THE STRIKE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2159, 27 May 1914, Page 8

THE STRIKE

" FOWTICJAN STIRRING THE BMBEUSs" A FARMER'S ¥BOT. ■'Frs>ra Ou.v Sneeial Carrcspandcnti Wanganur, May 2G. A passing ref ero«to ■ t.o tiro strike of' last sitm»i«r was mad* by Mt. J. G. p'isnn, pres«l™t of t!« tiision, at tJio WoUnigfon Provincial OonferwWD of the, Ac\r jOoakfld Farmers' Union licW at VVaiigijtttti yestoniay :~- "I slieulcl have liked to have left the strike absolutely alone," saw] air. Wil- *««, "jiuii -sxn-t* it not that the other side contimies to keep the matter belore the public I toiH<l liave done so. When tiro cotnbaiants cwne to btcnvs, If they- have the sporting instinct tlio loiier is tit* firrt to shake hands awl to become fricfldly with the- winner. I had hoped that this would have been the result, of the strike. liow the ■strikers could imagine that we would sit still and seo our produce rot oil the wharf heats me. Well, we didn't. Wo were challenged, and we tended our o\\n sttllf and, although after a serious loss nil round, trade was started again. None- of iis tod the slightest ffl "feoling ovor.the aiattcr. We bofe oi(r losses plulosophically, ami esiecpt for the m&u who had used sneh violent a»d tnurea--s(H)i.ug langttii»e agninst »s, with all others we had not a morsel of JaMcour, Bnt the othere keep ou iiring Wank cartridges at the 'specials,' and,-speak;-ing iot tho fannefs of the province, J. want to again aekaiowlodgo tlta fin-e spirit which prompted ow yewng niott and many older one?, teo. to rospoitd to the call 'to batons': for the disei.pliiio and restraint tlwy shewed under dif&ctitt, coiiditknis; and for tiic assurance they gnvo us that if occasion reciuii'ed them, they wonld do- the same agftin. 1 met men ia the barracks who hwi cast tfH their duugarees after milking in the evening, had doinwd breeches and leggings and riddeu 40 miles to eateh tlvo train lwst for W-ol-liiigisin. I ivas pTcmd to siiake ttai by the- haiad. I hope ■wo shall nwer have occasion, bwt if the same circumstances nrieej I know tltftt ilie same Mtirso will be pursued. \i«f<irtitH3iWy. the jwlitician is stirring'tho cmbws; I wisti they wore alknvwl to die out and tlie ashes seatteretl' by tho four winds of heaven."