FLAX ROYALTIES AND WAGES.
tissue of-Thursday,there appears ii: letter -by one Percy T. Robinson on the- above subject;;' And' Who is P.T.8,;? the .'paid;- secretary of '-the, Manawatu Flaxmill, Employees', Union. And-if the flax trade;' fizzles ;-:put,,"! where -will ■ he' ■be ?.' ''' He: quotes Messrs. "'. : A:\ Seifert,and:Jqhn-Stansell. : Mr.' Seifert;is certainly. an\'auth6rity,;a-inan of ; experience; as;a , miller,' and. honoured as .an.emplo'yer,:: but" h« had anLexplanation l to make:;m; : .>;estorday's.issue/ ; When : the price of. hemp .was. high' : he took .'pleasure' in < payr ing good :'wages, 'but'.l know Jthat ;in these,'. . the lean {days, of. the. industry,-; be'j advocates Vsliding• scale: put 6f;;f aidless to both 'hiillers' andmen. ,; Eegarding Mr.'-JolmvStahseUjt.we. know .he; was a miller: a 'few: years; .back/jbut: P.T3iC^s'ojrt:bl.;hisvWay ; .to';qnotel'a-';man: .who admits', that;he had'enoiigh;of;tfe -bu'si-; 'ness, .'and!does,■not -want' ,"tb'return'to!-it.' There is doubt the 1 ' royalties'-iri'./Foxtpn"-are high—beyond all'reasonV-but'it is-not : so' everywhere,'-ah_d:,the.4axgrowers : ;W!int : ,a fair' interest on ;:their capital:-—lam,' etc., v--' '- r ». : ''■■*:/■■;vS;"-- ; ■■. iFoxton,; February 6,.1909.: ; ;- ■; /;£ ;-x?,j[^
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 7
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151FLAX ROYALTIES AND WAGES. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 7
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