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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 15, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday november 15, 1969 17 Mexico wrestles with problem of persistent Rural poverty this is the last in a series of articles on Mexico by Carl Mollins of the Ottawa staff of the Canadian press who has been on a tour of the Central american area. By Carl Mollins san Juan Pancoa Mexico up Arcadio Perez Mendez is a smiling Man of 64 with the blood of the aztecs in him. He smiles a lot because he says he is a Lucky Man. By the standards of Rural Mexico he is Lucky. He has just broken out of subsistence farming for the first time be cause he had surplus Corn to sell. Arcadio represents modern Mexico s major Sis tent Rural poverty in the midst of expanding National also one of the ways the problem might be solved. He is head of a family of eight which includes his wife a son his son s wife and four children. They live in a one soviet farms May get new look Moscow special owns after years of premature plan Ning and amid rumours of split Between party and govern ment the soviet Union is to hold its third Kolk Hoz Congress the Congress of collective farms at the end of this month. The last Congress was shortly after Campaign to liquidate the wealthy peasants held in 1937, Stalin s fearful the kulaks. Stalin toyed with the idea n in i t a statement on agriculture were punctuated with promises to hold one and even Leonid not have taken place without Sanction from Moscow and it seems certain that this step will be duplicated elsewhere and that eventually a Union ministry will be set up to look after state farms All Over the soviet Union. The implication Here is that if a ministry of Kolk Hoz unions is also set up the ministry of agriculture will have nothing j left to do. Room Adobe House in this Little Village West of Mexico City. The Clay the visitors came to san Juan Pancoa they were Given a meal of Frijoles Chiles some pieces of dark meat and Corn pancakes which Are both daily bread and spoons to scoop up the Beans Chiles and meat. Guests get meat Arcadio and his people had the same meal but for the meat which was special for the guests. The Perez Mendez family never has meat arca Dio explained. A special treat for them is to flavor the Bland tortillas with a Corn smut fun pus when it is found fresh in the Cornfield. The basis of Arcadio s Good Fortune is the 37 acres of land he and his son have in eight plots scattered around the unfenced Countryside. Some of it they own outright the rest is in the taken Over by the Community after the 1910-1917 revolution and celled out for farming but never for Sale. With land enough to feed his family Arcadio is Lucky both by historical standards and even in terms of present Day Mexico. When Areadio was a boy the land he has today was part of a vast Hacienda. The ruins of the former landlord s mansion Are still to be seen a in another controversy about few Miles of another Congress j the management of farms the Khrushchev s Many ministry of agriculture is Stead ily losing to the advocates of a bold Reform. Under the link system a relatively new Brezhnev the present communist party Leader announced its imminent convening in 1966. The Congress promises to make important changes in the soviet agricultural system including the possible abolition of the present ministry of agriculture and its replacement by a More representative and decentralized body to run the collective farms. The russian press has been Are handed Over to a group of Farmers to method of organizing big farms the farm is divided into plots which Small manage on their own. This sort of Experiment has been going on quite successfully for some years and wherever it has been tried the results have been Good. But there has been some fear that it might Lead to peasant ownership of land and a return to other evils of Capi full of conflicting proposals Andis Taoism in agriculture. After a there is intriguing evidence that i number of papers championed 1968, part the Issue is causing friction by tween the communist party and the government. To one the idea in 1967 and pravda the communist paper strongly denounced the questions the need for reforms experiments and the Campaign in the country s giant agricultural Industry but the ministry is reluctant to Back any move that would diminish its Power. Strong canvassing is going on in favor of the creation of an autonomous Kolk Hoz Union with authority to manage the collective farms. It is argued that it will make the administration of farms far More decentralized and democratic responsible. Temporarily ceased. It was revived again Early this year by Komsi Haskaya pravda and the weekly literary Gazette. No. Authoritative ruling has been i Given but the response of the j leadership is not entirely Nega-1 Tive. An Institute has been set up near Moscow devoted to the idea of studying link farms. Though there is Little Chance of the Kolk Hoz Congress Blessing the revolutionary Leader Emiliano Zapata went this Way under the slogan land and in the one room Village school there Are traits of various mexican heroes but there Are two of Zapata. Most own no land in Arcadio s boyhood there were estimated to be More than peasants in Mexico but fewer than owned any land. Most