LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 58, 3 December 1918, Page 6

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

THE WOOL COMMANDEER

Sir,—lt has often been a matter of surprise to me that city folk have eucli a bud opinion of the ordinary farmer, but after reading the lclteir in your issue of to-day signed "Wool Grower"-sl am no longer surprised that a bad impression of the farmer is abroad. Personally I do not think that "Wool Grower" actually means all he says, but 1 would like to point out that the original oiler of the Imperial Government, viz., 43 per cent, advance on pre-war prices, was "turned down ,, by wool growers in conference in Wellington at the very inception of the scheme, and the prices now given are those asked for by that self-same conference, nnd perhaps a shade more, with probably a shnre of profits in the bargain. "Wool Grower" says: "But in times like these we need tili the money we can honestly claim." Quite so. But he cannot claim more than the contract prices .agreed upon in conference by his representatives. "Wool Grower" suggests that a mistake was made, mid exnects Mr. Massoy (o look into the matter whin he reaches London. If any mistake was made it took place at this end, and not in London, nnd it is rather late in the day to be repenting of the bargain.—l am, etc., WOOLPACK.