PAGE A4, THE HERALO, Friday, May 6, 1977 | Cain rs Paha ote a CERT : OEY eae reed the @« = Published by Sterling Publishers Ltd. _ Published every weekday at 3712 Kalum St, Terrace, B.C. A - nember of Varified Circulation. Authorized as second class : nail. Registration number 1201. Pastage paid in cash, return postage guaranteed. erald Terrace - 635-6357 PUBLISHER GORDON W. HAMILTON MANAGING EDITOR ALLAN KRASNICK NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains full, campiete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or editorial! or photographic fOntent published in #hé Herald. Reproduction Is not Permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. eleahiintasscpepipeatatnaeasiatonstetetatetatitate SSO TEGCR RIC Ei nano oS SEAMS Mar BOM i aes eara Meta ata ntataatetatara aatetse i fm Humans starve .. but not rats + Ina year when even India, known as the poor: man of Asia, has a food surplus It is vital to examine why people around the world continue fogohungry. There are many reasons, including poor distribution, hoarding by greedy mer- chants, inadequate planning by inexperienced governments. But without question one of the most common causes of malnutrition in many regions of the world is that foad goes not to humans but to pests. Scientests recently told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that about 40 percent of the world’s food supply is lost to pests such as rats and weevils. And this is happening although the world now uses a record 4.1 billlon pounds of pesticide -- about a pound for every living human being. About 33 percent of food in the world is lost to pests before it can be harvested. And another 9 percent is lost after the harvest, mainly to rats, before it can be marketed. . 1} was estimated that during a recent year, rats consumed 50 percent of the sugar and corn crop, and almost 90 percent of the rice harvested in the Philippines. One scientist worked out that. if there could be a single train to haul the grain eaten by rats in India in a single year, It would be 3,000 miles tong. The problem is not merely one of production but of conservation and starage, of better, more . rapld harvesting methods, of converting the harvested grain into durable foods that can be stored safely for longer periods. This will bring demands for know-how and technical expertise by the developing countries. Better controls willhaveto come. And in time, with U.S. and Canadian help, the developing countries will solve thelr own food problems. The luxury of integrity “The luxury of integrity’: that Ironic phrase Is the tifle of an essay written some years ago by the American economist, Stuart Chase. Chase suggested that our moral foundations have been so badly cracked and eroded that many of us have come to feel that moral integrity is a luxury we simply cannot afford. He commented on “the art of backslapping in the interest of a profitable sate”, and he showed how the frantic quest for a dollar can prostitute hospitality and make a mockery of friendship. He pointed to dishonesty in advertising. He showed that in the grasping bustle of life com- passion is often squashed as we try to exploit and manipulate one another, and he observed that - “for the milk of human kindness the most ob- vious substitute is soff soap.’ There may be some extravagance in Chase’s gloomy diagnosis - but he did make some points which are still valid and relevant. We seem to be losing both the capacity and courage for calling a moral spade a moral spade. We are so afraid of seeming narrow and in- tolerant that we tend to give up on authentic moral concern. As it has been put, “Quite offen when a man thinks his mind is becoming broader, it is only his conscience stretching.” :¥es, for many of us Integrity is a luxury we feel we sinply cannot afford. Of course, there are still many men and women of firm integrity -- honest, merciful, compassionate. And we must recognize that in the complexity of life today morai distinctions are not always as clear as we might like them tobe. In business and public life today the making of moral decisions is often terribly difficult, and there are forces in our sotiety which erode our Integrity without our belng aware of what is happening. Let us take seriously the warning given by British historian, Herbert Butterfield; “A civilization may be wrecked without any spec- ja¢ular crimes or criminals by constant petty bréaches of faith and minor complicities on the pari of men generally considered very nice people.’ _ Kitimat - 632-5706 : a0 Sh * ‘et rates > arate! statteten ne fates olaTarel se ebeeeocpemanenenerenanacecgieate ot Src Sete = SARA SRO Re nO a arene x _ French language editorials for Anglophones now second-class | This is a selection of editorials on current topics, translated by The Canadian Press from the French-language press of Canada. Quebec Le Soleil: Shortly after Bill 1 was introduced, cultural Development Minister. . Camille Laurin fold reporters that he wasn’t dismissing the possibility that more sub- stantial amendments would be made to the language charter before it becames law. Reflection and clear ‘thought will perhaps better succeed in convincing the government that changes are needed than did the ezrly emotional outbursis, Laurin said. ; Notwithstanding, .it Is quite evident that given the support — both active and passive — of the francophone majority, the PQ governments aims to stand by the fundamental objectives PEI to ease reliance., By DENNIS HARPER CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - While wrangling continues in ihe Maritime provinces over expansion of electrical power grid systems and the price of the power that will flow through them, Prince Edward tsland is nearing completion of a system it hopes will ease a worsening strain on Its energy consumers. Negotiators seeking an ac- cord+with neighboring New Brdfiswick for a flve-per-cent share of the power praduced by the Point LePreau nuclear statian, due to go into production in May 1980, say an agreement may be reached soon, : Negotiators already have ditched nine draft agreements afjer months of talking. : BE.!. negotiators are also when with the N.B. attitude HIch, they say, amounts to a Willingness to sell nuclear power at cost while protecting N.B. power users agalnst price flpetuations that would benefit igland consumers at the ex- nse of those in N.B. ‘alks on that agreement are viewed here as critical to the future of energy supply and cost to P.E.1, consumers, already fering from 14 price In- eases since May, 1973. Those Increases were forced on Maritime Electric Ltd, the private utility that produces virtually all this province’s power, by jumps in oll prices that drove the cost of a barrel of oll from $2.92 in May, 1973, to $9.87 on March 8 this year. NEW RISE EXPECTED A further Increase, estimated at $1.10 4 barrel, Is expected In June. The effect on power rates Ina province of 120,000 people that annually buys about 900,000 barrels of oll ta fuel its thermal generators. has been devastating. ‘It has left P.E.t. with the highest power rates of all 10 provinces because of a complete reliance on oil as the source of electric power. The province’s answer Is a submarine power cable which Is the first of its kind in Canada and which will link P.E.!. to a Maritime power grid. The unique feature of the cable Is that it will be burled in the seabed to protect it from Ice and anchors and will not just lle on the ocean floor as is normally the case with submarine cables. The cable will be fald over a three-week period beginning July | and plans call for it to be operational before the end of August. The costs of the project will be shared by the federal government, Maritime Electric outlined in the original white paper. ; These ‘‘fundamental ab- jectives” respond to the fong- felt wishes of the Quebec population. Already Bill 22, the Official Language Act, adopted three years ago by the Liberal administration of ex-premler Robert Bourassa, made.French the province's offleial language. But It retained certaln English- language rights ... whereas Bill 1 seems to remove completely any official status the English language may have had in this province. One can subscribe te unllingualism in Quebec on an official and institutional level where the collective rights of the English are con- cerned....But note that Bill 1. does not deny the minorities the right to deal in their own language with a state to which and the New Brunswick Power Commission. COST HIGH The total P.E.I. cable in- vestment will be $4 million reore than the 1975 book value of $32 miflion of Its entire electric generating capacity here. The 13.5-mile cable will be owned by the P.E.I; govern- ment and leased over 30 years to Maritime Electirc. Rent paid fo the province for Its use will eventually amortize the in- vestment. The five-per-cent entitlement agreement P.E.I. is seeking from .N.8. for nuciear power