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YQ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, April 14, 1967 --_-- . Teo: : fe ee eS soe A | = N'S in the Oshawa Shopping Centre People with success.on their minds begin their gardens at EATON'S GUEST SPEAKER H.E. Brigden, left, secretary- treasurer of the Co-opera- tive union of Ontario, chats with Mrs. Stuart Burgess, Co-op Type Organizations |,°2"inn Clifford. Pilkey, meeting chairman and Casper Oetelaar, president of the Tri-County Farmers Co- operative Market Ltd., -in Oshawa during the co-op's third anniversary banquet held at the Retarded Chil- dren's Training Centre. A Serving 3,000,000 Families Three million Canadian fami- lies are served by co-operative type organizations, said Merrill E. Bridgen, at the third anniver- sary dinner of the Tri-County Farmers Co-operative Market, in Oshawa. "Why shouldn't these people, and other Canadians, provide themselves with credit, or gro- ceries, or other services at cost?" Mr. Bridgen said. "In a brief submitted by the Co-operative Union of Canada to the committee on consumer prices it was noted that the co- operatives represented a con- sumers protest that started 150 years ago," he said. "Canada's consumer price in- dex rose 146.1 in February 1967 from 142.1 in February 1966, re- sulting in an increase of 4 per cent in one year." Mr. Bridgen, who is the sec- retary - treasurer of the Co- operatives Union of Ontario, 'was guest speaker at the dinner attended by 70 guests and mem- bers. The TriCounty Farmers Co- "We find a trend to consolida- business today," said Mr. Brid- gen. "In 1920 there were 166 grain handling companies in Western Canada. Today there are 17, including the four large grain marketing co-operatives. "Co - operatives have some- times been the pace setters for the nation," he said. 'This is history. What about the future?"' Mr. Bridgen said he was Pleased to be invited to meet with the representatives of Osh- awa's labor unions a few months ago to discuss the feasibility of consumer co-operatives in this area. years ago by a group of farm-|to grasp the power they have. ers from the three counties of|The money that is paid for the from St. Louis Cardinals. The York, Ontario and Durham. soft music in the stores - put/amount of money involved in| The co-operative operates a|them in an optimistic buying) 'a si farmers market in North Osh-|mood, is their money. The ne straight cash deal was not| awa. The market is open to the|money that is paid for research|'isclosed by the Phillies, who consumer each Friday from|in the ways for persuading them noon to 8 p.m., and Saturdays|to spend more money, is their b from 9 a.m, to 3 p.m. money. The money used on TV|bAase all spring. |to play on their emotion, is their CONSOLIDATION }money,"' Mr. Bridgen said. "They don't have to permit it donation by the co-operative to the training centre was accepted on behalf of the centre by Mrs. Burgess. FRANCONA JOINS PHILS jregular first baseman since |Bill White injured his foot ral ing the winter, announced Mon- day that they have purchased | first baseman Tito et ave been using former second |::.. h lbaseman Tony Taylor at first! ¢ tion and vertical integration in to be used in this way if they| don't want to. We have this op-| portunity to take action co-) operatively to solve our eco- CANCER : nomic problems." Mr. Brigden added, "In| Britain last year, co-operatives returned 150 million dollars. WITHA Finland with a population of CHECK UP 4.6 million had 1.8 million mem-| BW Tea bers in co ~ operatives, while Swedish co-operatives accounted) setae ais for almost 14 per cent of that} country's retail trade. "The successful co-operatives civic of the world are those that have} cancer grown out of the efforts and de- SOCIETY termination of the people them- selves," he said. "It is not "It is amazing that the con- operative was formed three sumers in general, are so slow Trade Union Could Hinder Police Heads: By REMY @ANJOU MONTREAL (CP)--Trade un- fon organiations within police forces can hinder application of reforms aimed at improving law enforcement services, Di- rector Jean-Paul Gilbert of the Montreal police told the Quebec royal inquiry commission on the administration of justice Thurs- day. Earlier, Yvon Desloges, Mont- real district registrar of bank- ruptcies, said shady deals had allowed fraudulent bankruptcies to go unpunished for years in Quebec. Police union officials might have to bow to pressures ex erted by membership and op- pose reform steps which, if put into effect, would demand a per- sonal effort on behalf of union members, Director Gilbert said. 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