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Thirteenyearold Henry Gooden centre of Philadelphia puts his arms around Sen Edward Kennedy left and Bill Green Democratic Can didafe for mayor of Philadelphia for picture at Expects presidential backing for oil route By BOB DOUGLAS OTTAWA lCPl US Am bassador Kenneth Curtis says he expects President Carter will back controversial all American oil route from Alaska despite Canadian objections to West Coast tanker traffic But he indicated in an inter view Monday there is an out side chance the Canadian Trans Mountain proposal to carry the Alaskan oil through southern Canada will still win out The affable 49yearold am bassador expressed hopes the oil route decision still months away wont strain relations be tween Ottawa and Washington There is major attempt to reduce environmental risks he said referring to Canadian fears of oil spills along the West Coast The oil pipeline problem is bound to be major issue in talks here between Carter and Prime Minister Clark Nov 910 This political hot potato landed in Curtiss lap just after he arrived to take over as am bassador from Thomas Enders BACKS US ROUTE In quick succession US Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus recommended the Northern Tier route through the US northern states and Foothills which was proposing land route through Canada tem porarily withdrew The greying former Demo Rates hitting farm investment QUEBEC CPI Record high interest rates are dis couraging investment in agri culture economist David Mac Farlahd of Montreals McGill University said Monday With prime interest rate of 1375 per cent who wants to take on farm mortgage asked MacFarland in speech to conference on credit spon sored by the anadian Bankers Association He said farm earnings will not support the cost of land bought at that high rate and noted that the agricultural sec for has registered zero pro ductivity gain in the 1970s Gaetan Lussier federal dep uty minister of agriculture told the 350 bankers earlier that farming growth had outpaced the rest of the economy before this decade began The Bank of Canada and the US federal reserve board both 15 have pushed up interest rates in the belief that inflation can be eased by reducing the amount of money in ci culation MacFarland said there re mains great potential for ex pansion of credit in agriculture SUGGESTS PLAN He proposed federalprovin cial farmmarketing scheme and suggested that in the inter est of Canadian unity Ottawa should relinquish some of its powers in farm credit to the provinces The possibility of national farm mortgage program pool ing the resources of the banks federal and provincial agencies should also be studied MacFarland said acceSS to the debenture and bond market for the agricultural sector should be investigated noting that agribusiness in the US has already turned to this source of financing each instaliea P185 75R13 replaces 8527843 Kennedy at campaign dinner campaign dinner Monday night in Philadelphia Kennedy was in town to appear on behalf of can didate Green AP Photo cratic governor of Maine may be just the right man for the ambassadors job at this sensi tive time in CanadaUS rela tions relaxed smiling man Cur tis is politically astute He an swers questions quickly but carefully hope dont say anything that ruffles feathers he said But he added with smile that Im bound to make mistakes somewhere along the line Curtis does not seem as in timidating man as Enders who physically towered over most people in Ottawa and had an intellect to match Endch was greatly respected but his outspoken style sometimes rub bed Canadian politicians the wrong way But Curtis has one advantage Enders lacked direct link to the White House He is close friend of Carters dating back to the days when both were governors The new ambassador said he expects this close relationship will be useful as he deals with major CanadaUS issues The miningindustry goes skiing too When you take chairlift up the ski slope or ride in cable car chances are Ontarios mining industry rides with you Research and development of control instruments for safety testing of wire rope is one of many mining industry specialties In Ontario mining matters to all of us Ontario Mining Association Traction on ice without studsand more The F32 AllWinter Radial IS the tire that Goodyear built to take on the ravages of winter and get you through safety It performs so well that we call it The Ice Radial Why does this Ice Radial perform so well on icy roads The secret IS In the special rubber compound that stays bendable even at below freezrng temperatures to conform to icy road surfaces This IS Goodyear finest traction tire burlt tough with Flexten cord belts pound for pound stronger than steei It also has unique tread design with hundreds of biting edges for traction on Ice as well as In snow Get pair of Goodyear Ice Radials for your car today and drive wrth confidence HARPER TIRE 34 ANNE St BARRIE 7266443 GoadW£An Clark considering it 10 the oxamlnor ruosday Oct 23 1919 May meet with premiers on oil OTTAWA CP Concerned by disagreement involving Ot tawa and the provinces on oil pricing Prime Minister Clark said Monday he is considering meeting soon with the premiers to discuss the issue My worry is timing Clark said after announcing his in tention in the Commons The session would be in advance of the first ministers conference already set for Dec 45 Clark wants new oil pricing agreement as soon as possible to allow economists time to deal with the impact of higher prices His announcement came after Energy Minister Ray Hnatyshyn denied published reports in the Commons of weekend agreement between Ottawa and Alberta to raise oil prices $4 barrel next year by The Canadian Press show Ottawa has proposed an in crease of $4 barrel in 1980 and new formula to share the ad ditional revenue Ottawa has also proposed in creases of $2 barrel every six months beginning Jan 1901 To encourage conversion to nat ural gas its price would drop from 85 per cent to 65 per cent of oil prices Under the new revenueshar ing proposal federal energy bank financed by Ottawa and Alberta would produce total of $38 billion by the end of 1983 To prove to consumers the need to increase prices the government wants to announce when the package is unveiled projects to assist the extension of natural gas supplies into Quebec and the Maritime prov inces for heavy oil upgrading in Saskatchewan and for oil sands development in Alberta All the measures were dis cussed when Clark met Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed two weeks ago in Montreal Sources said Monday that while some of the numbers may have changed it is unlikely the federal propos als would have been altered much The report also calls for an increase in the gasoline exise tax from the present seven cents gallon The home in sulation program would be transferred to the provinces and royal commission would study the distribution of resource revenues OFFER CREDIT Recommendations included refundable tax credit for adults and children and federalpro vincial study of new prices or royalty incentives to encourage oil or gas production Finance Minister John Crosbie has delayed new budget until late November hoping to include measures to cushion the impact of high prices in certain lowincome re gions in the country After meeting in St Johns ORDER YOURS NOW Advance information available for Gas Saving Nfld Monday with finance ministers John Collins of New foundland Joel Matheson of Nova Scotia and Lloyd Mac phail of Prince Edward Island Crosbie said although oil prices will rise in Canada they will not reach international levels for several years Crosbie is to meet Wednesday in Winnipeg with the four west emfinance ministers Liberal energy critic Marc Lalonde Outremont told the ommons such an increase would put 20000 people out of work and cost Ontario the most vocal critic of rapid price in creases $12 billion Ontario Premier William Davis said Monday in Toronto he does not expect decision will be made on oil 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