THE KANSAS FARMERS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160812, 20 November 1920, Page 2

THE KANSAS FARMERS

FIGHT FOR iIIGHER PRICES. < NEW YORK, Nov. 18. The National Farmers’ Union Conference* at Kansas City decided on united action to counteract the falling prices. It is claimed the farmers have been robbed of a billion dollars owing to the reduction in vMues Of''present products. All farmers have been advised to hold' their grain until the profit-making, levels are reached. ; ‘ ’

A STRIKE PROPOSED. NEW YORK,Nov. 18. The National Farmers’ Union at Kansas City "sent a request ' to its members throughout the country urging the organisation op a producers’ strike in •grain, cotton, wool, and live stock, as retaliation for the-abnormal deflation of prices, through which American farmers lost a billion dollars. .