PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 90, 18 April 1927, Page 6

PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.

HOW THE FARMER HAS FAHEd ilo the Vii.u-T i T.. sx.i,! a charge of ;,,l nan(T . take the mam point- of Mr skclio tions f-epaialeiy. Fir-ilv that a»rs:ri * aMer * blame the high «„,,. \.f their trouble-. 1 ran ..nh i f -,«. a , r y , * f °r Skelton will consult the oftcial «n» B 5 J Auckland blanch of ,],<• N.Z. KarmS? r which freely iw-d by the rank «nd fift Auckland farmer*, as w<ll ; ,. ,]„. repo e"* authoriti.-* on ilh- .jucsii..,,. he «il] find f!'? 1 if ever, that the «a P - <lf f. rm ÜbSeJ?* bone of contention nni* phrase was <- u i nufi my letter). Secondly. i] ;;l , LiU-r a li wn »„ J 4 -ponsible for the farmers" durimrfk! IS9O-1912 period. I ,K.in,*d outS? -teadiiy rising prices of prinwT prodnn rtniplcd with the fact that «»1iB S .Vww a hs iK-hind-hand in ri-ing. .- \, IV Urcelr ]-«t>l sible. a- the follow i, 1? . m -\bim:JL PWl * .u K nA«;EPAY..i T T..rNEw ZEAUXD '••'•I "- ■' -."«« :< w, d 1 '7, ; V 7 1 -^-« i mj«d I' "r "-}M i:i« •i'V*?,; r<:....! :;.<,(,„ .•-'.'-' -'■< ■:,<l .-'.soda : -' • i"-« "■'•<! 3held It mill |,:olul.lv 1- claimed ;hat the W th.ee mm- of « 5 ,,,;.* ~,..m, Mr. skelton'f posj of tirw to I. 0.n0,!. ],„,,, uuiien vVverr much higher in lhoM» wartime day?. hou-wJ and the V*l\-Z2 m-Bm.ii w« a droj. to ISd fnj <heeM- and 1<«1 for butter, and This drop W b<-en alx.ui a\eragely maintained, whilst il substantia! rJM» in |T<Hluetion <-,^ ls has been \ery largely maintaint-d. and in some ca BM <-»«-n ad\a»<fd. My friend a( ] m it tiat it jj! the diffeivnce Umwn <-<.-i- of produrtion aui that s|«-lK mh< ( <t ( ,thcn>W Thirdly, the j«K.r sCH-i;t:!ir an d ichnica] equhw m.nt of the primary pi<..lu<vr. \Yh\\n j t j, H.iiniiied what w<- know j. compared with w!im'. theie i- j<, know, it not \>c denied tliat steady and rea*anahlr fiitjs. factory ].rogTc-» ha- U-en. and j< l,einp. madi in this direction. Lastly, iho wonders cif Liberalisni and the niedocrily. and worse, of &, f<.rns. It i- but a >hort while ago that a fufiioj was attempted, it being in-<-W admitted lir both sides lhat the line of demarcation tnti almost imperceptible. In cdnd-u-iou. ]rt mesar Jhal my \--te (bariinj: one plorioUF oocaFion ij ih<- interests ~f Ok- ill-fai<-rl iV.nnirv partr) hsi alwa\* 1..-.H Lilirral. and tha: I try "to hj liberal nnnded. * _j^