ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—Mr. A. E. Mander, secretary to the Manufacturers' Federation, could be easily answered from his own propaganda when secretary to the Reform Party, but that would not affect the issue under the challenged If Mr. Mander is right in his I contention* that farmers receive twice! the total collected through the Customs, | and that the public pay only to the State , and not to the manufacturers through' duties, obviously it would be vastly to i -the State's benefit to wipe out both Custom* duties and farmer*' assistance. As to whether or no the Farmers' Union can speak for the farmer*, that also has nothing to do with the question. The Farmers' Union would have to satisfy the Government, not Mr. Mander,.and would call meetings and circulate petitions, leaving no doubt as to the farmers' views. Is the New Zealand Manufacturer*' Federation willing to back the Auckland Farmers' Union by forgoing protection if i farmers forgo all the "assistance" which Mr. Mander alleges they receive?—l ajni"! etc., . •■ ' A. E. ROBINSON, Provincial Secretary, Auckland Farmerß* Union. . \ , .
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 10
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ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION
Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 10
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