FARMERS’ UNION.
THE NEED FOR ORGANISATION
Electric Tefegraph—Press Association Levin, Last Night.
The Wellington Farmers’ Union Conference opened to-dav, Mr T. Moss (Eketahuna) presiding. In his address, Mr Moss referred to the attempt to link up farm workers' unions
and stressed the need tor the organisation of farmers. He also referred to the new movement to link np the Australian freezers with New Zealand freezers. Such movements only had one object—the men were opposed to compulsory service and it seemed as if they were taking advantage of the farmers’ sons a.t the I rent. Farmers did not object to commandeering and the fixing of prices in war time, but the danger was in applying the principle in normal times. The principle was one that could be applied to all the industries, and it applied to fanning why not to others
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5445, 31 May 1916, Page 7
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