GUARANTEED PRICE MAY GO

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 12, 14 July 1939, Page 10

GUARANTEED PRICE MAY GO

SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT

MR. SAVAGE'S REPLY TO PROTESTS

A thinly-veiled suggestion Ihat the Government might find .itself obHired to revise the principle of the iuiarnnteed price \v;',s made, by the Prime (the lit. Hon. M. J. £av;>j>;e> in ihe House o:i' Representntive:; today in re-ply to an uryenf question by IVI r. (_'. A. I'ai-rell (Government. Hamilton).

Mr. Barrcll asked whether in view of the declarations made at Farmers' Union meeting?, and' by JNational Party members in the House, that the dairy farmers were not satisfied Avith the guaranteed price scheme, die Prime Minister would agree to take a plebiscite of the farmers to obtain their views.

Mr. Savage replied that it would be quite impossible for any Government to disregard the. statements made against guaranteed prices inside and outside the House. "Members have claimed that the farming districts voted against guaranteed prices by sending opponents of the system to Parliament." said Mr. Savage.

"There would appear to be something in that, an 3if dairy farmers think they can do better under t&e old system cf rising znl falling prices, it will be the duty of t3:e Government to clevlss wtys ancl means for meeting them. The matter will be fully considered by the Government at an early date."