HONEY MARKETING

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23944, 11 May 1943, Page 6

HONEY MARKETING

Sir.—The honey dispute has two sides to it —just enough to make a quarrel. The detached third party, which could administer justice, is missing. The Arbitration Court offers the missing essential. A law governing social economic disputes should apply to all or none. Civilisation may be a fact and not a fallacy when men submit their national and individual claims to justice to the ruling of an impartial tribunal.—Yours, etc., H. J. BUTTLE. May 10, 1943. Sir, —I wish to express my sincere admiration for the very brave efforts of Mr Pearson, apiarist, of Darfield, and of Mr W. B. Bray, president of the North Canterbury Beekeepers’ Association. to obtain a very modest return for their honey. They ask only for a mere living wage and ability to meet all increased costs of production. In every department the farmer is compelled to work most strenuously, often at a loss. We townspeople all know we pay no more for our butter, milk, and other farm produce than before the war. And for all other goods the costs have risen tremendously. There is no better calling in the world than farming, for its effect on the character and health of a nation. And country parents feel they should give their children town opportunities and not condemn them to serfdom in the country.—Yours, etc., CHRISTCHURCH CITIZEN. May 10, 1943.