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OUR OPINION

At election time there are three
directions that the news media can
take: ignore the entire election; openly
support one candidate; or attempt to
present an unbiased view.

opinions.

Newspapers, radio, and TV are
staffed by people. To be a completely
unbiased person is to be less than
human. However, the Herald solicited
guest editorials from each of the
candidates, and all but two replied.
The Herald has a policy of presenting
both sides of a story, that is when both
sides are willing to talk. The Herald
has an open phone line and is available
at all times to any citizen who wishes to
ask a question, make a statement or
register a complaint.

There are two other election-related
functions that a newspaper serves.
One, paid advertisements in which the
contenders buy the space to say
anything they like, and two, opinion.
On the editorial page, letters, signed

informing

the herald

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' Bprepared. = ¥
acknowledged the next question:
Bruce - Freeman, |

By Doug Sack: . -

People who use grocery
stores as their supply of food (as
onposed to growing your own or
eating out) missed a wail of.an
cpportunily Thursday afternoon
to question, or attack if you like,
the managers of the big retail
outlooks in Terrace.

Messrs. Carr (Safeway),
Comeau (Super Value), King
(Co-Op) and Smith
(Overwaitea) were on view
before the consumer as part of
the Department of
Agriculture’s forum held in
Veritas Hail. .

Charles Carter, Provincial
Horticulturist , who chaired
that aspect of the program
announced that no holds were to
be barred and any question
would be legitimate. Topics
ranged from the problem of
shrinking sausage to rumored
poor treatment by the stores
When dealing with local
farmers.

Things were moving along
congenially enough with several
ladies in the audience asking
questions typical of housewives.

Mrs. Mary Little of Terrace
complained to the managers

Bruce Freeman (arms folded), President of the

sh President of. the Kitquni-Kak
*" Farmers Institute.

“We local farmers are
treated like dogs by your
buyers, If we were treated like
gentlemen we could take the -
low prices you give us but to be
lreated like serfs is a kick in the
shins,” Freeman claimed.
Further questioning afterwards
indicated that the Co-op is the
only store in town that “makes
a real effort at having good
relations with the growers,’’
according to Freeman.

Atfirst this brought a stunned
silence from the managers on
the hot seat. Then one by one
they each disclaimed any
knowledge of mistreatment to
local farmers by their buying
staffs. The government
observers sat by with furrowed
brows making notations on.
legal pads.”

Further questioning about the
room with various local
farmers confirmed Freeman's
estimation. John Bahr, who
grows vegetables, said that
although Freeman was <a little
harsh, toa certain point what he
saidwastrue. The only store I
deal with is the Co-op, They are
fair, The others like to ride the

Kitsum Kalum Farmers Institute.

that she sometimes finds goods |
for sale with several different .

tags on them; each new one
_ covering up the old.

She also mentioned that many --
times you find a nice thick piece-
of sausage in the wrapper and a -

- scrawny squiggly in the skillet
after. it's. been: cooked. ©: The
managers «: fielded.
questions comfortably.and were

when |. ‘they

“from

these °°
vere _ conduct these fact finding tours
’ exactly for that reason, did look |
‘surprised,

farmers’ back.”

- Lfnothing else was gained, the

local. managers found. that
buyers on’ their staffs are‘ not
treating “local . producers. with

_ the courtesy they are due, OR

they were aware of.it and only.

+, managed to look surprised. ‘The
feeling i the room was.that the:

government” officials, wha

"When asked what percentage

KEN FISHER

ADVERTISING

To print or not to print -

columns and editorials express

Again, to be completely

unbiased is to be less than human.
Everyone has opinions and everyone
has the right to express them. In a
letter or a signed column the opinion
expressed is that of the person
indicated by the signature.

When a controversy arises, if one
type of news media edits releases that
present only one side of the issue, it is
the community responsibility of the
other to present the opposite side. If
this policy is criticized as slanted
journalism, perhaps one should use
both types of media to make their
decision. Two 45 degree slants point to
the middle,

The mayor-elect as leader of our
community will have this publication's
full support and co-operation in

the townspeople of

Municipal affairs.
Congratulations, Mr. Johnstone.

