Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 13, 1974, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press. Thursday Une 13. 1974 Federated Coop to double capacity with inflation pushing up ind in effect forcing com Pany expansion Federated co operatives Ltd. Of Saskatoon is planning to double its Ware House capacity in Winnipeg this year and participate in a million joint venture fertilizer Plant in Medicine hat Alia. The expansion was one topic discussed wednesday by Wil Liam Bergen the co operative s chief executive officer at a press conference in the inter National inn. He also was critical of the Adverse effect he said inflation was having on business ethics and the balance of Supply and demand. He said mushrooming growth under inflation is in effect forc ing firms to expand. In Winnipeg this year he said the co operative plans to double the capacity of its warehouse at King Edward Street and notre Dame Avenue in is. James Assiniboia from Square feet to about Square feet. Work could begin on the expansion this Winter but he did t know what the project might Cost. The past year booming one for fertilizer sales on the Prairies and or. Ber Gen said the co operative plans to build about a million nitrogen fertilizer Plant at medi Cine hat in a joint venture with two big Eastern Canadian to operatives and an United states co operative with ownership being 51 per cent Canadian. The co operative owns two fertilizer plants in Calgary and Medicine hat in joint venture with the Alberta wheat Pool Saskatchewan wheat Pool and Manitoba Pool elevators. Or. Bergen said Federated co operatives had 30 per cent More fertilizer to sell this year but still could have sold 50 per cent More than it had Avail Able. It had tons Avail Able this year it is hoped the pro dosed new Medicine hat Plant will be in production Early in the main problem for the proposed Plant he said is Assurance of the required Gas supplies. He said two thirds of the needs Are assured and the remainder is being negotiated. Or. Bergen said that in spite of the demand for fertilizer the. Co operative in maintaining realistic a r i c e s and had t held its prices Down compared to others the co operative could have made a additional million in net income in 1973. Prices also have been held Down by the co operative this year he said. One of the problems of inflation he said concerns business ethics or. Bergen said he Haj thought ethics were stronger. But he said contracts Oral and written Are being broken in various forms such As Iha Bili by to deliver merchandise. He said that with inflation business ethics tend to so by the Wayside. Some people he said charge All the traffic will Bear. However he said the co operative tries for a Normal margin. He said it could be done in business As Only a certain amount of Money is needed Foi operation. Or. Bergen said the co the first six months of this year were million Corn operative s sales growth rate for the first six months of this year is up 30 per cent. Only 12 to 13 per cent is real and the remaining 17 or 18 per cent is due to inflation he said. He said this Venezuela earthquake kills four Caracus Reuter four women were killed and nine persons injured by a Strong earthquake in Eastern Vene Sucre the worst Aneicea area told Reuter the towns damaged most Are Carpano Filar of Caranay. One death was re wholesaling and other services to 430 retail co operatives in Western Canada it was thought sales could reach billion by 1978. Or. Bergen said the co operative s Petroleum sales for the first six months of 1974 Are up 17 per cent compared with a Normal growth of about six per cent. On the problem of High de Mand and decreasing Supply he said it was difficult to pin Point the but he said High demand on the Prairies could be in part due to a Boyant Grain Economy and in part by hoarding Advance As. Farmers tend to stockpile various items. 1 he also said various factors such As talk of higher taxes create uncertainty in basins a. He said he wondered How much of the. Recent Rise in the Cost of living might be due to anticipation of a possible wage Price freeze. Or. Bergen agreed. That for the co operative much depends upon Farmers having s Good crop year. H e said the co operative forecasts lower growth in 1975, 1976 and subsequent years. But he said that even if there in i a Good crop this year it would t create any problem for the co operative this at this stage As there is always a carryover effect. He said Farmers will to obtain various goods and will have some Cash Reserve. It would take a year or so he said to reach a slide in sales. Or. Bergen said it is hoped the economic situation in Canada will begin to stabilize in the next year or so. Morgentaler support rally set a rally in support of or. Henry Morgentaler of Mon Treal will be held at 1 saturday in front of the i Chanson building. Or. Morgentaler was convicted by the Quebec court of a peal on a charge of performing an illegal abortion. He is appealing the conviction to the supreme court of Canada. The Winnipeg committee to . Morgentaler said in a statement wednesday the Anarch will proceed along por Tage Avenue to memorial Park where Jill Oliver nip candidate for Winnipeg South Centre