Agriculture and the Community (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Agriculture and the CommunityWhen the essay was written the Government policy of subsidising agriculture was in operation, and I discussed at some length the effect Of that policy and gave my reasons why I thought the policy was a bad one. The sudden reversal of that policy a few days ago may seem to render that section of the essay super¿uous. I have decided to let the section stand as written. I think I mav claim that there at least my argument has been proved true.The farmers have reason to complain that they have been unfairly dealt with by the Government. Whether they were wise in trusting the industry to the vagaries of politics is another matter. They cannot say they were not sufficiently warned. Those of us who were in the minority on the Royal Commission on Agriculture did our best to warn them of the risks they were running, but without avail. For the Government there is no excuse. Not only was the policy Of guarantees adopted by the Government, but an attempt was made to give it a per manency unusual in legislation in this country by the proviso for four years' notice of change. They have broken faith with the farmers. The fact that they can do so with impunity is the bitter lesson for the farmers. No Government could carry on a policy of subsidising farmers which would entail large drafts on the taxpayer, and when the farmers realise that fact we shall have come to. The end of guaranteed policies and protection.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.