FARMERS' UNION
WELLINGTON PROVINCE CONFERENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Palmerston N., Tuesday. The Farmers' Union Conference of the Wellington Province opened this morning. In his presidential speech, Mr. J. G-. Wilson congratulated the province on the prosperous year in all departments of farming. He predicted that next season would be equally prosperous, and warned farmers against the growth of socialism. "There is one important point I should like to bring before your notice, that the population of the towns exceeds (as shown by the last census) that of country districts, which is rather an alarming position in a young country whose future is bound up in agriculture. We know that the towns unfortunately are happy hunting grounds for all sorts of theorists who wish to upset the present condition of things and carry out their theories, which in the past 'have proved failures again and again. They are nearly all aimed at placing further taxation on somebody other than themselves." Mr. Wilson referred to the success of the union's mutual assurance scheme and the Farmers' Distributing Company.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 285, 29 May 1912, Page 5
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176FARMERS' UNION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 285, 29 May 1912, Page 5
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