Weather-beaten cottage nestled in the s

pt
ee

now drifts on the bench in Terrace.

(D. Swanton photo)

Pastor’s Pen

Our world is wracked by
explosive forces that threaten
Take a minute to
consider how the population
explosion has pushed the world
toward disaster. A new breed of
scientist is offering his own
special brand of prediction to a
frightened world. Disaster for
the planet Earth may be just
around the comer say the

life itself.

population biologists,

Paul Ehrlich whose bood ‘The

Population Bomb’ startled the
world which was just published
a few years ago, speaks openly
of a time when signs may go up
“Standing Room Only”.
Starvation is there just a few
years ahead of us now and this
‘4s for millions upon millions
according to his research.
Those who visit the population
explosion centres report frantic
efforts by socialogists and
politicians tc turn back the
multiplying hordes who are
threatening their = own

an

Consumers question

existence. But their best
endeavors have done little to
hait the 60 million a year
population increase. That
means that as each and every
year passes there is
approximately three Canadian
equivilant populations added to
this world’s population after all
the deaths have been subtracted
from all the births.

Right now the threat of
starvalion has retreated a step
or two under the skill of the
plant biologists. Miracle
wheats and rices now provide a
temporary delay in what some
scientists refer to asa mad slide
{to disaster.

The future results look
gruesome, since control seems
well-nigh impossible .when
millions will die in famines like
we have never known. “There
will be famines” as Christ said
now seems to take on new

tt be

meaning. Nations are now
using famine as a war tool like
we have never known either,
even as Christ said atthe same
“there will be wars and rumors
of war”. He said this would bea
sign of the last days, “when you
see all this beginning to happen

take courage because your.

liberation is then near” (see
Luke 21:28) :

Are. you surprised that’ God
knew about this so long ago?
Does it surprise you to know

_that He told this that ‘you
yourself might have faith in
Him in these last days? Does it
seem more real now that He
really loves you with an
everlasting love? This is just
one reason that it makes Him a
God worth loving, do you see
what I mean? :

Keith Dearing
Pastor of the —
Seventh-day Adventists

- a

“An interested.” Terrace
Reader" who wrote in ‘your.
paper, Thurs. December §.. -I
thought at first it was from an
educated ‘person, but as:I.read
further it was quite easy to see.

where he. received © his.
schooling. © .Maybe he should’.
read Pierre Burton's latest book:
and leara a few things of.
Canadian history. ' Also take in.
mind that all Englishmen are -

not as “Grandpa told him, that
all Englishmen don't know. their:

ass from a hole in-the ground. |.

Of course Grandpa never told’

that helped to -make’ this
Canada. Be ;
the tales they tell are quite
humoraus and some are quite
true, Now I wonder if he is not
one of the third generation that

doesn't have a pot to p-in or a
window to throw it out. He
certainly doesn't sound like a
taxpayer of Terrace or he
wouldn’t.be running the people.
down who are trying to hold our
taxes down to the right level. I
wonder where he was during the
years 1939-1946, I spent 5 years
‘and 3 months overseas. This
army was made up of every
nationality. We hoped to come
back to what we hoped was
social equality. But we’ find
today far from that with
everyone trying to push the

other fellow down. Even in'a |

small corimunity like Terrace,
T have lived here for twenty-
three years ard there has been: .

-plenty of undemocratic things ~

pulled off in Terrace, and not all
by Englishmet, Hf you're (the

writer who ‘signed himself a -

third generation Britisher) a

Terrace taxpayer get down and. *
help make Terrace a better -

place to live.

I promised myself long. ago ©

that the only way to live was’
that Iam as good a man as the
other man, and he’s no better
thanTam. Andone other thing:
You sheuld be.man enough to *

sign your name. As I've never: *-
been ashamed tosign mine. I'm*: -

English and proud of it. :
‘Mr. FW; Chastney

involved in -this: moonlighting.

