AGAINST THE FARMER

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20988, 15 December 1939, Page 14

AGAINST THE FARMER

GOVERNMENT POLICY PIG PRODUCERS’ COMPLAINT (Special to Times) PALMERSTON N., Thursday The Minister of Marketing, the Hon. W. Nash, recently announced the prices and conditions in respect of the marketing of pigs, but according to opinions voiced at this evening’s meeting of the Wellington District Pig Council, Mr Nash has ignored entirely resolutions passed at a joint meeting of representatives of 95 per cent of trade and producer interests. A resolution was passed as follows:—“That the Minister of Marketing be asked whether he has abandoned his policy of consulting producers before reaching decisions affecting production and the marketing of pigs, and if not, why the recommendations of the producer and trade sub-committee on pigs held on October 13 were modified by agreement with trade interests without consultation with the producers’ subcommittee especially set up by the Director-General of Agriculture.” Members of the council said it seemed' that the Government was right up against the farmer, but it was asserted that the time would come when the Government would have to come to the people to get the people reorganised. At present, however, it was useless telling the Government that reorganisation was necessary. “We have a national executive which is only national in name.” stated a member of the council. “We will get nowhere until our organisation is independent, which is not the case at present, when departmental heads, responsible to the Government, are sitting on it.”