Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 17, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winni off prec Ararat 1981 one 6y one to interest rates Lowe farm and one likes to admit but one Young Farmer the it closing Down his hog open aim near this my Ivity takes Comfort in the fast thai he is not if 1 go t wont be the Only he squeezed by record interest rates and unable to make ends the Farmer is in the process of Selling off his animals and closing Down his action before looking for High paying work on a Northern the 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 the Only thing that hurting me As a Farmer is the he because of the interest 1 cant get ahead on my the hog prices Are but its going to take too Long for me to catch the 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 he there taking jobs away from town gathering data the Manitoba Branch of the National banners Union is currently gathering data on the number of farm bankrupt cies in the province in its efforts to obtain a moratorium on interest rates from the provincial said Susan a director of the most Farmers Are carrying Large operating she and Are suf Fering from 20percentplus interest As she it Doest make sense that Grain prices should fall at a time when land and other costs Are 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 Ontario federation of he said High interest rates in putting the family farm concept in who farms near said banners traditionally Nave handed Down their farms to their lot with the High cast of the sons cant get the Money needed to buy out their Barrie also said official farm bankruptcy figures Are not telling the real m bankruptcies the last f 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 front neighbors Ana Deaden by individuals who Are either setting out or Are in serious so i dont think we Are hearing officially about the Depths of the prob Ron a Farmer in the farm agree he said something must be done soon about interest there going to kill some farm said Farmers depend on a line of cred he its getting to the Point where its just not feasible 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 Wilfred Butch you sure watch what you Pur said the who works hectares in the Lowe farm we Cut Down our harder said local banners who rented a lot of land last year lost a lot of Money because of the poor they need this year to catch he in six years of Ray Godard of Lowe farm has averaged to per year net he has about invested in the oper during the he has worked at a variety of jobs to help put bread on the table for his and two Small the Only thing i want off of it the farm is to be Able to make a he theres no reason Why i should have to work out when i have so much its not a Good feeling when youre broke said go when youre scared to buy t t Wilfred Butch harder grimaces As dust flies up from Barley being offloaded from a Combine into truck near Lowe Ottawa Grain plan a mystery 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 ship 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 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 Gua raced by shipping through other 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 sue 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 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 Low tonight near sunny tomorrow with a Chance of an isolated evening thundershowers and a High near 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 and Northwestern Ontario mainly sunny throughout the period with the Chance of isolated showers Tew Oxford Thicket Cross Norway House and the East Lake Winnipeg Region As far South As Little Black employment is the Prim 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 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