SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 201, 14 January 1913, Page 5

SLAUGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.

A WANOAXU VIEW. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wanganui, Monday. A well-known local rainier, interviewed, says that in this district are by no means unanimous on the. question, of manning the, boards in the event of a strike of slaughtermen, lie says that it would not only provoke a needless quarrel with the men. but farmers are not able to dress sheep sufficiently well to satisfy the' London market. Further, to refuse the increase asked for, which only amounts to a little over 1 / :: d per head, means that the farmers lose all they stood to make, while to give it will still leave them a fair profit. "Apart from the business as- | pect, however," he continued, "you ca.n take it from me that the majority of farmers sympathise with the men. Slaughtering is a rotten job, and should be well paid. The companies that stand between the farmers and slaughtermen take it out of both, and the real grievance is against the companies, and the majority of farmers are not going to answer the call to man the boards." IN TILE MANAWATU. Palmerston North, Last Night. There are fears of the slaughtermen's strike deterring farmers from buying stock, owing to the possibility of their being unable to quit it when fat. The present lifelessness of the market is attributed partly to this and partly to the backward state of the rape crops. While farmers realise the importance of refraining from defying the workers and -precipitating trouble, the general feeling is that if these demands are going to be an annual affair it would be better to light them now and have it over. ' v '" ' " "■' ■