A DAIRY FARMER'S COMPLAINT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 303, 23 December 1933, Page 8

A DAIRY FARMER'S COMPLAINT.

A short time back a conference was held at Ottawa; New Zealand e was given to understand that the object of that conference was to more firmly unite the British Empire and to promote trade within the Empire. Since then Britain has deliberately broken faith with us. I refer to the disparity in the price of New Zealand and Danish ■butter. The latest quotations are New Zealand 09/ to 71/ and Danish 114/. To make matters worse we are being asked to agree to a quota, and we are being driven out of the British market in favour of foreign produce. It is high time there was something done to remedy this evil. Might it not be found by exploiting the Japanese and other markets and entering into reciprocal trade agreements?' A navvy on public works gets 10/ per day for eight hours at present, less Gd tax at' the end of the week. 'He knows exactly what lie has got, but I'm bothered-if the farmer docs. lam sending over a tun of cream to the factory per month, and after deductions at the end of the month wc have not averaged 0/ per [lay between the three of i-.s. and we are working 14 hours per day. The upshot will be that i majority of dairy fanners will go bankI'rpt, the lands will then come back to the ! : ovcrnmcnt, and they will be able to run these farms on wages and make as big a mrss of it as thc.v have of running anything else. I th.'iik our Ottawa delegates'failed. However, New Zealander.s are not going to stand nuich more of the treatment that is being dealt out to tlieni. 1 think the next general election will be an eye-opener. TAXPAYER.