FARMERS AND POLITICS
Sir,—The farmer to-day politically is in a very precarious position. He is gradually being enslaved. .He is now in a complete torpor, and has lapsed
into apathy; he should rouse himself to call for his liberty. Now is the chance. The Nationalists are disrupted, so also is Labour. Fanners should now form a political party and make their politics not Conservative, Liberal, or Labour, but country versus city trade unionism; and take their workers with them, with the object of raising country wages 25 per cent., and cutting down labour wages in the cities 25 per cent, with longer working hours. r The drift then of population would be to the country. Many farmers are standing on the precipice of general bankruptcy. Many of our la,ws are a reflection on the wisdom of New Zealanders. This letter I wish to be an epistle to all farmers. —Yours, etc., A -LINCOLN FARMER. June 4, 1943.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23966, 5 June 1943, Page 6
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