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and that a rural non-tamer. who earns less than $3,000 is‘ p or. , On this basis who are that rural poor? According to this‘ set of statistics. they include the operators of I arms. out of the Canadian total of 4 ordinary tnon~institu- tionali farms. By these same statistics. the rural poor in— clude some 298.000 heads of

farmer in atchewan can as

he 1looks at grainaries profitably

bulging from yields that are half the regional average. But unfertiie land in small parcels consumes a farmer's energy and grudgingly yields a meagre subsistence. --

. Lack of capital is the bane of many farmers in an era which has coined that un-

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Charlottetown. Thurs, Dec. 3, 1964.

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ome Reasons For Rural Poverty,

stages whrl)l earn less fthan quite realiséic I I I r . annua y. If these igu— word, “a ri-business" to e' i R P A U ed By J. LINCOLN DEWAR' consider plans for their an-IDecember. These meetings are res are “messed with lhe scribe "15 90mm9rcm pm i e its: “it‘d? its: one t‘y““i..’“‘:§t:::fs “it” 9”“ “if t "'9 m mot aeration as the tiff..Z't...t2§“.’::rwltu“2‘3"” t"cti“.°‘.f.‘;‘d.:;“’..f.tf'°;.ftél‘:£ 3 For Quebec In Constitution {federations are meeting to seventh to 2limp afgirtergrftlh toflfiggdi, glidedfiittlrosn 01031111? :‘fadsflogogammesnea'gng less 35g gum as u is 13' art 13d " . . an _ , annua y— e gran f life. and t s in e' _ .. . , 232:; thgroglli‘ecigotl‘on giltfarfigf total ‘3 500-000f“1nfi“es 0‘ rural miller: day means use .0” QUEBEC (GP) A univenlty spggl’tllflceCOCCIdPled 1” .ing. mm“ credit. Farmers who remain! . it Montreal economist has imam jurisiaicuons Mina ians. . WHERE ARE RURAL POOR? too conservative to use credit.01‘i . llecled ‘° 3 “13"” '" a“ 3"“ activities not ioreseeuonnil

Certainly there has

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Occur in formidable ure adequate loans under pres-r

een , at concentrations in the Atlantic

these meetings. The opinion of

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bound to produce better results. THE P00 Someone has said that being poor is no disgrace. that con- sists in looking that way. The scriptures have said “that the poor you will have with you". but even this hardly justifies not doing something about it. We have recently been hand- ed a small pamphlet issued by the Canadian Association For Adult Education in connection with two Citizens Forum pro- grams for Nov. 23 and 30 and entitled. “Rural Poverty: What . Do?" One set of statistics brought forward by ARDA presumes that a man who grosses less than $2,500 from his farm annually is poor

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Provinces and the Gaspe, but strangely enough their total number is greater west of the Ontario-Quebec boundary than east of it. West of this boun-

their existence? These vary, from the snug comfort of a modest. industrious, self-suf- ficient rural homestead. full of the contentment of modest as- pirations adequately achieved. to the ultimate squalor of the rural slum with its ill-health. insecurity. frustration. men and often physical in-breeding, suspicion. conservatism. apathy. and. in growing consequence. the opportunims of the profes- sional poor.

WHY ARE THEY POOR?

. failed to see. a generation ago. that the flux of war and technological revolu- tion would destroy the value of their minds and hands unless those assets were buttressed by a reasonable level of education or special skills.

Some had bad luck. The breaks of the game are real enough. Some fall on roses: isome fall on their faces. and lot these some are unable to I

rise again by their own efforts. f . Some are satisfied wit rthings as they are. Individual- ists exist—and not only on th pioneer fringes—who like the freedom and independence which tend to preclude acquisition of wealth. and some of these are willing to assume that their children will be like-minded.

4. One Of the handmaidens of poverty is ill-health. and for some ill-health is the major arc of the vicious circle that keeps them poor.

5. Some settled on poor land. This

had. as any extensive grain

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7. y farmers lack man- agement skills and technical

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dinating sub-committee was set up through the summer and re- cently held its first meeting in tawa. I Thi' sub-committee is charg- ed with insuring that progressl ‘ be made towards the se» ting up of, Provincial Hog Im- organizations and also a National Hog Producer Organization. The Committee meeting heard reports from the provinces on progress being I made provincially. . Considered was the hasts of membership, size Of the Board of Directors, financing, location of national office and the hold- ing of a 1965 conference in the fall of the year. A further meet- ing is planned for January when

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Telephone Company of Canada said here it must an attractive profit level to obtain

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Bell‘s record profit of $68.- 293,000 last year represented a return of 6.1 per cent on in- vested capital.

The argument was presented in an 1.800-word brief filed with the board's public hearings into sioners as an outline Of the po- sition Bell plans to defend at the board’s public hearings into the profit striicture of the huge private utility.

