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The Paﬁyéﬁf”EEIevision how "MarEEtplace" taped one f its programs in Charlot— etown last winter. During he course of the program it as observed that at the ime, a 10 lb. bag of P.E.I. otatoes cost 59¢ on the Is— and and 49¢ in Toronto - 100 miles away. ,

They were unable to ex- lain why produce cost more t the point of production

entre. The old theories,re— rading,tranSportation costs, roduction cpsts, and middle an,as the reason for this7 ere unable to account. But he reason is simple: mono— oly control of the goods roduced. '

The huge food chainstood ity, Dominion, Loblaws, IGA, 34 Steinbergs, possess a onopoly on food sales in

nternational connections, hey command considerable olitical and economic infl— ence. Being able to buy in uge bulk shipments which ‘ llow them to sell at compe— ative prices, they are able 0 stamp out smaller compet— tors, thereby seizing con- rol of the market on a wide cale and forming a monopoly. imir monopoly Control enab— es them to set prices among' hemselves. g

Furthermore their control f the market is not limited 0 certain sections of the' ountry; it is nation—wide. Competition remains, how- Ver, among themselves. In

he large metropolitan cen— TES, Montreal, Toronto, and Hmouver, where these chains 1V6 the greatest concentra— ﬁOv 0f outlets, they can a— ‘OTd to sell cheaper, due, Hart, to-a more or less qzanteed volume of sales.

7 the countryside, on the :“t* hand, they have no sim- iar guarantee as to the vol- YE of sales - So, to compen-

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Thus, P.E.I., being in @ Cenadian countryside and ferlng relatively poor re-, rns to these giant concerns St 93? a greater price for mmoqities P even.th03e we oduce ourselves! , '

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.control of the market by. these monopolies is of the whole nation — including the place of production.

What determines prices is profit - and only profit. When the president of Exxon (Esso), the largest oil com-

pany in the world,was asked . what determined the price of gasoline, he replied,"What ‘the market will bear". What this aﬁSwer means simply is this:'no matter what the pe- ople need, no matter how des- .titute they may be, if they have $5.00 to their name,we

gm‘gQ/{Mt ~£y will take that, if they have

$5000.00 we'll take that too] And we must pay what they ask because we are dependant upon them for our livelihood. Monopolizing the resources puts the people at the dis— posal of these monopolies - regulated by a few. The maj- ority are, hence, forced to subordinate themselves to

the minority.

The Cadre, Oct. ]4,']975, Page 5

Excess Profits

The state political mach--~

ine is but the organization to execute and protect the affairs of the state monop- oly class. It makes policies in their interests,its laws are promulgated in their in— terests. The people? Organ- _ized,they are the greatest might on Earth against the minority who rule. Disorgan— ized, though, they are help— less.

Organization of the workr'

ing class, of women, of far- mers, of fishermen, of stu— dents, and of intellectuals is the key to the people's -defense against the moribund rut of state monopoly capit- alism in Canada. ’

Theﬂontinuing Saga of Mr. Guidance

In this‘essay I would like to deal with the gui- dance services of my old university, more commonly known in our inatitution as Student Services. My main interest lies with the dept. head,9Mr. Guidance", /who.manages the residences vith such effectiveness that it is a wonder he has not been gunned down in the streets yet.

The rest of the Guidan- ce dept. consists of minist- ers‘and‘religion’teachers ( I hope they excuse my inability to comment on th— em, as I am not religious- 1y inclined as were not most of my companions at that time), that tried to fill the gap created by the head of the dept.

As students with serio- us concerns over our posi- tions and welfare in the university, we wOuld often, go directly to his office to voice our complaints, only to be lulled to sleep by his never ending speec— hes (meemerized until the next kick in the balls). Such were his oratory abi- lities- Mr. Guidance was

. also one who controlled the

residences(unofficially), hy the manipulation of fl—

‘oor monitors in the resid—

ences and by making vario— us rules that we always tre ied to escape from.

To exist in this resid— ence, the males(it was not co-ed as the university re- served this for upper cla— ssmen) concentrated the- ir efforts on a series of demands that would raise the standard of living of the men to that of the girls (a great improvement over the existing facilit- ies). There were a few co— ncessions made along the lines of negotiations, but our major emphasis was in producing a bill similar

to a Tenants Act. If we were ever to leave the re— sidence for any holidays or an extended period of time we were warned to lock all 'valuables away. Pass keys to the floors or individ- ual rooms could be obtai— ned from the inept security dept. or were in access to all the janitors, so we assumed that we were prot— ecting our private intere— sts as well as establish— ing ourselves as equals to other universities. The majestic power Of persuas- ion this man had‘soon dis— united our in terests and little was done, especial— ly concerning this act. Among his many outside interests, Mr. Guidance also refused any "House Parties" in the male resi-

' dence, maintained stringe-

nt visiting hours in the Girl's Residence and deve— loped a form of vigilante committee that seriously impeded any tru 1y free

in tellectual growth. The first of these groups was the Student Judiciary som— ething or other, that acted as a "go-between" the cou— rts downtown and his own precious time. At any time he could have dismissed the .committee chairman or the committee rulings, usurp- ing the decision to more eloquent and competent pu— ppets. I don't believe he ever did this, as there were a few who would stand up against him.

v Of the hundreds ofresid- ents one year, two wrote letters to him complaining about the noise. This was an exciting example of his control as he decided to preserve the residence for these two. Our hall monit- ors were told to fine, wh— ile Mr. Guidance prepared alist of undesirables. Th- is could never be published

for fear of legal action, (although I'd like to see him try) but it produced increasing fear among res— idents. How long would this power of his last? Wanton vandalism occured and re— occured to the dismay of administration. Slogans were written everywhere, leaving us with a nickname we enjoyed and maintained. This was controlled to an extent by invoking an "ho- nor system" which confused and diffused the unifying spirit of defiance, leaving assholes with the respect— able job of keeping the p— eace.

I doubt that this univ—

ersity would ever throw aside this"divide and co- nquer" practice when deal— ing with university stude— nts and their attempts at

reform. I'm glad I left that "institution of higher

manning".

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