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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-06-30, Page 4Pagel -Citizens News, June 30, 1976 iIio,, Nil The House of Commons last week succee- ded in showing the average Canadian once and for all that what they want doesn't count—in most cases it's who you elect who decides what's good for you. The House voted in favour of a bill designed to put an end to hanging in Canada despite repeated statements by the people of Canada that they in fact want the death penalty to be maintained for those convicted of first degree murder and convicted killers of police and prison guards. We in this area are luckier than most as our M.P. Bob McKinley listened to his constituents and voted against the bill. In this county there is little possibility that anyone who is innocent would be con- victed of first degree murder. A person who is sick enough to plan and carry out a pre - For all those starry-eyed souls who say of women --"you've come a long way baby;" here are the facts. Montreal economist Dian Cohen finds from the Women's Bureau that women workers are slipping --in the amount of pay they take home, as com- pared with men. Although more women than ever are in the labor force, one out of every three women are bearing more of the over-all burden of unemployment than in the past. In the clerical field where more than a million women work, men earn 57 per cent more than women, averaging $7,769 yearly to a woman's $4,962. The salary difference for men here is increasing. In the ser- vice sector men made 157 per cent more than women in 1972. Back in 1967 men service workers earned only 121 per cent more than women. Again the gap is increas- ing for men. In the sales field things are going from rotten to worse. In 1967 'salesmen aver - meditated murder does not have much hope of rehabilitation. Anyone who thinks 25 years in prison is a good alternative for these people should ask those convicted how they feel facing a quarter of a century in prison. Knowing they can't receive a worse punish- ment than the 25 years, it seems likely these people would go to great lengths to escape their punishment—killing another person in the process would mean little to them. With this in mind it is especially import- ant the death penalty be maintained for the convicted killer of prison guards and police officers. Their job is risky enough, we can at least make it a little safer by offering no mercy to their killers. We just might save a life—one that is really worth saving. Pity aged $6,096 --women $2,292. Six years later in 1972 salesmen were up to $9,567 while sales women made a whopping $3,771. But the gap is narrowing in favor of women in the professions. In 1967 male professionals earned 87 per cent more than women. By 1972 they earned only 72 per cent more than women professionals. In the clerical field where 97 per cent of all secretaries and stenographers are women --male secretaries earn between $2,300 and $12,000 more than women. Even babysitting is not sacred. The average 60 -year-old male full -tinge sitter made $5,536 yearly --compared to the woman sitter's $2,099! When men are outstripping women at such traditional work as looking after the' baby all that can be said for the women of Canada is "You've slipped a long way baby." n MatkeHng The producer -relations commit- tee appointed by the Ontario Bean Marketing Board held a meeting for the bean growers in the Zurich arena last Monday night. Chairman of the committee, Bill Baxter of Perth County, explained to the many bean growers who attended the meet- ing that some changes in the operation of the bean board are necessary to improve the system for everyone participating. Mr. Baxter referred specific- cally to a study authorized by the bean' board to research not only its marketing system, but those of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ' The report also looked into fringe market areas and chances to develop new markets elsewhere in the world. The study recommended the role of the board be more clearly defined than in the past and its responsibilities clearly outlined. Changes in buying within the market place were also discussed. In the past most of the large canners bought the beans throu- gh different brokers. This is gradually changing and more and more canners are buying directly from large growers thus eliminating the need for some of the brokers. The study also recommended the board have more control in the areas of marketing, fringe markets and food aid markets and ensure all these markets are watched very carefully. The board should set up differ- ent ad hoc committees in specific areas rather than try and meet as a whole according to the study. These ad hoc committees would ,have the power to appoint in- MaQocg[ii) kic4cfo Published Each Wednesday By J.W. Eedy Publications Ltd. SNA Member: Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Manager - Betty O'Brien News Editor - Cathy McKinley Second Class Mall Registration Number 1385 Subscription Rates: $6.00 per year in advance