FARMERS UNION

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3063, 26 April 1917, Page 8

FARMERS UNION

j -REMITS FOR CONFERENCE j< WAHJARAPA BRANCHES ! . Theranmial meeting of each centra : ef the .Wairampa Branch was hold. ;'Una month, "as. follows:—Tinui, April j 13r .Greytown, April'l6; Gladstone, i Ajml;l7; Featherston, April 18; Mar-. I tmborough, April 19 ; Carterton, April: .20; Masterton, April 21. Thoro was ; » good attendance, of farmers at each : meeting. The members endorsed tlio policy of tho executive to help as much .as possible 'in evory organisation ■brought into existence to hclpju war .matters, although it meant neglecting ; purely,:fanners Union affairs. ■" .-:'■ remits were passed to be forwarded for discussion at the Pro- ; vincial- Conference, -to be hold at Mar- ■ ton:-V, : : ; ; . . ...'..• ';■_"■■■ From Tinui. ."'?> (1) That, tho Government bo requestled to; classify returned soldiers wishing. to\ go. on : - tho land as to tho sort of land they.- aro suitable for, and training: farms be established to teach, the men without previous farming ex;j>erience. :/>' ■■'■■; (2) That legislation bo brought down | which , will.be effective in preventing the aggregation of land by men al- ' ready; holding .large estates. ' ■■' (3) That the Government arrange for sufficient shipping to bring the neces'■sary wool packs and 1 corn sacks to New Zealand, (4) That all classes of land obtained : for returned ■ soldiers be acquired at pre-war, valuation. I. ,(o) That the Government be request- • ea. to purchase more largo estates, •especially-of-absentees, of good quality, for returned soldiers. ■' .; ..-. ; ; : - : ' . From Greytown. ■■■ ■ . : (1) .That'.prior to convicting a far- : iner ■for.Eelling milk under the standard required by the Sale of Food and ;Drugs! Act,' 1908, the inspector, be re- ■ quired'to take a night and morning i milk sample direct from the cows on ;• the farm producing the milk, and comparing it with, the 6ample being sold, prove that water has been j '.(2)|,That-the Farmers' Union, strong-. fly/urge tho .Government to remove the, jtax-of Sd. alb; on export, butter-fat, las tho principle of class taxation, is a j wrong one; also, ask the Government' ; to. refund what they have already coljlected from the dairy farmers. ; - From Gladstone. ;. (1) To ensure wheat-growing,, the ; Government be requested to import • agricultural motors and. sell them at I cost to men willing to 'take on conItracf ploughing, returned' soldiers for : preference. '\ . ■•'■■: I.; (2) That the farmers request the : Government to put; on an export tax ;m place of'.the , excess profits tax. j: From Featherston. < i ■ (1)- That the Government be nrged ■to take definite steps to prevent the : exploitation of the country by the jiAmeric'an; Meat Trusts. - • j • ■• " From Martinborough. ;-; (1) That the Department bo requested to iseue to each i branch of the Farmers' Union a list of |the earmarks registered by the farmjers ''in'".that county.. ''" . ; ' ;. •'; ■■■'.• From Carterton. . ! . (1) A .motion was passed to support jGladstonoremit No. 2.

~-*-' '. From Mastorfon. „ (1) That-n kraduftted land and in- / come tax bo leviod in placo of the pre- . sent excees profits tax. (2) That a Farmers' Shipping Com- . paiiy. be formed. Delegates to the conference will bo Messrs. W. Douglas (Timii), A. P. Whatman and D. M'Gregor (Masterton) ; S. G. Broadbont (Gladstone) • C -Beid (Carterton) ; H. Cook (Greytown) '• Geo. Yulo (Featherston); and H 3 . Daysh (Martinborough). 1- ""■ ■'■.-- '■- •