Quota Question in England

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 41, 18 February 1938, Page 3

Quota Question in England

Tho quota question on dairy produce imports by England from New Zealand was referred- to by Mr. L. J. Wild in the course of his address to a gathering of farmers at Kiwitea on Wednesday night. Mr. Wild stated that he had had the opportunity of hearing an address an address on the subject by the British Minister of Agriculture and the subjejet was one of interest to the New Zealand farmer because if the New Zealand farmer produced more the English farmer might desire that less bo shipped Home. Mr. Morrison, British Minister of Agriculture, had pointed out that there were a very large number of people in England engaged in the produce of agriculture produce and statistics were produced to show that Britain produced the greatest quantity of produce fro 11 the soil of all countries in tho Empire. He went on to recall the fact that during the war Britain linearly been starved and it was now the policy that she had to make herself reasonably secure against a similar occurrence. Another point advanced by the Minister had been the amenity value of agriculture in that it taught the farmers to take the long view of things. With this view Mr. Wild was sure all would agree for there was 110 doubt that farming was the surest means of dsveloping character in anvone. He compared the life of the farmer with thal, of the man working on the chain system in a motor factory and doing nothing but screwing on certain nuts every day for eight hours, week after week. Could such a job develop character? he asked.