SHEARING RATES.
The conference held in Wellington last week between tho representatives of the Shearers' Union and the fcheepowner 8 proved abortive. The owners refused to concede any of the demands made, with the result that there is likely to be 60-ne difficulty in procuring shearers in the -south. So far as the Wairarapa is concerned, tho owners last year paid 20s per hundred for machine-shearing, and are likely to do the same this year. They will have no difficulty in finding men at this rate. For ourselves, we are rather pleased to see that & return is being made to freedom of contract. Tho whole business might well be regulated by supply and 'demand. If tho men cannot be procured to work at the prices offered by the owners, then, either the price must bo increased or the shearing Trust remain undone. • Wo -believe that a majority of owners outside tho Wairarapa will be found willing to pay 20s per hundred rather than muss a season. And we do not think the shearers would be prepared to press the whole of their demands if they thought they were going to Jose a season's work.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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194SHEARING RATES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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