farm land was in enormous hold Ings owned by just 834 Hacienda landlords. Although millions of acres of land have been distributed to peasants by successive governments including the present one there Are said to be More landless families in Rural Mexico today than there were in 1910. This is the a sult of an explosive birth rate which has increased the Rural population to despite the Mil Lions who left the land to raise the Urban population to Al most while Mexico s productive wealth has expanded at the fastest rate in the Western hemisphere for More than a decade making the country a Model of planned Industrial development the condition of the Rural poor has been Stag Nant. Pablo Gonzales Casanova director of political and social sciences at National univer sity calculates that the Divi Sion of Mexico into a have and have not population is remarkably unchanged after 50 years of revolution and 20 years of can t afford shoes using various measure ments to define mexicans sub sisting outside the National Economy As illiterate Mal nourished and without shoes he concludes their numbers have increased to Between and mainly Rural. Their main Hope lies in the official acknowledgement that new wealth has been unevenly distributed in favor of the Urban Middle class. Further economists say the consumer Market now is virtually Satu rated and further Progress de pends on bringing the subsist ing millions into the Money Economy. Meantime a team of 10 economists is conducting a test program in a 45-Squarc mile Corner of Puebla state which Aims to find a Way to Correct a fundamental weak Ness of the mexican revolution. Agrarian Reform was a political imperative of the Revo Lution. In practice it has been limited to handing out parcels of land without providing the technical and material capital to make them economic. Aim at More Corn the Puebla project initiated two years ago with a Grant from the . Rockefeller foundation Aims to Dou ble Corn yields in this area within five years and at the same time work up an efficient technique which could be applied to boost other subsistence regions. After two years the team from the agricultural College and International Grain Centre at Camingo believes yields could be quadrupled in some areas but the agronomists have encountered problems breaking through a Barrier of ingrained suspicion ignorance and indolence. There were older Farmers who wanted to knew Why it i had taken the government 50 the to show an says agronomist Heliodoro Diaz. J they were terrified that their land would be taken away if it became More it was also hard to find funds for fertilizer and Good seed in a population where the average annual income from crops is and average family income including the wages of children and adults is some Banks and seed dealers finally were persuaded to help with credit. Fertiliser vital this year about of the families in the project area Are participating. The project team with Only four men on the spot full time de pends on example and evangelism to spread the gospel of fertilizer Good seed and mod Ern crop management. The examples stand out patches of tall fat eared Corn rising above the predominant scrawny Indian Corn of tradition. Once a week in different villages meetings Are held which have the air of a religious revival. Farmers who Are trying the new ways stand up and testify urging ceo salvation on their Hesi Tant Brethren. Arcadio Perez Mendez is an evangelist himself now. He diffs his Straw hat and stands there in his Bare feet telling How Lucky he is since fertilizer came into his life. In his first year he Bor rowed for fertilizer but Lin made Selling his first sur plus Corn. No wild spending for Pul que a potent brew made from the heart of the Maguey cac Tus or a television set either. Arcadio bought a team of mules. Perhaps who knows. When the mules Wear out it will be a tractor. It not for Arcadio then haps for his son. Province of Manitoba tenders for printing sealed lenders Are asked for the province of Manitoba lands Branch Public notice tenders will be received by the undersigned until legislative printing for the province of am prevailing Winnipeg Manitoba for the following time Friday november 28. 1969, 1 print Lna of the. To for the Purchase of the in 1. Printing of the Manitoba Gazette Derma mentioned land. 2. Or mtg of votes and proceedings it lots to j18 o t m Parish 3. Printing of Public accounts. St. Andrews 38.34 acres. Sig Lunes Sale of lands for arrears of taxes i specifications and other particulars May be obtained at the Oralce of the Queen s Printer room 6 legislative i building Winnipeg. Tenders will be received on any one by virtue of a warrant issued by or All of the following plans tenders the seven Oaks school division no. 10 invites tenders for their 1970 require ments of fuel Oil lubricants. Tender forms and specifications May be picked up at the office of the undersigned during business hours. Tenders close at . On novem Ber 28th, 1969. Lowest or tender not necessarily accepted. G. F. Hansen Secretary treasurer seven Oaks school division no. 10 375 Jefferson Avenue Winnipeg 17, Manitoba. Manitoba Hydro tender for Oil circuit re closers Rural and suburban stations specification no. M4 sealed tenders in duplicate will be received until twelve o clock noon monday december j9, 1949 