The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1920. A FARMERS’ FEDERATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3506, 8 June 1920, Page 4

The Taihape Daily Times AND WAIMARINO ADVOCATE.

TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1920. A FARMERS’ FEDERATION.

With which is incorporated “The Taihape Post and Waimarino News.” '

..._-_-.¢-.._.-... it ls'b"olllC\\'.l.lilC remark-üblc to find that after many years of organisation f:1.l'lllC1'S, in many pul'l.~: of the Dominion, are still calling out. for ciosvr organisation. Is it not it fact that must I'arliiol's will um. I't'lU'lSo any need for Ul‘g‘lLlllS:l.l.lUJl until :1 case :li_'isc.~' in wliicli ‘rliey l')0L‘0l1l0 ridiculous in their isolrltion or indivi(luul.ism'3 Have not lf:llIu(:l'.“w been In,xtting tlwir trusts in priiiccs, ill chzzinpioiis who havc failed llicm and left them \\'ithout LL nizirkcl, for tli_vir iprorluco, or who have been too impotent to secure for them the admixtugus that producers of (ll'll(‘i’ cOunll‘l<‘S are uiijmyiiig‘? It is owing to Iriisliiig their all lo 0110 mini iilslt*:x.] ol' i';:i'm—(~‘l.‘:: l'oi'niing one big :1.~.so«:i:l1imi. umlor u. iliuJ'uug'lily (1(‘AIl|()“ll.ul1Vi" c,()J|.\'i'll.Llll(lll tlml; llivy urc in :1 1-nrlous >l’.ll:lllUlI 111. the pl'c.~toiit; moment. 'i‘liey zmi calling for ()l‘g‘:l1llS1l1l()ll_. wirlor org_;:iiiiszitimi, closer oi'gmiis:iti<ni lo lock the slzllile (loor now that ‘l’-llL‘ lioi'.~:o ll:x>'. <).~3(:up(-(I, it is neo<,llos.< to say tlinl fzLl‘liwi's have submitted to living 11-fll, and have not l’ol]o\\"n-ll the IIL‘L-41' ail’ l()(l(ll'1’.~‘. _Wlio, do they think, is gelling to «lolivcr them fmiu lulu.‘ l’i'u.~:t>: Lhul‘ stuml mill‘ waiting to grab l‘ll(:i.i' nivm; waiting to take their butter arid pay wliut they like for it? There is no po\vel' available tliut is ‘strong enough; tliey appeal to the Govermnent to save them from trust liomls and .-all they receive are -it few pl:l.titlldCS. No Government could be as powerfiil as lllC i’:mncrs tlicinsolws had they ors;‘:ul---ised to pi'ote€t their intm'osl:s us I’llt‘{l"‘ clinnls. sliippcrs, uiir] oven \.ivorkm's, organise to protect theirs, and yet the cry for ovganisatioii still goes upj from Auckland. to Dunedin uilhoeded.l It is not pessimism to state that it isl obvious fariners are :Ippl'oaching particularly bad timo, the severity of which can only be avoideil by organi--""”l'3’“s bl’ fmming 21 Union that is on a level with meat trust organisa.tions. Dairy farmers in the Auc.kl:md province are agitating for 3 dairyf:lrm-

ers’ union, but it should be remember-! ed that the dairy farmer of to—day is some other sort of farmer tO-nlol‘-row. What wanted in the best interests of production is one big farmers’ union with special committees to look after the rights and interests of the various sections‘ of farming, for there are -many serious problems arising that affect every primary producer, and which must be considered and det’el'milled with the assistance of every farmer in the Dominion if the best is'to be achieved. I A period of woe is confronting farm-l ers if they are 36 indisereet. as to_ divide their forces into sectional unions. United firmly into one mighty, inltell-igent, energetic. Jwhole, farmers cannot be successfully assailed, but if they divide their forces into sections, forming a multiplicity of unions they will invite that failure that will surely overtake them. Then, from a Dunedin conference comes a‘ murmur about Wheat wrongs, and an appeal to have the meat commandeer extended for another month, but is it not plain that wheat, meat and‘ butter have been too long left to ‘be disposed of by some person outside‘ the farmers’ union executive, and ‘now the complete control is entirely‘

