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FARM PRICES & COSTS

NEED OF EQUITABLE STABILISATION

EMPHASISED BY MEMBER FOR WAITOMO. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION POLICY. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Discussing the position of the farmers, when he spoke in the .Financial debate in the House of Representatives last evening, Mr W. J. Broadfoot, National member for Waitomo, said a number of the commodities used by the exporting producer had increased considerably in price. The average rise in price of imports from Great Britain was 65 per cent, byt the increase in the price of dairy produce was 7 per cent. One was diffident about asking a higher price from Great Britain, but he thought that if asked she would agree to it because of the increase in the price of goods she was sending us.

The Government were the buyers and fixers of the price and that position should not be allowed to continue, Mr Broadfoot said. The policy of the National Party was that stabilisation must be equitably applied, and in conformity with that policy the produce of the farmers which had been commandeered for the duration of the war or longer must be subject to the same rule. The National Party would set up an arbitration tribunal consisting of representatives of the Government and representatives of the industry and presided over by a Supreme Court judge. The duty of this tribunal should be to decide after going fully into relevant questions such as increased costs what increase the farmer should receive to bring his reward into line with that received by other sections of the community.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1943, Page 4

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FARM PRICES & COSTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1943, Page 4

FARM PRICES & COSTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 June 1943, Page 4

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