FARMING INDUSTRY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 9 April 1942, Page 4

FARMING INDUSTRY

LABOUR CRITICISM fHOIGIIT MISDIRECTED m: Tiie opinion that the Labour Party >n m its advocacy of the application ol , compulsion in the farming industry, ha? L . t » misdirected its criticism, and that *1 v _ iias go« e to the wrong address so lai • as toe national effort is concerned. L t expiessed in a New Zealand Farmers J Union statement. 11 • P is to be regretted that the Laboui s< ‘ Party has resolved that compulsion l" should be applied il necessary to ensure j that the agricultural output meets the a 1 needs of the Dominion and our Allies,’ 1 said Mr A. P O'Shea. Dominion sec ren* tar v of the Farmers' Union, yesterday hv "Coming at a time when the farmers.. ol ti e Dominion have done a wonderfu vv | job and when the Prime Minister *• I appealing for unity, the resolution car SfJ : only stir up resentment among a see tioa of the community which lias done 11 ill that has been asked of it. It woulo “! be interesting il the Minister ol Agri-*--v | culture would indicate the exact direell ’ j tions in which the war effort of Nev\ •s*! Zealand's farmers has fallen short 1)1 ie | his requirements. He is well aware ir- to. example, that many farmers have cm voluntarily turned over to cheese pro k! duction at considerable sacrifice, with q. out even a murmur of discontent, h ej; fact in this connection it is interesting ! to compare tiie behaviour of farmer: . with that of some other sections o: l( ' the community, and then to considei ° whether or not the compulsion inigh U) ilot be more deserving of applicatior er ‘ lo the SfCtio.’:.- ill Question