PAGE Ad, THE veer. Wednesday December 4, 1974 spor ined ee Soe The grocery products manufacturing Industry is facing. many ' cost pressures during the next year to eighteen months, due to a world supply shortage of basic foods and rapidly escalating distribution and wage costs which will be reflected in a growing: ' squeeze on the profitabllily of this industry. i “Certainly, these are not trends that make for. a healthy, com- \ pelitive industry wilh the capability of meeting future growth i in| world-wide “food demand,” G.G.E. Steele, President, Grocery | » Grocery industry facing cost pressure world commodity,” says Steele. “Its price has been siverely at. fected by the recent wave of speculation j in commodity futures.” ‘The. report also. notes. that world stocks of grain are “al.” “dangerously low levels despite a reasonable 1973 crop....As a result, grain prices have increased over 160 percent in two years, " PThese are direct costs i in the feed, milling, cereal, and beverage Products Manufacturers of Canada, says ina brief prepared for the: industries,‘ to say nothing of the livestock industry,”. says Mr, \ Steele. In turn, these inflate the materials costs in such industries National Economic Outlook Conference meeting in- Montreal, December 2nd, The 3.42 percent average profit margin altained by lhe industry in 1973 is expected to be reduced to2.90 percent in 1975 and 2,06 percent in 1976asa result of this cost squeeze. Output, as determined by a Statistics Canada indexing system - (which relates changes in net value added lo 1961 constant dollars,) ~ is forecast lo achieve only a 1.9 percent growth rate in 1974, com- pared to the 4.8 percent rise in 1973. .Mr, Steele termed this per- formance “‘less than salisfactory"" and related it toseveral factors: scarcity of raw materials insome segments of the industry; labour disputes disrupling production; and consumer resistance ..to sharply rising prices, resulting in product substitution. . Output is forecast lo expand by 3.5 percent in both 1975 and 1976 = better than (hecurrent year's performance but still below the long- term average growth rate’in the industry. Productivity,’ in terms of output per person employed, is ex- pected to decline by 0.6 percent in 1974. When combined with a. rapid incre’se in wages and salaries, this decline in productivity _ will rest in above-average increases in unit labour costs of 9.3 pereent in 1974, 10 percent in 1975 and 7.1 percenl in 1976. historical average increase has been 2.6 percent. The While unit Iabowr cost increases are significant, (hey are over- shadowed by the continuing upward spiral in raw agricultural ‘materials prices, one of the principal components of the gracery Canadian ‘food and beverage industry ts’ vital to its long-term preduct industry’s overall costs, health. Investment, however, requires a profitable industry. While’ Prices received by Canadian farmers in the second quarter of 1974 were 26.8 percent higher than a year before and world food commodity prices (reflected in Canadian imports of agricultural malerials and products } increased 32.4 percent in the same.period. Mr. Steele cited several specific examples of raw materials price increases that have affected many sectors of the grocery. products industry, “Sugar, a large coal factor in the biscuit, bakery, confectiénery, Dear Gud: Why does mommy cry when she look at me? I went«to my room for my doll and mommy cried. She picked me up and held me close jo her. 1 like my mommy to hold me in her lap. ~ Mommy smells‘pretly, I wish _my puppy, Maggie smelled like mommy. Then Maggie could sleep in my bed and keep me warm al night.” ; God, why doesn't. . Roy ' come. home anymore? -I Heard mommy and daddy tell “him to get oul. did they say that 10. my brother God? Is it because he couldn't walk straight all the -time?- Mommy said he had stars in his eyes. Is there something wrong with my brather God? Daddy. says I- can't talk lo. Roy anymore, but he used lo come and see me and Maggie, play bal] in the park and sometimes he'd make us sil too. He suid when I get bigger I can blow grass and punch necdles in my” arms. What does shal mean Gud? [like lo wateh the grass wave when the wind blows and]. like 10 pick a blade and blow it through may fingers, but wen 4 punch needles in. my arms cause they don't luck pretty, God why does Mommy have a black dress on? She doesn't look pralty with puffy eyes like 1 get when shespanks me. Why i is ° daddy erying? Ged what's in that pretiy box’? Ts it'for me? They put it in the ground? Why?) Where is Ray? Prejudiced? The Editor, Te find oul why drastic ; legislation has been introduced in B.C. the Chanber of Mines was advised loread a book calted ‘The Rush For Spoils’. This