FATE OF MANY REMITS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20629, 30 July 1930, Page 9

FATE OF MANY REMITS.

FARMERS' CONFERENCES. DOUBT OF VALUE VOICED. [I3Y TELEGRAPH. OWN C<~>URESPONDENT.] DUNKDIX. Tuesday. Tlio question of what becomes of all the remits considered by (he annual Dominion conference of (he Farmers' Union was discussed at a meeting of the Otago Provincial Council of the union today. The chairman, Mr. J. IJ. Revie, said the last Dominion conference was one of the most important ever held. All those in attendance were keen and seemed very much alive to the economic state of the country. The secretary. .Mr. A. C. Cameron, said only a few replies had been received regarding the remits that had been submitted to Parliament. Mr. R. J. E. Smith expressed a doubt whether such conferences were doing any good. Many remits, he said, were thrown mit and many were sent on to the Government. However, it was his opinion that not one remit in 10 was considered by the Government, and he was sure that the replies were not satisfactory to the Dominion executive. It seemed to him that unless they were going to get better results it was a waste of money sending remits to Wellington and considering (hem in conference. There was something radically wro-ig in Wellington and he believed they would get better results by sending the remits to the Ministers themselves. The chairman said one great difficulty was the large number of remits that were usually submitted to the conference. It would" he much better if they cut them down by a third or a halt. They should make out a few strong remits which affected tin Dominion as a whole and follow them Mr. D. M. IJeid said ho thought it would bo more satisfactory if they cooperated with other bodies in sending remits. It seemed that when (hey stood alone (hey got no hearing. When working with other bodies there would be more chance of success. Mr. J. Preston said this was the first year that the Fanners'. Union and the Sheepowners' Federation had joined forces in forwarding remits. lie did not see any reason why (lie two organisations should not be unanimous at all times, for their interests were the same. Mr. M. A. Kinney said he considered that a full discussion on the important remit dealing with land values was alone worth a conference. At this stage the discussion lapsed.