for the design manufacture test Supply and delivery of Oil circuit re closers for Rural and suburban stations. Tenders shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked tender for Oil circuit re closers Rural and sub Urban station Sand shall be addressed to or. W. 0. Fallis chairman and general manager Manitoba Hydro . Box 115, Winnipeg 1, Mani Toba. Copies of the specification May be obtained upon application to the under signed at 120 Taylor Avenue Winnipeg 9, Manitoba. Manitoba Hydro reserves the right to select any or All tenders and the lowest tender will not necessarily be accepted. A. W. Mcgill Luray purchasing manager the Reeve of the municipality of Sig Lunes in the province of Manitoba under his hand and the corporate Seal of the said municipality to me directed and bearing Date the 27th october 1969 commanding me to Levy on the several parcels of land herein after mentioned and described for the arrears of taxes due thereon with costs. I do hereby give notice that unless the said arrears of faxes and costs Are sooner paid i will on monday 15th december 1969 at the Council chamber in the Village of Ashern Manitoba in the said municipality at the hour of two o clock in the afternoon proceed to sell by Public auction the said lands for arrears of faxes and costs. All lands patented s. Wist. . Plan 7246 Sec. Lot 7, twp. By 2, acres More or less 70 ft., arrears of taxes costs total . Sec. 2j, re. 7, acres More or less 159, arrears of taxes costs total sex. S. 209 Sec. F. Of e., twp 209, re. F. . Sec. Twp. 25, re. 7, acres More or less 140, arrears of taxes costs total lot Sec. 19 by twp Page. 56t. Arrears of taxes costs total is 11.25. Dated at the Village of Ashern Manitoba this 3rd Day of november 1969. O. Porteous Secretary treasurer the scheme for wider Applina Tiomi it will undoubtedly decide the controversy As As old As to continue Experiment on a soviet agriculture but what is scale now noticeable is the support Given to the idea in recent years by some of the leaders. At the top 23rd soviet party Congress in 1966, Brezhnev and p. E. Shelest the ukrainian party Leader favored the idea of a Kolk Hoz Union. More has been heard about it recently. Dimitri Polyansky a High ranking member of the politburo and Deputy prime minister responsible for agriculture is been stomping the Countryside visiting farms and lending support to the concept. Or. Polyansky has been consistently in favor of More modern methods of farm management and greater investment in Agri culture. In 1967, he created an immense furore by calling for higher capital investment in agriculture in an article in the Central committee s theoretical Organ communist. Obviously he would not be campaigning in another important measure in the air is the re establishment Alberta eying Alaska ties Edmonton up Alberta is in a position to provide Many of the Alaska services needed by during its period of development. Premier Harry of machine tractor stations a j said Friday. Highly emotive Issue in soviet agricultural policy. They were a prominent feature of the Stalin period and survived until 1958. They controlled All farm machinery Over a Given area or number of farms and for the use of this machinery the farms had to pay in kind. The system was highly unpopular though it was endlessly glorified and at the height of his authority or. Khrushchev succeeded in Abol Ishing them handing Over the machinery to the farms to be kept under their own manage he was speaking during an Airport interview on his return from Juneau Alaska where he conferred with gov. Keith Miller and members of his staff on subjects ranging from paving of the Alaska Highway to pipeline construction. Or. Strom said he could see greater to operation Between Alaska and Alberta with the province supplying various goods to the state including agricultural products. The Premier said he did not i regard Alaska As a competitor ment. the stations May be i for Alberta Oil markets but revived on the ground that the rather As joint supplier of variety and Quantity of Agricula Petroleum products in an sex Tural machinery required by big pending Market farms is too much for them to we feel our experience in Oil this vigorous was sure of from his comrades politburo. Maintain. But even if they arc revived they will be in a new in the garage where All the machines can be parked when not in constant use and maintained and serviced at but on the other Side govern reasonable Cost to the farms. Ment circles particular the they will thus not be Able to ministry of agriculture Are not dictate to the farms As in the enthusiastic. Both Izvestia the past government newspaper and can be helpful to the state of or. Strom said. On airlines the Premier said Alberta was not so much concerned with which firm obtains a franchise but it was hoped any air routes connecting Alaska with other Continental u. S. Points would have stops at either Edmonton or Calgary. Maintained a tactful silence on the whole Issue. Another Straw in the wind is the creation of a new ministry in the Ukraine to be responsible for All the Republic s state farms. Such a departure could two killed at crossing Wadena sask. Up two persons were killed and six injured Friday when a freight train hit two cars which apparently were stopped on the tracks at a railway Cross ing. Margaret