THE FARMERS' WIVES.
(To fhc, "Editor.) Sir, —It is quite true that the Executive of the Farmers' Union have not consulted ! the indivdual farmers ancl their wives as to 'whether the demands of the slaughtermen should be resisted. The farmers and their wives know quite well that the Executive does not advocate a strike or tlie closing of the works. In the case* of Waihi, tilings were different. Tho Executive of the Federation of Labour called a strike, without any good cause, and without a ballot of tho workers or their wives. In the cast* of the slaughtermen, the position i« not much different. The minority of single butchers, led by a few agitators, liavo made excessive demands which they know cannot be. conceded, and have thrown hundreds of innocent men out of work. Ido not think' that the wives of these m<jjn aro quite as exultant its your correspondent, Rod Mcßae, would have us believe.—! am, etc., j SMALL FARMER. Mastortnn, February 3. 1913.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 February 1913, Page 5
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