TO THE FARMERS OF P. E. l.

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The undersigned. as Produce Members of the P.E.I.

d d I I Potato Mar- ketint 3"" 95 " ”

Itate our-position with respect to certain

statements made in the public press over the signature of three Dealer Members of our Board: 1. Neither the Potato Board nor its Chairman was responsible

for or had anythlni 30 50 0UlC1I11)' respecting the questions on the Ballot used for the Pleblscite last spring.

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The proposed marketing plan of the Potato Board is not a one man plan. It is a policy based on the principle tlt'at only by establishing uniform costs for our potatloes when selling them to the trade is it possible to maintain any degree of uniform- ity and stability in prices when they are being sold in mar- kets outside the province. In other words, such is the principle of collective bargaining being applied in the belief that cost price will have, an effectivie influence on selling prices. This policy would and must be flexible according to market de- iiands and will, if accepted by the farmers. be administered by persons experienced and qualified in the potato trade. Such personnel can be secured and the general policy would be supervised by the Potato Board and an Advisovy Committee of competent persons as was the case last year. The Board meeting held on September 7th. which approved in detail the proposed marketing policy, was called by agreement of all members of the Board at a meeting held on September 3rd.

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'l'lie entity of D. A. MacDonald as a legal means to operate 9 Selling Agency was used last year as either a corporate or personal entity has to be designated as a Selling Agency in order to carry on a business of this kind. It is the feeling and intention of the ProducerlMembere of the Board that if this policy is approved the Board will seek to have incorporat- ed a separate legal entity which will be controlled by the Board and through which the actual business or marketing operations can be carried on. We, as Producer Members. do not favour the system of license fees now in effect, but under the present system of marketing this is the only known legal way such funds can be secured. If a Central Selling Agcn:y was in effect the present licensing system could probably be rliminated by arransins a levy System which would be fair to all producers.

Yes, the Dealer Members sought to have the compulsory foa- lurc. which they like to call it, deleted from the policy. This they know and some have so stated, would render the policy ineffective and put the pool in the same position as just simply one more dealer in the Province. We, as Producci Mi-mbcrs, want an effective Marketing Board that can do a uni-ihwhilc job for you over a long tcrm period. We suppnrtc-J our Chairman on this point and will continue to do so.

As Producer Members we have told our Chairman and Man- ager to proceed to arrange or attend meetings or give any in formation or assistance required by you farmers during the present campaign. Those, meetings are not the sole action of the B.oard Chairman. We fully indorse what he has done. We have attended meetings ourselves and have, asked other pcopl- more familiar with details to attend the farmers' meetings with us. Mi. MacDonald does not propose to handle or sell all our potatoes. He is solely one member of our Board who has

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The excavating at the site

for cement running will be

of the new

First Forms For Cement Next, Step

Federal building is progressing according to plan. The left of the picture shows the area fronting on Richmond St.,

where the first forms

,placed in a few days if conditions permit.

Garnhum Piioto Studio.

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P. E. island cattle

Joncs and sired by Brown's Master Darky, a several times grand champion at Charlottetown. He drew very favorable comment from the judge here Thursday. He was shown by Edward Dickie of Truro. The junior female championship wont to lion. C. B. Sherwood, Min- istcr of Agriculture for the Province of New Brunswck. The reserve junior champion was shown by Vernon llarciing of Sussex, N. B. GUERNSEY CLASSES

Owen Younkcr and Son of King- ston won the junior fcmalc cham- pion in Gucrnscys at the Maritime Wintcr Fair Tliursday. They won with I"riiscrd.-iie Fore Heroine, the same calf that won for them the juriior championship at Charlotte- town iii August. The reserve jun- ior fcnialc championship wont to the estate of Seymour Main. Dons- morc's Mills, NB. The Younkei heifcr is a junior yearling. Roy

been appointed Chairman and Manager by us, and this Boarci proposes to hire competent people to carry out the marketing policy if it is approvc . Mr. MacDonald is only the Chairman and Manager of the B ard which will supervise this operation on behalf of our farmers. We know we will have. the liclpjand ro-operation of many experienced and sinure people in the potato trade.

VVF, were told by our Chairman that the Premier of the Prowl incc had suggested p compromise plan and that the Govern- ment was giving it some further study as they did not have any details worked out. No concrete plan has: yet been form- ally presented to the Chairman or any Producer Member of the Board.

