FARMERS UNION.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1921, Page 5

FARMERS UNION.

.ADDITIONAL REMITS. TOLL-GATES OPPOSED. liy Te!egTa.i»U —Press Association. Wellington, Last. Night. The following additional remits wen passed at the Dominion conference ft the Farmers’ Union to-day: That th& conference affirms the principle of retail prices Itetng governed by <-om petition and the ordinary supply and demand of articles; the conferc.ice urges the Government to enforce e.ricter regulations in regard to the cuttle tick menace ami stock routes in the infected areas should come under quarantine regulations: the Government should indemnify owner? for the compulsory destruction of hawthorn hedges in connection with fire blight. It wsw. decided to a.-.k wool -brokers ta reduce the charge for the storage oi wool by half on account of the low piioe of wool; to urge on the Government the necessity of inetPuting a comprehensive system of national loading, declaring agaipst the toll gate system and preferring a tyre tux; that in the settlement of disputes between employe™ and employees the general public (the consumers) be given a votee.

It was decided to affirm that the principle of preference to unionists was not desirable in the interests of the Dominion and the Dominion executive will draw up a remit to place before the Government.