AID TO FARMERS
Sir,—The export bounty scheme as proposed by the Business Men's Committee of Wellington would totally fail to effect what is the dire need of the day—the levelling of values as between the export producer and those who, directly or indirectly, serve his needs. Given the free use of an averngely situated and convenienced dairy farm as a "going concern," with an average herd, the gross hourly pay with butter-fat at 8d per lb., would not surpass that of a semi-skilled labourer. Deducting for the requisite fertiliser, rates and general running expenses the resultant net rate would not equal that of a relief worker. A recent award for shopassistants was, I believe, £4 something for, I presume, a 48-hour week. Eightpence aud a grass stalk to chew for producing a pound of butter-fat—twopence and a mouthful of raisins for flicking ifc off the counter into the lady's basket. What the farmer requires, in justice and not in charity 2 is someone to help carry the baby—our baby, New Zealand's baby —not simply sell liirn a cradle 011 timepayment at a slight discount. Monty Marana.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21414, 11 February 1933, Page 15
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186AID TO FARMERS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21414, 11 February 1933, Page 15
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