FREE TRADE AND THE FARMERS' UNION.
Sir,—Mr...W., J. Birch can see no-difference, between a tax on bread and a. tax on boots. Most people see a very ..But even, if this wete not . so, if ;the Farmers' Union is'sincere in desiring Free-trade, surely its first task ,should be to promote the abolition,of the, flour duty, and. then-it could, with the more cohfidencp, appeal to the country generally to 1 remove other, duties, which-may press upon farmers. At present- there is more .than a suspicion tliat-the Canterbury farmers, at any rate, aro opposed to the abolition of the duty on.flour.—l am, : etc.,. ' ! ; HAWKE'S BAY.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 8
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103FREE TRADE AND THE FARMERS' UNION. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 8
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