DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE.
UNPALATABLE REMEDY.
OPPOSITION TO
A. and N.Z. LONDON, March 19. An official report has been issued of the deputation from the Farmers' Union to Mr. Bonar Law. Mr. Robbins, for the farmers, declared that if both subsidies and protection were refused, the Government, in justice, ought to repeal the Safeguarding of Industries Act, and cease subsidising the agriculture of the Dominions through the Empire Settlement Act. The inevitable consequence of refusing help would bo reduced food production and further rural depopulation. Mr. Bonar Law acknowledged that the position of agriculture was serious. Subsidies had been tried during the war and found impracticable. The only logical remedy was protection, but the public was not ready for this, and a majority could not bo found to support it either in Parliament or the country. A Credit Facilities Bill was being prepared, which the Government hoped would help as regards rating.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 9
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151DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 9
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