CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1917, Page 4

CLASSIFICATION OF INDUSTRIES.

ATTITUDE OF FARMERS' UNION, AN APPEAL FOR EXEMPTION OP PRODUCERS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, T.a a t Night. At a meeting of the exe'utive of tlw Farmers' Union, a further disnisfion ,took place on t'"c reso'ution pafs<;n at the previous meeting: "That, in order to conserve as far as possible all available labor for essentia] industries, ths coiii.,ulsory elaits;-s of the 'Military Service Act should, ior the pn.scnr. be applied only in respect of tho«3 whose occupntions could be suspended without; detriment to the safety of the Empire or the ultimate wealth-producing power of the Dominion, and in furtherance of this object all occupations should be at once classified.' 1 in Veply to the union's conimunication, the Acting-Prime Minister wroto that classilication of essenti.il ar.d nonessential Industries was i iiuier which would he dealt with, by the Industrial Elliciency Board, and (he organisation that would be created under thut Hoard; ''indeed," the letter ran, "thfl whole question of industry. With respect to the farms of soldiers w'lin go to (he front, it comes .within the seopo of (he Ellii-ieney Board, and I do not think they will stay their hand until they have gone into the whole question, and dealt with it in a sativaitoiy way." The executive adopted a resolution to the ell'evt that local committees bo appointed throughout the districts to support ..ppcals for exemption of youiifj men who are known to be essential for .the production of foodstuffs.