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DESPERATE POSITION. FARMERS' DIFFICULTIES. (By Telegraph.— Preet Anoehtle*.} i WANGA2CUL Wednesday. The Dominion president ©f Farmers' Union, Mr. W. W. MnlholW addressed a largely attended meetin*of farmers and the general public in Wanganui to-night. He emphasised th» serious condition of the farming jnjn? try, particularly that of the th«» farmer, and said that if inflated earti continued without an adjustmenTof prices the end would be disaster. "Present prices," said Mr. Mulhollajii "are not what could be termed bad Tret the farmer is in a. desperate position This is due to the failure of the Goven* ment to implement fully the whole of the policy which it placed befort thi electors." The foundation of the Government) policy had been the raising of farm duce levels, he added, but when it came into office it set about inflating thote things which represented farm coiti without raising the prices of the main export commodities. The result wu two standards of value—the value of poods produced for consumption within the Dominion, and the value of goodi produced for export purposes. Mr. Mulholland advocated the freeiu of exchange as a relief meaeure.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 109, 11 May 1939, Page 14
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