Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), May 10, 1956, p. 5

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mixed farming best says fred wicks secty york c ty agriculture from parliament hill though other farmers may be secretary he spends about 20 specializing more and more in hours or two full work days a one or two crops fred wicks week lie attends all the town- ktouffville secretary of york ship federation and commodity county federation of agricul- group meetings he can and helps ture still believes that mixed township groups plan their pro- farming is best grams on his 100aere farm he has j one aim of the county organi- dairy and beef cattle hogs poul- zaion is to encourage each of or soon after in order to give try and field crops the local groups to plan a definjthe unemployment insurance i dont like to have all my lire project each year the life j commission an opportunity to eggs in one basket he says j of the federation lies in an act- i rectify and bring about a solu- and bsides there is more flexi- ive program fred asserts tion to some discrepancies now bility in mixed farming he adds j projects such as the vaughan i existing in the act the minis- ha is currently preparing to township federations current ter of labour is expected to by michael starr mp ontario biding another motion to go into supply was introduced on mon day april 30 and the conser vative party submitted a n amendment for the considera- tion of the house which urged me government that immediate consideration should be given to measures to assist the muni- icipahties ol canada to meet their mounting financial prob lems and in particular the im mediate introduction of legssia- tion which would provide for the exemption of a municipal councils and school boards from the payment of excise taxes in cluding the loc sales tax and i which would further provide for payment to municipalities of the equivalent of full municipal taxes an amendment to this amendment was made by the iccf party in the house en- dorsing this amendment and adding that consideration should j be given to legislation to pro- vide for federal aid to educa tion without interfering with provincial control thereof this debate lasted for two j days according to the new rules i of the house when the vote was taken on both the amend ment and sub amendment they were both turned down by the government in taking part in the debate finance minister harris rejected these demands and said that tax exemptions generally are undesirable he i said that the best type of tax is one with no exemptions the fi- nancia problems of municipali- ties were emphasized by all those participating in this de- j bate from the opposition side they were described as the place where in fact democracy finds its greatest strength they are the closest forms of admin istration to the people how ever all of these pleas and pres entations were of no avail the special committee on estimates has completed its work on the dept of labour with the exception of the two clauses relating to unemploy ment insurance these have been deferred until may 15th i to the taxpayers of the oratory i of members of parliament comes from a libera member who indulges in it rarely he has announced that by his calcu- latiors the high cost of speeches in the commons runs to about sisqq per hour his opinion is that it is not worth it he fur ther stated that he doubted whe ther he had heard one speech this session that was worth 1800 an hour there is a great deal of talk at present that a solution to the transcanada pipelines as far as the government is concerned may be found in the arrange ment whereby the federal trea sury would provide funds for an immediate start on the long- stalled transcanada natural gas pipeline even though the prime minister denies this ru mour it is being said that legis lation is being drafted under which ssoooiotpo may be loaned to the sponsors of this line to build the alberta to manitoba leg this year this amount would be in addition to ss3 mil lion the government plans to put up to cooperate with on tario in creating a sus000000 crown company to finance con struction of the gts mile north ern ontario link whatever the amount of the loan it is certain that it will provide more ammu nition for critics of the govern- ments pipeline planning it will be argued that the private com pany is asking the public to take an even larger share of the risks meanwhile regaining control of the venture the stouftvnie tr1suh twrspay may w w58 p9 b understanding heart and the human touch food clothing shelter tvt yes but it takes more than these to lift the burden from despairing souls this the salvation army knows in its hostels havens homes and hospitals in instances of emergency relief the understanding heart and the human touch are ceaselessly employed in mending shattered lives and kindling hope in spirits darkened by sin or suffering that this work may never flag your support is needed by faithful workers of the salvation army dedicated to these tasks of mercv jlav 1 r i n 1 r i v os butter surplus were so old we can remem- switch completely from dairy to flower garden contest maintain beef cattle in ease the dairy in markham where he ships fluid milk converts to bulk haulage to make bulk haulage worth while fred says he would have to increase his dairy produc tion to the exclusion of every- local interest in the organiza tion he says one complaint he has about his work is the lack of opportun ity to discuss common problems with fieldmen in other counties at the annual fieldmens confer- make a statement in the house of commons in respect to these adjustments on or before may 15th the latest estimate of the cost tiling else and then the dairy r at ontario agricultural could shut off your milk ship- college guelph too much time monts any time is taken up by the top brass even a 10 cent premium for he says there ought to be an bulk cooled milk wouldnt in- opportunity for fieldmen to talk duce him to install the exoen- things over among themselves five equipment and make the he adds necessary renovations and con- fred has been interested in vert to a dairy farm farm organization work for the rut im not a model farmer last 20 years because of the and one of the organizers of the he insists when you work for inequality between farmers and markham township federation the federation you sometimes other groups in the community the first township group in the was shipping to toronto and was president for one term he helped organize the york feder- aion about 1910 was on the board of directors for 14 years and was appointed secretary last june he is also a founder and a former director of the stouff- ville cooperative association have to neglect ness in his work your own busi- j he was a director for several j county of which he was presi- years of the toronto milk pro- dent two years ago and of which federation j ducers association when he he is still a director he feels that farm organiza tions are definitely gaining ground and making urban peo ple aware of the farmers cur rent costprice squeeze but al though the federation is attract ing more members it still needs every single farmer in its ranks he says fred feels the federation loses good potential workers since the time consumed in organization work cuts into ones farm work but though he himself some times finds it hard to manage both farm and organization du ties his interest in the federa tion more than outweighs the disadvantages of trying to do two jobs at once hon bryan i cathcart mir of travel and pubcity fee ih ptovbxa of onrario enjoy your share we in the ontario department of travel and publicity are happy to regard ontario as canadas vacation province annually on your behalf ivc uelcome increasing thousands of visitors from the united states from other canadian provinces and from all around the world in doing so we are proud of our abundant attractions and facilities which provide a complete and satisfying holiday we are also keenly interested in encouraging you our fellow citizens to see more 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