POINTS FROM LETTERS
"When the problem of land values is solved New Zealand's unemployment question will be solved also," writes R. H. Vaney in expressing surprise at the statements attributed to Mr. W.J. Poison at Matamata on the subject of land values in the Dominion. If there is foundation in fact for Mr. Poison's remarks, say: the writer, then it is a strong indictment of the farming methods, employed here and in Great Britain.' Reference is also made in the letter to the surprise of a touring party of British farmers at the high price paid in New Zealand for land, and to a recent article in "The Post" on dairying Which wad "strangely at variance with Mr. Poison's statement that land had not increased in value since 1914, as it stated that land which could be bought for £1 an acre 20 years ago was now worth £40 an acre, and at present prices could stUl be made to pay. The correspondent asks how Mr. Poison can advocate increased land valued for the farmers and decreased wages for the workers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 44, 21 February 1931, Page 6
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