STRIKERS AND STRUCK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22657, 19 February 1937, Page 13

STRIKERS AND STRUCK

Sir, —As an interested reader of letters on the above subject I would like to reply to Mr. J. Orr. He failed to suggest what farmers should do with their fat lambs, which are perhaps getting over-weight, and too many overweight lambs may do .a lot of harm to Now Zealand on the London market. Also, what about pigs, etc. Did he ever read about the calamity in the United States when about 3,000,000 farmers went on strike there? While I strictly oppose strikes of any sort, I am sure that if the farmers here could be united they would he tho strongest power in the country, and then in such cases as the recent freezing works strike the farmers could reply by striking. on their own account, which T feel sure would have the effect of bringing both the workers and the Government to their senses. What did the Government restores the Arbitration Court for? Awred E. Alm:n. Port Albert Central.

Sir, —Mr. J. Orr evidently thinks that the Government should not compel freezing works strikers to obey the law ntid suggests as an alternative that the dairy companies should duplicate the storage accommodation in order to outlast, in a trial .of strength, the strikers in illegal occupation of the freezing works. I do not question the feasibility of the proposal, but seriously question the wisdom or reasonableness of it. Mr. Orr avers that buildings are always an asset, never a liability; if he has never known of a company or person seriously embarrassed or oven forced into bankruptcy through sinking too much capital in buildings, his experience in such matters cannot be extensive. He is wrong in stating that " 'W.M.' at Inst admits that handling quarters of beef is heavier than farm work." What 1 said was "that women and children will nofc be required to undertake such tasks"; for the simple reason that plenty of men are available who consider the work more attractive or less arduous than farm work. W.M.