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With reference, to the new Agreed freight recently announced, it was publicly acknowledged that rep- resentatives of the Government, dealers. and others assisted in the negotiations for this Agreement. We have cxamincrl the file in connection with this matter and can state definitely that our Chairman certainly did a great deal more than con- firm ths Agreement. In fact. he did all thc.groundwork for both its signature and approval. We also state that only by having an overall organization authorized to represent the, in- dustry across the province and to carry out the provisions of this Agreement could such be secured.

Charge C0lll.l'il.l.

No one has stated that our marketing policy must be com- pulsory in order to get assistance from Ottawa. The following Section of the Co-operative Marketing Act outlines the intent of that. namely.--

"S. (4). No agreement shall be made under this section un- less the co-operative plan applies to such I. proportion of the primary producers within a certain geographical area or in such a proportion of an agricultural product produced in such area. that the Minister is of opinion that tho, market- ing of the aforesaid agricultural product under the co-open atlve plan will benefit the prlniary producers."

After discussions with officials administering this after our experiences of the past, we, as Producer Members. agree that the only way the intent of the policy could be rnrried through to the benefit of our Island producers was by having all our potatoes bargained for by one collective agency.

policy and

The Board applied to Ottawa on August 26th for a Marketing Agreement for the coming season. Since that time negotiations have taken place at Ottawa with respect to it. The only auth- ority that can decide what initial payment can be guaranteed is the Dominion Cabinet and there is evidence to the effeti that no definite decision may be made on this point until the position of the Board and Selling Agency with the producers of this province is clarified. If, however. the initial payment which the Government will guarantee is not considered by us to be high enough for this season then other financial arrange- ments, wlilch will pay a substantial initial payment. can be worked out with the banks. The persons administering the Co-operative Marketing Act in Ottawa have indicated that an application on file for this year shows the willingness of the Board to work under their policies and, should we require I guarantee for next or any future year. we. would be in a much better position than if we completely ignored their policies after receiving assistance last year through not applying again or designating the.Selling Agency setup which was established to work in conjunction with them last year.

10. The suggestion on the part of our Dealer Members that the Dominion Government esslstence policies to farmers "lS JUST BLUFF" can hardly be substantiated after our experience last year and in view of what they are doing every year to assist farmers in various parts of the country who get into market trouble because of unforeseen circumstances. Surely it is not necessary for us to cite examples of the, various types of as- sistance that are being given to growers of different coni- moditlee across Canada!

I 3. We agree that the great majority of our potato dealers in thc rovince are experienced. competent and have always tried to do a food job for themselves and the. farmers with whom they deal. Un- mrtunately, this is not the case with all our dealers. We contend that We should get much higher returns for our producers through a Pool "' Sclling Agency organisation than could be obtained through the Inen market as they suggest. We base this contention on the FACT shat other producers of perishable products in various parts of Can- ide are realizing considerably higher net returns for their products After organizing their boards and selling organizations. This is admit- ,"-dlly true in British Columbia and Ontario, and we quote the fol- -nwing public statement from Mr. Bonham, President of the. Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association. in reference to the new Dntario Peach Marketing Scheme:-

"There have been problems eiid the Marketing Board has not had an easy time but a job has been done," Mr. Bon- ham continued. "There can be no further arguments about the value of the effort. It given every peach grower from 10 cents a basket upward for all his peaches over'whet he would have got. Even dealers who were opposed are new friendly and have come to a realization of what can he done. The peach industry has been put in the position where it belongs."

3- We agree with the production figures of our potatoes as have been published. We etete that the records show that botl: Prince Edward Island seed and tableet can command in premium on our chief merkete. By requiring eecn dealer to pay the same cost for the product a certain degree of confi- dence will be e ebilebed la the trade which will result in

Younkcr scicclccl hcr in Ontario in 195:! as a young calf and sent her home. The fact that she has won ciianipionships at both fairs this year makcs Roy look pretty good. He is now in Maple, Ontario, where he is working for an arti- ficial brccding unit. Robbie Youn- ker showed the heifer here. An- other Younkcr hcifcr placed fourth in the big class of junior ycariings. The Younkcrs brought only three animals to the fair.

