N.Z. FARMERS' UNION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10614, 22 April 1912, Page 4

N.Z. FARMERS' UNION.

'>3ie primary object of Mr J. G. Wilson in visiting' this part of the Do-•m-iiuon ic ,'uo quicken interest in the •instTui'tion of which he is 'the head, to kii, the N.Z. Planners' Union. Sb far,* as the Wairarapa, is concerned, ■the Union lias been practically nonf ■•existent- .for the past two or three ' yoare. Farmers liar© been quite j ready .to avail themselves of tlie ser--1 vices of the leaders of [the Union wiien , 'iaibcur and other disputes! have oc'•curred. But, when it lias come to ' organ.isa'tion to protect' the genera;! miterests of the man upon the land, they fcave been found wanting. This is * .very ..much to be .regretted. Tlio farmer is the 'backbone oi' the country. Ho 'has ito endure hardships and inconveniences unknown to .the dwellers in the town. He is completely a.t the mercy of -those- iwlio. control ftilie markets. And an effort- is now being made to render him istrbordinate to the will of the Trades and Labour Council. .Unless life awakens from his lethargy, lie will one of these days hud 'himself in queer -street. We cannot too .strongly nrge upon our rural 'friends rthe importance of combining 'for" 4'he purposes of self-preservation. If union fern .is necessary ito secure the ' recognition, of ,t ; he rights-■:. of tho in the towns, it-should be j equally necessary for the preservation; of the privileges of thoso who occupy (the isoil.