BETTER JUDGE OF HUMBUG

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19025, 27 May 1936, Page 15

BETTER JUDGE OF HUMBUG

TRIBUTE TO MR. SAVAGE ANSWER. BY MR. I’OLSd.N REPETITION OF AITEAE (I’er Press Association.) FEILDING. this day. Speaking al Hie Wellington inter-pro-vincial conference of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union til 1.-Vilding to-day. Mr\Y. .1. Poison. M.P.. the Dominion President of tile Union, replied to the remarks made by the Prime Minister, the lion. M. .1. Sty-age. at Hamilton yesterday in eotmectinn with the rationalisation. of the meat and wool industries. “Mr. Savage has done me the honour of saving that I am talking humbug, said Air. Poison. “1 say that he is. a better judge of humbug than I am. However, 1 have his word for it- that meat, and wool will he included! in the guaranteed prices scheme as soon as possible. Further the Hon. F. Langstone has definitely stated that the rationalisation of all primary industries would be effected as soon as possible. 'Phis would bo so unless Mr. Savage produced the usual “smokescreen and the pouring of treacly soothing syrup on the facts,” said Mr. Poison.

The Government knew that the fanners were opposed to guaranteed prices, continued Mr. Poison, lie emphasised the need for farmers to unite to P |P_ vent, rationalisation. ’The dairy produceis conference had carried a remit urging.the Government to take Hie farmers into its confidence in connection with the guaranteed prices, and urged that too producer he allowed to sell his produce on the open market himself it lie were able to do so.

AID TO FARMERS MINISTERS’ PROMISES (I ()■V EENM EN T INTENT LO X S (IVr Truss Association.) HAMILTON, this day. The. Prime .Minister, the l!t. Hon. M. ,J. .Savage, who arrived al Hamilton yesterday to officially open the Waikato Winter Show, was accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture, the lion. WLee Martin, and several members ol Parliament on a tour ui the Hamilton district in the morning, and was inucli impressed hy the progress .made. !11 the afternoon lie officially opened tin- exhibition in the presence of about 7000 people. This was Mr. '.Savages first official function in the district sinci assuming office, and lie. was given rm enfhusiastie reception. Speaking at length on binning conditions, he intimated generally that Uu Government, was out to help fanning interests in every possible way. H< finished bis speech' by assuring the farm ing community and the people generally that the Labour Government would never let them down.

At the annual reunion of the Auckland Dairy Factory Managers’ Associn lion held in connection with the show, tin' Minister of Agriculture promised the greater support of his department !o the farmers generally. He said that a system of farm instruction would he inaugurated in the near future for the purpose of helping farmers, and dairy farmers in particular, to produce tin best article possible. Mr. Lee Marlin observed that tin fanning community should not take any notice of remarks made hy people connect r-d with farming organisations that the Government, was out to ruin the farmers. The latest, statistics proved that the Government was watching the interests of tlte farmers, particularly irview of the marketing conditions taking effect on August 1.