Harold Palmer of Kcnsington scored a couple of good wins with his dry cons. He topped the class foi- dry tu'o-ycar-old heifers with Brackiey Nora and the ciziss for five-ycar-old dry cows with Brack- ley Nellie nnd. He also had several other very good piacings including

Thursday.

stallion.

has qualified

and Son

placings

HORSE SHOW

Pixie Girl, owned and shown by R. S. Humphrey of Summei-side, was declared the grand champion standard bred mare of the show at the Maritime Winter Fair on Airy Ann. owned and shown by George A. Callbeck of Suinmerside, was champion. Frank Adams of Halifax, was de- clared the champion standard bred Abner went reserve grand champion stallion for R. S. Humphrey. Pixie Girl viously won the class for standard bred mares foaled prior to January 1952. Miss Knox placed second for L. E. Innian of Summerside.

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MARKET LAMBS

Joseph O'Rourke of Tignish has the champion group of three mar- ket lambs this year at the Mari- time Winter Fair. It is the Canada Packers special and Mr. O'Rourke the big silver trophy won last year by C. Ste- wart and Sons. The Stcwarts plac- ed second this year place went to Allison Stewart of silver Dunstaffanuge. Hudson Pridham oi in fcmaJes. Albcrton had the fifth prize group judged

for

and

ninrc, stable markets. The curbin

thr: luw of supply and demand to work.

2. operate for one year to prove that suc will not divert custcimcrs to other area do so last year. i 3.

ori;:iniI.atinn is iricd to scll all the potatoes d only in niainiain a degree of

farnicrs' potatoes to the dealers, and if lh

cannot sell all those potatoes

pool will be in a polstion to move them direct.

,4. The policy docs not propose to take

or good will. It provides that tract: or putting up a special can ohiiiiii a premium will be

making comparisons. The financing of such a policy piiyniciiis can and will either through the dealers or the producers want it. Respecting errors in

men available, are secured to

It is unfortunate that the Selling Agency was not allow

The proposed marketing policy is so different from th ntiiig policies of the Potato Groivers' ing wliiit may happen to the pool base

be made when

Judgment-these made but we are going to make sure tha

e opcr Association that predict

irect. uniformity

at the, proper price

any pcrson having pack of pol.itoc:i for

can easily be arranged. Prompt potatoes are shippcd

direct to the growers-just as

undoubtedly will be t the most compclzm:

do this lob for us. No person

who is Involved in a private potato buslneee of his own will

be again given the opportunity to

Errors in judgment time to time now and W we always pay for them.

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The Prince Edward Islan from the free market. our marketing system ethical practices which admit now freely exist in the demand on a free market will establish the cost price to the the market changes, but small he allowed to drastically

when the. price increases. The

give the true average price for each va

who ship their pot

reduce prices to happens at the present time. nor will any person with ample finances and storage space be permitted to producers when the price is low, store

work in tho. Selling Agency.

in marketing surely must be made from

produccrs. feel that evrniually

d potato crop will not be withdrawn The proposed policy is designed to make free from many of the defects and un- have exi

sted and which hnnest dealt-,r.: trade. The law of supply and be allowed to function and trade from time to time or as surpluses or rumours will not farmers as often

buy potatoes from

them. and sell their. system is designed to ricty to the producers

pooling

atoes during that particular pool period.

is fifth in the junior get of sire. Ernest F. Coies other Island Guernsey here. They come from Milton and had several day. They placed second with their senior herd sire.

were exhibitors

during the

the reserve by

had pre-

of three. The prize for the best single carcass market. lamb went this

year to Austin Logan of Amherst. The best single market lamb pro- duced on the Island was shown,

g of selling futures will allow

ed to h n niarketing syslc-ml s. it certainly did notl

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DEALERS PROPOSAL

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in VlPW of the suggestion of Mr. D. A. MacDonald that the, farm-

! crs should vote out the Marketing Board if they do not approve of a away personal cnntacli

special con- which they able to do so. We ask our fellow Denier Board Meiiibci's if they disagree to be fair

d on the history of that not sound. The Potato Growcrs' Association; the proposed pool proposes; in the, cost of the e established trade thcn the

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at least in-

by Mr. O'Rourke. The second and third best single lamb carcasses were produced by the Logans from Amherst. Allison Stewart had the fifth place, Jose O'Rourke had the sixth. S. C. tewart and son had the seventh and Hudson Prid- ham the eight.

OTHER EVENTS

Earlier this week Wilfred Ste- wart accepted a trophy on behalf of S. C. Stewart and Sons for hav- ing produced the best bacon car- cass in the export becon competi- tioii.

