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Quotas not the answer area beef formers told Beef price stabilization throu gh supply management that is setting quotas on the amormt of beef produced does not seem to be the answer to creating stable beef market Dr Larry Martin professor of agricultural economics at the University of Guelph and Rich ard Haack masters student in economics at Guelph presented the results of their study on sta bilizing the beef market through supply management to about 100 area beef farmers Wednesday and their general conclusion was that farmers should look for different solution The study was initiated at the 1975 Ontario Beef Improvement Associations annual meeting Beef farmers upset at what had happened to the beef market over the past tw0 years wanted to take look at supply manage ment and see if setting quotas on beef production would 1111p What had happened according to Dr Martin was that until 1973 the price of beef had been steadily increasing and the de mand was keeping up with the supply The market looked so good that most farmers ignored few warnings to the contrary and increased their herds However starting in the sec ond quarter of 1973 the market started to plunge until the end of 1974 when farmers were actually losing $5 hundred weight on beef sold The profit margin has now climbed back into the black but farmers are nt making what they were in 197073 The idea behind the Martin llaack study was to determine whether supply management would be able to prevent sim ilar market slump To determine whether or not the supply management would JOHN JENNINGS tempor ary rent review officer in Bar rie spent hectic few weeks preparing the Eimcoe County work the men set up compu ter model 01 the marekt for the last 10 years taking into ac count the supply of beef includ ing calf production feed sup plies and cost and seasoni the demand for beef including pr ice of alternatives population and consumer income and the stocks held by the packager includnig trade flow the actu al supply on hand and season By accumulating this informa tion for the past 10 years the computer would be able to deter mine what the price should have been over the period The com puter result almost perfectly mat ched the actual Toronto price With the accuracy of the mod el thus verified the two could then set about varying the sup ply for period of years in the model and determine the effect on price To determine just what kind of quotas could have been impos ed they looked at the supply of beef for the last 10 years and established trend or average line This showed the average growth of the cattle herd in Canada When establishing quotas marketing board would have to base its current quotas on the previous years herd so Dr Martin and Mr llaack decided on 90 per cent line that is the herd in their model was al lowed to grow at 90 per cent of the actual average over the past 20 years The computer then pro duced what would have happen ed to prices for the last 10 years it the 90 per cent quo tas had been imposed For purposes of the modcl Canada was divided into east and west and the United States since it affects the Canadian mar ket With 90 per cent quota imposed in just the east which an mMAfiXWa and Muskoka District office The office l2tcd at no Dunlin Street Earl on 1h would mean Ontario since it pro duees most of the beef in east ern Canadia there would have been no effect on the market Western Canada and the 18 would simply ship more beef to the cast With nationwide 90 per cent quota there would have been notable increase in the price until 1973 and the price rise would not have been so steep but after 1973 when the mark et slumped there would have been little difference The reas on for this says Dr Martin is that after 1973 farmers started producing less than the 90 per cent anyway similar program but this time with restrictions on trade was run with the result showing slight gain with US beef kept out of Canada The price still reached its peak in early and dropped quickly but the pro lit margin did not dip so deep ly into the red The only way the beef market could have been kept profitable for the individual farmer the men found was by providing market government subsidy if profits dropped below percent age of the last five years mer 11 This keeps beef production worthwhile business said Dr Martin but we should consid cr how the farmers would react in 72 and 73 beef farmers saw pretty good profit so increas ed herds if they i11c1c1c llLlil when the profit is coming from government support the situa tion could only get worse well we calculated that this program would cost the gm ernment $352million for 1971 and 75 While such program ould have benefits duelion whch or or not tliz government could be persuaded to gci info if third fli 1liioit lll he is 7172111 lIiniincr llio to Province opens office for rental problems Help with rent problems may be as close as the telephone or trip downtown in Barrie The city is the centre for rent review office for Simcoe