A lineup of big municipalities. labor organizations. industrial firms and other organizations is expected to argue against Bel‘s' stand when the hearings open, probably in February.

Bell. which operates only in Ontario and Quebec. stressed in

e brief its growing need for capital and the increasing at-

increased to $2.500000000 from

"fractivenesl of the competing legislate in all bids in the money market. ' ASSETS GROW

Since 1958, Bells assets had

financial reputation and its abil-

fields 110‘ sPF‘ibut also over those not fore-

cifically within provincial ju-E‘M'luen now. such as the cum.

reaps. F [and Md th Q 1field of space discoveries. ippe er e ue- ‘ legislature committee . Unless Quebec is given the

'5“? "ad‘- dary they are hidden in the ing. Study under skilled in“ it will re uire in the next five 1492000000 a result 'or issuin . .°nrpower to annul any federal law The county mecfmgs PI‘OVlde back concessions of Ontario— struction is more necessar years q i'n bonds and $405? the” commumm these resld' it finds incompatible wrth its every member With the 09901“ the highlands of Haliburton. than many re in. t even It defended its current rising in common s ‘ “‘1 pow?" “mud be "an" Iaulonomy in any new canted. tun-ity of raising problems Manitoulin Islands, the sylvan if it is desired it is not always prom picture as “just “d "a. ..Lrhe failure of pmwive 1m ferred to the provmces. ,enuon' the economist said, the which feels requires at- retreats of the Scotch Line. in available. sonablen d 5.. . wed um it - ., - m - In another brief, Cecilien Pei-i rovince will face “ tentlon and of obtaining the he urban industrial are b uoo CONFERENCE h ,d bean“ jig . "5”" '° m “‘5‘” 5“ c‘e'" chat 3 1.. f s. H p H . h “Spam! - - ' a e‘ s - -. s on a ow a return 0. umbers in an ofer'. of se- - Wye? Pom . ya- souions' suc as se a t‘ of 1f" 3:: rnde'sghggi‘lftsionl: 33m¥fiFa§ldL¥$E§eawa¥ HA5 agsfl’lfiegéecanfe‘}: 5 about seven per cent on total curities by the complanngy would Clnthte- Que'r said Quebec Should which he said would bep girlie? v . ' 4 - OE “9 ' a 'tal 'nv tment. r‘ I d th '_~ negoiate with New BrunswickI t " t ‘ _ warmth and Beau" Some prior thinking before what are the condition! of spring in Montreal 8 “NW c pi i es setousy amage ecompany to take over that part of thelppy ... on he ruins of the mun

ity to continue to provide the

services required by its sub- scribers." the brief added.

For that reason. Bell was try- . ing to provide a more attrac- ‘

tive earnings picture “within the existing basic rate struc- tur Bell noted that it now has more than 4,275,000 telephones in service with new demand running about 200.000 a year.

In 1958 the board set $2.43 per share as a reasonable profit level for the company. Last year’s profit was equal to $2.58 per share and this year it is running at an annual rate of about $2.62

The brief did not suggest a per-share figure.

the Elite Herd Committee will get together to plan this phase of hog activities. MEETING CANCELLED

A meeting planned for Monc- ton on Tuesday was cancelled due to weather and travelling conditions. This meeting of the Feed Grains Committee was to deal with the proposed Feed Grain Agency and regulations applying to the movement of Western feed.

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in aspects of the Quebec national- French Canada Is "extremely ist movement are partly the re-

for trations." authorecrltic Edmund thrills, rack of purpose and des- preva~ lent among young people else-

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l Early Island Tractor Seen At Migration So.

By NEIL A. N Provinciai- arm Editor

_ I SAW at Alberton South what must be the Oldest tractor in the provmce that is still in good running order. w brought to the Is back around 1914 by Josh Henderson of Freeland. I was told by Norman Oliver the present owner.

Named the “Happy Farmer" tractor. it was manufactured by the LaCrosse Tractor Omnpany o LaCrosse. isconsrin. U.S. .

A huge machine. it has 24 horse power on the pulley and 11

on the draw bar. .

e rear wheels are approximawa five feet in diama-ter. and the distance from the rear of the tractor to the one wheel that is out front is about 13 ‘feet. The steering mechanism is a worm-gear that took heavy grease. I believe. to keep it in easy

running order

It has a . ket drive. and the lugs on the drive wheels are three to four inches deep. which provides good traction. has one forward speed and one

to the rear. It can handle a tinee~botrtom plow. Mr. Nor

man told me,

_H_A beepspealdngtlrustsrasttboughtiheoldtracun isstillinoperation,butithasbeen1aiidupintheOliverban for past three or four years. The head was taken off some time ago. and had not been replaced when I saw it almost:

rimming ago. But there is not a spot or rust on the entire machine. and the tractor could be put into operation with a few hours’ . gathered from my own examination. and from what Mir. Ohver told me about it. It burns gasoline or kerosene. Mr. Oliver said.

