PAYMENT FOR PRODUCE

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20263, 4 August 1937, Page 2

PAYMENT FOR PRODUCE

COMPENSATED PRICE. CAMPAIGN WELL SUPPORTED. “We are making progress on all fronts but there are still some farmers who fail to see the Justice of our claims,” stated Mr J. H. Furniss, of Huntly, one of the leaders of the ■compensated price movement, prior to his departure last evening for Wellington en route to the South Island where he proposes to address about three meetings a day for a fortnight. Mr Furniss said despite the fact that Canterbury was largely a wheat growing and sheep raising area producers had evinced keen Interest In the campaign and branches of the Farmers’ Union were forwarding sums of money to assist the funds. Many dairy companies in the North Island had made a levy on produoe and were 100 per cent, behind the organisation’s olaims for economic Justice for all producers. Mr Furniss added that in order to place the proposals fully before farmers and to rebut ill-informed criticism it was proposed to distribute among all farmers a monthly Journal but the scheme depended entirely on the financial support forthcoming. In their own Interests he urged all farmers to get behind the movement and to take united aotion through the dairy companies and Farmers’ Union branches.