PRICE GUARANTEE
t SPECIAL TRIBUNAL URGED. COSTS AND REMUNERATION. PROPOSAL BY FARMERS’ UNION. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The Farmers’ Interprovincial Conference carried a remit as follows: “That in computing the price of dairy produce while the guaranteed price is in operation an independent tribunal should be set up, presided over by a Judge of the Supreme Court; that the personnel he mutually agreed upon by a committee consisting of equal numbers of members nominated by the dairy industry, as sellers, and the Government, as buyers; that the price should be determined by the tribunal from evidence placed before it, and that the proceedings and finding of the tribunal be made public. The price to be such as will—
(a) Enable farmers to pay competitive rates for wages; /"(b) Allow them a reasonable interest on the capital invested in their farms and stock;
... (c} Enable them to meet the increased, costs imposed by legislation, including tariff;
(d) Allow them a remuneration commensurate with the service they render and with that obtained by other members of the community who render equal service.
The remit was carried unanimouslv.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 190, 25 May 1938, Page 5
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187PRICE GUARANTEE Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 190, 25 May 1938, Page 5
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