"BEING TREATED LIKE A LOT OF KIDS!"

Horowhenua Chronicle, 3 July 1936, Page 6

"BEING TREATED LIKE A LOT OF KIDS!"

FARMERS WANT TO KNOW GUARANTEED PRICE.

(By Telejrapu— Press Association.) HAWERA, Last Night.

The South Taranaki Farmers' Union considers the time has arrived' when the Government should remove the air of secrecy from the conditions governing farm labour and that they should "be made known as soon as possible.

Speaking at the executive meeting to-day, Mr H. E. Blyde said the farm labour proposals were tied to the guaranteed price and once the Government's intention regarding labour Was known the guaranteed price would be. He thought the farmer should know where he stood.

"It has been stated that the farmers

are being treated like a lot of kids and no other body in New Zealand •would stand for it, said Mr W. A. JSheat (the president). Tou are expected to arrange your business for a year without knowing what the income in to be."

Mr Sheat said it had been suggested that the guaranteed price was kept secret, to prevent speculation, but he considered there was speculation going on and had been for weeks past. If the guaranteed price had been known months ago, as it should have been, there would have been no fear of speculation. Last week six Taranaki herds were sold for the reason that people were changing over to sheep. This

was due to the Government's policy of secrecy. "If we are past the middle of the year and don't know what we have to face and it. is quite time we did," added the speaker.