OUR DAIRYMEN AND THEIR ALIEN COMPETITORS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 February 1916, Page 2

OUR DAIRYMEN AND THEIR ALIEN COMPETITORS.

(To the Editor.) .Sir, —It does seem amazing that our primary producers, like our business men who submit to be closed up while the liquor bars are wide* open, should not protest against alien nations .being placed 011 an even footing with them : in the British markets. lam led to refer to this matter "bccau.se I noticed that Danish buter is quoted at 180s, Argentine 1665, New /jealand J6os. Neither the Danes or the Argentine are tending men to figlit. the Empire's battles, while our dairymen have done §o. There is no reason why a difficult urob-

10.U1 should not bo dealt with- The present time- is most ' opportune to make domain!* tor preferential treatment in respect to our wool, butter, cheese and meat. The Farmers' union could get ovei.' tlie difficulty liy forcing Premier Miassey and Sir Joseph Ward to show whether they had any | .statesinenlike ideas on the matter. These lhen can angle for position aid titles, therefore, in tlie name of commonsense why don't they fill them iairlv. Our producers arc sending the best of their men to the war, and they should object to be treated no better than our alien competitors by our Fusion Cabinet.—l eTc. DISGUSTED.