ENCOURAGEMENT TO FARMERS.
TO THE KDITOU. Sin,'— l feci disappointed that at tlio retrenchment moetiiiffs lield tlirouplmufc the district, tlie example set us by tin; Germans lias nut been pointed out to our Government. The German Government encourages the beet industry by paying a bonus to the Rii»iir maiinfactureis tor every ton of susrar that is exported from the country. Wo have no susiar <•» expoit, nor has our (ioverniuent tiie money to pay bonuses, but it i:;m elYect the same purp.-se by allowing all productions such as butter, bieon, cheese, potatoes, grains, beef, mutton, wool, and all other things that can be produced and exported to bo carried on the New Zealand railways free of cbar°;e, nr at least at seventy-rive per cent, less than the present cost. By this, the farmers would 113 untibl.nl to employ a much greater amount of labour than they can at present, and so give work to those who are now unemployed.—l inn &c. Si',vw. "■ Te Awanmtu, duly l.ith.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2498, 14 July 1888, Page 3
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165ENCOURAGEMENT TO FARMERS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2498, 14 July 1888, Page 3
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