Believe me. some of

- showed he could walk a’
: straight line, touch his nose

‘evidence had’ been-

- Dear Editor; this letter infor

"Dear Sirs:

The carpenters of the. Nor- 4 -

‘thwest District: Council are’.
condeming.the practice of

moonlighting: that - has : been: (iam

going on'for years in this‘area, ie

particularly. when -the people :|iam

‘are public employees, i.e, their ;
wages are paid by.us, ... ..-:

_ ‘The bullding of the-riew “Irly : aa

Bird’" store in Kitimat has just -

been completed by Mr.L. Bravo |

using five schoolboard em-.
ployees. working Saturdays, .
Sundays and evenings. : These
moonlighters were even using

Le stionalities." -the Schoolboard shop and: tools
hima of all the other nitionalities which are also paid for by the A

taxpayer, 2

_.We. feel we have a ‘right to

demand that the Schoolboard amy

instruct these employees to stop

-this practice ‘which is‘ unfair to
‘all. bona’ fide contractors and

nters aswell a8 to ; all
unemployed in general, =~
‘If they desire to continue, let
them terminate théir-em-
ployment with the School board
and enter the labour market. on
an- equal basis “with other.
contractors and workers, .
- Itis also very poor judgment
on the part of “Irly Bird!’ and
Mr. Bravo to use moonlighters
to build this store expecting
Union contractors | and’: car-

completed.
Yours truly,
_ John Jensen.

' | Business Representative.

‘Evidence on
video tape
NEW YORK (AP) — Luis

Vasquez, accused of drun-
ken driving, was acquitted

Monday when 4 video tape
“made after his arrest

-and "pick. up
fromthe floor, -. :
It-was the -first time such

:three coins,

presented: in‘’a-New York
court, Os

a 7 : gathering “and conclude’,the,

me." 4. who opened 35 year-old cans of

tuna and found far more ”

mercury in them than in.cans_ ,
filled recently. ° Again it’s: the
scientific equipment that has

caused the so called mercury
scare. - :

day’s activity.;. ~-*

He spoke again of synthetic

food. He scorned those
professors who say that syn-
thetic foods are needed to “feed
the world’s starving millions.

There is no reason why we
cannot produce food for the
total worlds population. - The
problem isn’t a lack ‘6f food, it’s
.poor distribution.”
The Minister commented,

Jaughed'as he’ told ‘of scientists *

The Minister ‘again returned

totheretail stores. Aseveryone |
knows, he. said “‘The cost of
goods is not based on the price,
but on what the traffic will bear,

penters to patronisé same when '

Horticulturist Charles Carte

and Les Smith.

of their total produce comes
from local growers, all four
estimated in the area of five
percent. B. C. Agrictilture
Minister Cyril Shelford
grimaced at the ‘igure and
whispered across the ‘table
“Two percent at the highest,"

Freeman estimated that local
produce could account for as
high as 20 percent of chain store

- needs in the Terrace area. He
again cited the mistreatment of |

farmers and discourtesy as the
reason ‘more isn't purchased,
“You go down on Monday”,

he sald, “and they say come |

back Thursday and on

Thursday they say come back :
on Saturday and when you come:

back Saturday they tell you that-
they just ordered a truck from
Vancouver and they don't need

any more, So what do you do?’"-

~ Although the managers took a

roasting, they’ were ‘admittedly

in a most ‘difficult. positlon.

_ Horticulturist Carter admired -

therm for putting themselves on:

the hot seat and commented .

- Some of (
filler In sausages, bone and fat

that they handled themselves
very well, One manager who
was invited, Mr. J. Mathieson of
the Westend Store, did not show-

up. a .
-. Being part of big retail chains -

the managers are often caught
In the bind between. big
compary officials and the

_ consumers: they. serve ‘daily,

The government... ‘official
commented that he thought t-
hey were doing a very good job

. and that, all things considered, *-
- the consumer was being givena —
good" service. |. .Hope’ was.

expressed: that ‘all: who

’ participated in the question .and

answer.. session learned
something, © oes

AL) that’ ‘point - coffee was.

served and when things began
anew Mr. Maurie King of. the -

“Department of ‘Agriculture
“reversed the ‘program ‘and ..

began quizzing the cinsumers |
on their thoughts about various

questions,

his<éoncerns: were;

r with panel of grocery managers, Brian Carr, Al Comeau,

hidden in rolled roasts, pre- .