is tentatively schedule to speak. Rallies will also be held saturday in Toronto and Vancouver the c o m m t e e said. H. L. Len Stevens pres in Lent of the Manitoba fled Era Tion of was quoted in the statement As supporting the committee s cause and the Richt for abortion. Sties the governor said. In Caranay a Church dating from Spanish colonial times collapsed he said. The quake had an intensity of 5.3 on the open ended Richter scale and Between six and 6.3 on the 12-Point Percalli the tremor lasted 15 seconds its epicentre was 255 Miles East of the venezuelan Observatory said. Native offenders study May meet Here a Federal provincial Confer ence on native offenders and the Law is tentatively scheduled to meet sept. 17 and 18 n Winnipeg. The conference is designed to bring together representatives from the native commuted matters. Ministers with these responsibilities in Territo rial governments Are also sex heritage supported a former president of the mount Carmel clinic said wednesday t h e government should ensure that jewish character of the institution be preserved. Gerald Hechter made the statement at the Manitoba legislature s Law. Amendments committee during discussion of Bill 24, the mount Carmel clinic act the Bill would allow non jewish people to sit on the Board of directors of the clinic. Or Hechter said the clinic was founded by the jewish Community and he feared its contribution would be forgot ten. He complained that me Morial plaques at the clinic had been removed As Well As the Star of David on the in trance of the building. Although. She did not speak before the committee Ann Ross executive director of the clinic was in the audience and said later the plaques had been removed for safekeeping and restoration. When the new clinic is opened a place will be set aside to commemorate the jewish Community s contrib she said. Mrs. Boss said the Star of Davdi is still displayed at the clinic. About 150 the a draft Agenda prepared by the steering committee plan Ning the conference proposes discussions of native people and their culture alcoholism in he native Community the understanding native people have of the Law and the Legal sys tem police and court discrimination toward native people and Community attitudes to wards native people. There will also be discus Sions of alternatives to prison Lerris preventive programs improved use probation and pation in the system and other matters. A source in the Manitoba government said the draft Agenda and proposals for the format of the conference must still be approved by Federal government officials and there will probably be changes to the source said Deputy ministers from departments involved in the conference Are expected to meet Friday in Vancouver and discuss the pro posed Agenda. The proposed format was for each Federal provincial and territorial delegation to invite Baa opposed Vancouver up the British Columbia automobile association is opposed to a Ca Nadian transport commission ruling allowing sunday truck ing privileges to two Eastern firms. Baa president George Bradley says the decision has opened the floodgates for Al c o m p a n i e s to seek sunday trucking and disregards the safely and Well being of the majority of Road users. Birds Bill Steep Chicago about american families have pet Birds 26 million of them the Birds food Bill for a year comes to about million and in veterinary Bill to Mil lion. Not More than two natives representatives to join their Dele gation. However source said already been questioned and it is More Likely that the delegations will be allowed to invite As Many native representatives As necessary.1 the source of parole and native Partick the government this proposal has said Manitoba has already had some preliminary discussions with native leaders on the conference but no one has been invited to join the Manitoba delegation. The chairman will be whoever is solicitor general of Canada at the time. The Federal ministers of Indian and North Ern affairs and Secretary of state May also attend. No site has been chosen for the Confer ice. The native offenders Confer ence will be followed by a con Ference of provincial welfare ministers. The conference will be held sept. 19 to 20. Major hotel concern Sweden s state owned Sara hotel and restaurant Chain has 84 restaurants and 51 hotels with a total of rooms. The group has employees. Nix of unable to attend at least one invited guest won t be Able to make it to the opening ceremonies next fall or the new Winnipeg Conven lion Centre. President Richard Nixon has sent his regrets along with his warm Best wishes on the occasion of Winnipeg s Centennial Celebration the letter was written on White House stationery by a Deputy special assistant to the United states president in reply to an invitation from mayor Steve Juba of Winnipeg. A copy of the letter was sent wednesday As information to the City s Centennial celebrations subcommittee by mayor Juba. A spokesman for the mayor s office said a number of prominent people had been invited to the convention Centre opening but he said their names could not be revealed until they have either accepted or declined the invitations. 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