FARMERS' UNION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 642, 20 October 1909, Page 7

FARMERS' UNION.

' DEPUTATION TO THE PREMIEII,••■: - i, ■[■■■■ IMPORTANT PROPOSALS. - i During the supper adjournment at .the Houso i- last" ijißbt the AdyisorjjOomhiittoe of the New -f pealnnd -Farpiprs' l Union, headed by the presit d<mt (Jlr. J, Q. Wilson), laid before the Prjmo - Minister (Sir Joseph Word) a number of rosolut (ions which werp passed ut'tho Dominion.Cono fordnco last July, i- BvioHy, tho vesoH'tionswere. to the effect (1) e that the union eipresscd its.hearty ppproval:of ?> the Dreadnought gift; (2) in T>ivoqr'. of nnj--0 vorsal military training; , .(3) Mnorjs ,ta.bo 11 granted the same political and local govern; S ment. privileges as the European's, and : their. !- i surplus lands lo bo bought; (4);Jaqd hoards;to i lijcfude two representatives of ; (ho Cr'pwn ten- ". ants; (5) in favour of discpntjnunnco of Uio poli loetjon of roturjis of !atj4,vatuc6iy(6) pgajnst " tlio imposition of taxatioi} on 'growing, II?.?; n (7) .for the :prpc)am'at)on. gazetting. tj)e' Ohiho--1 tiinriand Waihou Rive'ra. smugs c|innt(bls' to ho " rescinded; (8) dairy companies to .ho granted s > power.to bprrow hionoy tp.lo.nd suppliers for .° the purposp of improving their herds>',(!)) fpr '" State tra(|in? enterprises to be pieced on an ? equal fpotmg with private traders jp respect to " |iabil)ty for any acts of damage 'respiting- from puph'pperationsj(lO) for tho infroduct.iou of a system of thorough bo'qking in respect of goods ■;•' between stations and ports iu cither or-both . jslauds, between such other ports and stations PS woijld tend.to iiicroase-the volume of trade or passenger traffic, between ports in the United Kingdom and, thp Dominion i (11) ih'nt inported i ; timbor should bo'admitted duty fro<\-am)• t'wt there should not be differcntifil railway rates as botween Now Zonlatul mm ij.ipuuou.■.^'n'.u.;'j' ; , ; and (13) that the Government should, inguiro » into thp causes of the. present slump ii) tho meat market at Honio and try to open up a 1, pontinental trade. * »' iiK r Vi)- SOll Rfefowd-Ms remprk's by stating t l that tho cpwimttco wcro pleased toweicomo Sir ~ Joseph on his safe return, to the Dominion, v for Uio deputatjpnwas linntpd tp a few minutes ho was.unable to'gb into the r, various proposals.in-detail. In regard to the is constitution. pf,land bpards ho remarked that it \y J O3 .i!»E 0 L !iSiblp for one representative to do n l?, ii - i ? th f. nu , mc rous. Crown tenants in the 1 ■ Wellington district, '4'he ; practice pf sending o put notices {o farmers to the valuo pf their - WdS was,worthless, as,farmers mostly : wrote across thent'. that there bad beep no. alteratijn, end it was a fact the Department always took the valuers assessment. Owing to''various • rivers having been deolarcd 6ludge channels -large areas of good farming land'were being destrpypd, Np exception, he theught, could ho taken to the Pjpppsal to pl)ow co-pperative companies to lend _ money ,tp their suppliers •'■■• to assist them to increase the herds, tho Joans to be repaid put of tho returns for milk. : With ■ respect tp through hooking of goods, 'Jir.' Wil- ■ Pm'.WUt ps» (prpo in England and the ; Cpntinept, :■' "? .-: ■ Sir Joseph: It cquld only ho (lopo hero if the. •, ferry service were State owned. lij in'akiiig e tt\Rt T?mTO t•■•IB'W reflecting on tho present tl conduct pf, the Sfrvjco. Personally 1 ; (xni ,jn [- favour P{ the State acmiirjngthe service proi. vidod nnipmry was dope to tho'.prcspnt pro-, s prietary., ; : '..'•. .. . • ' . ;- Mr. Wilson stated in. regard, to the impnrtiU (1 tion of timber that the local bodies could not (lo without hardwood timbers for their bridges, I- etc., and whftt was more, they had to pay heayt icr railway charges on U than pi local tim, r ber. . ■■■ , .-.■ •.-.*. i, Sir' Jpsoph: That is a very important m.ik ~ ter. Q«r p\yn'tiipber liidpstry and the qiies- ;, tjon of tho employment .of bur owii people must '■- ba taken into consideration.. MjTion.'tliorp is talk p of reducing rates,,as you suggest, it opens the :- door to turning thousands of: our own workors ~ out of employment, and that wpuld injure thp farmers too. „ Sir Joseph: informed the deputation lip R would look into tho matters whioh, bad been t .brought' tinder his nption, and woulil Vivo a . written, reply without delay; :/ ..