fram the 630,000-kifowatt Point LePreau plant will supply 31,500 kilowatts of power to P.E.!. consumers whose demands for power are growing annually in spite of conservation Initlatives by government. That power is in additlen to the so-called surplus-power P.E.1. will obtain under already-signed supply contracts with N.B. that will be directed through the reglion’s power grids. _ The price will be determined by a formula that fixes the price midway between what It costs P.E.I. to produce its own power and what It costs N.B. either to buy or produce the poweé it is selling. The formula creates Prairie drou By JIM NEAVES EDMONTON (CP) —‘ The spectre of a drought com- parable fo the one that turned the Prairies Into a dustbow! In the 1930s has generated concern among governments, which have set up emergency rellef plans, but farmers are gener- ally adopting a -fatallstic atti- tude. In the wake of the driest elght-month period since 1902, southern areas of Alberta, Sas- katchewan and Manitoba have experienced blowing .dust as gusty winds pick up topsoil, drier than usual after a winter ol [ittle snow cover. Earller this year, federal Ag- ricuiture Minister Eugene Whe- lan was criticized for urging farmers to pray for rain, Of- fawa has moved to set up vari- ous emergency plans but most farmers are going along with “Whelan in thinking that praying 1s about all they can do, Tuesday, the Senate added Its . they are historically attached. It Indirectly recognizes these © historic rights as manifested In the government’s willingness to maintain English-language schools, to permit the use of English in the courts...Sa why doesn't it state and recognize these rights expliciily. As written, the text excludes from the “Quebec people’ the’ English-speaking Quebeckers who have been here for two centuries...And if contradicts all the recent statements of Premier Rene Levesque and his ministers to the effect that the English and the immigrants are first-class members of Quebec soclety....”° - Beauchapm April 22. Sherbrooke La Tribune: There are only minor ad- Justments In Bill 1 and the substantlal changes critics of: the bill were expecting may _ Claude’ “IN ENGLISH: |” appear only after the national. assembly convenes to hear the population's complaints ... i Indeed there are to be any changes, the arguments must be solid. It would come as a aurprise if this were otherwise. The white per and the language charter are faithful to the PQ's tong-felt desire ‘to see that French becomes the official tanguage of Quebec ... Something moré than emotional reaction witt be needed to make the PQ sound a retreat...even if some PQ members are “torn” over the issue, The project Is ambitious: putting an end to Quebeckers’ “cultural insecurity” and to the _ “timid survival’ of Bill 22, the Official Language Act. But as we all know, the perilous issue confuses the baitle between heart and THAT MEANS... | TURN RIGHTY? what is known as ecanamic power. Still unanswered is how much reserve production capacity N.6. will insist that P.E.I. retain after the two provinces link up with the cable. RESERVE CAPACITY. Utilities in N.B. and Nova Scotia are required In |oint agreements to retain a 20-per- cent reserve praduction capacity, but here in P.E.1. negotiators say the required may be alfowed to stip to 15 per cent, Under existing standards, Maritime Electric Is required to maintain a system that would still operate at 90-per-cent capacity even with the toss of its largest generator. That point is viewed as crucial in N.B., a héavy retaller of electricity to the United States and N.S., because of a potential retlance that could develop in P.E.I. for electricity. Premler Campbell describes the multiple-source power’ supply development here as eclectic — leaving the province free to select the most ap- . propriate system at hand while . freaing It from its reliance on expensive imported oll. The contract outiining what N.B. views as the prover mix of call for prayer, although Sena- for Ray Perrauli, the govern- ment leader, added that pray- ers should supplement govern- ment emergency plans. The area mast affected cov- ert ihe southernmost reglons of all three Pralrie provinces, from, Alberta’s foothilis to the. Manitoba-Ontarlo boundary, al- though there are pockets of ciry conditlons through the central regions of a!t the pravinces, MANY PROTECTED Optimists outnuinber peseim- ists In the current dry situation. ° Many farmers have availed themselves of programs nat available in the 1930s, The ma- jor one Is crop Insurance, a hedge against failure which will at least relmburse farmers for the cost of planting an unsuc-° cessful crop. in Alberta, the insurance ap: plication deadline was extended fo May 6 from April 30 and offl- cials expect.21,000 applications thls year compared with 19,000 N.B. power supply for P.E.I. has already been given fo P.E.