FARMERS’ POSITION

Southland Times, Issue 24680, 27 February 1942, Page 6

FARMERS’ POSITION

STABILIZED CONDITIONS “Apart from the manual workers engaged in some Government and union protected industries, the most stabilized conditions and brightest prospects of any class are enjoyed by the New Zealand farmers, although the shortage of labour and manures has affected the full volume of farm production. The farmers are receiving payable prices for almost everything their efforts produce, and it is saff to prophesy that animal products for export are likely to be in demand when the war ends,” said Mr J. N. Armour, president of the Invercargill Chamber of Commerce, during his address 'at the annuel meeting yesterday. “The exports for the 12 months ended November 1941 totalled £69,107,585, which is only 1.3 per cent, lower than for the similar period of the previous year. We congratulate the farmers who, despite the shortage of assistance, have contributed to this wonderful result, as we also do to the men of the merchantship service, who face not only the perils of the sea, but brave, vicious and unrelenting submarine and bomber warfare in order to deliver the goods at their destination.”