FARMERS AND OTHERS.
TO THE KDITOE Of "THE PRESS." Si r> —Well is it~for Mr Lewis to sit upon the summit of the Ruahines and indulge in Socratean dialogue "with a preposterous husoandman ; but why does lie not come down into the arena and fight with the beasts at _ The farmer is lucky to have Mi- Lewis for advocate, but he does not deserve either sympathy or help. The drought is merely a red herring, for the fact remains that tho producers of primary products ai'o the -only "class in tho community who have directly benefited by the war, and tho insidious endeavours of Mr Lewis and his fellow-farmers to thrust the burden, which thev 31ist.lv bear, 011 to the shoulders of we workers is a movement which should bo nipped in the bud. With Mr Lewis's evident desire to kill a member of the Natiorial Cabinet, I have entire sympathy. The soul of every patriot cries aloud for tho head of a politician in a charger.— Yours, etc., JOHN STEPHENS. Riccarton.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15537, 13 March 1916, Page 4
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