County and the Muskoka District The office opened this week John Jennings temporary rent 1Cl€W officer for the area said fie office is open Monday to Fri day 8230 am to 443 pm to deal with rent payment profi lents Mr Jennings saltl the tlllCC ir concerned only with increase in rents charged between July 1973 and January 197 anJ only if the increases are over eight per cent Were fryingi to clear up any problems during the past six nnrths llciult Miri the new year he said We hope to be iinishcd by the cm1 of Fthruaiy nd to be startini with 1976 ag reements in Mcrcx it was hetti time for ll Jenning over flit pa 1w weeks preparing the office for business Duringr this time he said 61 letters tune been sent to the office dealivi with iiioilcnis He said telephone calls aver aged between 17 and 20 calls day asking for iinorinatioii What we are trying to do more than anything is to settle betwccn the tenant and the faint lord he said Were here to sit down iid CXDlttll the tenants and landlords rights with the new rent rule DIFFlCUll lAltt Mr Jennian said the difficult part of the jib is trying to ex plain fo the two sides whv th provincial government has set the eight per cen limit lle sail the eight per cent is only guideline and landlord can apply for Ill iicvcu The increase must be justified ith sufficient lllfUlllltthll before it is upprm ed If the lanllord increases the rent more than crulif per cent before approval 11 lllttl li Jennings said the ttrnnnt is only lililel li in club ll iffli until lb dciiii of lze rciit rc pt illicu fungal llij liiil riot frr brord in liiln iiu riclil to ill itl again must show sufficient cause for the increase On the other laiil li lcn nings said if landlord in creases rents from last July more than eight per cent ten ant can make complaint to the review board He said if the rent reiiew of ficer rules in favor of the ten ant then the landlord must pay the tenant the overpayment We would really like to let the two sides together before hearing is callcl icqording rent increase lr Jennings 1ll We hope to able to kic everyone happy As suggestion li Jennings said the landlord and tenant should meet to dis uslt any lil lems prior to making claim at the rent review office He said tenants are protected by the Ontario governments re cent amendments to the landlord and tcnant act regarding rea sons for eviction PROVIDING SIZI ltfl Wed like lc landlord ml tenant to get together for rea sonable calm discussion before making any claims to us he said Were trying to provide service and we ncczl the co operation of everyone lr lennincs if the land lord and initial can not reagh an agreement satisfactory 10 both they can either go to the office at 110 Duilon Street East or telephone 7372 He said the teltphonc the erred because often the prob lem can be remedied without the person making trip to down town Barrie hit of town residents can contact the office toll free by telephoning the opcizitor anil mk ing for Zenith Willi lr Jennings sid fln renew office is operated by five full tmc vtzifl znd two part time stuff The lulltime staff iiisludcs roof review ofiicci apjiliciititii control offictr document record llL clerk tIlmo iiniIirv clrrl and administration officer fi ll 112liut wcie oprii he soul 1111 tlzitiltii inquirin in for two ti llllt apartment buildmis ill the area have contacted us already voll cerning the necessary forms r197 DR LARRY MARTIN Innislil reiects agreement with Barrie on Huroniu water SlOUl ill 21 Ulc and ltecve Constable and Coon Cow ovcr the objection of ltctvc liif tlibbiii lnnisfil council again rejected the lliironia toad wan fer agreement with Barrie on WCtlllt sdny The agreement allotts about 30 homeowners in lnnislil llnv have been using Burrics wafct cm silltc Match 197 lln concern fcfncsday over compensation in lll went the area annexed by the City of lizuiit its ironic that we llitL to par and 1lll have to fight to get the momy back if the artu is illllcL id Conn Iohn jot nn nl llepufv ltcmc turntable said the high tnndnri piping was lt1lll by liar ric with Innisiil expected to pay the sf lhc LinCillltlli calls for Innis lll to pay $11787 iiiotily for oriIing of morn lhicr hydrant will of gtliilii $llllltl li II ill mcnf now in the works for of tut year um rcjczlcl iii Liiotii Barrie is lodging for street cepcr and In gt new zillf dint trucks lit riy countLl beliucs residents are willing to pa for 10ml gtfliLl Ilirltl llll Ictlf dipmud public works ciiiirmllcc ltco it inculzifon to call tender for lllt sweeper and writer to lllt wornout minpincni ld floss lltl public works chairman mid lic lllf ici dtnts arc wilful to pay to lccp ltiilttl in fliv lllll tellil llLA ltit filo iccls Mn um lllt li clininfxd 0l of fin $ttlLl 5290111 and each rat tifl is about Siliylio he mid lin iitiipiiieiit has to in rdirctl iiotv dolivcry licl ire lllf winter ltl tlltl Hill ll ll fii foir Txlmlllll sanders iii the city are so in ilj it led lln front tli llill to be voided lo fic iru bodies He said the is pcinlin bont 3131 this ycr to keen