OTAGO FARMERS' UNION

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 216, 31 May 1918, Page 8

OTAGO FARMERS' UNION

■RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE .' GOVERNMENT. ißy Telegraph—Press Association. •i Dunedin, May 30. The Otago Provincial Council of the Farmers' Union held its annual meeting to-day. The following motions were cartied: "That tho Government be urged to push! forward afforestation, especially •with guick-growing trees." "That the Dominion ■ Conferenco aid Government endeavour to curtail tho activities of the ■Meat Trust, and that the former be asked to consider methods.whereby the outwit of meat can be disposed of in England under a single control." "That in order to apply science to the practice of farming, classes bo held at experimental farms during the slack time of the year and lectures and demonstrations bo given by Government experts." "That an emphatic protest be entered against the issue of war, loan ' 'scrip free of incomo tax." "That the Government bo asked to place taxation on a more equit-able-basis, taxation on mortgages being considered unjust." "That the Government take steps to check the increasing prices of farmers' materials and machin-. ery, and that the price of wheat to the consumer be fixed. "That the Government be nrged to securo a suitable phosphatic deposit, that it arrange for immediate supplies.'and also Tegulate the price of fertilisers." "That a protest be made against the retention' of persons of alien or enemy descent in responsible positions in the public service." "That tho conference views with alarm the number of First Division reservists evading military service, contending that their property should be confiscated and- pooled I'or the benefit.of returned soldiers." "That the retention of the German colonies in. the Pacific is vital' to the wel-fare-of Australasia." "That the ueoessitv for greater 1 production and reduction in the cost-of production be'repre-. gentod to the Government." "That the Government 'bo asked to abandon Territorial camps till after the war."