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the tribune stouffville ont thursday november 9 1950 you can stop faster than the big fellow feminine- touch is extended to homebuilding class a model n passenger train rolling along at 70 to so miles an hour is a 1500ton projectile of tremendous momentum and velocity trains of such weight and speed cannot be stopped within the short dis tance necessary to avoid collision with a motorist who may have decided to indulge in one of the many hazardous practices which brought death to 110 ana injuries to 549 others in 113 railway cross ing accidents reported to the board of transport com missioners for canada during the 12month period ended june 30th cars stalling in the path of trains motorists attempting to beat the train to the crossing and misjudging the distance motorists who drove into the sides of moving or stationary trains appar ently as the result of impaired visibility or misjudgment of speed and distance all con tributed to the mounting crossing accident toll remem ber a ear can stop quicker than a train give the big fellow the right of way corn left on farmers hands despite canning contract farm meeting is told repeated violation of their con tracts with farmers by canners in this and other districts showed that the farm producers marketing act which originally was passed to prevent just that sortof thing had no teetli and should be discarded in favor of new legislation declared william 1 walker of dunnville chairman of the vegetable growers marketing board speak ing at a brooklin meeting of the ontario county vegetable growers association he called upon members of his audience to arouse themselves and their neighbors and take some action against the repeated flouting of their rights by the canning companies this act said mr walker had no teeth in it it had turned out to be protection for the canner rather than the farmer it badly needed revision referring to the fact that there was a lot of corn in ontario county which the canning com panies would not take because of the fact that they had a surplus and despite the fact that they had contracted with the farmer the speaker said that if farmers did not do something soon they were going to find that their standard of life would be sharply reduced farmers had taken reductions in the price of vegetable crops over the past two years despite the fact that there had been a general rise in the economic level despite the fact that the canners were making more money than ever before and despite the fact that labor through its competent organization was demanding and getting more than ever before in its history it takes a long time to break down farmers resistance to organ ization mr walker said because of the fact that politically such organ izations as the ufo had failed however the farmers are learning and learning the hard way he is gradually coming to the realization that if he does not organize and take concerted action through a strong wellknit group he is going to find himself behind the eight ball the fact that there still was corn standing in ontario county corn that should have been paid for by the canning company was proof of the fact that in the face of cann ing company tactics the grower was not getting very far dont discuss the matter of price with the canning representative if you are wise mr walker said the company will offer a price on the basis of the very least you are willing to accept that 1 think is a very important thing dont i repeat discuss price with the cann ing company representative the vegetable growers associa tion was finding a good many things wiong with legislation as it was at present the speaker de clared and not the least of these was the proviso enforcing compul sory arbitration which it seemed always worked in favor of the can ner and a consequent reduction in the price of crops to the canner compulsory arbitration can be a vicious thing if it is not handled properly tiie spejker stated i there was no trouble during the war years at that time the canner j could sell all that he could process and tiie producer had no trouble getting rid of his crops at a fair price the test came in 1948 when there was a good crop the grower raised all he could and was left with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crops on his hands i know of producers who were left with as much as s6000 worth of crops rotting in the fields there were lots and lots of them who lost 2000 and 3000 that year said mr walker it is just to prevent that sort of thing that the farmers should have a strong organization only organization will win in this battle farming no longer was a way of life he continued it was a business and should be run on the same basis as a business and it seemed just as ruthlessly the farmer had a duty to raise crops to feed the people of the country but surely it was fair that he should be guaran teed a fair margin of profit in so doing the minute you overproduce in any quantity it seems that you are in trouble there should surely be some sort of a protection for the producer charles broughton of whitby was reelected president of the association for another year and william stonehouse also of whit by was chosen vicepresident sec retarytreasurer was h l fair uxbridge and auditor alex johns port perry directors pickering township will collins whitby heber down east whitby norman down reach fred christie scu- gog cliff redman and brock vincent beaton beer ix woodpile brings 10 fine on the liquor prohibited list mrs mary anne godfrey g5 of pefferlaw was convicted of illegal possession of liquor and fined 10 and costs or 10 days by magistrate hollinrake in newmarket court her residence was declared a public place she was charged after a raid on her home by five provincial police officers last august the officers said they found liquor hidden under sods of grass in the garden and beer in a woodpile largest canadianowned oil com pany has two big subsidiaries in the united states thus reversing the usual practice of us compan ies having canadian subsidiars dentists who try to stop kiddies eating candy are now faced with the new medical opinion that sugar is not the main cause of tooth decay serve eca 6 bottfe carton 30 only woman among 35 men who attended the first how to build your own home class at northern vocational school last week was mrs i aura green of bolton shown with bill williamson of mark- ham mrs green was a serg eant in the rcaf womens division she plans to assist her husband in all phases of house building your commerce branch keystone of main street the towns of canada are greatplaces our town was a fur trading outpost in the early days now it is part of a great forest industry and serving that industry and us is the bank a branch of the commerce our manager is your friend he knows how to give the type of service that comes with long acquaintance yes our canadian towns are great places and the men and women at your commerce branch are good people to know lome h bouchard arca the canadian bank of commerce the commerce i8450a and this isalcans ihis picture of the first aluminum plant in the british empire was taken in 1900 that was only 14 years after charles martin hall had discovered how to make aluminum cheaply by using electricity the plant was erected in semi- wilderness at shawinigan falls be cause the river was being harnessed to provide electricity aluminum was the firsi to use this power today shawinigan falls has many indus- tries and is a hustling thriving city alcan too has been growing dur ing these fifty years today the com pany has 12 plants providing jobs for 11000 canadians and supplying aluminum to more than 1000 in dependent canadian manufacturers from coast to coast on its 50th birthday alcan looks back over half a century of progress and forward to continued growth with canada aluminum company of canada ltd x2 producer and processors of aluminum for canadian industry and world markotx ptafttt in shawinigan fall arvida hi maligna sbiphow 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