Nata Scappe 25, and Hubert Desjarlais 27, both of the fishing Lake Indian re of the previous edition that the reorganization of the machine Anie rican based tractor stations was the biggest i unrolls Blair Ltd for exclusion and most significant event after the Victory of the collective farm system in the development of socialist the revival of the stations will be a major reversal of one of or. Khrushchev s measures in latest Issue journal for notice of Extension of tender closing City of Saskatoon pollution control system water pollution control Plant tender closing has been extended As follows sealed tenders marked tender for the water pollution control addressed to the City chasing agent will be received until ., c.s.t., Friday january 9, to at the office of the City purchasing agent City Hall Saskatoon Saskatchewan. The work will generally consist of the Supply of All labour materials and equipment for the Complete construction of the administration building the heating building the screening build ing and the grit tanks the primary tanks the Digester tanks All related tunnels piping Access Road and site work. Approximate quantities Are As follows excavation cd. Yes. Concrete cd. Yes. Plans specifications and tender Docu ments May be obtained from Stanley associates engineering ltd., consulting engineers 411 we Street East Saska Toon Saskatchewan on payment of two Hundred dollars this sum will be refunded if documents Are returned in Gool condition by january tenders shall be accompanied by a certified Cheque in the amount of 10 of the tender once and a suitable letter of consent or a suitable bid Bond in the amount of 10% of the tender Price. Sub contractors and suppliers May View drawings and specifications at the Saskatoon construction association Edmonton construction association Calgary construction association re Gina construction association Winnipeg builders Exchange and at the office of Gore Lorrie limited 980 Yonge Street Toronto us Ontario. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. W. H. L. Godsalve chief City commissioner s. L. Buckwold mayor. Province of Manitoba notice of tenders i separate sealed tenders will be re i Cei Ved by the undersigned on the Day As specified below for the following work up to twelve noon prevailing Winnipeg time tuesday. November 25, 1969. Construction of substructure and deck for a five Span reinforced Concrete Bridge Over the Assiniboine River on provincial Road no. 305, in the Rural Munici Pality of Portage la Prairie 1. The Calendar year ending dec Ember 31, 1970 2. The two Calendar years ending december 31, 1971, both inclusive 3. The three Calendar years ending december 31, 1972, All inclusive. Successful bidders will be required to file performance Bonos. Tenders must be sealed marked tenders for and be addressed to the department of con Sumer and corporate affairs or. G. Spider 270 Osborne Street North Winnipeg 1. In each Case a marked Cheque for one Hundred dollars must be enclosed As a guar Antee that the bidder if successful will forthwith enter into a written contract for the execution of the work and will provide the required performance Bond. Tenders will be received up to 12 o clock noon Friday december 12th, 1969. R. S. Evans Queen s Printer. Dated at Winnipeg this 10th Day of november 1969. I excepting there out All mines and minerals. Payment in full with tender will be accepted if desired. Before tender receives final consideration form of application to Purchase must be completed provided same is not already on file. The highest or any tender submitted will not necessarily be accepted. In the event of conflicting bids the tender May be automatically re opened for the submission of further offers following the first closing Date shown above. Offers must be accompanied by Cash. Money order or certified Cheque made payable at at Winnipeg to the department of mines and natural re sources in the amount of tenders should be addressed to the undersigned and clearly marked lands Branch tender no. 128." detailed Legal description and sketch of this property May be obtained from the undersigned together with particulars of terms of payment. Anyone wishing further information should communicate direct with the lands Branch department of mines and natural resources room 810, Norquay building Winnipeg 1. M. C. Mckay director of Crown lands. The metropolitan corporation of greater Winnipeg committee on punning Public hearings notice is hereby Given that the metropolitan Council has Given first Reading to the following by Laws and that a Public hearing before the con Mittee on planning Public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers 100 i Mam Street. Winnipeg 1, on thursday. December 11. 