THE PREMIER AND THE FARMERS.
TO TUP. EDITOR. All ' ,r',T RV6r . t0 " qwestid, asked by Mr. Allen, I m H lO House, 41,0 Premier "' fi m' l !t i Ws , tlla prl(,e of '"hour that was nx el by the Industrial Act, and that the price of produce was fixed by the demand. Aow, it means this: That aoout 8 per cent, (trade unionists) of the population of the colony are spoon-fed by the Government at the expense of the remaining 92 per cent, a large proportion of whom are farmers', "lion Mr. Allen asked the Premier if ho proposed to introduce legislation that would place the farmer 011 a nrfa equal footing wi h trade unionists, he (the Premier) was too (lull to see that the farmers have anything to complain about. For years the Government have been passing legislation favourable to trade unionists, but when approached in the interests of the fanning community, he I remiei runs for a we;, blanket. Now, how long- is this kind of business going to last. Something must be done, and the Government is the party that will have to do it. ■the farmers must be placed un the same footing as the trade unionists, or the trade unions abohshed.—l am etc, A Farmer. October 16, 1599.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11202, 24 October 1899, Page 3
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