oC'fOBER 19. 1951

A Feature. For Every Friday Among The Farmers Federation Of Agriculture llevls

the Sun shines

The weather for the past five days has been ideal for the har- vesting of crops, the hunting of same, and for those who have the time to enjoy a drive through a muntryside. beautlfied by colored leaves. a hazy atmosphere and mellow sunshine.

The beauty of the day has been followed at night by the hunter's moot) rising on successive nights a' very close intervals and afford- ing the ambitious farmer an op- portunity of extending his field tperations into the evening hours

In fact for the.past week P. E island has been like Heaven-there ;s no night there.

The line dry weather will assist n.ntcrially in controlling any blight infection present in potatoes and make for a clean attractive sam- ple.

Price Resale Maintenance

in his recent speech at Milton. lintarin, Dr. Hannam of the C.F. A. stated that price resale main- tenance by manufacturers was a ,W3CHC6 not in the interests oi the iIillSlln1eX' or our economy and should be discontinued.

he announcement at Ottawa that the Governments plan to en- act legislation to forbid the prac- tice of manufacturers setting re- mil prices indicates that Federa- llnll with the approval of government. ilnduly high margins on many manufactured products have put these beyond the reach of many consumers.

A case in point. are plumbing supplies; there are thousands of farm homes in Canada which would be equipped with modern sanitation facilities could these be nbtained at reasonable cost. Every farm home in Canada is a poten- tial market for a. bathtub and oth- er facilities, but artificial price maintenance. if tolerated, will un- necessarily delay this very neces- sary and practical improvement in our rural living standards.

Reasonable profits mean greater sales, equally proiitablc business and fuller employment.

Should We Grow Grain?

There are those who in, the past have maintained that from an economic standpoint. grain could not be grown profitably in the east and that eastern farmers should produce more and better grass to get increased summer production and then buy western grain for winter feeding. Economists can submit figures that are quite con- elusive in this regard but the trouble with figures is that you can't bed cattle and hugs with them and it is quite likely that the straw will keep our eastern

farmers producing grain for a

good many years to come. The Unhappy I-lo;

No one interested seems to be very happy at the present time over the hog business. Certainly not the farmer who has taken a .'t'i per cent reduction in the last three months, nor the consumer who rightly expected a substantial reduction in his meat prices, re- ductions which have apparently not materialized and the retailer under pressure from the consumer is certainly not enjoying himself.

The statement by the packers that during the high price period tiiey were losing money is difficult to swallow; these prices were brought about by scarcity and the rnmpetitlon to obtain a product to satisfy consumer demand.

The packers owe both the pro-

d riucer and consumer aqnore satis-

factory explanation and also a re- ndjustment in the selling price of mark products in conformity with present market values.

Marketing Legislation There are those who conscient-

. iously and others who for selfish

masons oppose the efforts of the farmer to improve his economic mt. through marketing legislation and legally recognized marketing -grncies. In this regard the farm- rr has lagged behind other groups In our economy. Organized labor has established the right to bar- raining agencies and has exercised Jhnt power to the marked advant- Hze of its members, although not ulways with reason or in the gen- r'.'.1l interest.

Professional groups have set standards of remuneration towhlch their members adhere. It should. therefore. be apparent that agri- culture has the same right Ind should take steps to exercise it. Hence the necessity of marketing Pzislation and producer marketing slans for various commodities.

How Much Protein?

We have always maintained that the most important factor in re- ducing net profits on livestock production particularly with cat- tle was the apparent necessity of purchasing large quantities of ex- ilensive protein feeds.

At the same time due to weath- er difficulties and adherence to true honored methods of nvinl Our grass and ciovers. very sub- stantial amounts of valuable pro- tezn were being lost. Samples of cl ver and grass cnsiiage recently submitted for analysis by Wind llrmers to the chemistry depart- ment of the Nova Ecotia Depart- ment of Agriculture averaged over tuelve per cent protein on a dry inltfar content of twenty eight per -.4-n .

thinking and policy meets.

it

possibility of lowering production costs through improved methods of harvesting grass and cl ver are worthy of careful consideration.