advice, from Premier Daye Barret! when questioned by Ictler about the need for such drastic measures. The book, by Professor Martin Robins, of Simon Fraser Universily, deals, wilh the economics af British Columbia and hus some pretly critical slatements ‘about resource management and land use. A book recently released, . however, which was writlen in 1955 by Ihe late Robert.E. Cail, of U.B.C., recommended by. Premier Barret. A brick review of the hook appeared in the Vancouver Province, (November 23rd, 1974), here ig what it sald, ~ Mp. --Cail's scholarly ap- proach to the land problems ’ preserving and soft drink segments of the overall industry, isa + which has bee: Why .: . The Editor: Norihern B.C, - is erldical of the book - refutes man. of (he’ prejudiced» and badly” researched -in- ” dictmenta “found _ books of B.C.-economic history ~ recently written. by “Professor in. the”. {wa - f Simon Fra: pails, Prof. ‘Robin’ s view greedy capilalisls have stripped - our province ‘bare. of Cail, however, - in hig" book says ‘that, “The policy. for-- miullaled iti 1905-and “1907 has: _ been instrumental ‘in retaining for B:C, an equity. in forests - me the. envy of, alher countriés, ~ That- acreage; af permanently ‘alienated forest land is such a. small fraction, of - the total forest land is largely a, resull- of the: principle of beneficial. use applied to, the. forests, as il was lo agriculture, ° and mineral jands, and as will. be shown, lo waler rights." . waler problem ove as meal packing, baking and biscuit manufacturing, to name only.a few calegories within the broad food and beverage industry.” “Nol only have raw materials used by our industry sky-rocketed | _in price but energy costs, as all industries are aware, are moving up steeply,"’ says Steele. “Unfortunately, the industry can Toresea litle prospect -of the siltzatjon improving significantly over the very short term covered by. =. the forecast. period,” - says’ ° Nr. Siecle, “Demand from all pa ris of the world continues to be very strong, not | only from population growth, bul also from legitimate expectations among the third world populations."' ~The report indicates that the grocery products industry expects demand for food produets lo remain strong ‘and has responded by increasing its capital expenditures by 35, 4 percent in 1974 over the _ previous year. Total capital expenditures are expected to exceed "$485 million. “While improved afficiency should help lo keep direct production - Steele, cost structure." “costs under control, these capital outlays must be financed,” says , “Given current high prices for construction and machinery as wall as for money, they add considerably \a-the industry" 's fixed * “If we are indeed facing’a period of world-wide foad scareityand tapidly rising prices for.raw foodstuffs," consludes Steele, “it is obvious that increasing the efficiency and competitive ability of the inflation may be an added incenlive to‘investment in the short-: | terra, in the longer terra the high cost of money goes hand-in-hand. with Continued inflation and serves as a deterrent to investment,’ - Among the recommendations the Grocery Products Manufac- tureers of Canada make is that a review of the future's markets ‘should be undertaken, ‘Speculation. Pan . ‘ my letter to you several weeks age. °T have meant to and will” now give some of the reasons why I, |hink what [ proposed - . may lake care ef the surface ouilt- up.area af'Te ar “Kenny treet“ From" the reports “in’ ‘Lhe’ “papers 1 undersiand that your “ present plan ‘is to lay-a six foal -culyer| down either Sparks or Eby “the approximately’ two miles to the river tq divert the a water of Howe Creek down this. -raule rather than its natural - “course, -To me this seems a ‘costly undertaking, and the fact ‘Vhat you are slarting from low - ground and must get (the large piped down low enough ‘al" the * slariing poiril to be certaig drain all {he swampy area é at. ‘of Kby means thal by Ihe lime ‘you have reached’ the higher ground around Davis to High- ° A copy of the review has-been.” sent to Premier Burret! with a” leiler, reminding him that his legislation is based upon what is now considered prejudiced and’ badly researched. material. © ’ NOTHERN ‘Be. CHAMBER - OF MINES . a RH. (Dicki Bales President . . ‘Thank Dear Sir: I amow riting lo thank the. niany people who supported me in my bid for election to the Board of School Trustees, and who spoke out In Supporl.of my platform, 1 was pleased to see a" Buod percentage af Terrace and - district ‘voters were concerned - with a platfarm rather than just a personallly aid 1 appreciate the. ime they spent in -cun- sideration of the issues, | Twillbekeeping close track of School Board business during the next "12 months in, order to further clarify issues which will arise during the 1975 elections: My ‘campaign for these elec. ' tions begins today! ; : Your. very truly,- Michael Tindall : x“ ; Surface drainage Dear Mayor and Councillors, I note by todays paper that . the Fish & Wildlife in-Prince George have offered their help if by. chance you. decided to develop thé plans outlined in rvmest of he ast a While fluctuations. are typical of the « marketplace, there is need to examine their effect.and find ways of - dampening excessive fluctuation and of discouraging Shorl-term . 