GUARANTEED PRICE
SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. A thinly-veiled suggestion that the Government might find itself obliged to revise the principle of the guarananteed price was made by the Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage) in the House of Representatives on Friday in reply to an urgent question by Mr. C. A. Barrell (Government, Hamilton). Mr. Barrell asked whether in view of the declarations made at Farmers' Union meetings, and by National Party members in the House, - that the dairy farmers were not satisfied with the guaranteed price scheme, the 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, and if dairy farmers think they can do better under the old system of rising and .falling prices, then it is the duty of the Government to devise ways an'd means of meeting them. The matter will be fully considered by the Government at an early date."
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4811, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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206GUARANTEED PRICE King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4811, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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