Friday, Dec. 23, 1956 The Guardian rm

Al.'.0liG THE FARMERS

Federation of Agriculture Newsletter I l h

”l.l MESSAGE TO THE (lANAlllAll'PllBLlO”

The following is a personal letter from Mr. N. R. Crump. President.

Till: PAST AND THE FUTURE es to the consumer will not be: lneariy so marked as the returns:

As this will be the lust Feder-. to we produce... at!-ll '1'-We-titer ll": 1'-56 We "WI The labor situation will re- iti. Iii; lll 5 UPPUl'll"mY 0i EXP”-siimain n balling problem, the 1. ; on ucltal of lli:' officers yandim ,,,, ”s 15 .,.,,,,g .01., mag nun htnird or t4ll'E'..'UJI'a a.JprcCI-111011 l small unit cannot eompete but cer- for support. encouruscm-"ht 3"d'La.nly the larger operators who

to 75.000 employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway in all

.1... uni-eiege of uoizzing l-'l.l'l and on behalf of the member org.iiiz- ;..,.ius and individual farmers who ni;i..e up the Federation in this pruvltitce. .

During the past 60 years. I Pet'- iud which covers most of the farm U.-ganzzation hisiu.y, there has hccn a more or 1:55 steady com- ”-,g and going o farm grout)?- ;,..,ne passe; au.ty because ,ci-vices were no ioziilelf Tell'l"'-Fl others went out of existence in spite of the ffct that they were badly llC('(.Pfl, in many cases with tlicsc the reu.on was nun-suilllort or lack of iittcrcst on tile part of n-.i- people and possibly P 6550"! lrulll otlicr interests which pro- duced t'oiiilition.. both unfavour- 3l)l(l and utitciitiablc.

the ideal of a federated gener- ill farm Ul'i;illllZilll0ll for Canada in a comparatively VIICW one. The i-cilcraticti came into beinl 1'' H13. and has during the past Y9” illllllllefl its maJ'oi'ily. the first gen- ...-;il farm o"i.',aiiizatlon in Canada wcr to do so.

hi-IEDED

whether or not. the Federation ('tIllllllllQ for all time to come as H pt-rinaiient feature of the farm ptt'll1I'C no one can predict with (.(.,.,;..,.i1y, with the decrease of agnciiltiire in relative importance hutli .roin the standpoint of val- iic null prociiictlotl and nlettlbefl .m.,t...(l twiih the consequent loss or political power: it would be logical to expect that the need of . sirtttlt: organization will become grcatcr as the years 20 by End the realization of this need more apparent in the minds of farm

people.

Present trends indicate to I

greater extent that ever before the necessity and importance of :tci'iculture having an organizat- ion uliich can represent it in an united and responsible way Wltll the public and with gover. The average farmer's realization of his problem and difliCulil85 may be quite active and strong hut lti many cases he lacks the fluency to interupt.thes'e PTO- hlcnis and to explain his ideas for their solution. This ls Wlleft he must depend on his follow farmers who will give some of their time and have the neces- sziry training in expressingand dealing with the state of agricult- urc in a broad Way-

while farm organization do dis- appcar. nevertheless. the trend uuuld appear to be towards strons or and more effective ones and to- uards the development of leaders ll ho are well equipped to repres- cnt the industry at all levels. for the most part these leaders have the respect and confidence of pub- lic people and what is more im- portant of the farmer. It is im- portant for the farmer to realize that his local group Whether ll l3 a Federation. a Farm Forum or some other body l18V9 all lmD0l't' any part to play in developing the people who will represent farmers in the council halls of the nation. Basically the whole PN- grani of effective farm 0l"Kllll' rntions is based on the develop- ,....,,i of the individual and an ef- lcctive community grout!-

PRESSURE ON FARMERS

During the past year farm org-.

nnization in common with K0V9"l' mcnt have been concerned with the forces and pressures acting upon agriculture. The effects take the form of rapid loss of P0Wl3t' ion. the scarcity of labour. in- H-paged costs of mechanization and operation. of n narrowinz margin of profit and at the close of the year another increase in freight charges. on the other hand with the exception of wheat the build up of farm surpluses appear- ed to have been arrested and there were those who began to wonder whether present product- ion could be maintained or even increased to supply the prospect- ive requirements of increasing population.