1969. At ., to hear any representations which May be made m connection herewith. The metropolitan corporation of greater Winnipeg committee on planning Public hearings notice is hereby Given that the metropolitan Council has Given first Reading to the following by Laws and that a Public hearing before committee on planning Public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers Ico main Street. Winnipeg 1 on thursday dec Erber ii 1969, at . To hear any representations which May be made in connection herewith. By Law no. 1585 77 City it. Boniface by Law be. 1588 a by Law to Amend town planning scheme is37 1y Tim land indicated thuszzzz2from m i Industrial District to "m3" heavy Industrial District. By Law no. 15m Eloridge ave to by Law no. A by Law to Amend the metropolitan corporation of greater Winnipeg zoning by Law no. 74 by rezoning the land from let two family District Ano an Al agricultural District indicated thus an planned group District and thus to an re one family District Ano thus an "r2" two family District Ano thus to an Al agricultural District. In Law no. 1590 tender marked for Assiniboine Bridge . No. River i Vancouver up inde pendent Canadian unions Are most cherished being kept from affiliating with agriculture. The of party life a militant activists pays fulsome tributes to the the Canadian labor Congress by j american based International unions a spokesman for an Independent Union said. Up to twelve noon prevailing Winnipeg time tuesday november 25, 1969. The Supply and Fabrica Tilon delivery to site and erection of precast pre stressed Concrete members for the Assiniboine River Bridge on provincial Road no. 305, in the Rural municipality of Tage la Prairie marked tender for precast pre stressed Concrete members Assiniboine River Bridge . No. 305" . Of Charles Wood Bannock ave by Law no 1586 a to Amend the Charleswood town planning scheme 1951 by re zoning the land indicated thu from District to family District. By Law no. 1587 . Of North Kildonan ho.i59c a by Law to Amend the metropolitan corporation of creates Winnipeg zoning by Law n0.7 Byre zoning the land from Rig one family District to cd limited commercial "c2" commercial District indicated thus to is multiple family District indicated beneficial role of the stations in Fred soviet agriculture president of the pulp and paper workers of Canada made the comment in an interview after two locals of the a pc joined matters will have to be dealt with at the Kolk Hoz Congress. It is imperative that agricultural policy is clarified in preparation for the next five year plan. In his major policy speech to the 23rd party Congress or. Brezhnev declared that the Kolk Hoz Congress will be a major political event for the farms. What is at stake is the discovery of a method of efficient agricultural manage serve were killed in the Acci Dent which occurred at . Police said the cars apparently were stopped on the tracks when the train hit them while travelling at about 40 Miles an hour. Lloyd 21. And Hazel Natal caper. 13. Were admitted to Hospital where they inc party. For reported in fair Condi Tion. I Olivcr did not release the names of lir four who wore released from Hospital after treatment. Wadena is 120 Miles East of Saskatoon. The Council of Canadian unions. The a pc is a breakaway Union from the Ember International brotherhood of pulp. Sulphate of and paper Mill workers whom Are members. The Council of Canadian ment and effective ideological unions formed a year ago was control by the party. Ever since initiated by nine Trade unions with up to twelve noon prevailing Winnipeg time tuesday november 25, 1969. The Supply and fabrication of miscellaneous Metal and Struc Tural steel items for the Assini Boine River Bridge on provincial Road to. 305, in the Rural Munici Pality of Portage la Prairie marked tender for miscellaneous Metal and structural steel items Assini Boine River Bridge . No. 305" each tender must accompanied by i fully executed bid Bond in favour of the honourable minister of High ways for the amount shown on the fender. Under no circumstances will a Canadian certified Cheque be accepted in lieu of a bid Bond. The collectivization Campaign with a membership of about there has been a Strong Tenden 20.000 in what they said was an attempt to promote a strictly Canadian labor movement. Or. Mullin said Independent Canadian unions have Cli foul to by to believe that any relaxation will Lead to the loss of control a Long time after collectivization party organization on the farms remained rather weak so if More the Csc because it is primarily Sou autonomy is now being sought for them it would seem that the situation has improved. It underlines a new purge of conf Deuce. Plans specifications and tender forms May be obtained at the office of the contract Engineer second Ploor High Way service building. 07i Portage Avenue Winnipeg on the Deposit of a marked Cheque for made pay Able to the honourable provincial treasurer on each tender form obtained which Deposit will be returned on the submission of a Buna fid tender. The lowest or Sariin accepted the successful bidder will be re in attempting to affiliate with a red to produce satisfactory evidence that he has sufficient equipment in hand enable to Complete the work within Tho Lime limits and in accordance with the specifics ions. Joe p. , minister of highways Winnipeg Manitoba. By tender not Neces of International com i o s cd unions. Or. Mullin said the a pc has attempted affiliation with the Csc but was rejected. City or Winnipeg by Law no. 1591-a 8f-i.aw to Amend the City of Winn Peg zoning by us no.i6302 he zoning the Uno indicated thus sss52 from planned building group District two famil conversion District to District infer Matin concerning the above by la s i. Of . The tech Jne 9-5. -0711, car. S is available during the Ion . A floor .0 by act. E. A Levin director of Pla a or. Tar of planning ;