THE RAILWAY AND SMALL FARMERS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1837, 15 April 1884, Page 2

THE RAILWAY AND SMALL FARMERS.

TO THK KDJIOIt. Hi I!,— Judging by the expeiiencu of many yeais, I, and no doubt utheis, ha\« fmmd that .imoiig all the disabilities under which the Waikato farmeis labour, none aie so gieat a-, th.it which attends the hale of our small crops of wool. The railway, and indeed all the public carriers, seem to have fi<wned their .-cale of chaiges upon the ciuel and unjust principle thau the smaller the faimei is and the less goods he is in a position to send or receive, the more he has to pay in propoition. They say in effect t<» thesettlei. While you ai<> smuggling ami down in the woi Id, we will do oui best to keep you theie, but when (without any assistance fioni us), you succeed in getting upon your feet, and can deal in larger quantities, then we will do our utmost to make things pleasant, and carry your goods at a. cheapoi 1 ate. To such a pass has wool-grow-ing in a small way now come, what with the low pi ice and heavy charges, that it is .scarcely woith the tumble to shear and deliver small clips, much less to grow them. This is where we look to the association to help us. Let them collect all the wool, laige lots and small, and by shipping in laige quantities, all the charges, freight, cartage, insurance, commission, etc., will be reduced to the lowest possible point, then let the association charge us, big farmui •. and small, one uniform rate of so much per lb. This u ill be fair play. There i& another point in connection with the wool, and that is the piice which it brings in the Auckland maiket. I think we are all dissatisfied in tin's respect, but here again the &mall grower is at fault, for if he had the inclination he is unable, owing to the small quantity, to send it to a moie distant market, so it is knocked down at a lower price than I believe is ob- * tamed in any other paitof New Zealand or anywhere else, while his larger neighbours ships away. And this is what we want the association to do with our wool. When they take it from us, let them get the full value for it, whether it is in Auckland or London. We will by this means know that our wool is conveyed at the lowest possible price, and ultimately sold for its full value, a knowledge which I think few Waikato farmer* now possess. —l am, &c, Whatawhata Fabmer.

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