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8--THE PORT PERRY STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH $id, 1866 * 'Ontario Farmers nion Meeting A meeting of local farmers gathered . = in the Manchester Hall February 24, 8.00 p.m, for a special meeting spon- sored by the Ontario Farmers' Union which is now organizing in this dist- rict. The speaker, Mr. W. L. Miller of Tara, 1st Vice-Pres. of the Union out- lined the set up of the Union and TH policies that have been adopted as LIA well as explaining some of the rea- SE sons why the farmers should organize, {EN Mr. Miller said, "this is a family | Rr : Union", and urged all farmers to try Si to get their wives and the. young \ 16) * people interested by bringing them out 2 Ap to the. meetings and letting them know Aly ai what the Union was attempting to do iH for them, ~~ In explaining the origin of the or- ganization the speaker pointed 'out that it was started approximately 8 years ago in a small community in - Grey County by farmers who were not satisfied to sit back and see their prices continuously dropping while everyone elses outside agriculture was still going forward. The key figures in starting the movement in Ontario were war veteran farmers which were established under the veteran's Land Act. ¥: Mr. Miller explained that while the ¥: / y Farm Union is relatively new in some f Le parts of Ontario, it is not new in Can- gis po _ada and he went on to explain the ia strength of the farm unions in west- 0% 'ern Canada which include Br. Colum- bia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Mani- toba and now we have an Interprov. Farm Union Council which has a mem- : bership of over 200,000 dues paying RR : members. * Quebec also has a farmers ) union but it is not yet a part of the & 8 Interprov. Farm Union Council, but 5 we have every reason to believe they oy" will join with us to make a National Farm Union explained the speaker. The 'Farmers Union in Quebec has been organized for over 25 years and maybe that's why Quebée has no mar- gerine explained Mr, Miller, The 1st Vice Pres. went on to say that the Farmers Union is a grass roots organization, as it is run from the bottom up and it is the farmers meeting in_their locals every month that make the policy of the Union. The- Union is non-political, non- sec- tarian and non commercial, as it 1s built by farmers and paid for by the SANDILAND JEWELLERS THESE BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS IN TMA THE FINEST SILVERPLATE Choose the pieces you need fo complete your service in any one vie of these famous Community pale A ' fords, Place your order now. fop A early foll delivéry., OFFER ENDS APRIL 1 Piece Each Piece Each A.D, Coffee "Dinner Forks .. $2.00 Spoons . . $1.00 shtad Forks | . 2.00 Teaspoons © . + 1.00 Oyster Forks ©. 2,00 3 Dessert Spoom 2.00 1 yu L Round Bow! Jatis Spry 229 A Soup Spoons 2,00 ti) wi Boer Fork ., .. 3.60 iy Spreaders , . 2.00 Orevy Ladle. . 3.60 Fae *H, H, Dinner H. H. Pie Knife . 6,00 AEG Knives . . $335 | J * Only in dinner sire knives ond forks == 2d current styla knife blodes. fit "Teads surky of Oneida LA, $i ow i 5 3 wy of oh SE Sa iat famers. It is free to champion the no one but the farmer. rose by 8%. nd se E By Fev ¥ Art Aen PARE a RR UR the last two and a half years by over cause of the farmer and is obliged to 509%, while 'our cost of production Many farmers have been - The speaker praised the Constitu- | led to believe that this is due to huge tion, saying it is the most democratic | surpluses of food in Canada, which constitution of any organization. We have a clause in our Constitution say- selling it out. Mr. Miller spoke?@bout grain hand- ling practices in Ontario, explaining how the farmers in Ontario often pur- chase grain without knowing what quality it is, as there is no grain in- spection this side of the lakehead and he told of how the Union had been successful in making it possible "for | the lakehead in carload lots at a sub- stantial saving. Our first and biggest job in the Union said the speaker, is to educate our farmers as to their position com- pared with other people. Many farm- ers have been mislead for a number of years, he said, and many reports of the story and leaving the other side untold thug allowing farmers to form an opinion which has proven to be detrimental to our interests, Many it but they are operating in the red, the majority of farmers are living off the depreciation of their machin- ery, equipment, and buildings and are not making a cent and while we are handling more money to-day we find it takes $2.26 in the farmers hands to buy what one dollar bought in the 1935-39 period. Mr. Miller went on to say that our livestock prices dropped backwards in 8 e farmers to purchase grain direct from | ers of have been given explaining one side | farmers to-day, he said, do not realize and third was policy. Farmers Union he said, have. good: we find is not the case, Surpluses | explained the speaker are often ima- ing "that no person may hold the same | office for than 4 consecétive years". This, he said will prevent anyone from | getting into the organization and then | ginary; and at other times are artl- ficially created by the manipulation and speculators, Seventy per cent of this worlds population goes to bed hungry, every night, so we have no surplus, The speaker advocated National Livestock. Marketing Boards control- led exclusively by the producers, and parity prices for farmers. He also advocated closer co-operation with or- ganized labour, explaining that Far- mers and Workers were the consum- | ach others products and should | have a better understanding of each others problems. Farmers, he said, have been led to believe many things about labour, which we find upon investigation that they are not guilty of, and before we make a decision we should know thelr side of the story. A force is at work in Canada, he .said, to keep farmers and workers divided, as these are the two large groups of this country that could go a long way towards helping each other to solve their own problems, but first we must have understanding. Mr. Miller, in concluding his talk said that -any organization only. hag three main assests and first of all was membership, secondly was-leadership We, in the leadership. " And a good policy, as it was made by farmers themselves, but we need more membership. We are "the only overall organization in Can- ada that can claim a policy and he Port Perry "ANNUAL BALL" to be held in.the Port Perry Public School Friday, March 18th 9:00. P.M. to 1:00 A.M. Dancing and Entertainment MUSIC BY Wes Jackson's Orchestra DRESS OPTIONAL .-- Lions Club Se $3.00 PER COUPLE Ws Ansa EA : called on farmers to rise up against the injustices that are being handed | out to farmers by joining, building;| and strengthening, their Qutario Far- mers Union so that farmers could take their proper place in society 'and be proud that they are farmers. : * The following is a list of members of local 126 Ontario. Farmers Union, Manchester, Ont. Mr, and:Mrs, O. E. Croxall ; Mr. and Mrs, L. R, Beacock Mr. and Mrs. Marvyn- MacCannell "Wm. and Clifford Boyington Mr. and Mrs. James, Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Philip Goreskie Wm. and Aileen Gelech My. and 'Mrs. Frank Johnston Mr. and 'Mrs, Garnet Cochrane Mr, and Mrs, Martin Verkuyl Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Painter Mr. and Mrs, Clayton Love © --- TTT -- repo Vigor 0il Co. Ltd. Reduces the Prices on FUEL OIL and STOVE OIL Stove Oil 198 8: 10 cents per gal Fuel 0il 16% cents per gal. 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