|. but so far this province has not responded. : URGE CONSERVATION All three governments have been attempting to impress new conservation standards on Maritimers but so far results have been minor. Here in P.E.1., backed by'an_ energetic provincial govern- ment conservation program, partly underwritten by federal money, the government has tried to reduce elecirical demand growth rates. During the first quarter of 1977 the growth rate was 6.5 per cent but Maritime Electric officials concede privately there is little likelihood of the figure remaining that low for the remainder of the year. A refated problem Is the demand for electricity as a source of home heating. An officlal of the N.B. Power Commission estimated that 65 per cent of all housing and in- dustrial starts In N.B. in 1976 called for electricity and not oil as the prime heating source. The ‘reason 15 uncertainty over future supply and price of foreign oil, he sald. In 1976. Another plus for today’s 50- phisticated producers is the va- riety of modern methods of car- ing for sall which greatly re- duces soll loss due to erasion, Most farmers are holding spring tillage to a minimum to retain as much molsture 4s pos: sible. : Untlke previous wet years in which seeding was delayed, many farmers have taken ad- vantage of the dry spring to seed thelr crops, hoping—or praylng—that later rainfall will trigger germination. Andro Kremko of Thorsby, Alta,, 25 miles southwest of Ed- rranton, says this spring is the arlest he can remember in his 78 years. He and his son Walter started seeding April 25, much fariier than the usual first week In May. SOIL PILING UP J, A. Hineks, who farms near Panzance, 20 miles southeast of Saskatoon, says this spring Is gates’ Ft a ot mir... No one disagrees — or no ane should disagree— with the need for a clear definition of the status of the French language In Quebec... Although It Is forcefufly af. firming fhe rights of the majority, the government should respect the rights of individual members of Quebec's minorities. But the ary text gives us the false Im- pression that one considers 20 per cent of our population, the anglophones, as the direct heirs of Lord Durham ... Insecurity should not be replaced by bravado. : It seems to me that if the government was a little more generous In some of its definitions it would ... facilitate, acceptance of the charter «+. which simply alms, In the words of former UN premier Daniel Johnson, to ‘make Quebec as French as Ontarlo Is English.” In Laurin's opinion the bill fs generous as regards minoritles,, -particularly the anglophone Cutting red tape By ESTELLE DORAIS MONTREAL (CP) — The Montreal Convention Bureau provided 40 employees to help delegates fo the recent Finan- cial Analysts Federation’s Inter- ’ national conference get through paperwork required by new American tax legistation affect- Ing conventions held outside the Untied States. ; ; Federation spokesman Rus- sell Mason sald the extra help cost “thousands of dollars” but the mechanics of getting dele- attendance forms Stamped and verified by a f -‘erafion’ ® .. official a we smoothly. ue The U.S. law requires dele- gates get attendance forms stamped after each session to prove they attended at least six haurs of convention sessions 3 day to be eligible for Income tax deductions. The federation had planned the Montreal conference befere the U.S. law came into effect Jan, 1. . The decision te remaln in Montreal was an ethical one, Mason sald, since ‘‘we are a North American federation with 15,000 members, of which 1,200 are In Canada.” WANTED A LOOK Mason sald the 700 delegates woented to come here to get a closer look at Canada, and par- ticularly Quebec, in tight of the Partl Quebecols’ Nov, 15 elec- tion victory. Mason said ‘'t truly belleve that there is a tremendous in- terest on the part of Investors In the U.S. to understand Can- ada.” He sald only about half the delegates got attendance farms stamped, Indicating they either conducted business here and could consider it a business trip or they expected the law ta