FARMERS’ UNION

Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1929, Page 5

FARMERS’ UNION

A NEW BODY. By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) CARTERTON, June 14. A new Farmers’ Union has been formed with the first branch at Carterton by Ben Roberts (Chairman of Park vale Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd.) The reasons for the new union are stated to be the great dissatisfaction with payment of levies to Produce Control Boards, which it considers do not render services worth the money it costs producers to support them. Tne changed attitude of the old I armors’ Union towards the establishment of. Agricultural Banks and improved methods of marketing produce, is taken exception to. The new Union also eons.uers its establishment imperative on account of the new British Labour Government forming an Empire Food Purchasing Council lor the purchase of products direct from Farmers’ Associations and not through mercantile houses of the Dominion.

The new Union aims at the .acceleration of State acquisition of land, for (■lose settlement, obtaining legislation empowering the issue of. legal tenders of paper money on security of leasehold and freehold land, livestock etc., to obtain statutory authority resting in the Supreme Council to purchase with farmers’ amortization bonds, nny larnl, premises, machinery etc. necessary for the production and marketing of primary produce and to fix prices. Tt also advocates the abolition of all Produce Control Boards.