CADETS ON FARMS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Sib, — There seems to be a lot of talk about Chinamen and Indian hawkers monopolising the fcrade of the colony, to the detriment of European tradesmen, which I think they are doing. I would also like to point out another evil ; and that is, the so-called station and farm cadets, who are just on a par with the Chinaman as regards legitimate wage earning. There is hardly a station in New Zealand without one, and, in some cases, two or three, and nearly every farmer of from two hundred acres and upwards has got his cadet. Now, these poor unfortunates are deluded with the idea that if they learn farming as a cadet (which, I take i(i, sir, moans working for nothing and often paying a premium) they will become managers, and get a good salary, or, at the least, get a good situation, which seldom comes off. I think it is nearly time the Government put a stop to this sort of traffic by way of a substantial tax, or make these who engage them pay a fair rate of wages for their labor — not less than the ordinary worker's wage at the least. I am, etc., A Feilding Settler.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 74, 24 September 1895, Page 2
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