FARMERS' UNION NON-POLITICAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10761, 8 May 1911, Page 4

FARMERS' UNION NON-POLITICAL.

! (Per Pbess Association.) Levin, May 8. The local branch of the Farmers' Union has'resolved-.-to ■■forward; a remit to the annual conference of-the Union protesting against the rating., of .fanners on the of their lands instead of on their income as is done in the case of .merchants and others. The branch .suggests, that farmers should be percent,, on the capvtal value of their gpldmgraf ter .deduct, ing all encumbrances-,-in! the shape or mortgages. -"•-.•'. ■/■■■:■' ■'. ■ --Th&r; branch heartaly supports Mr Sedgwick's boy immigrant scheme. The meeting' expressed the opinion that theV.Uaiion should■: *ake no official part in regard to either political party, ifcto do so would be, disastrous. Mnally ;it was resolved: ."That the Levin branch protests against any official endorsement by the Union of either, the Farmers'b- Protections League or -• the Political .;-. League «>£ Canterbury or Auckland...... . ■ ' "~. also afhrmed, that no : fufMei' ;;' labor legislation should ;be passed.,;.'- t."..-'-.---.. ;,;—- : .