose weeks that should not happen
to tour worst enein\
I took the car to hi- seiA iced anti it needs nitre stork than
it Is worth Scratch one car
:\ letter infill three count .ells three mouth special-
ists rntorrn nie that I need. >:i', \forth of denial work done.
int daughter needs Son \smith .t1 wo:k done and my \tile
needs $1.5(0 tvortft ,7t 1t kirk thins'
\s st that ass t enough the halt• mare has a limp and 1
need another 200 bales of ha\ tier the .11:0" Sure but the
ground. as this is \t:rittt'n. is toss sok,t;\ to L'i't .t truckload of
hat to the Karn and I 11 h.a\e to earn the tLtttrn stutt 100
yards from the road
RRenfinds of .a sick -lea letter 1 say, i,uhlli-tied some tears
ago which ty,r repeated in the lir ighton Independent two
weeks ago
Dear Nir Jones In accordant r with \out instructions of
last Wednesdat 1 proceeded. to the .at 117 ('entre
St to rep,atr the brickwork at root level
Having ettetied the repairs 1 found tial I tla:d too many
bricks upon the root and h,id.i <or: ider,,t,l< ,u.,ntltt lett
I therehtre tied .i stout rope seuureiv .itound ..t large bar-
rel strung; the rope through a pulley or the? t,1 brant. haul-
ed the barrel to the top and secured flic v.mt A the rope at
ground level- 1 then pr50ceeded to the root .t•vel and tilled
the barrel with the bricks
\t hen I returned to Me ground and untied the ropy I hound
the barrel ititighed more than 1 did and I was littt•d from my
feet I decided to holt! on
Hallway up -I met the barrel \\ Mt 0 \\,r, o; tt> \ta\ dtWn.
1 sus`tatned a paintui .b.rui,c on its\ shoulder 1 proceeded
to the -top where.stFU('k Itrf\ head tort Iblt' ,i'.iinst the beam
and Jammed my fingers in thepullt•y
In the meantime. the- barrel struck the ground. The bot-
tom of the barrel split and discharged its load of bricks.
1 now weighed–more than the barrel. 1 therefore found
-myself descending at high speed toward the ground. Hall-
way down 1 met the barrel whreh was on its twit up and suf-
fered numerous paint dl bruises on my shins
Un' reaching the ground. 1 landed on the pile of aptlled
bricks lacerating my teet on the sharp edges
:1t this point. 1 must have lost my presence of mind
let go of the ripe. allowing the barrel to fall on my head.
This caused me to be sent tattle hospital
respectfully request sick leave"
\1'ho could deny that sick leave request" 1 knot how that
poor bloke feels this week Everything 1 touched turned
sour. I got in a huge -argument with one of my superiors at
the bureaucratic institution at which I am employed. I end-
ed up stomping out of the office. angry at myself, at the
ministry of colleges and universities and all the rest of the
world.
Losing my temper will not help the situation. it is just an-
other lesson to me that standing up for what you believe in
an institution overrun with rule -rakers and paper -pushers
and empire -builders will get you seven -eighths -of -sweet -
bugger -all
:\nd to top it oft. I heard today that the staff at the Hamil-
ton Spectator newspaper was kept busy,with black pencils
deleting the words "little bugger' troin a commie• strip. •
Far. far better if time was spent deleting the rotten sex
movie advertisements in most major daily newspapers
than deleting. a couple of innocent words which no longer
mean a thing to any child or adult
But no. The sex movie advertisements won't be deleted
because they mean dollar signs. don't they''
A screwy world, isn't it?
Delegates working on behalf of farmers in this area are
pictured above at the annual convention of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture held in Hamilton on November
28-30. Left to right are Walter Elliott, East Wawanosh
Township; Vince Austin, Ashfield Township; Sheila
Gunby, Ashfield Township; and Merle Gunby, Ashfield
Township.
Whelan still the choice
Over 400 delegates at the
annual convention of the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture applauded
Eugene Whelan, Federal
Minister of Agriculture, when
he said, "I want to ensure
that Canadians are getting
the hest value for their food
dollar, hut not at the expense
of the farmer."
Right now in Canada it is
estimated that 13.8 per cent of
every 'take-home dollar is
being spent on meals taken in
the home. This compares
with 26.5 per in Italy, 21.5
per cent in the U.K. and 15 per
cent in the U.S.
