GENERAL TELEGRAMS
FARMERS AND POLITICS, By Telegraph.—Press Association. Cliristehui'i'h. January ], At a meeting of the Aslihiuton brunch of the Farmer!?' Union, the following resolution was carried unanimously:— "That this blanch supports the organisation of the farmers for their own poli- - tical protection." In tlie course of the discussion Mr. James Bland drew attention to the fact that when the Farmers' Union was first formed it win ili-tinetly understood that they should not enter into party politics, and he felt sure that directly they did so there would f)e ft split, and they would want two Farmers' Onions instead of one. The chainnut explained that they were not a*k«d to support uartv politics, but to support. those principles which won'l host con-' duce to their interests as farmers. Mr. " Lill said if the farmers were not prepared to organis? they had uettei be turned loose, and let anyone Id ok them who i f' liked to do so. It made him mild to think that the farmer begrudged 7s 6d ",'fc a year to become a member of the Farmers' Union when the worsers read- ••• ily paid ]« flfl a week to their union. ' /j
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 3 January 1911, Page 5
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193GENERAL TELEGRAMS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 223, 3 January 1911, Page 5
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