APATHETIC FARMERS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1625, 17 December 1912, Page 10

APATHETIC FARMERS.

LACK OF : INTEREST'IN THE r UNION.

Referring to a-remark' at'the last meeting oi the FeiMing'Farmers.' Tniion ecnceining\the" lack of. interest shown by jiie'mb'ars, in. spit;:, of : the fiwt that the labaur un:o;;s,were, .becoming ...solidified, Sir. H. Barreil paiiittd out that at the present tiino the iiaioti was supposed to i;e non:.«iiii,t.ica"i, ..but,.lie. thought ,;he cooner it .became a political.organisation' 'and -hid, w-me -definite, political ideals the better _;V.-oii]d. be, the promise of splinifica-. lion of fiie'-body. - ■- ,- , The:.chairman (llr. G. Sclby.) pointed, ant that any decision adopting a. political attitude'must -be forwarded as a remit to the annual conference.. .He.,proposed that a-small,-committee be setup to ask memb-ers i:i eacli district to-canvass theirneighbours- to—becom3" members; Mr. Morrison oppressed. thcj opinion, that tlio subscription was far too small. Farmers paid :the-five, shillings as a matter of-form,"-'"and. tcob; no., further... interest. "Whereas if the-subscription was a couple of guineas: they would be on-the. lookout for value for their money.- A committee,• Messrs. Burrell,,Booth, Fry, end Sel'uy, was appointed to arrange for the canvass-by farmers-for new .members. .-