GUARANTEED PRICE
THE PROPOSED TRIBUNAL IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES PROVIDED FOR FARMERS' CONFERENCE REMIT [ Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON. May 25. lite Farmers’ Interprovincial Conference carried a remit as follows: “That, in computing the price of dairy produce while the guaranteed price is in operation, an independent tribunal should be set up, presided over by a Supreme Court Judge; that the personnel shall be mutually agreed upon by a committee consisting ot equal members nominated by the dairy industry as sellers and the Government as buyers; that the price should be determined by the tribunal from the evidence placed before it? and that the proceedings and finding of the tribunal be made public. That the price be such as will enable farmers. <a> to pay competitive rates for wages; <b» allow them reasonable interest on the capital invested fn their farms and stock; <c) enable them to meet the increased costs imposed by legislation, including tariffs; (d> allow them a remuneration commensurate with the service they give and with that obtained by other members of the community who give equal service.’’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 122, 26 May 1938, Page 8
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178GUARANTEED PRICE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 122, 26 May 1938, Page 8
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