in Canada; . $8.00 in t.nited States and Foreign; single copies 200 formed people to study various areas the board is concerned' with. One such ad hoc committee has already been appointed with Phil Durand of Bayfield as chairman. This committee is in charge of .trying to enforce the quality of beans delivered by farmers is recorded. Bean pro- ducers are allowed 2% pick and still retain a #1 standard for their beans. The board has run into problems in that some dealers in order to encourgage pro, ducers to deal with them have accepted beans of less than #1 quality without dockage to the individual producer. Since the board works on a pooling system, this accepting poor quality beans without dockage is an injustice to the good quality growers. Producers may also bring in beans with bad color either because of weather conditions or improper setting of the combine during harvesting. These are not pickers, but they must be cleaned in order to be satis- factory #1 beans. Some of these off-color beans may have to be classed a;;' #2 and sold for less. Mr. Duifaand stressed the import- ance of„ .producers bringing in #1 beans.' -as poor quality affects the whole industry. It is very important that dealers be docked if their beans are not #1 as other- wise the•gbod quality bean grow- ers end up subsidizing the poorer quality growers. Mr. Durand's committee will try and enforce the docking regulations as closely as possible. The Rai Word by Cathy McKinley It's getting harder and harder to spend your money these days. Last week I was in London and decided to get some shopping in while I was there, so I entered Big Steel on Dundas Street. Deciding on a pair of jeans and a sweater, I took my purchases up to the cashier and indicated I wished to pay with a personal cheque. There seemed to be no problem until I presented my wallet with a drivers license and several other pieces of identification. It seems the latest craze in London is you must have a major credit card to pay by cheque. I don't believe in credit cards and as a result had to inform the cashier that I did not, in fact, possess such a card. However, she had a solution for this. It seems Big Steel has their own card and it would only take five minutes for me to fill out the application form and receive my very own Big Steel credit card. But, I said what do you need as identifica- tion to get one of those. Oh, that was no problem, they would be happy to issue me one using my license as identification, then I could write my personal cheque because I would have a credit card and they would be happy. Hard to believe isn't it. Luckily for them' my sister was with me and had enough cash on hand to allow me to pay cash and get out before I completely lost my temper. On the other hand, I think I would have felt great satisfaction in going through the motions of getting the credit card, paying by cheque and then asking to borrow some scissors to cut their card into little tiny pieces. Most of you will have noticed there is still a good deal of road work being done in Zurich. Perhaps some of you have even noticed there is one female working on the road crew. This was pointed out to me by one of the local businessmen who felt this would make an unusual feature—a woman doing a man's job. Of course, -he added, her father owns the company. Well it didn't hit me right then, but the more I thought about it the more I realized I couldn't write that story. The women of this area have been doing men's work for about 100 years. All you have to do is driye out of town in any direction and you will see wo- men out in the fields on tractors, women feeding cattle, women handling dairy parlours, women gathering eggs and lug- ging pails of feed, the list is endless. Not only are they doing a "man's" work, they manage to do a "woman's" work as well. So 1 didn't do the feature on the female road crew member. It would have been an insult to every hard working female in the countryside, and there are a lot of them. I don't know about you, but I am getting tired of hearing about the air traffic control- lers fight with the government. The amount of coverage it is receiving is completely out of line with the number of Canadians it is affecting. Just who is affected? Well, there's the business men who can afford to pay the $50 round trip from London to Toronto when they could go by bus or train for $10. There's the newsmen who want to fly to Ottawa to cover something or other and let the newpaper pick up the tab. But as far as the average Canadian goes, it has no bearing at all, except the bus or train might be a little more crowded than usual. Besides that the whole thing has gotten out of hand anyway. If you take away Trudeau's mania for pushing bilingualism and all the emotions that go with it, • it boils down to whether or not it is safe to have two languages in air travel. Who should know whether it is safe or not better than the people flying the planes and the controllers on the ground guiding them. Ottawa should stay the heck out and let the people who know their job do it.