hc two units in the job lle raid umzf titu an Wpsium wm nouns nAa BOTTLED tN BOND Wwi no nu ma nutum on with Conn trawl Andradc in favor of if Conn Bill lippic is on vacation and ltceve ll iihoiiis as chairman did not vote ltetic libbiils said council has slicll too much time on the rccmcnt He said it at least did not preclude the possibility of compensation when annexation takes place llill$llip clclk lticltard Groh Ill an lliustmcnt of asstls and labilifies between the two mu ncipalities is matter of course ill oincmtion lnc councils oi lillllli and lnnislzf are to nice to llxtlhs tlllltXJllHll ml level opniciit plan lch 26 it now mtillls the agreu iiicni would llLiL lunisfil rth dents pay 130 per cent of the lam ttl1 rate and $173 per foot of frontage for new installa lions llmin lilii hook flunn Ivsltflll bccnusr rrWI wif 11 it died dried up inthiiiiuols wells 1jiru fi lllt mix New street sweeper sanders to be bought for city roads the moduli spreading truck wcrc purchast in l9titi The sweeper is iii worse lllilif ic and the public works tiiiit111tl lt lllllflllilij tinr rtpltiiir if or just leaving llt unit on the fol Vtlt llulllill the existiii ciiupiiniif now If we fiiC 113 other winfu like this one next year then well iuc real pio bitins ld loniir lillli tlflCblCfl if llltl this is your of spenr Iiilf lfllttllll may be mime opportunity to reduce the level of service ld Lultiiitz Stlitittl the pub lic works comnnttcc review the need for the Vehicles and makc rcconniicndnion during bu got discussions later this year ld ltllt id the public works Iilfllllllltf is strongly in izmn oi fillltil the addition il equipment and would like in lime ilic trccf sweeper by early summer with the sanders com ing in late summer MarIII MA They Canadian on the rock th and solidity Stepping ston Youll find Canadian Club being enjoyed Its nice to know the Around the world wh whisky they think of Canadian Club LOCAL AND GENERAL LOW TENDER llhe Simcoe County Board of Education found itself in an un usual position Wednesday night of approving tenders for class room paper which reflected five per cent decrease in cost The contracts worth total of $24089062 were awarded to Bel tona Ltd Scholars Choice Ltd and Gestetner Canada Ltd SUPPORTERS RALLY Supporters Sinclair Stevens MP PC YorkSimeoa will rally at the Constellation Ilctel at 90 Dixon Road Toronto liri day Feb 20 About 1300 are ex pected to attend the rally before Mr Stevens leaves for the nat ional convention of the Progresv sive Conservative Party in 011 wa where he intends to seek the leadership from the retiring Robert Stanfield Festivities be gin at pm in the Galaxy Room DRINKING AGE On motion by Bruce Cum ming of Thornton and Audrey lrotter of Gilford the Simcoc County Board of Education ug ieed Wednesday night to support recommendation by the Lamb fon County Board of Education that the legal drinking age be raised to 20 from 18 Letters out lining the boards decision will he forwarded to the Lambfou board and local lPls Arthur Evans tPC Simcoc Centre Gordon Smith lCSinltflc East and George Vlcchue tlCDiif ferinSimcoel TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN Fnank Prothetro trustee for Tottenham on the Simcoe County Board of Education and imme diate past chairman of the board assumed his former position Wed nesday night when neither the current chairman nor vicechair man could make it to the meet ing Chairman William Brown of Orillia and vicechairman Lloyd Fletcher of Oro were among se veral trustees unable to attend the meeting because of poor dri ving conditions SCHOOL CAR lln Simcoc County Board of iiducation has agreed in cstab lish its school year committee but in the absence of the chair man the inciiibcis have of been selected As with the Sim coe County Roman Catholic Sco ri in Sch 01 Board frrstec gestcd the committee look into the assignment of professional development days and to consi der the posibility of cancelling some of the days to make up for time lost due to bad weather CITY NEWS BARRIE SAlmIZED Tickets are available now for Charisma 76 satirical review of Barrie to he pzesentcd Feb 27 and 28 at Barrie Central Col legiate by the University We mens Club of Barrie Tickets for the fourth revue are avail able at Shornevs Opticians in Georgian Mall litcs Bookstore Bayfield Mall Sam the Record Man and Janes Stationery down town and Jack Webbs Clothing Allandale Tickets are also available by telephoning 7268790 or 7266753 GUEST SPEAKER Agnes Boucher whose paint ings are now on display at the Barrie Public Library will be the guest speaker at general meeting of the Barrie Art Club Wednesday Feb 13 at pm in the lower level of the library the will speak on abstract painting and will use her painf ings as backdrop and for de morstration during her lecture All rt Club members and guests can attend free of charge with $1 admiSsion fee for non members THE BARRIE EXAMINER THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12 19763 Notice of Public 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