PROFITS ON SLIPE WOOL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 210, 31 May 1920, Page 5

PROFITS ON SLIPE WOOL

Sir-I, and many other farmers, art, anxious for information as to the, pajthe freezing c^m-. imnies will be paid to-ito-t seems that this would P°st iußt and I can scarcely. betao ttiac. t can be true. Still, it is always pw- • Bible that the authorities may have overlooked the real facts of the case. I understand that the Imperial Gov-, ernment proposes to pay the bonus to. So producers. Had there been no cGinmaiideer the would have been obliged to pay to ina, taJer the v ?I U jJ Or t he° 5S oil his fat sheep. Under the corn, mandeer, the freezing the farmer at the fixed price for t vool. Therefore, in neither case aret tliev supposed to be making a profit outof tho wool which they buy on fat■ There was never any intention, ott tufl, part of ithe Imperial Government to fake a rift to tiie freezing companies,' who havo 'lost nothing by tho com-, mandeer, but to refund A lie ,/ nru ! eT v some part of the profit which they had, voluntarily surrendered uliea they nc . cented the commandeer. It may no said that it would bo difficult to adjust* the amount duo to various farmers who bad sold to a freezing company. • This, however, seorns an easy matter; .to arrange. Tiie bonus mld h P««|; to a freezing company on tho wool, shipped by them, upon their undertak-; ing to distribute to then' clients in: proportion to tho number of slwsp sentto tho works by the said clients. With, the present high cost of all farm re-, qnisites and wages, the small far l "®': Hoes not receivo a liberal return forlong hours and hard work, and can lllj afford to sacrificc anything that iuaj; be due to him. • ~j I think all farmers would bo well, advised to make strong n^ntet»M ; to the Government on this point which, otherwise might- easily bo overlooked.. While on the subject of tho lxmus, Ii think it is time that tho G°«rrunoirti indicated to farmers tho method of dw tribution they intend to jadopt.-I am,. ctc " SMALL FARMER. .