CORRESPONDENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 1 June 1907, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

DAIUY FACTOiiy LAIiOR. j To the Editor. , Sir,—"Dairy Factory Employee," in his letter of Wednesday, seems to think the dairy hands are very badly done by. lie seems lo think the farmers ate all making their fortunes. lie does not think of the price of land new, also the price of cows to what they were a lewyears ago. If he reckons the prices now and a few years ago be will see the fanners have not such a good time a a

he thinks, lie also says th:t the wages have not gone up, lull if he tries to iemember (if lee was ever in a facto-."/) the wsges six or seven years ago, he wili liml they arc much higher. lie also compares factory hands in to vn and those working in the country, Hie man in the town doe.-, not jret found, in house, firewood, milk ami butter, so

that a dairy factory hand is much bei-l->r oil' at ti 5s pei' week (ban the unii lin town at C:i. "Employee" must also remember that for four month- in the year there nrc very short, limns in a factory, so if he takes all the year round lie'will find he is not working anything like as long as he thinks. He also savS thai the Union':, terms arc very moderate, but 1 think they will have to be still more moderate to be at all reasonable. I think most of the dairy employees are saiislicd villi the way thing-; arc; of course you can talk to some ir,cn ami make them believe they are badly treated. I hope the employees will r ■member the story about killing the hen that laid the golden egg, and not be a stumbling block to the dairy industry. Hoping Someone else will take the matter up.—T am, etc., ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.