Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 mf3flrjgyt autfitau7t j9jkt interest rates forcing hog Farmer to press Lowe farm Nufi one likes f9 Daff it but one Young Tenner to is closing Down his tog Jpe Fatima near this c6m Unity takes Comfort in the fact that he is foot if 1 go 1 wont be the Only he so useted by record interest rates and unable to make ends the Farmer is in the process of Selling off his Kiju Hiack fat let Katf Ftp Fig animals and closing flown his nog at Iofi Fer offi looking for work if Northern fhe who asked not to be said he borrowed three years ago for his paid on but still owes his loan carries a floating interest rate and his payments have spiralled with the Bank me As cafes lit the province m its efforts 10 a Farmer ii the he Obieto i in interest rites because of the interest i cant from to Povl mail said get ahead on my r the hog prices Are but its going to take tee Long for me to catch fhe Young who has taken a Job locally to earn extra said he is in the process of shutting Down his but intends to hang on to his the problems be half there if it want for the he that whats pulling them Farmers six of 10 Farmers who live near him Are out punching a supplement ing their farm taking jobs away from town the Manitoba Branch of the National Farmers onion is currently gathering data on the number of farm bankrupt Down plans by Ottawa for shipping Grain Surprise to Coop an announcement by the Federal government that it is preparing alternative plans for shipping Grain in the event of a strike by Thunder Bay Grain handlers comes As a Surprise to the largest Grain handling cooperative in the the strike could Start As Early As next but Mac president of United Grain said yesterday he has not been informed of the govern ments certainly the statement was a sur prise to said weve had no official information on the sub i have any idea what they could its left me wondering just what on Earth they have in contract talks Between the Lakehead terminal elevators association and the Union representing Grain handlers broke off neither the association nor the brotherhood of airline and steam clerks and freight handlers Union would say Why discussions aimed at averting a strike have no further talks were the Union started taking a strike vote yes and a Union spokesman said it will be completed sometime United Grain growers has predicted a year record Grain crop on the Prairies this exceeding last years Al time High of million tonnes handled by the 75yearold the Federal government said Friday it is preparing contingency plans to Honor its foreign Grain contracts in the event of a a spokesman for the agriculture department said Grain commitments to the soviet Union would be guaranteed by shipping through other ports Runciman said Vancouver will not be Able to accept any overflow from Thun Der Bay As it will also be operating at a strike always Means an interruption in the flow of he you can move Grain if the sys tems but you cant move Grain if its the Grain handlers cannot walk out until one week after Federal conciliator Jack Chapman submits his report to Federal labor minister Gerald Chapman was to submit his report the main Issue in the resumed thursday after a four week impasse was the proposed introduction by elevator owners of a round the seven Day work schedule instead of the current five Day the last strike by Grain handlers was a two month dispute in 1968 that was ended by Susan a most Farmers Are carrying Large operating she and Are Fering Drift interest As she it Doest make sense that Graniri prices should fall at a time when land and other costs Are helped by parents Many Young Farmers Are Only staying in the business with the help of the older while others work All Winter in Albertas Oil Fields to help subsidize their she Ralph president of the to of the said High interest rates Are putting the family farm concept in who farms near said Farmers traditionally have handed Down their farms to their but with the High Cost of the sons cant get the Money needed to buy out their Barrie also said official farm bankruptcy figures Are not telling the real the last i heard was that there had been 86 in Ontario so far this and that by itself Doest seem very and Day by Day i hear from neighbors Ana dealers of individuals who Are either Selling out or Are in serious so i dont think we Are hearing1 officially about the Depths of the prob Ron a Farmer in the Lowe farm agree he said something must be done soon about interest depend on line of credit there going to kill some farm said Farmers depend on a line of cred he its getting to the Point f where its just not feasible r soft prices and High interest rates Are worrying a lot of Guys said Andrew Manitoba agriculture representative for the Stonewall people Arent buying machinery As much As they could he adding that the farm service business is also current interest rates Are Horri said Wilfred Butch you sure watch what you Pur said the who works hectares in the Lowe farm we Cut Down our harder said local Farmers who rented a lot of land last year lost a lot of Money because of the poor they need this year to catch he Indian chief seeks legislature seat by Bob Lowery Winnipeg free press Thompson for the first time a Manitoba Indian chief will contest a seat in the provincial last Elija of the red sucker Lake Indian band in the Island Lake District got the nod to run for the new democratic party in the newly aligned Rupert land Harper said the constituency is tailor made for a chief to try his wings because of the High percentage of voters living on Indian reserves or adjacent Metis the constituency includes Island gods gods weather Winnipeg area forecast mainly sunny today with a High near Ixo tonight sunny tomorrow with a Chance of an isolated evening thundershowers and a extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny thursday and temperatures slightly above Normal readings of 26 and Northern Manitoba mainly sunny throughout with Tures slightly above Normal readings of la and North Whf in Ontario mainly sunny throughout the period with the change of isolated showers Pera Tures near Normal readings of 23 and world Oxford Thicket Cross Norway House and the East Lake Winnipeg Region As far South As Little Black employment is the prime need in the entire Harper he estimated the jobless rate is about 99 per cent among the Indian and Metis Rupert land he said counting people employed in the stores and medical the Overall unemployment rate would be about 95 per another Challenge facing both the Federal and provincial governments is the huge percentage of people in the India Metis communities who Are under 16 years of its about 60 per cent of the total population and we need to Start planning for the great increase in housing and jobs that will be needed five to ten years Down the Harper who was born and raised on the red sucker attended residential schools at Norway and Birtle and graduated from Dakota High school in after two years of studying anthropology at the University of Harper worked with the Algonquin wild Rice the provincial government and was a special coordinator for the Manitoba North lands he was also employed by the Manitoba Indian brotherhood before becoming chief three years City Calendar a series of prenatal classes designed for single mothers will be held from 1 to 4 beginning Friday and running every Friday to 9 at Boniface health 233 Provencher the sessions will cover All aspects of preparation for another series of prenatal classes will be held at the James health 2000 Portage for phone Winnipeg Chew Centre will present a simultaneous chess exhibition to help raise Money for Amant Centre at 1 saturday at Grant Park shopping Winnipeg philharmonic chair under the direction of Henry engbrecht will hold auditions 1 to hear de candidates for membership in the the program will include Bach minor mass and the Mahler symphony for an phone Wilma Woodmass at deaths 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