Wrapping of meats and frozen
meats sold as fresh.
When he moved to the

labelling of synthetic foods, he |

began receiving . strong.
comment from the andience.

Virtually - everyone
foods being clearly marked as

Lake, expressed dismay over'a

package of three layer jello'she .

recently purchased at one of the
chain stores, : =:

“I. took: ‘it. home’, ‘she

commented, -‘‘and.-read the

Tetrachrolideco-something in it

I wouldn't eat something like

that even if Iknew whatit was.” -
Another’ concerned: local,
Nick Samson of Samson's.”

: Poultty Farm agreed that a.Jot™:..
. Of-.the “labels " gre: scientific
- jargon'that only scientists can
- understand. He broke the
_foom “apart when

whol

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‘having. produce labelied. b

r who‘.
answered. favored.-synthetic -_

_ chain stores grow fruit in the
_ container from one end to.the - a ae
other, ‘It sald that there was .

‘he sald, . "It:

Corbin King

the can has roasted rabbit dung

init, then it should say roasted : eh

rabbit dung on it.”. . 7
Another area of concern was’

points of origin. Again response

_ was favorable. If an apple ‘is
from the Okanagan ‘It should’

say 'so.-0n the package, One

t . person ‘mentioned a” relative
such. Anne Anson, of Lakelse- .| L.
. apples. This kind of labelling”.

who js allergic to Washington

would. do .away. ‘with ‘that
problem .as-:. well: as “making -
meats a. bit more interesting.
Most. kids nowadays think -the

backroom. °:

"While ‘convérgation centred
_ on. the Okanagan apple cider,:
_ and it’s heen on my shelf-since,

John Bahr. agai got to his teat :

‘and said, “About that sparkling -
cider from the Okanagan, Can't ;
; they. make-“a better: one,» It:

tastes lousy).
“Ag the'aftéernoon sun began. tq

' darken,’ the‘ day’s: program
“neared ‘an: end. “It. had ‘s

been a day oflearning. Minister .
Shelford rose tp -adareas tho

an ae

more. mercury. |
2 scientific’. tedhnl

high’ ‘mercury - cof

> Mrs. Mary Little questions the panel.on shrinking -
Ze, Sausages.

’ that he would never forget the .
. {laboratory experiment in which
_ White mice who were: fed, only.
“Rice _ Krispleg. lost": their: :
eyesight, But -when ‘their diet

was changed to whole oats; they

‘regained their. eyesight...

’ He said: that.-proponents “of

synthetic: food’ were’ “burying:

- their heads in’ the sand.”

Moving to the. mercury scare
which has incteasad the, use of.

7 food Hot Natural, the Minister
“ Reot

fed at-such reports saying °
‘that’ there: only eueIns rma

because ‘tha
ues’: of,
erning.mercury: in the! aoil’

day than in the past.<:-.°

-,He“cited’ examples ‘of lakes
untouched by man that possess’
_ Sontents," "He

ie

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All the stored axe trying.to:

make dollard; but same-try to *
‘make toomuch.":. a.
“Stl”, he went on, “the con- |
sumer ‘is: belng serviced: very ”
adequately by the retail stores. |
Nonetheless, there are a
interest’ that
examined! 8 Co
» At is: unfortunate that imore™
housewives, Sachelors “and -
other. chain store patrons did
not make‘use of this excellent.
‘forum. arranged: ‘by _ D
~epartment of. Agriculture, -
Pethaps : the -Miniater Hit the «
nail on the head when he told of
_ discerning mercury: in th -a'worfan he ran into:during a”
are so much more advanced fo . previous forum. 330°.
; eo, {don't have mich tatereat in,
agriculture’; the woman..
atated; ‘buy, ald my food at the:
procery:atore,.’. "5

reas of -
should . be ~

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