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FEBRuARx 19 Release of 200,000 Men ,. | Farm Labor Soluti J <ow..co en einecminntonia acere o oo coorvaeremmey W. L. Houck Says Idea of _ MPburn Expresses Concern, Plex t Chan O is to Mak Provincial Treasurer M. F. Hep-- hok rod More Power, | ge--Uver Is to ake burn expressed the Government's | _ HM. E. Welsh (Prog. Con., Hastings | L a b o r POOI Available concern over the inc ceasing gravity East) added a plsa for more electric' of the farm situation. It Wwas the power for the farms of Ontario, The release of between 200.000 first time in the memory of urban ?1_11(-0 they were expected to make | and 300,000 war workers for jobs on _ IW2Uers, he said, that moncy would | tremendous increases in production | * ns not buy butter and beef that could, !9. M°et war needs. I farms, as a result of the Dominion _ be so veadily produced in this coun-- Insufficient power or insufficient | Government's decision to extend the try. "'"The problem of marketing," ; MAtCrials to extend Hydro service shipbuilding program, would go a NC Pointed out, "no longer exists-- ; | !° Gepe farms was not a sufficient | long way . aluina far it's the problem of supplying the answer, he fell, ng way toward solving thr: arm |--| market now. Mr. Houck agreed, but insist-- rhaamiens of ie Omabie "Hyare _ $ DWE Pant to be overty ortticut || 88. (the: Tysre "was" not. steggh m im)ret t aia of Ottawa," Mr., Hepburn continued, | . '"Z,!" the way. The farmer was "up Commission, told the Legislature '"but I don't think the farmer has: 282!NSt it." It was amazing, he said, ;ost:'y-(ia)'. He declared that a Igm- been treated fairlv. Il@ovms fo .me that Hydro in the past year had ine faced Canada l.ln.l(-.\'.i' the farm-- the policy has bean to drive him to _ °T°Cted only 71 miles of line serving | ers were given sufficient help. the lowest rung on the economic. 2P°Ut 4000 customers' homes (mostZ] "Help is badly needed, as we all| ladder. Through discouragement, i¥ WAr workers) in rural sections.. know," said Mr. Houck, during a farmers are liquidating their live Much of the blame lay with metai' discussion of agricultural problems.| stock. _ Yet years ago Churchill: CNtrO!s and not all 6 the power "I am sure the idea behind the| warned us that food, at the end of||COntroller, he held. tcen applica-- change--over from manufacture of| the war, will be his strongestNMON for power had been presented tanks and guns to convoy ships is' weapon,. We've paid a $7,000,000 _ 2Nd4 in most cases were turned down to provide a labor 'pool for the. subsidy on cheese and bacon in an b_vut'he power or metals controller. farms." effort to help and it's probabhly one Freezing" of. electrical equip-- Emphasis on Ships. of the best investments this Prov-- :::;'"L\'I','.l\'.i(f'(.'\\'lm\i\s'll(:n of pc(';w4;r lines | j » 'p' nc n r i se CS "as sC I J I said there was no doubt the Domin-- Slock Hlm?l hofifu(l Hhan now. o ns Since Ottawa had named : power | ion intended to release men f!'(')lm. "We _ are Vfirh'ifting. and driftine body over the Ontario body, "we're' war industries by a change in war badly. From reports this year wifl| Onlirely in the hands of Ottawa," production plans which would place f6ee a shan f in ¥an m said Mr. Houck, er emphasis on the shipbuild. %°° 4 Sharp falling off in farm es gric ; Inister § greater emp & L o iAuction at a times when shipping A,r..uxlluml Minister P.M. Dewan, ies APY Aine Adaiins: ,P'.\\'N' c cao aning | [TDSEES AFre heavy and ships are carry.. N°P!¥ing to Col. Kennedy's request needed to process steel for ships * s for a week's Legislature discusion than for tanks and guns, he said, ing down with them food and other 0n farm problems, revealed that a and this would result in between necessities for the Allies." survey has been made to determine 200,000 to 300,000 workers hefng Asking the Government to devote Whether Ontario farmers can main-- dropped from the war factories. a week to discussion of the present fain or increase production in face With Ontario farmers in desperate problems of Ontario farmers and Of the manpower shortage. The need of help if they are to maintain the condition of the Province's data was now bejing compiled, he the stepped--up food production plan farms, Col. Kennedy pointed out as Said, and he promised to bring it "there is grave need for immediate one of the chief bases of farmers' before the House when it recon-- implementation of the plan to divert economic difficulties the increasing Yenes. these workers into agriculture." share of the consumer's dollar going -- While agreeing with Col. Ken-- * The discussion in the House de-- to processors and other middlemen, NOdYy's views, Mr. Dewan said he did veloped from a plea made by Col. As an example of the increaseqd "Ot think there would be anything T. L. Kennedy (Prog. Con., Peel), "spread" in recent years, and the gained by devoting a week's ses-- {for a week's session of the Legisla-- falling return to farmers, he quoted SiQn to agricultural problems at ture to consider the plight of the figures for 69 Canadian cities on this time, farmers. In supporting his col-- division of the sale price of a 200-- league, Col. Drew said it was of the pound hog on May 17, 1917, during id utmost importance that every effort the last war, as compared with May be made to put the plan into effect 20, 1942, in the midst of this con-- now, and not three months from fliet. now. In 1917, he said, a 200--pound hog And he warned: "If this is allowed sold for S..)..)().--). of which the cost of to drift--and I'm not convinced that processing, selling. etc., was $19.50. many things aren't drifting und©t; | ns farmer who produced the hog the control of Ottawa----it may be tQO received $34.80. In 1942 the sale late. Something should be done in _/ price had advanced to $38.50. the time so that the farmers may know middleman got $35.50, and the farm-- what to expect this summer.. The er only $93. plan should be implemented imme-- This meant, he said, that the con. ©-- diately." y i sumer was paying 4.2 per cent more, The wholg matter was 'of _\xta} the farmer got 33.9 per cent less, concern," said.Col. Drew, tied in @5 / and the processor's and seller's share it was with the Hydro power situa-- increased by 854 per cent. tion,. "I don't think the projected "I think we should correct that," change in production is to make men he said. "The luxury of dressing, available, but that will be the result. selling and delivering is all out of The purpost, as set forth in the | nroportion. The farmsr should get press, is that Canada shall concen-- more of the consumer's dollar." He trate on freighters and convoy ships though the Government should con-- and defeat the bottle--neck created sent to spending a week in seeking by scearcity of convoy vessels. a remedy. "There is to be a 'cooling off' in Col. Kennedy declared 1942 was production of some military weapons the worst year in his memory for and vehicles using steel, as there is |farmers with more and mMore of just so much steel available and the consumetr's dollar going to some-- we have to depend upon the United bodv else. States for much of it," he said. It 7 was> obvious, he added, that the Mydro vice--chairman, having earlier mentioned 200,000 to 300,000 as likely to be affected, was acquainted with ' the estimated number to be released ; from war industry. *