‘out of farmers’ own hands; theirl meat and their butter are going on to ‘ ‘‘-a chaotic market. It is well known that the British Government is facing an appalling financial future, so are New Zealand farmers, and as they let their meat go‘ at less than half of what was paid for other meat, they have some claim upon the British Government for something more than a chaotic market. Had the farmers’ union managed their own affairs when time of self-reliance was drawing near, instead of putting their trust in those who had other irons in the fire they would surely have got some sort of market in view. As it is they can only secure relief by sending their meat to America to be distributed by their enemies, the trusts. VVe say without fear of making any error that were the farmers of this Dominion brought into closer organisation they would virtually be all—powert'ul as fa." as their industry is involved. The people in Britain who are taking 3000 per cent. out of wool are circulating obviously untrue wool price reports, ‘ for how can prices be firm in Britainwhile across the channel at Antwerp there is a fall of 25 per cent? It is undeniable that the only dependable arrangement farmers can have is one that constitutes them into one mighty. federation of producers. fortherc is no other ‘successful way of beating the Chicago meat packers and the 3000 per cent. Wool-mongers of Britain. By such federation farmers could absolutely control food supplies, secure just reimuneration, and, favourable legislaltion. To ask the Government to go rinto partnersliip with farmers in a shipping line is to invite the impossilble; every section of the community ‘is dependent upon shipping and have as much right, and prospect of suclcess, to invite "tire Government to join them as the/farmers have. There is. only one practicable sclienie for providing ample shipping, and that by the establishment of :2, State. shipping line. Because there is a shortage of shipping the i?arnic-r has to accept lower prices as the British. Government decides to sell at fair prices; wool growers liavo to take less for their wool so ‘Lil:-it the Bradford wool-mongcrs may still have their 3000 per cent; and in only a ishort time blltl'el' prices will go down ‘because tr:l(ling wifl, Russia. is recommeneing. In tires-or troubles f-.lrni—-ers are helpless; tlwy r=,-an ~;que:rl, but nobody troubles to take any notice. We are fully aware tliat in appealing for fair prices for tlie‘m.~'.el.ves they are exllibitin;_; an anzazieiy for .t':lir t‘ll:n'ges to corl.<llln.ers, l_>ecau.<e they ihave the e>;p<-riem-.e oi’ what impossible prices to consumers mean to the !lalmlll' niarliet and society j.;‘<"lH‘!‘=lll_\'i(7<:r:fr>l'eric(\ order paperg have repeati<.‘<ll_Y been eirvul:«te«._l l;u::ir‘i.rl;,r reinits lil:'gi.rig that u_joili-nul be pllblifillekl ’\\'m'llly of the l)0:nir:E(;n"s prilnal'y .}Vl'Udll(.‘lng interests, yet by 801m‘.

<:h:lnce nothing Q) I’}2:~.t u'in:u_-iiun 11:15 Ml. been zlc<:onlpli.~:he(!. The Fm‘nl— Union Advottuic i;~: no <“S-C!'t‘dit tn llm.<c who ]ln\.‘r: the <:olnpilatio" dud I>l‘odm'.tir)n of it, but it. is .<ur(~l_y (lis-<-rodimblc to its :’:u'nle'r I"‘o]"'i9“"'~‘T!‘ if v-.\lnln'f be pllhli.°.]md. mm'(' HG‘ qlumtly Hl-.111 (moo R mmuflx :1 'f':lrnlol's’ ;iou‘-11:11 in u vnunfry like I'hi.-. .<honl<l hr‘ of’ suoh :1 r'l«::r:lct<‘r that I'lo f3”““7' \\'<mM want {'o he \vi'iTlv..mf it. “'0 should be sorry indeed to 900 the institution uf sr-p:n':lfc m'g:lni>‘=llio"~“~ for tho \':H'i()n,\‘ ,<e(-fiQn_.-. of .f'ul'lning‘. bcCuuso,fronl oxperienco, Wl‘ kI10“' Hmi illtm'c-.~:1 in the main orgmxisntion would flag and fade to no’rhi:lgll(>.<s. Unit.er'l into one mighty, virile f"o(lcr:1.lir:nlt]m farming: -ztommunity Would be able to put {nfo action :1 ‘power none other could rcsist. Some organised force is going to control fhe affairs of this country, which is it to be? Is it to be hxzadofi by I"'im3"." producers and allied tinflustrios, by trade and commerce, or by the great divider] army of workers? This question is WOl-ihy of some consideration, '

The hearing of the libel action V.O-)1 Zedlitz x. New Zealand Times was concluded on Saturday, the jury finding for the plaintiff, to whom was awarded £IOO as damages.

