FARMERS AND PRICES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 6

FARMERS AND PRICES

' Sir;—' Worker," like : a:'"good- -'many others, has a slap at the farmer. He tells us how prices have gone up, etc., and that' the workers should organise. Well, I have always understood that tho workers were fully organised, and were' also able to look after' themselves thoroughly. Perhaps before blaming the farmer "Worker" will answer this question: "How is it that bacon, meat,' etc., sold by'the farmer at Gd. per lb.', appears in' the shops at from Is. to' Is. Gd. per lb.?" He mentions wheat. Well., he should try growing this cereal, and / find out for himself that by the time lie has paid expenses there will not be much left.. It is nothing but childishness quoting prices before the war and now. The ploughman gets more, the thrashingmill gets nearly double, and the harvesters likewise, not to mention sacks, twine, railway freights, etc. "" ' I have been farming for 25 years, and am not jet able to retire, and surely motor-cars are not peculiar to farmers! What about the butchers, grocers, and drapers? If workers spent less on dress and pictures they would""benefit, and if prices fall I am afraid wages will follow suit. Some people never know when they are weir off .—I am, etc., ' ' WITHOUT A MOTOR-CAR.