in retrospect the P0l”l0d l95l' 1956 would qual'fy as one. in which relatively depressed l)l'l1'93 were in effect. Generally these cycles of low prices last in agri- culture for five years or to say it in another way it takes agri- culture about five years to adlust to marked changes in the econ- nmy. Barring wars and internal- ional disturbance the long term prospects would appear to offer farmers better returns for their labour sniii investment and Ken- mtlty improving standard of liv- ing. There will be fewcr people in the business. theft Wlll be more people to feed. a combinat- ion which should result in In in-

crease in the gross amount to be .

distributed to the average farm family. Distribution cost will re- main high and the trend toward nropar-kaging. ttrosler processtnl and the purchases of smaller units will force upon the farmer where over-production occurs n more

marked retlnctlnn in his prices. in other words fluctuations In pric-

Coming Events

.:Come to dance Bonshaw Hall. New Years Eve. Good music.

Dance Corran Benn Hall day Dec. 18th.

llinloading our of CM? "'4'- Friday and Saturday. Vernon luv- ? Co-op.

Isouth Winnloe Pantry sale It Moore and Mar-Lend List. on Dec. I at 8 oiclork. f

'l)nnce in Afton Hell. Saturday, December 2!. Good music in old of hall.

Fri-

'Apnlogy. we the committee Ml

Vest Royall H it due to unfor- tren clreamitenzes spollllu 07'' :1 has-in our weekli hence Dee.

Lfarloetle of wheel. bani: IHI. In I .A tr-"-W-in”-.2-so tuoretnltinlpny. - Ihmm1Iednel.

M .

lmust depend upon the labour; market are facing increased dif-. ficulties. Generally the farmerl does not have to make apologlcsl for efficiency in production, be has put in long hours. has noti exacted high return on his invest-i ment nor has he worried about even a reasonable depreciation. the question arises as to whether the farmer can in the future im- prove his efficiency to compen- sate on the one hand for the dis- advantage 0' a small unit and on the other for the risky prospect of dependence upon the labour mark et to operate on a Large scale. Even with present and pros- pective difficulties it is likely that farming will be generally a better way of life than in the past. improved transportation and the. marvels of mass communicationi bringing new cultures into the farm home will compensate for much of the isolation which has plagued the farm family. '

MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

The Island Federation was set up in March, 1941 by some dozen provincial farm organizat- ions than in existence. It is log ical to suppose these groups saw the necessity of and advantage to be ained in such a move and in uiii y. added influence and ttre.at-l er prcstlage. While it may not have been clear to the leaders of these groups what use was to be made of the new merger yet they had moved in the right dir- ection. Unfortunately few of these parent groups had the necessary funds to properly finance such n. venture. '

At no tlme' until 1948 had the Federation budget ever exceed 8500. an amount which meant

' rotary to the president. the late past two years he has been a Vl('

G. ARNOLD HART ARTHUR C. JENSEN

Announcement has been madel agtelr at the Ednitollttipn goal; 03306; b Gordon R. Ball, resident of 3" 3” 339'” 3 9 3" 5 el my B nk f Mumreaip of the a .York office. Three years ago. after

T 3 O ' P on extended trip through the Far P”l"”"9"l of G- Arnold Ha” llem East as a special representative as general manager of the bank. of the bank, he was made a superin succeeding Arthur C. Jensen. who I tendent at the head office. and In becomes executive vice-president, 1 the following year he became an effective January 1. assistant general manager. 1-89

Mr. Iiart. who will be one of the April. he was made deputy genera' .v' ., general s in the . history of Canada's enior financ-l Mr. Jensen. who has been gen- ialinstitulicn, has hcl awide var- eral manager for the past font. icty of important posts since World ' years. becomes executive vice War II. After five years with thelp-esident after a banking caret ('aiiadiaii Army. he became scc- extending over 42 years. For th

tlcoi-go Spinney president of the bank. He is al.- Lator he served as assistant a vice-president of the Canad superintendent at Calgary, man- Bankers' Association.