4 way 16, you will really have a iman-sized dilch. Howe Creek has always “handled all the surface water from (he area east of Eby and narthio about Scalt. In fact; on Kalum Street the walersouth to Davis flows into Howe Creek. "© Tn the past, and possibly still, the pattern was for the Mood waters lo spill over. Kalum Sireet just Northof Davis, filter into. d marshy .area behind MeKays Funeral home- and follow.a shallow swale north- wesl, crossing Eby al Scott, I ¢ think Mrs. Caus is built right i in ‘the way ‘of this watercourse, and enlérs Howe Creek about where Northern Securities now have their development. This shows there is a slight bul sleady slope to the west, The level of Howe Creek would have 1a be lowerad (wo or three feet . al Eby. This means starting al Communications ‘Dear Sir: | ohn _a) there is: a‘definile lack of “information available’ to’ the © public b) there is a relationship hétween knowledge and cun- , ~. cern whielrhas Viewed an over- all Jack ‘of - concern towards . development as-a resull of. the ” inadequacy ‘of, information You 7 - ~. pegult of both the lack of in: oullets¢) feelings of apathy and powerlessness:.accuring: as & formation as well as the lack of _dhechanisms for volcing one's “opinions, desires and: fdemands, “the underlying reasons for such “an geetrence is duc‘ td bath the clandestine altitude: of, govern- ment and indusiry as-well ag the - inadequacy of: the ‘tiedia to, vommunicale- information. . ‘This lalter point is the reason , for writing lo.you.> ‘There is a need fur ielevisian,. radio and. “Newspaper jo lake an: active part in ubjective information, ~The ‘media's ‘role should ‘Theoretically be that ofa con- veyor of: knowledge but: in’ gc- tuality it achieves much more, It serves 10 persuade and ‘for- mulate one's utlilude. towirds any specific issue in -cuses | ‘where the individual is lacking _ Ins any initial knowledge. Therefore? the media-has the ability ~to nurture net: canly. | increase active participation. .’ Onec this occurs the demand for ; the ~ government would undoubiedly - knowledge but also concern, the, dwo of which. can evolve into an: increase in participation, Lack of concern is possibly the most pressing issue and you, (he ' media, must take the initiative lo alleviate ‘this problem by supplying information ta: the public, You owe it lo yourself. and (he people you represent. to. become more involved - after” al-you live here, aad it is your | well-being and fulure which is at stake. oe The media should become the Uransmission of . involved in communicating the’ « following. - SA recently “completed sludy ‘en -norliwest ,development has: amassed the-following findings:" issues: - a) “specifically, the areas where “development shall occur;. the. - type of development and -ils -implicalions b) the en- vironmental, and: sociological effects of such schemes ¢} the need for more parlicipation and a well formulated sense~ of- community identily lowards development d)- the. need {0 - instill into, the community ‘the’ idea that (hey. must demand mare mechanisms for™ ¢x: pounding ‘and creating | development from a community . ‘people's’ levels. * Jn other words,’ development should be planned here in Terrace, notin -WVancouver, Victoria or Otlawa, Tam aware of the fact thal the government's” and. industries’ secrelive position does. not lessen. the . difficulty in? ac: cumulaling and supplying: in- “formation. © This is-augmented . by the media's: limilations in. However, . “time lund money: there, is at present much in- formution which the average resident does nol know, Such ‘people .and ‘organizations as - Reverend : John Stokes, Nor: thwest. Workshop, SPEC, and the. Nuss Valley Communily’ ‘Association would, gladly offer information, With more, information supplied knowledge ond concen would increase which would ievilably j more information from — revolye Into. being. Let's - resolve ‘the problems fefore they become rampant d set the wheels.in-molion for: the. perpetuation of the: nor: ith vest as an area beneficial-to néeds and dreams of those Bish live here. Thank you for your time." : dincbrety, Chrig Hawes Frank Road and