FARMER'S AND FREEHOLD

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 485, 19 April 1909, Page 5

FARMER'S AND FREEHOLD

COUNTRY MEMBERS' DUTY.

AN UNITED FRONT. . , IST TBLKBAPn-'Bl'ECiil. COttiIKSrO'tDSNT.)

; ;-V\; c - : *; '-. n 'l, -yV-v^>^ ; h 18.■'■• i : : !At the ?animal /meeting >of. .■ the ■; /'Ma'rton branch -'of ; the /Farmers'. Union, i'.llr.- 'VV. 3. (Birch >was Je-tlebted' •■ chairman. 'Addressing the 'meeting, lie.''stated ■'■that.; bight-years .had | jela'pseft ;'sinco;itlie^ '•""first'^formation': , , of ili'e' SFartliers": Unioji m. th6:;distriet. '.Like .'most ■thinks, it started wlth'Er.eat «nth\ikias!n,'and' jffondera were immediately' expected. ' 'Real V/ork'aii<l.refonns''had :i 'been .;wrOlight- -by, feteady; 'p_ersistefi6e 'teu'd.; persovoring' ■in \ the ! 'objects ''aimed''at.. ;Heclaimed withoufhesita-; ■ Stion ' th'kt tho ''Farmers' Union.'■ :had been of' JgreAt. seirvice'l'W the : .farming .[community.' [They liatl.Established la •position as ithe mbiithpldce /for;'^el-\formere':-;..Win6li ; vlp6mirn'a'nded. pt Wntion anil "respect. ': It only 'needed that 'the iarmeiß'slloiiW coritimie to suppbrt.^ho'union' arid bxpresS their ideiires in OTder that th6y. ! .taight'-h'afo due weight, and the fnlle'st : ton-, pideratipii. ■ No;ioho. could deny that 'their : roprpsetitations 'hare^had"considerable effect , bn tho Government of the day. ;The- fight , •for the.freehold was'on the success. He went on ,to mention";.what the : uhion had■ jDbtained. .'Apart '■ from party'bias,. liiie, union: could bo' fairly; congratulated ,011..! the 'result: 'pi the gefieral election: in so many.' nnion.imen'and supporters of the.freehold in (Parliament:': ' '' '': ;'■'.•■■'; : ,''.;:'<■.■''■''■<■' "■■'■■■ :;