Whelan said that food did
cost less 25 years ago, but it
wasn't cheaper. Back in 1951
an average hour's pay bought
1.2 lbs. of sirloin steak. in
1976, the same hour's pay
bought 3.5 Ins. of sirloin:
Whelan was angry about a
recent. Statistics Canada
announcement that food and
housing were the main
culprits in a one -per -cent
jump in the Consumer Price
Index. He said that the C.P.I.
is not a cost of living index,
but only a single list of 325
consumer items that are
compared monthly. ,
"We live in a luxury -
minded society today —
expensive vacations, new
cars. and two TVs are all
looked on as necessities. And
most people resent paying out
for the real. necessities —
such as food " Whelan said.
"T don't blame our
Canadian farmers. or our
processors, for thinking that
we're getting the short end of
the stick when it comes to
seeing our markets weakened
due to imported foodstuffs,"
he added.
Whelan said it is time that
Canada becomes known as
the had louy in trade
negotiations. This country
needs to compete as
aggressively as everybody`
else.
"And the people who can
give us the best input are the
producers, the processors —
the people who see from a
grass roots position what is
happening to the agricultural
industry in this country,"
Whelan said.
Canada must start pushing
other countries to lower tariff
and non -tariff barriers,
Whelan said. Canada lost
600,000 lbs. of cheese sales to
the U.S. .because the U.5.
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Pictured above are four of the five Regional Directors
frorn Huron County who will attend the monthly Board of
Directors meetings of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture for the coming year. Left to right are Merle
Gunby, Ashfield Township; Maurice Bean, Hullett
Township, Gerry Fortune, Turnberry Township; rind:''
Jim McIntosh, Tuckersmith Township who attended the
O.F.A. Annual Convention at Hamilton November 28.10,
Missing from the photo is Glen Miller, Hay Township,.
who was unable to attend the convention.
Hannam gets standing
ovation at O.F.A. meetine
About 25 Huron County
farmers heard the President
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture tell the farmer's
story to delegates from all
over Ontario. Peter Hannam,
who was elected for a second
term -as President of
Canada's most powerful
farmers' organization, said
that in the last year the
O.F.A. has succeeded in
getting important tax con-
cessions, trespass legislation,
import and tariff concessions
and many others.
"Farmers," he said,
"represent only five percent
of the population but if we
present a solid front, we can
still exert a strong pressure
on our governments."
Hannam went on to say that
the farmers' interests wilL be
traded off, for example in
tariff concessions, if they
don't stand united. He cited
examples of joint presen-
tations by O.F.A, and the
marketing boards to the
„sFederal Ministry of Con-
sumer and Corporate Affairs
concerning the Competition
Bill that set farmer against
consurr. er. There were major
concessions by the Minister
because of this action.
Changes in the Ontario
Traffic regulations regarding
farm. vehicles were also a
government requires that all
cheese be sold through
specified agents who are too
busy selling cheese for other
people, he added.
Whelan concluded by
saying, "We have the far-
mers. We have the expertise.
We have the land. But we will
get nowhere unless we tailor
our production and manage
our resources carefully. We
must produce to fill existing
needs. We cannot afford to
produce for production's sake
alone."
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We al.ro inriall [dile dirtriburing_uulnading, venli-
laeing, and manure -handling ry.rlemr.
dir4ct result from discussion
with Queens Park.
"If present trends continue,
farm net income will be
down about $700 million or
about 19 percent this year.
And that's on top of a 13
percent drop last year. It
hurts us farmers, but it also
hurts the rest of the
economy," Hannam said.
"For example, farm
machinery sales were down
over $84 million in the first.
nine months of this year.
That's $84 million " the
machinery Industry doesn't
hays to spend on steel and
othei supplies and wages, So
it hurts other people just as it
hurts the farmer," he ex-
plained.
The present level of the
Canadian dollar at 90 cents
U.S. is good for the Canadian
economy because it is good
for farming.
It is rather .tragic to. con-
sider the spectacle of others
in the economy hollering•
because they have beeiii kept
to ten percent increases in
wages, while farmers have to
take a drop of 30 percent in
income in the last two years,
Hannam pointed out.
Hannam said that the
O.F.A. is in agreement with a
national food policy, as long
as it does not become a
national "cheap" food policy.
The concept of a food policy
must start with the principle
that price must cover cost of
production; with enough left
over for wages and return on
investment.
I -e also demanded that,
other sectors of the food in-
dustry receive the same
scrutiny that the agricultural
marketing boards do.
Efficiency must be
Decrease
in demand
Ontario's electrical energy
demand decreased by 1,5
percent during October,
compared to demand figures
for the same month -last year.
The total primary energy
demand for the first 10
months of 1977 was 3.4 per-
cent higher than for the same
period in 1976.
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