lowering the culvert thera three feel. The * Creak just west of Frank Road drops quickly so do not think, there. would be any trouble’ lowering it three feel al Frank. + Skeena Forest Praduels have ° cavered the creek. for about a quarter mile and il would, J believe, be necessary lo skirl around fhe mill, belween: mill : and highway, and lay six fool culverts there. The culvert al Kalum. Lake Drive would have to be. lowered, and also al: Lanfear Drive, otherwise’ ihe creek could be left open as it is now, and if anyone properly it crasses wants it _ closed in they would have lo do it at their. expense under municipal supervision. The lowering of the creek wouid nol be'a major undertaking, much of it is muck and would sluice _ itself oul al-the first flaod water. Under the present set-up there has been no problem for Hawe lo handle all the flood waters at ihe western end of ‘its route, although I believe the: culvert wider Frank Road is only four fect “A twerloot, or at most a three foot drain running west, down. Tuck or a nearby street until it: “emplies into Howe Creek with one foot side drain running out a block or two, another similar ‘main drain down Davis to. the Creek and possibly one between lhese Iwo and I think the sur- lace drainage problem ‘pf this - whole area would be laken care of with the natural slope west meaning ,no real deep ditches would have to be dug, The flash flood off “Ihe mountains is anolher milter. The original swamp inlo which | “i ran- was possibly close to” - eighty acres in area, and this |s now cal to possibly a third thal, What has happened is similar la giving a palient a dose of salls, then taking away the bedpan areas 4 +) Justa few thoughts on how whose © and replacing it with a saucer. = You can’t possibly vaveid. ay spillover, And to make up. for’ “the loss in area my proposal was lo get the same resulls in’ absorbing these. floods - ey th geting depth to repl. ace the you might. solve the: surface. drainage’. problem over the: worsl.area ala reasonable cost, “Sincerely . F, Frank : PS, "Regarding - -the « “problem of sewers. becoming lao small to handle the wastes now entering them, If these are in areas that ° are now preity well buill up the following may be a solution. Ina large ily in the U.S.A, the city fathers were faced with a water shortage with no easy means. of finding: a further supply and had to ration water. at limes.-” A‘.young woman éalled ‘on’ the Council and suggested , that’ the. city buy _ Ihausands of bricks and ‘hire ‘men lo lake these bricks and’ -place two in cach Water lank of . -all toilets inthe cily.' ‘The ‘couneil laughed ai her, Then’ ane.of them figured oul- how much waler two bricks would. - ‘replace plus the number of © ‘toilets in the. cily and was amazed al the’ millions of - gallons of water, saved each day. When confronted ,-with - these figures Lhe Council’ went > .aut.and bought the, necessary L number of bricks. * ‘Twa: bricks "in. each water tank in each toilet in the areas where ‘sewer pipes are: getting overloaded might “just enough to lake the strain off the sysiem, , Pr rank- : J ‘ The Editor’ The -pesition taken thy: “yight ‘to workfree" enterprise em- ployers is that they are not ‘against Unions but want their workers to enjoy the freedom of * deciding for themselves. This ’ kind of statement reads pretty good when uttered by such cuistanding Free Enterprisers - as former Social Credit Cabinet Ministers makelng like they are the . last de enders” -of © democracy: Ohe- such “Democracy Fighter” is.Mr,C. Shelford who, _in this. writer's opinion, has | “done little for.the people-in the ” northwest or indeed the people. that employ him - only running an election campaign - for = himself. One other former Socred cabinet: minister, Mr. “Phil. Gagliardi, is-'présently visils “to” this sife but seldom finds the same people working -‘more than one-pay-period, the | exception. being one or two of ’ Mv. Gagliardi's right hand- men; -residents of Kamiloops, who are paid a somewhat more 3 realistic wage. oe : if sulimil to -you that | “em: - ‘players such as’ the ones’ Mr. Gagliardi nothing for the commiinily, : is laughing all the-way 10, the ~ bank -deposiling money ripped off. workers “who,” desperately need a job, ‘ 36 enérally $¢ .candidate who represents: does . , ge 2 (he.-Sandman -is com: plated, - ‘their. prices and rales © “will be ne lower than establish- ments built by _ qualified : ' building. tradesmen: earning a , , fair Wage, . John Jensen, . B.Y.T. 7. ce Segre” ‘ ‘The @ Four Way, Test on the things we ‘ink, Saal 2 ey 4. ‘ » ay or do.” Is sit the TRUTH? 7 Is it FAIR fo all.” concerned? Will it build: ‘@o0D. WILL and BETTER’ FRIENDSHIPS? : - Willitbe BENEFICIAL | to all concerned? .'