Outlines Stand Of Company p In Leller ToC.P.R. Employees .

ll0V'l'Rl-EAL tCPl -. President N, ll. Crump today sent a per- sonal letter to the Canadian Pa- citic liziilway's 75.000 employees

ice. Passenger trains will continue to have firemen. The company proposes to run diesels without firemen only in freight and yard

tree 59l'Vl('93 0" the P3” ill all oiitliniig the company's stand in lllV0lVl'(lv 1" lllls lll"9tlll'9 "W l"' the dispute with the Brotherhood lllVld"al farmer M33" lo rellllze of l.(lCOlll0llVE Firciiicn and En-

service. This will be a gradual change- 3. There is no dispute about tlic

lthat the Federation could be an

implement of value to him and.- from individuals came the stimul- us fnr a more adequately financed, Federation and the added in-t fluence of support by large num-p bars of individual farmers. . For th past six years hardly more th n 5 per cent of the Fed- eration income has come from membe organizations a situation; which inevitably raises the ques-i tion which the Minister of Agrl-1

culture. the Honourable Mr. Cul- len. dealt with before the annual! meeting of the Queens County Federation Mr. Cullen was con-: cerned with the status of the mem- bers groups in the Federation how were they supporting it. what use. were they making of it and whatl were their plans for the future.

The organization is Lasically n Federation and possibly the time lins arrived when the member organizations should do some ser- ious thinking upon their role in the Federation and upon the sup- port which they are giving it. The necessity of unity and converted effort is just as great at the pre sent time as it was in I941. We would expect that there is equal quality and unison among the lenders in these groups as existed fifteen years ago.

More Than Half

Home: Have TV

OTTAWA tCPl-More than half Canada's e s t i m ate d 3.974.000 households were equipped with television sets at the end of Sept- ember. the bureau of statistics said Thursday.

The bureau also estimated that? 90 per cent of all households. orl 3.017.000. had radios. up slightly. from last year. and 74 per cent. or 2.930.000. had telephones. COIn'l pared with 70 per cent a your cart; Ier.

The bureau estimated that 54' per cent-2,132,000-had television sets at the end of September. This compared with 39 per cent a year ago.

In Qucbccis 6.045.000 hoitscholds 671.000 had TV sets. l.0l0.iXl0 ra- dios and 794.000 telephones.

of Nova Scolia's 165.000 households' had TV sets. 158.000 radios and 100.000 telephones.

000 radio: and 73.000 telephones in New Brunswick's 128.000 house holds and is.ooo rv sets. ill.000l

giiit-nit-it ICLC).

The lllllt)n has called ll strike for next Wednesday because of I compi-my proposal to yeliminatepbecome engjnemen, ftrciiicti-liclpcrs from diesel en-p 4. Nor can were be any dispute gln” "tied '" frmgm and yard about firemen with less than three se"V',"'”.' . u I 'years service. They are to get

Jl,h'f(r”"l”S mlerg "ll" ' othr jobs with Canadian Pacific mil": e””w.'?"lployeeih. U I and without loss of their seniority

i'"' w””"g y”".l '5 ”C””"a as firemen. If they desire to leave letter about the differences be- the service the company will pay tween the company a.nd ”"':.Bmlh' them a cash allowance based on erhond of Locomotive l-iremen. their length of service.

which represents the 2.850 firemen) what then is the dispute about- 0" Cmladla" P”,mC' l The dispute is about only one T" hm” both Sm” ”"' ””V9'"'i thing-whether Canadian Pacific

mem alllmlmed 3 bum of "mi will in the future be io"ccd to hir ciliation and the board now has.new men as meme" when those

made its report. The company has . jobs are no longer mm"-red beg

Jobs of any firemen who have worked three years or more. They will stay on as firemen until they

accepted this report under which all firemen will continue to be employed and continue to be fairly treated. A fair settlement is of di- rect importance to every Cans- dian Pacific employee as well an the firemen.

You should not following important points:

i. There can be no dispute about firt-men's wages or working con- ditions. The conciliation board recommended wage increases to- tailing I2 per cent - the same as agreed on with other train service employees-and extra pay for six statutory holidays in yard service.

2. There can be no dispute about firemen in passenger serv-

WILL SHOW CAUSE

OTTAWA tCPl-Prcsitlent Fred Whitehouse of the Civil Scrvice Federation of Canada said Wed- nesday the federation next month will present to Prime Minister St. Laurent a strong case for a new general salary increase for fed- eral civil servants, The federation represents about 65,000 federal employees across Canada. Fed- eral civil servants last April were granted pay boosts ranging gen- erally bctween eight and I0 per cent.

HISTORIC RIVER

The Ottawa River is 696 miles long and drains an area of 56.000 square miles.

87.000 households land. No figures were available on the

in Newfound-

ovcrlook the

lcriuse of hanging conditions.

All firemen now employed are

to be treated fairly. This is as I .would wish it to be. I know that lthcy are loyal employees hecausc lot my close association with them lfor many years.

