PLEA FOR IMMIGRATION.
OPINION OF FARMERS’ UNION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Invercargill, last night. At the conference of members of tho Southland Branch of the Farmers’ Union, a motion that, as the population was totally inadequate to requirements, Government be urged to assist and devise a scheme of immigration, was passed. Members said that it was ridiculous that a lino country like this should only be populated by 800,000 people. The Government were to blame, and some members were afraid to go against some of their supporters, who believed that immigration would mean keener competition and lower wages. The advertisement by the New Zealand Government in the Times was about half an inch, while that of Canada filled a column, and the latter also sent out agents to all big shows and gatherings, advertising the advantages of Canada, and offering 160 acres to every immigrant. There were only two phases. The price of labor had to be reduced or the price of produce to be raised. New Zealand was farthest from the markets, and was paying the highest wages. The only remedy was to introduce more workers. Every farm was languishing for want of workers.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 296, 21 December 1901, Page 2
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