GUARANTEED PRICE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 July 1939, Page 4

GUARANTEED PRICE

OPINION OF DAIRY FARMERS. MR W. J. THOMAS'S ATTITUDE. In an interview this morning regarding a statement by Mr B. Roberts. M.P.. relating to matters introduced by Mr W. J. Thomas, of Carterton, on behalf of the Farmers’ Union, who, Mr Roberts had asserted, had pleaded for a free exchange in place of the present policy, Mr Thomas states: — “I want to state that the question as to whether we wanted a guaranteed price or not was not dealt with at the conference nor did I bring it up when speaking on the question of exchange on behalf of the delegation to the House. This matter was raised by Mr Savage in the House of Representatives on the day following that on which the deputation was received. Speaking personally. I would consider it very unwise for the dairy farmer to go back on the open market with the exchange at. 125 and the New Zealand pound depreciated to probably 140 to 150 in relation to sterling. In any case, if a plebiscite is to be taken as to whether they want the guaranteed price or not, merely leaving it to individual farmers to write to their members in the House it will be. to say the least of it, quite ridiculous.”