Unfair Discrimination Claimed

Northern Advocate, 8 March 1947, Page 8

Unfair Discrimination Claimed

The action of the Government in revoking the modification order of the second schedule of the Factories' Act was another surrender of the principle of stabilisation, added Mr Mulholland.

While others received continual increases in payments, it seemed that farmers were to be held rigidly to their agreement.

“What is to be our policy? The Government is probably depending on the fact that we have vested interests of over £10,900,000 in various stabilisation accounts.

“The agreement of 1942 does not impose any penalty on us if we repudiate it, because the Government has broken faith.”

During discussions of the dairy section of the council, Mr Blyde said: "Wo know what effect our actions will have on the general policy of stabilisation, and we know how we have so far always played our part in trying to maintain that policy. “It seems when anybody advocates an increase in pay that no one worries either as to where the money is to come from or about the effect on the country. "If the farmer asks for an increase in pay he is asked where the money is to come from.

“The farmer always advocated stabilisation and always supported it "The Federation of Labour says it supports stabilisation, but it is asking ,i.or increased wages, combined with rigid price control. "It seems to us that it is time the country realised what it would mean it all sections are placed on the same basis.’’