A FARMER'S VIEW.
A Waiiganui farmer has endorsed the opinion expressed in the Age of yesterday concerning the dispute with the slaughtermen. He says the farmers in that district are by no means unanimous on the question of manning the boards. "This action'would .not only provoke a needless quarrel with the men, but the .farmers camiot dress sheep sufficiently well to satisfy the London market. Further, to refuse the increase asked for, which only amounts to a little over a- halfpenny per head, means that the farmers would lose all they stood to make, while to give it would still leave them a fair profit. Apart from the business aspect, However, you can take it from me the majority of the farmers sympathise with the men. Slaughtering is a. rotten job, and should be well paid. The companies that stand, between the farmers and tire •slaughtermen take it out of both, and' the real grievance of both is against the companies, and the majority of the farmers are not going to answer the call to man the hoards,"
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 14 January 1913, Page 4
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178A FARMER'S VIEW. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 14 January 1913, Page 4
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