i a ee aaa Sada VQ CD, Yd, poet, ete, SY... 58, Ww FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1973 Tribun eS VOL. 34, No. 3 15° BOOSTS BEEF PRICES City tag day for Vietnam By FRED WILSON Vancouver City Council Tuesday gave approval for a tag day for Vietnam to be held ona Friday late in February or early in March. The proceeds will be sent ‘directly to the Inter?” national Red Cross, to be used for medical supplies to both North and South Vietnam. The Medical Aid for Vietnam Tag Day Committee, consisting of Dr. Allan Inglis, Father James Roberts, Mrs. Theresa Galloway, Dr. Thomas Perry, and Dr. James Foulks, gave a brief summation of the bombing wreckage in their presentation. William Stewart added labor’s Official recognition of the event, as he represented the executive of the Vancouver Labor Coun- cil, who in their meeting earlier Mm the day had gi 2 mittee y given the com ig unanimous’ endorse- | ent, and donated one hundred ollars to the tag day. The motion of approval pacelved unanimous support in cingane except for one absten- ae Iderman Walter Hard- ine was oblivious to the suffer- 3 outlined by the delegation. & abstained, arguing that eee do not like to be soli- a on the street.’’ Hardwick 2 also fearful that it would set a taecedent “‘for every emer- ae that comes along, even the SAN aap earthquake.”’ ‘‘So a &1ve them allpermission,”’ tman Rankin curtly replied. ane only previous tag day for eae am held in Vancouver was sae < of 1967. At that time the ne as of Vancouver gave the alles ger, Tom Campbell, who ane 5 that ‘‘every dime given € a North Vietnamese bullet NS) s ; > trong reb = ing a total of $0.9 . uff by donat. F fs ee tag day to be success- SA inimum of 500 volunteers Rigen ee If you can help, ona. Ts. Kay Inglis at 731 RR ittinind meat of _ the matter a $2.00 steak Settgnting. rent heat costs. te ‘esperses the bopermarkat ) é ] é é é é ¢ é é é 7] é é é ‘ U] ‘ U] é é é é é ‘ é é r) ’ é ’ ( ’ é é é ] é ‘ é é é é é art ’ LOTOPERATOR—40% | awa f : 7 7] é J ( ( é J ‘ é ‘ ‘ é ] J é ‘ ‘ é é ( é é é é é 7] ¢ J é ] é é ’ 7] é é é é é U] UJ é é é ¢ PACKER—4® For ha 44 share of a wiaa the Imes packer must pay \sdOus ISPORTATION— 4° Aa te eth travele om rancher tovopermarhat rune mo 1oday'8 megn anaport cout every 1. ‘om Raving cat to teat 19 having carcasses etrgeraied teed ole ve RANCHER—$1.08 For reaing hd wan ner i the people who contribute to putting a steak ona supermarket Counter earn so little profit, why have pnces gone up? Why are they so high? pa th people want steaks, popular cuts of so it is usually hat the dooce manne! be see aman, ial Super-Valu's new “Consume-a-phone” at 437-0112 or write Super-Valu Con- Oo gaat Relations P.O. Box 2039, Vancouver 3, B.C. to express your views, ‘comments and concerns related to the food industry. Be sure to state your name, address and phone number. ..--++++- We will reply as soon as possible. D Areas outside Metropolitan Vancouver please write ‘Super-Valu Consumer Rela- tions P.O, Box 2039, Vancouver 3.B.C, At Super-Valu we care to ‘communicate with you the consumer! SUPER BUY BETTER - SAVE M ee PHONEY SUPERMARKET ADS — BUT THE PUBLIC PAYS. Super-Valu whichare part of the Weston food empire, is publishing a series of costly ads telling the public how little profit theyarema kingon ee sales. The above appeared asa near-full page adon Monday, Jan. 8. It tried to prove that Super-Valu only makes 2¢ona $2.00 steak 3 an argument refuted by the article on this page. Meanwhile, the pay a paying for this expensive advertising campaign, the cost of which is going on to your grocery bill. stores, By H.K. WARREN The price of retail cuts of beef have skyrocketed to an all-time high. Various explanations have been given by theretail trade for this increase: shortage of beef cattle, high wage costs and export demand for choice beef, among others. Every excuse is given by the food chains except the real one: greed and profit- eering by the big chain stores and packing monopolies. Every indication points to the fact that there is no beef short- age in Canada — or for that matter in the world. In 1972, Canadian meat packing plants slaughtered 3,303,036 head of cattle, 62,169 more than were slaughtered in 1971. In Argentina, indications point to a bad year in cattle sales, eveninchoice grades. The Omaha report for the U.S. shows very slow import sales particu- larly in the choice grades. New Zealand reports that prices are in such a condition that, in many cases, carcasses: are abandoned and only the hides and wool of sheep and lambs are being marketed. In direct contrast to the argu- ments of the retail chains con- cerning a beef shortage, the latest brochure issued by the Meat Packing Institute of Canada reports that ‘‘Canadian cattle numbers are at a record high.”’ Included in the brochure are reports indicating that cattle population has increased steadily, keeping up with demand since 1962. And while there was a slight decline in pack- ing house receipts in Decem - ber, 1972, this was recovered in January, 1973 and was de- scribed by Statistics Canada as a normal fluctuation. The present increases in meat prices area well-planned move on the part of the Meat Packing industry in both the U.S. and Can- ada. “Total sales in the industry were $22,775 million in 1971,” the Meat Packing Institute noted and went on to state that “net earnings of the industry were up over estimated profits for 1971 and a comparable gain is forseen for 1972.” The brochure also betrayed the fact that wages and salaries are in no way responsible for in- - creased costs. ‘‘Wages and sal- aries accounted for 10¢ on every dollar of sales for the meat pack- ing companies and 14¢ for meat processing firms’ sales in 1971. Dividends paid out to share- holders, on the other hand, amounted to‘‘over 50% of the in- come of the meat packing com- panies reporting’ — an unusu- ally high percentage according to the brochure. See BEEF PRICES, pg. 12 NDP gov't must act to bring down prices By MAURICE RUSH The NDP government should act without delay to protect the public from the big oil and forest monopolies who have thrown all caution to the wind in their drive to boost profits by increasing prices. The other day Imperial Oil announced a one-cent increase in gasoline prices which will be passed on to consumers. It was immediately followed by Shell Canada Ltd. In addition to the gasoline boost, the companies also announced a two-cent-a- gallon increase in diesel, heat- ing and turbo fuel. Premier Barrett has sum- moned_ representatives of Imperial Oil to a meeting in Vic- toria Jan. 23 to discuss the boost. Under the Petroleum Sales Act, whichis on the statute books but was never proclaimed by the So- cred government, the provin- cial government is empowered to control gasoline prices. Barrett should talk tough to the oil monopolies. The Act~ should be proclaimed and the NDP government should dis- allow the recent increase. Further, it should launch a probe .to see how many further cuts See NDP Gov't, Pg. 12