The tractor started on dry cell batteries at first though a

storage battery Was used later. Pistms are six inches in diamat-

lies “an instinct for self-preser- er I I ' . proddings The 8111016 15 the third 1" Bland encroachments of central- st is spurring re- id."

There is no crank. although it. is not, a self starter A sort. of wrench' like device is used to grasp the fly Mice! and turn it enouat to start the engine.

Mr. Oliver told me he believes that the same St. Dunst

becom

a uni The clutch on the machine is operated

en lever..de of by a foot pedal as many years ago.

— Bull Selection Vindicated

of Edison” B Norflh River and hit

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i TH‘ROUGHWAY

OTTAWA (CPl — Canada's first throughway. the 3.000- mile cross-country canoe route of the early fur traders and explorers. will be marked with signs. the northern affairs de- partment said here.

Before the CPR was built

. in 1885. this voyagcurs' high-

way carrred traffic from Montreal to Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabaska katchewan and Alberta. Ex- tensions linked it with Hudson Bay. the Arctic and Pacific

oceans. The historic route in the main parallels the Trans-Can-

ada Highway. it will be marked at roadside points with signs provided by the department's national parks branch.

In Ontario 37 signs will be

erected for the department by .

the Ontario highways depart- ment. The signs. measuring 48 inches by 18. s ow a black north canoe bearing the words “historic trans-Canada canoe route" in white letters.

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THE PERSON . M‘nticrh.

fine Rivemrotrth herd of Jersey cattle came back to my memory the Canadian Jersey Breeder that the get of Jes Standard emerg as the top prior “Quality ample" sale by the Oxford and Distrio reading amortisation recently in Woodstock. Ontario.

. .Mutcrh did not breed the Edgelea bill]; as the name im plies the animal was bred by Alfred Bag and Sons Thom hill. Ontario. But Edison selected him in a shed where calver were pt at the time that. apparently. were not deemed suit iableflfor sale as sires. At least that was Ediso ‘ er ‘

n a un standing IE SELECTED the calf for the Jersey Breeders Club of this rprovrnce. kept him w n ey were not enthusiastic about the ioalf’s lities. and had the satisfaction of baking brim to i amp ‘ at the Royal Wlinte'r Fair in Tor- .ontio several years afterwards.

. e 5600 year in succession he had hit that spot.

lfor he had won the grand with Jester‘s Standard Dreamer on :ltvhe pil-fvmus occasion. and this bull was bred by Mr. Mutch mse

the grand ch wnsinp spot

Many were the enjoyable talks we had at the Old Maritime i‘Winter Fair when we would meet in his stable late at night. after both of us had completed our tasks for the day.

i Rory Mor Was Strongman

‘ RALPH CAMERON has drawn my attention to a stro ‘man story told by the late Malcolm A. MacQueen the git writer from Belfast.

“The strength of some of the Highlanders was podigous". noted MlaicQueen who hold about one "Rory MacLean of Pinetls [who was recogiized as one of the strongest men in Canada. r “Wlhrile yet a ‘ ' won him a prize. In a roce-ry ichallennged to exhibit his prowess. He was finally offered a [tick full of oatmeal as a gift if he could lift it.

. _ One of the home made linen bedticks—a tick was the cover- iing for mattress stuffed with straw. or chaff. or sometimes iwith feathers—manufactured in hhe hand looms on the farm ‘from native flax. was produced “This was filled \sitrh oatmeal,

TAKES FISHERIES POST

OTTAWA (CPI—Appointment of Dr G. Ian Pritchard. 35. of Ottawa as special assistant to the chairman of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada was announced Monday. Dr. Pr. chard. native of Alcove. Quin. has conducted research on the nutrition and physiology of farm animals with the animal re- search institute of the agricul- ture department for the last six year-s.

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and. thus filled, weighed about 1200 pounds." reports MracQueen. i “Rory Mar (big) without hesitation got under this huge. ungainly mass and with it over his shoulders walked to the docks. from whence he took it by lxvat to his Belfast home." Mar-Queen relates.

It would be most difficult for a main to lift such an awkward mass that would be all but impossible to get 3 pr er grip on. ' distance away. ButMralcoln

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ments on paper without checking th statement is accepted as part of the stories that have become the most interesting and colorful folk lore of the Belfast district. ROB , AC UEEN relates. was often compared with giant who was seven feet

Angus MacAskiil. the Cape Breton . ' ‘ eight inches across thr

mme inches in height and was three feet. shoulder.

So powerful was this man that he once shouldered a 2200 pound anchor which he handled so easily that he threw it from him. But a fluke of the anchor caught him behind the shoulder and injured him so seriously he later died from the effects. _

BUT THE Island has other strong man stories too. Here' one that's jutst a bit different Roland MacDonald. Southpnrt tells me that his grandfather. William Acorn. Pown‘al used to hold a 56-pound weight on his little finger.

. Old Forerunner Recalled