Primary production
Sir,—Today's report on the Agricultural Production Council proves they are completely out of touch with farming problems. These are not so much low prices for our products as high costs of processing, handling, and transporting them to overseas markets. These have rocketed so greatly they leave very little for the actual producer. We cannot expect concessions from the European Common Market if they know we are paying freezing workers, watersiders, and seamen in excess of $6OOO fot virtually only six months work. The Government has made no attempt to keep costs down; indeed, recent legislation, the pay-roll tax, and petrol tax are just a further load which is inevitably passed on to the producer. The petrol ta# is virtually a production tax, as the greater proportion of fuel is used in the production and transport of our products. Consequently the farmer is now taxed to meet extravagant expenditure in the cities —Yours, etc..
REALISTIC. April 22, 1971.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32589, 24 April 1971, Page 16
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