FARMERS' UNION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 302, 15 September 1908, Page 9

FARMERS' UNION.

. QUESTIONS : FOR : PARLIAMENTARY . CANDIDATES. ' .q *. (BT TELEGKArii—FEESS ASSOCIATION.) ,1 Dunedirii September 14. n In accordance with a resolution passed at the Farmers' TJuion Conference a circular has been issued to branches'containing questiofls to .be put to Parliamentary candidates ',vho are to.be asked to support, irrespective of party, the following 'platformj -J _ (1) To give Crown tenants a statutory right to acquire the freehold at any tine after tlio conditions as to residence aiidrtlimprovements aro complied : with 'at a value, (to be computed actuarially so that any or rent paid less than , the 5 per cent!'said by o.r.p. tenant may be capitalised aridt added .to the original value of tho land. ,c . (2) That in. respect of all Crnwti lands l opened tho successful' applicant l /have tho option of any tenures provided thai-ein. (3) That taxation through the Customs be raised for the purpose of revenue'only. (4) That only ratepayers have .a vote, on local Government matters in r counties, road boards, and rural districts, and that tho present franchise be maintained! ' ' ' ' • . (5) To resist'' any further attempt to' nationalise the means of production, distribution, and exchange. 13ranches''ai f e given discretion to ask candidates if tlifey will vote for the repeal of tho present' Ooftciliatiori and Arbitration Act, if they are against the Referendum Bill, and for the discjpntinuance of jo-operativo works! , .