Price control

The present session of Parlia- ment. will no doubt see an in- creasing demand for price control directed more particularly to food costs.

At it's semi-annual meeting in September 1950. the C.l".A. passed the following resolution: "That the

n ,, r body immediately to undertake a continuous study of the position of the various econ- cmic groups in the nation and make recommendations looking to- wards the most equitable basis possible upon which to impose controls. if and when such are needed."

At the 15th annual convention held in January at Calgary. the C.F.A. policy on price control was outlined in the following resolu- tion: ":The farmers of Canada are anxious to see irnpleme ted sound monetary and fiscal policies to prevent further inflation and pro- tect the value of the consumer's dollar. It may be that in the near future the Government will in- troduce general price controls. If so. such controls should be made effective clear across the board on all profits. prices and wages. To exempt the economic returns of

any group would be to grant is

.THE GUARDIAN. CHA'Rbo1'rE'rQwN

fled."

From the standpoint of induc- ing labor to stay on farms and maintain food production at safe levels, agriculture is in too pre- carious a position today to submit to controls unless they be applied to all groups and control wages, industrial prices and profits.

Farm Forum

The first Farm Forum broadcasi will be on the night of October 29th and deal with the question of efficiency in co-operatives. a ques- tion certainly of practical import- ance to co-operators and of aca- dcmic interest to those who are not. .

Farm Forum provides not onlv an opportunity for study but one for sociability and community improvement. Individual members have an opportunity of studying

problems of common interest to

Government be asked to name at

privilege which cannot be justi-

al! rural people in out far flung

country, to become better so- uueinted with their neighbors, de- velo tolerance and confidence in the selves and to promote organ- ized community improvement. Every individual can benefit from a Forum group and through it, every community lay a founda- tion for community progress. Can- adian Farm Forum is the largest organized listening group in the world today and it's possibilities recognized to the extent that the

ftlnited Nations has this year voted

a substantial grant to carry out research work on the project with :1 view to development in other countries.

HISTORIC INDUSTRY

A tiny factory started by Gilbert Staffordshire, was the fore-runner Wedgwood in 1612 at Burslem, of the great English potterics.

liigiier Earnings For

Mccoll-Frontenac Oil Company Reported i

MONTREAL, Oct. it)-Mr. J. M. Pritchard, President, announced today that estimated net earnings for McCoil-Frontenac Oil Coni- pany Limited and subsidiaries for the six months ended June 30. 1951 after all charges and after providing for estimated income taxes and dividends on preferred stock, amounted to 52,680,909 or 51.03 per share on 2.607.963 coni- mon shares outstanding as com- pared with S2,562,58l or 50.98 per share for the first six months of 1950.

Profits for the first half of 1951 before income taxes and preferred dividends were 55,802,909 as com-

pared. with 84,355,581 for the first half of 1950. Provision for income taxes amounted to 33,002,000 and 31.671000 for 1951 and 1050 re- spectlveiy. with dividends on pre- ferred stock amounting to 3120.- 000 for each period.

A special dividend on common stock of 50.75 per share has been declared today, payable December 1. 1351, to shareholders of record November 1. 1951. The Company intends in future to pay common dividends quarterly and it is pre- sently anticipated that such divi- dends will be on the basis of 31.00 per share per annum.

Mr. Pritchard further announced that it is the intention of the Company in future to publish es- timated earnings on a quarterly basis.

The river north in Scotland rises on the slopes of Ben Lomond

and flows about 107 miles to the North Sea.

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Consider 5-Day Week For Banks

OTTAWA. Get. 17 -(GPl- Pin- snee Minister Abbott said today that a request from the banks for permission to operate on a five- day week is being considered.

"I hope to be able to make an announcement at an early dated said Mr. Abbott. '

Replying to David Croll (L-- Toronto Spadina) , he said the Oanadian Bankers Association

asked some time ago that the Banking Exchange Act be amend- ed to allow the banks to close on Saturdays, particularly in areas where the five-day week is gen- erally operative.

The banks said they were hav- ing trouble getting employees in competition with industries W0I1i'

ing a five-day week.

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