J. N. Coiiieau of Little Branch Station. N.B., had the champion standard mink at the Maritime Winter Fair Thursday. Fred Ash- iey of Oak Buy, N.B., had the best female. George A. Callbeck of Summerside had the third best standard male. He placed second and third in fmaies. G. F. Came- ron of Summerside placcd fourth in females. John Macfnnis of Bre- ton Covc, Inverness County. N.S.. had the grand champion silver- blu mink at the show. He had the best female in light sliverblu and the best male and female in medium silverblus. W. E. Jamieson of St. Stephen had the champion light male silverblu.

George A. Callbeck placed third and fifth in medium silverblu males, second and third in females.

third He was second and third in light

blu males and third and sixth The mink are being y George Harris of Mont- ,rcal. Alex D. Grant of Pictou is Jllllllk show superintendent.

GIVES UP POST

LONDON (Reuters) -Lord Bal- Join" or Burleigh, '11. Sunday re- iinquislicd clmirinaiiship of the Lloyd Banks. He will be succeed- cd by sir Oliver Frank, 49, for- mer ambassador to the United States.

mission ,has taken a personal

investors Told "" To investigate Uranium Offers

at The Canadian Press

Greenahielda and Company. Mon- treal investment fl.rm. in a. seven- page review of the uranium situa- tion. says a great many so-celled uranium companies have nothing more than moose pasture upon which to base all kinds of claims to entice the public to buy stock.

The review recommends that anyone solicited by mail, telephone or wire to buy uranium shares. should contact a reliable estab- lahed broker before buying.

It expresses the belief that there are very few sound investments in uranium in Canada Four com- panies would have "large minu certainly.” some others look prom- ising but must still be considered

speculative, particularly if they haven't government contracts. investors are advised to care-

fully watch technical developments in the reactor field. including ex- periments which might make pre- sent uranium reactors obsolete. It adds: "Regarding uranium demand af- ter 1962. when the government- guaranteed market is scheduled to end there is some indication that the United states will continue a guaranteed market until commer- cial demand to supply atomic re- actors is sufficient to take most uranium produced.

"The only obstacle is the pos- sible development of a fusion re- actor. Since it is probable that. uranium would be required to start a fusion reactor, and, in any case, such a reactor is far from a real- ity, we believe the government. will probably continue to guarantee uranium demand after 1962."

Legislation To Set Up (Iuiiure Councii likely

OTTAWA. (CP) - Government legislation to establish the pro- posed Canada council for the de- velopmcnt of Canadian arts and culture likciiy will be introduced at the next session of Parliament, it was learned Monday.

The legislation will embody rec- ommendations of the Massey com- mission on arts which in 1951 pro- posed the council idca after a two- year survey of Canadian cultural achievements and requirements for further development.

The commission, headed by Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, now gov- ernor-general, suggested a l5-mem- ber council armed with parliamen- tary funds to help voluntary organ- izations iii the fields of arts, letter humanities and social sciences.

The commission proposed also that the council be used to foster Canada's cultural relations abroad: perform the functions of a national commission for the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization; and administer A system of annual scholarships, in- cluding 100 valued at s1,000 each. 250 valued at 3500 each and 2.000 bursaries of S500 ayear.

Prime Minister St. Laurent, who established the Massey royal com- in- terest in developing some of the commission's recommendations.

l mils thr, lOllOtVifigI--

l (A) Following Provincial

c,i's association, a Potato Board for (B)

(in)

(bi marketing of potatoes

(cl

an acreage basis

ihl

This Potato Board would em

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Respecting the attempt to regulate markets and prices as was!

attempted several years ago. the proposed policy is i-lesigncd' to supplant that type of regulatory Board which cannot be or

implemented in a marketing oper- proposed

ls a smooth working

operation which will not require constant court action or en- forcement of regulations. It is simply based on cost being ad- justed as the market changes to determine the proper selling

F. ever has been effectively aiion of this kind. What is prices. 9. We are not cracy. loss of are did not ha for A couple of years before he not they wish to maintain it. 10.

going to attempt to answer accusations of auto- frccdom, personalities. etc. We-regret that farm- ve the opportunity to see this pool in: asked to decide whether or

system work

Think carefully before you vote, but vole so that we whom you have elected to do something for you in this cont