The following vessels will ‘be within wireless ramge to-day '-—WeliingWln:;. Wahine, Maori, Pateena, Moeraki, Tutanekai, Westralia, Gallic, Riverina. Awarua: Tarawera. Aucklndz Sun; rey, Awanui, Waitemata, Talune, Amagisan_Maru, Ralkamoa. ,

The Supreme Court jury at Christchurch awarded H. H. .Urquhart, -a pupil of 15 years of age, £BOO and costs against the Ashburtou High School Board for the loss of an eye through the negligence of one of the Board’s employees in an experiment in the school laboratory.

A sad illustration of the moral tone existing in some circleé at the present time in Auckland was given in two afiliation cases called at the Magistrate’s Court on Friday morning. In one instance the putative father was 16 years of age, and the other 17 Years. In each case the mothers were older than the 3r.outh:sa_

‘A cable from Sydney states that the rain, has practicaly cleared. Though much more is required in the dry areas thoroughly to break the drought, almost the whole State has greatly benefitted, and the outlook has vastly improved_ It is claimed that it has saved the Wheat crop from disaister, hundreds of farmers from bankruptcy, and will enable the pastor-alists to save many of their breeding stock, which otherwise would have perished or had to be sacrificed.

One result of the Waihi strike was that the employees of the Esorough Council lost their positions because the gold revenue was cut off. The ques-' tion of reinstating such of the borough employees as the financial position will permit is to be discussed. Practically the whole of the members of the staff were thrown out of the employ during the strike, which resulted in a temporary cessation of the mining industry and the cutting otf of the principal source of revenue to the borough.

The little town of Morrinsville intends to “get real busy'.” on its housing scheme. A poll to raise £IO,OOO to build workers’ dwellings was carried. It is intended to build ten dwellings immediately_ The site chosen is a portion of the recreation ground, ivhich was purchased on mortgage, the mortgagee releasing five acres from his becurity in order to facilitate the board's housing scheme. It is probable that the houses will be built of hollow concrete at a cost, excluding the sections, of £750 each.

Being charged with pushing women about and demanding that they should step into the road and leave the footway to him, an elderly man was fined a small sum by the Thames Court magias-tl-ate. “You probably do not follow the news as you should,” said the magistrate. “Ladies will shortly sit to administer justice. We are no longer the superior sex. We shall very soon find ourselves the yery inferior one. if we have not found it already. “Take your hat off to them politely. They are our superiors!’

“While I do not think the reported ‘slump in ‘prices in England is going to affect -the price of foodstuffs here, 1' do not think that another very im';‘vOriianf factor in this direction is likely to enter into the question before long,” said :1 leading Clll-istchm-clx wholesale merchant recently to a Sun reporter. “I refer to the possible cponing up of trade with Russia, and the exchange of goods with Great Britain. Va.~:t. areas will be brought into protluction again. I believe that Russian wheat, butter, and cheese are going to siabiiise the world markets as nothing else could, and that in five _\*ezu-.<r' time Russ-iv. will be the determining :"z-;c.v.or in the prices paid in Englzind for New Zealand butter and cheesef’

A}H'()pOs of loans, a. correspondent l'or\\'ards the following extract from the American péllltil‘; “The Saturday Evening Posf.’l’ on the methods "being adopted by the German Government to raise :noney:——“So clifiicult will be the problem of raising money that the German Government‘/s next loan——it; is proposed 10 raise five billion marks—will be fl. lottery loan. It will create fen new millionaires yearly for the next eiglrly years. Every person who l)u'_\'s :1 bond will have. a chance at (Il'2l\\’ili;:‘S hold twice :1. year, at each of which l.h(=)re will be twenty-five hundred prizes with a lolzal prize money of’ twenty-five million marks. There are five maximum prizes ofone million marks each. England, by the way, proposes to adopt this same scheme with her next national loa.n.’.’ Our correspondent adds:——“As racing appears to be unpopular with Mr Massey, Why not close the racecourses, abolish the‘ tote, hold dispersal sales of all blood stock, and have a gentle flutter in the national loan sweepstakes?”

