AFTER THE WAR

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 77, 27 September 1941, Page 10

AFTER THE WAR

FARMERS' OUTLOOK

RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF

ACTION

(P.A.) AUCKLAND, Sept. 26. "Though during the war a certain amount of controlling restriction cannot be avoided, the farmer must plan for the time when freedom of action and the right to dispose of his produce how and where he wishes will be restored to him," said Mr. H, E. Worsp, chairman, at the /annual meeting of the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co. today.

As the farmer had to pay his own cost of operation, rates, taxes, and interest, purchase all requirements, pay for labour and use his own brains and energy to ensure maximum production, it would be a gross injustice if, when the war was over, he was told that his produce would be common property. The farmer was an individualist and inclined to look upon his boundary fences as the horizon, overlooking the fact that his business was being attended to by other people and in such a way that unless he bestirred himself he would, when the war was over, find he was no better than a serf. Though every farmer was prepared to suffer restrictions during the war and to do his utmost to assist the national effort, there was no reason why his rights should not ultimately be restored.

After stressing the need for the New Zealand farmer to produce the highest quality products to meet post-war competition, Mr. Worsp referred to the excellent last production season and said an optimistic view might be taken regarding the coming season's prospects.