FARMERS' POLITICS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 265, 30 March 1911, Page 8

FARMERS' POLITICS

» THE FEDERATION'S POLICY. I J: By Telegraph—Press Association. 8' Christehurch, Last Night. ' The following is the policy of the ■ Farmers' Political Protection FederaT tion:— ■ -, Farmers' Union platform amongst the • electors of the Dominion, especially the c right of Crown tenants to convert their * holdings into freehold at the original b value (plus one per cent, capitalised). ' Native lands to be placed on the same ■ footing as European lands, the imainr tenance of the present franchise for •'; counties, road boards and other rural bodies to resist any increase in protec- •, tive duties. ■ t 2. That to encourage rapid close set- < tlement a landowner (other than an » absentee), who places bona fide settlers on his land subject to limitation of area as prescribed in the Lands for .' Settlement Act, be relieved from grad- [ uated taxation in respect to the par- , ticular area so dealt with. II 3. That in order to encourage produc- , tion and the employment of labor, the ,' amount of money expended in wages by i a farmer in any one year shall be de- ,' ducted from that year's taxable value .i of the farm on which such money for j wages has been spent. , 4. That in order to check the increase 1 of the public indebtedness, every facility ' be given for the investment within the , Dominion of the capital of its citizens, ■ by allowing them to assist in the de velopment of the natural resources of the Dominion, and in the construction of branch railways to act as feeders to the main system, and the utilisation oi water power, etc. 5. That the differential rates on. imported hardwood, timber and coal bt abolished. 0. That the construction of all public ■ works should be by contract, such contracts to be let by tender, encouragement being given to small contractors. I 7. To combat any legislation of it socialistic nature, and to place before the electors the dangers of accepting legislation of a socialistic or penal character as defined by the term "the nationalisation of the means of production, distribution and exchange." 8. To secure the return of members who are in accord with the policy of the Fanners' Political Protection Federation rules. Rule 1. The name shall be "The Farmers' Political Protection Federation." Rule 2. No member or employee of the executive shall contest a Parliamen- . tary election.