Children like WADE’S WORM FIGS. Safe and certain remedy for worms.

Of the tobacco consumed in England, 77 per cent is made into cighcet-mes, 20 per cent is smoked in pipes, and three per cent. in cigars.

Some adroit. piclzpocket at Hull relieved Inspector Moss, of the NorthEastern Railway Police, of a. wallet confaining £3O in notes. It was taken from his hip pocket as he boarded a tramcar.

In spite of the tram strike in Auckland, “The Miracle Man” is creating new records daily in that town. Taihape will be the third town in New Zcaland -to show this extraordinary picture, which has ifs own orchestra, and singers. Arrangements for its elaborate present-ultion are now in hand at the King’s_, where it will be nlolinted on a scale never before attempted in Taihape.

Sir R. Baden-Powell has decided to create a new badge for ‘Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, to be given to these proficient to act as bircbwardens. To win this badge, scouts and guides must be able to identify the birds of their district by appearance or note, must know where to look for their nests, keep a, record of the birds seen, also the dates of arrival and departure of migratory birds, and protect all nests against inJury.

A boy manned Jaznes Caskie, :1 telegraph messenger, fifteen years of age, living in Cumberland Street, Dunedin, was electrocuted on Saturday night about 9 o’clock in the reserve known as the Triangle in Lower High Street. Caskie was swinging on one of the wire stays of a flagpole when the high Wind blew it against an electric power wire. This. probably carried a current. of about 1700 volts, and Caskie must have been killed instantaneously_

'i‘llrough the inability of Mr. A. L. Arrowsmith to be present in Taihape at the end 9f the month, the arrangements in connection with his public farewell have had. to be modified. It has now been decfded that the valedictory flAlncti.on should take the form of a. light banquet, to be held in the Town Hall'on Friday ‘evening next. at B.d’clock. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. and tickets may be procurefl from the hon. secretary. Mr. J. R. Culm'lngllanl. ”

From Alnerica, as might, be expect»ed ,comes a. story of a Sinn Fein plot to kidnap the Prince of Wa.les_ The a.uth.ority for it, moreover, is "given as the Londofcorrespondent. of the Phi]adelphia Public Ledger. The correspondent states “a‘uthorita.tivelys” that the plan was to seize ‘the Prince (fluring -his United States tour and hold him to “ransom” by the British Government. The “ransonl‘i’ was to consist of recognition by the. British Government of the Irish Republic!

The Well-dressed body of a Woman aged about 30, has been found on the lower deck of the partly-subnlerg;ed Vinclictive (sunk in the immortal raid of May 10, 1918, eff Ostend). Her clothes were black, and on hOl"WaiS‘ found a purse Containing small clmnge and cards inscribed “R. V. deß.,” states at Brussels telegram to the Drlily Mail. The police have not yet solvlul the mystery of how the Woman got on board the Vindictive. There are finger marks to show that she clung desperately’ to a projection to keep her head above the rising tide until she was exhausted.

Mr Nat Hartley. the vaudeville star, who has been appearing at the King's Theatre, with a kindliness and ‘forethought, which does him cl‘edit_. gave an entertainment at the public hospital on Sunday afternoon to the patients and Staff of tlmt institiition, in which he excelled himself, and delighted thought who witnessed. it. Yesterday afternoon Mr Hanley gave zmother ‘t‘ul-ni’ at the hospital, which was also gfiently enjoyed. L‘. is tlzougriitflil little actions like Mr Hanley’s which have :1, very warm feeling behind, and his ofi‘m~ts to in’rro(lu<=e :1 ray of sunshine into ‘*9 lives of the patients was very keenly zlppreci:l’rod hy them.

’ Replying to an Auckland importer, the Controller of Customs writes:~ “It would appear that the purchasing of goods in France, Italy, or other countries having a depreciated currency, however much it may detrimentally affect manufacturers there, is not to the disadvantage of imporfers from those countries. It is regretted that fife in=sh-uctions which have been issued ‘With respect to conversion at current bank rates of exchange of invoices made our in English currency for goods imported from France or Italy and ‘their reconversion at mintage par rate of exchange cannot be with drawn. ’}’