be amended. Finance Donald . Macdonald totd reporters dur- ing the conference Ottawa Is willing to trade off amendments to restrictive Canadian con- vention laws if the American government amended theirs. Minister Behind the news | yntrelief expected the driest he can recall In his 45 years of working the soll. Top- soll has plied up, almost bur- ying some of his machinery. Al Beatile of the Alberta Wheat Poot says once the seed is planted, moisture and warm weather are needed to guaran- fee a good harvest, “*Nobody Is golng to write off the crop until June,’ Besttle said. . in Saskatchewan, Don Price, who farms three sections near Indian Head, east of Ragina,. said many farmers started seeding In his area as & meas. ure to combat soll drifting, al- though it was too early, David Helstrom, who farms 16 miles south of Regina, plans fo use his normal techniques., He simply hopes for rain, "“t look at it this way—there isn’t an awful lot you can do about it’ . Many cattle producers, faced with bone-dry pastures, have been moving animals to market comraunity. Sald Laurin: “tn Canada, Quebec has — and always will — freat its minorities equitably. And we do not fear comparison with other countries.” - Gilles Lesage Aprit 30. Montreal Le Oevoir: Getore Bill 1 was tabled, Premier Rene Levesque sald a geod dozen ‘tgubstantial” amendments would be made to the white paper. A short time later he was contradicted by Cultural Development Minister Camille Laurin, who sald he was only aware of minor modifications. Ht seems it was the minister, not the PQ leader, who knew what he was talking about... While the bill has a fun. damentally noble objective whichis upheld by the malfority of the province's cltizens — that of establishing the primacy of the French language in Quebec +-— the government decided to reach Its goal through use of an extramely restrictive and heavy legislative and ad- ministrative machine. tt is alarming that the government should impose the exclusive use of French in certain sectors In such an unylelding, dogmatic and authoritarion manner... Blinded by narrow and chauvinistic nationalism, the government Is ... affirming the rights of the majority while negating those of the main ‘minority group. As far as francization Is concerned, Bill 22, the Official Language Act, was a much more patient program, based gn consultation, persuasion and the free participation of In- terested parties. Bill 1, on the other hand, gives me a repressive regime ... The government will have the power to blackmail businesses ... and to make life-and-death decisions. in some casesgfthe stifilng project seems just hort of ghe project and one immediately realizes that the‘ laws will be difficult to apply in concrete situations. Bul in others, it will violate elementary llberties we wishes to assurel eit lot ghan those of iminorities In oth, provinces. Canada may attend OTTAWA (CP}.— Acting prime minister Allan MacEs- chen sald Thursday that Can- ada may attend the Belgrade conference on human rights at the political as well as the offl- cial level. His remark In the Commons came after questions by former prime minister John Diefanba- ker (Prince Albert) and former cabinet minister Robert Stanbury ‘(t—-York- Scarborough). The conference will examine how the Helsinki pact, drafted to extend human rights In sign- Ing countries, was working. Diefenbasker suggested that Canada attend armed with 4 register of relatives of Cana- dians belng denied basic rights in Communist countries. He noted that exiled Soviet dissident Viadimlr Bukovsky, 34, whom he later met in his office, was in Ottawa. _ Bukovsky’s experlence— belng because they can’t be supported on*dusty grazing fand. Mani- toba’s St, Boniface Stockyard has been inundated with cattle and this has further depressed already-tow market prices. ; But the mild spring has Proved a blessing for ranchers af calving time, with dry | weather eliminating the pneu- monla which can accompany cold and damp snow conditions. Rain Is needed to foster grass growth and maintain this year's calf crop. ‘On the other ‘hand, the mild weather Is generating renewed fears of grasshopper damage. Mike Dollnskl, an Alberta pest-controt specialist, says the weather has been ideal for the grasshopper hatch and damage might be severe, even in areas previously forecast for light In- festatlons. _, There Is one immediate ray of hope: long-range forecasts call for wetter-than-normad con- ditions across the Prairies |