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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. ITAMILY I'ARMING. NOVEL ESTIMATE Of "PROSPERITY." THH ECONOMIC I'OSITION. Jfanuurs who are said to be doing fairly well are those who carry on mainly or entirely with the help of their families. The claim that these farmers are prosperous, however, does not rest on substantial grounds. The family by working together and pooling tho results may be able to maintain a state of- independence as regards tradesmen, landowners, and others outside, but freedom from payment of statutory wages, whether they lie weekly, monthly, or yearly, cannot be ac- ' opted as tantamount to financial success. If the substitution of family for hired labour be the measure of prosperity attained, it meant, that the farmer's sons are satisfied to work for the wages that would bo paid to hired hands, or less. In many instances they reciive less, and often work longer hours while they can seldom look for tho overtime payment that is the legal right of tho hired ha fids. H. MATSON and CO. I must call in there and see the Finn. I want to order somo SALT LICKS. To be without them on tho farm to-day is suicidal. I also want them to order mo a couple of trucks to enable mo to consign stock to the National Market. ting point implies a limited prosperity for tbe great majority of the farmers who alone are supposed to do fairly well—tho runners "who can work their farms within themselves." The fact that the term "doing fairly well" is used in connexion with them suggests a curious interpretation of relative rewards. If the explanation of the comparative success of farmers able to do without hired men bo —ra» >n the main it is—that the wage bill Is an unreasonably large burden on tho farm, it is clear that both the farmer and his family are meagrely rewarded for their time and labour. No one will contend that the sons helping tbeir fathers are so greatly superior as workers to the hired men as when paid equal wages to affect materially the financial result. They may be less exacting, regarding time and the payment of the money due to thorn, since often they live with their parents, but the average hired man is competent and trust-

H. MATSON and CO. I father admire this Firm. It is a persona! and private concern, And they are always keen for business. The various insurances that I am carrying on buildings, and accident policies, will be expiring at such and such a d&te, and tlipy can put the policies through with the most reliable company, and will loot after them for toe. These fel* low* merit my admiration. worthy. At the same time It is not unfair to suggest that whatever difference there may be is in favour of the family workers;, simply on account of their more direct personal interest in things. WAGES OP FARMERS' SONS. ' a study of the position warranty the deduction that the family-worked farm is "fairly sttceejaful" only because the revenue of. ! the holding is conserved and shared by the family. If this interpretation of the situation be accepted, it justifies the conclusion that popular opinion estimates the merits and claims Of the fender s family on • 16* seale of value. Agricultural workers a*a often described as the lowest-pa:d of any comparable class, but taking a line through the reputed prosperity worked tarffls the Sons of farmers f ® re ltatta* i( as well. The money that goes out lb wages. and in present _ circumstances keeijs famers poor, is not increased i anHWrtt, Value, or purchasing power by being distributed Attlong the famijy of the nlaVfi?* Ik is, therefore, illogical Jo families can be prosperous It there is S8 the equivalent of the wages PayaWe 'o the families working for thelt V"'\Va\il unless, indeed, it exaggerates the figure a*au •M« lor distribution. rfSSSSfSSif?? Is&seasw a. MATSOK and 00. OBDEB 1 want SUoerrhoenhatee Pr. »._ 6 ana TtiWlp Manure. These £ji< gj IOW the Firm that they goT i tw hM wha do not toxget them. r.Ot on »ny of SSSd* "■ of ifi' tame?. If ilOOa year b« * tnefcaia wage for tfce error w t ;Vo recipients fnsm a dlS6**Bt standpoint and describing confSsioß cwatentmeat with prosperity, irf d ettrtiftt the vision from alleged to imMi»»*s affluence. Bu Aj h ? we u ®. fiirti#** ho twioted and prerouted to haunon the ideas of the individual, <* e,a . c ' remains that the money goes no lar^ e ? the oWftoWhip of the one payee than in that oT the otW. - ' IKB fiRIFT Of FAKMING. The economia position of farming is not en encouraging etudy, hut the importance of tb? 4<tVj*ct domiele and impartial examination, the id## that farmers their hoMinjr* w ltb • the aid of their famHod »t* prospering la ea»ily exploded—uniee* a bate wage-tate be regarded ht justifjin, the argument. Yet if thlfc ol&se r , l noi ill * etrone position it is difficult to pcreefra any eoiistdM&bla future for the in* dustry *a » .g»l*.»iM»ininfr or independent Occupation, capable of recompensing in j*aeonabls measure those engaged in it for wore H. MATSON. and 00. SKIS BALE EVERY THURSDAY. OSUTOHJNG SALE 18th SEPTSMBER. I muet. see and send down to the younger member* of the Firm my consignment this year. There is too much grouping and pooling, ard I am of opinion that Individual effort and ftivate enterprise i« absolutely necessary for Canterbury, to they are booked for my consignment *of the abovo. . or capital. The business of farming will not o#aM on <that account, as it will always have attraction* for thoee who are in a position to view the financial result with indifference on the one band and those who ate content to take statutory wages as their reward on the oth»r. flat ail industry resting on so unstable a foundation, and so liable to varying moods and fancies, cannot be worthy of the fundamental. place it. occupies ill the eo'Hitv end well-beinff o! the' nation. Nevertheless, that it the state towards wh'ch agriculture. In this country is Stendilv dViftln*, end facing eome adequate change in the financial position of the farmer eomneltrd to I've b" Me farming and, i» aouitable competent to do «0. Briti°h farming lik« betfomin* the oocuoat'on p'the' of the ■ man with adequate income from other sources or th* cli>ss content to work for the statutory wage or less. H. MATSON and CO. , ' With the unsettled state cf thing* one never knows when there mav be a shortage of CORNS/CKB or WOOLPACKS. Anyway X will slip into MAT.SONS or droy them a note ordering my woolpaoks. They wi',l get my wool *, they were alive laet year to the fact that the drop was to be anticipated. ' There is no doubt they keep themselves well posted, and the? know the trade, I intend to send them my wool this seaeon, and 1 know they will appreciate it and take a special interest in it. ' 1 UlSOt