Reconciling Interests of Dominion and Home Farmers

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 August 1933, Page 3

Reconciling Interests of Dominion and Home Farmers

' FIRST TASK OF STATESMAN- ( SHIP. FURTHER SUPPORT FOR CONFERENCE IDEA (Special to United Press Assn. of N.Z.) Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 5. Messrs. Forbes and Masters and party left Southampton by the Aquitania to-dny. The Morning Post editorially says that Messrs. Forbes and'Masters leave nothing but the kindliest memories an '. satisfaction, because the results of th;i Conference, on which New Zealand set high hopes must have proved a disappointment. What she hoped for was a practical agreement for raising prices and what she had met had been an insistent demand for a restriction of output of her primary products. Messrs. Forbes and Masters had a very difficult part to play, but played it with admirable judgment and temper. The earnestness and conviction with which they urged their own case had not prevented their full understanding of the other considerations with which the Government here had to reckon. "It should be a consolation to them to know that at least no quota arrangement in respect of dairy produce has been actually reached. It should not pass the wit of man to devise a scheme under which the welfare of the farmer at Home should not connote the ruiii of the farmer in New Zealand. The re conciliation of these conflicting interests should be the . instant task of statesmanship." The paper urges Mr. Forbes' suggestion that farmers in Britain and New Zealand should come, together to discuss their mutual problems, and difficulties' and try to find a solution satisfactory to both sides, should be followed up with diligence. The Financial Times, in an editorial in reference to Mr. Forbes' departure and his farewell message, says the latter clearly indicates that, for the British Empire at least, the labours of the -various delegates have not been fruitless. "Conversations in the intervals of formal discussions have served to bind the Empire more closely together. This is of particular importance when so many disruptive influences are at won* in other directions, and Mr. Forbes contributed his full share to a creation 'of this unity. On no point were Messrs. Forbes and Masters more insistent within and without the Conference than upon New Zealand's essential need of the widest possible markets, a policy to which the Prime Minister gave adhesion and which policy is calculated to facilitate a renewed expansion of the purchasing power of the Dominion." z Way Clear for Future Action i MR. FORBES' VIEW OF WORLD CONFERENCE. ) Received Sunday, ? p.m. LONDON, Aug. 5. Mr. Forbes, prior to his departure from Southampton, emphasised Bri tain's foremost place in world affairs. He felt that the World Conference, though disappointing, had cleared the I way for future action. He hoped that j the difficulty of low prices for produce \ would soon be overcome.