CORRESPONDENCE.
(To the Editor). Sir. —Your correspondent, G. F. Smith, as a business man, realises the slump conditions in Foxton Avhen the mills close, and Avas also actuated by the highest motives when he suggested that the Government should be approached to subsidise the millers to the extent of £1 per ton up to 1,000 tons, so as to provide sufficient to pay the Ilaxmill employees the, aAvard rate of wages as the employees have refused to accept less to keep the mills working. Looking at the position of things as at present, Sir, do you consider such a proposal fair to the millers? Could not wages be fixed on a sliding scale to meet the exigencies of the market. Both parties Avould then share the ups and downs of the market, and remove other causes of irritation, and such an arrangement Avould lay the foundation of mutual good will and co-operation. But, Sir, to ask the millers to start up the mills for the love of seeiug the wheels go round is too one-sided. —Yours, etc., GIVE AND TAKE.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3817, 12 July 1928, Page 2
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180CORRESPONDENCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3817, 12 July 1928, Page 2
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