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Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1928, Page 2

When a fanner engages a hedger, a ploughman or a ditcher, his wages should not ho based on the price <>l produce on the Home market, and there has never, .so far as we can remember, boon any suggestion that a sharp ad Vance in the prices of butter and cheese entitles the farm laliourer to a rise. The economic equation is regulated according to averages, and a fair wage in one year should l>e a fair wage in another if scientifically determined. The recommendations of the committee now considering the labour conditions, with, as the Prime -Minister. says, “the sky as the limit." should lie particularly instructive. For many years wage fixation lias Icon a matter of compromise!, and imposes hardship either on one party or another. Tf some perfectly equitable arrangement can l»c arrived at. a boon will lie conferred on the industrial community,—“Southland News.”