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Protest Council Decision
T� Review Breed Grants
F Sequel to a lively debate in
(county council at its March
esston,•on the subject of grants
to breed associations and rural
fairs, was a deputation from
Ittron Holstein Club to council's
Hance and -, executive commit-
tee. This committee has before
t an instruction to review the
bituation and "try to determine
the need for all these grants,"
with a view to reporting there-
on at the June or September
session. Holstein Club presi-
dent Wellington Brock, of Gran-
ton, headed a delegation object-
. ing to reduction or elimination
of breed association grants.
. Secretary W.' Hume Clutton,
RR 5, Goderich, emphasized that
the cattle industry probably
fields more taxes to the county
than any other.
• "County council is more de-
pendent on taxes from the cat-
tle business than we are for the
$100 from county council," he
said. "We would carry on ,.in
any event, but we would like
to have county council recog-
nize us to that extent."
Other members of the delega-
tion were Harold Gaunt, of
Lucknow, second vice-president,
and> Vernon Hunter, also of
,Lucknow. Deputy reeve May
Mooney, of Goderich, chairman
of the finance committee, .was
accompanied by Warden Wal,
ter J. Forbes, Goderich Town-
ship; Reeve Ralph Jewell, Col-
borne; Reeve Ernest Talbot,
Stanley; Reeve William Merritt,
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The debate in county eouneil
was initiated ' March 21 by
Reeve Frank Walkom, Goderich,
who said he saw no reason for
grants to "monied groups", and
that council should break away
from it. Warden Forbes re-
marked that he had sometimes
felt the same way. Clerk -Treas-
urer Berry pointed out that "if
we cut off all the grants, we
will have all the organizations
here at the June session."
The Holstein breeders did not
wait for the June session, but
dropped in on the finance com-
mittee on May 21 at the court-
house. President Brock asked
Secretary Clutton to present
their case.
"This is addressed to county
council rather than the com-
mittee," he said. "I think coun-
ty council has a wrong attitude
to the breed organizations. The
total to the five breed organiza-
tions would amount to $87.50,
and alongside our million -dol-
lar road budget I would not
think council would be consid-
ering it in terms of economy.
"We have in Huron County
high-class cattle, and also the
most cattle of any county in
Ontario. I think I am safe in
saying the cattle industry in
Huron yields • the greatest
amount of revenue of any in-
dustry in Iluron. Taxes come
from revenue, and I believe I
am equally safe in saying the
cattle industry yields more tax-
es to county council than any
other in the county. Now it
seems that this organization has
become a burden to county
council, to the extent of $87.50.
"We owe gratitude to the
pioneers of this county, pure-
bred breeders, who brought good
cattle into the county and im-
proved cattle to a very good
standard of quality. In recent
years this has been taken over
more by the breed associations,
which keep working to improve
the breeds they represent, both
in quality and production, and
I believe are doing this 'work
faithfully and well,
(Mr. Clutton was awarded,
some years ago, a Master Breed-
er's Shield, from the Holstein -
Friesian Association).
"Had it not been for the tax-
es produced by the revenue in
cattle of this county, we would
not today be meeting in :this
beautiful building, . but one
much smaller and of .different
appearance, and we would not
have ' any million -dollar budget.
"The breed organizations are
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not social clubs, but working
clubs. The directors attend
meetings and work at consider-
able sacrifice. Some, going to a
meeting in Clinton, will drive
close to 100 miles there and
back. Directors put their hands
in their pockets and spend•their
own money, rather than charge
it up to the club.
"One thing, thata.bothered me
was the unfortunate publicity
that Huron got from the dis-
cussion in county council. It
was publicized over a good deal
of Western Ontario, and a man
in Perth asked me, 'What is
wrong with county, council,
from the way they are using
the breed associations?' A Hol-
stein fieldman for the 10 west-
ern counties had the same quesr
tion. He said in other counties
they recognize the value of the
clubs and almost automatically
honor them with a grant. The
grant as we have it—$100, and
in some cases $50—is hardly
big enough to be called a grant,
but it is recognition, and we
feel that recognition has some
part in forwarding this very
worthwhile work, not only from
the standpoint of improving
quality, but developing a fur-
ther potential for revenue and
taxes.
"This is a second time in a
very few years when this penny -
ante attitude has cropped up in
county council. We do not
know why, but perhaps through
a lack of understanding of the
importance of the clubs and a
lack of realization that it is a
privilege for county council to
honor these clubs and recognize
them with a grant."
'Urban people ask why they
should be giving a grant to
breeders' organizations," said
Mrs. Mooney.
"In the first place," explain-
ed Mr. Clutton, "it helps clubs
to get started, and in the sec-
ond place, most clubs are not
in a position to carry on all
the work they would like to do.
I remember one year we were
expecting to give financial help
to 4-H clubs, but did not get
in the money (we expected, so
put our hands in our pockets.
In the past three years we have
spent more money than we have
taken in, and must curtail or
find other ways of raising
money."
Mr. Clutton said there are 22
4-H clubs.
Warden Forbes: "Most of the
members are purebred breed-
ers, and people think the asso-
ciation should be able to carry
on its work."
Mr. Clutton: "We carried on
for a time by solicitingmember-
ships, and it was a hardship
to get the dollars. The Ontario
Association now collects the
memberships and . gives us a
dollar each."
Warden Forbes: "There are
220 Holstein breeders; if they
raised another 60 . cents they
would have it."
Mr. Clutton: "County council
would not have the privilege of
honoring themselves by recog-
nizing that work. Every time
council gets higher income, you
are getting a potential from
cattle. What are you going >to
do with $100—add it to the mil-
lion -dollar budget?" '
Mr. Forbes: "Everybody is
kicking. about the roads, and
that is what we are faced with."
Mr. Clutton: "What surpris-
ed us most .in the county coun-
cil discussion, it was mostly cat-
tle owners—farmers—who put
up the kick."
Reeve Jewell: "We started
out to reduce across the, board,
and we cannot discriminate.
What are the grants in Perth?"
Mr. Clutton: "$100 or more."
Mr. Forbes: "In Kent they
cut it outcompletely, I under-
stan.d, to ail breed organizations.
People think we just come here
to go to road conventions and
hand out grants."
Mr. Clutton: "We would be
satisfied to have a small per-
centage of the amount spent
on road conventions."
At request of Reeve Jewell,
the clerk -treasurer looked up
the grant totals: $5,000 under
the head of education, $4,200
patriotic, and $7,500 for agri-
culture, this latter including the
county's contribution to the ag-
ricultural representative's sal-
ary, junior extension work and
grants to fairs.
"We were set up to review
these grants, and it is only a
recommendation to county coun-
cil," Reeve Jewell pointed out.
Mr. Clutton:,"We have five
meetings in thyear, and the
annual banquet is the only so-
cial affair, but they all cost
money, and all are aimed to
increase production and quality
of Holstein cattle."
Reeve Morritt: "The Holstein
club has not received a grant
as long as some of the other
breed organizations. I think I
was the reeve who moved that
motion."
Mr. Brock: "I agree that ur-
ban residents are inclined to
question these grants, but in
this county the urban munici-
palties are largely dependent
on the welfare of the rural
areas surrounding, and if you
can keep that rural area in a
healthy condition you • will find
your urban centres will profit."
Mrs. Mooney thanked t h e
members of the deputation and
made the customary promise of
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