Officers of the company with

practical experience know that

diesels can be operated safetly and efficiently in freight and yard service without firemen. The con- ciliation board has agreed with i this. 1 it is not the firemcn's fault that they are not needed on fright and yard diesels. We all know that new and better machines have ,changed the work of many people in many industries. Union leaders vthcmsclves recognize that such necessary advances cause changes in the jobs and skills of employ- ees. Canadian Pacific cannot be an exception if it is to stay in bust "55. The only problem with the ' cmcn is how to treat fairly a group who are affected by "automation" without sudden loss of Jobs or wages. The conciliation board report accepted by the com- pany does this.

Never before has Canadian Pa- cillc faced as much competition oi .as many kinds as it does today- 'I am sure we will be successful in meeting this competition if we make the best use of the diesel with every saving it offers. Any practice which adds to our costs lessens our ability to meet com- petition and threatens the sccur-

ity of the jobs of all of us.

I hope what I have been able

in the Atlantic provinces. 00.000: radios and 24,000 telephones in the l0 SBY ln this letter makes Clear

the real issues in this dispute. if there is anything further that you would like to know about it. please

There were 41,000 TV sets, ll9,- number of TV sets in Prince Ed- write me. ward Island's 24.000 households. However. there were 22.000 radios and 10.000 telephones.

Sincerely, tsigncdt N. R. Crump President.

:1 John nlpfgnbgker, newly elcctedinpun his return in Saskatoon llt'ndt'l' of the PNKPQSIWC c9'l9"'l""

HOME AGAIN

irniny

Ottawa convention which

Dlefenbekrr lives in Ssulmlnoon. while her son. Whom she is loooking at with evident pride. in a lawyer nu" pug, greets Ill ntothsrlnemed hill ICU llhlaln. tirI..Prlloe Alb!"

branches of the service across Canada and is reprinted for your

information.

December 27. I956

Dear Fellow Employee:--

I am writing you this personal letter about the differences between the Company and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen which represent the 2.850 fire-

men on Canadian Pacific.

To hear both sides the Government appointed a Board of Conciliation and the Board has now made its Report. The Compa ny has accepted this Report under which all firemen will continue to be employed and continue to be fairly treated. A fair settle-

ment is of direcf importance to every Canadian Pacific employee as well as the firemen. You should not overlook the following important points:

There can be no dispute about firemen's wages or working con- difions. The Conciliation Board recommended wage increases totalling I2 percent-the same as agreed on with other train ser- vice employees-and extra pay for six slafufory holidays in yard

service.

There can be no dispute about firemen in passenger service.

Passenger trains will continue to have firemen. The Company

proposes to run diesels without firemen only in freight and yard

service. This will be a gradual change.

There was no dispute about the iobs of any firemen who have

worked three years or more. They will stay on as firemen until they

become enginemen.

Nor can fliers be any dispute about firemen with less than three

years service. They are to get other jobs with Canadian Pacific l and without loss of their seniority as firemen. If they desire to leave the service the Company will pay them a cash allowance

based on their length of service.

What then is the dispute about?

The dispute is about only one thing--wlteflter Canadian Pacific will in the fu- ture be forced to hire new men as firemen when these jobs are no longer required be-

cause of changing conditions.

All firemen now employed are to be treated fairly. This is as I would if lo be. I know that they are loyal employees because of my close association with them for many years.

Officers of the Company with pro clical experience know that the diesels can be operated safely and efficiently in freight and yard service without firemen. The Con- t 'on Board has agreed with this. i

If is not the firemen's fault that they are not needed on freight and yard diesels.

We all know that new and better machines have changed the work of many people in many industries. Union loaders fltemselves recognize that such necessary advances cause changes in the iobs and skills of employees. Canadian Pacific cannot be an excep-

. tion if if is to stay in business. The only problem with the firemen is how to treat fairly a group who are effected by "automation" without sudden loss of jobs or wages. Lhe

Conciliallion Board Report acce&d by the Company does this.

Never before has Canadian Pacific faced as much competition of as many kinds as it does today. I am sure we will be successful in meeting this competition if we make the best use of the diesel with every saving it offers. Any practice which adds to

our costs lessens our ability to meet competition and threatens the security of the iobs of all of us.

I hope whet I have been able to say in this letter makes clear the real issues

in this dispute. If there is anything further that you would like to know about it. please write me.

Sincerely.

. N. R. Crump Preetded

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY