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NATIONAL FAIMERS
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D~c~~sion on Rural 'BoD'9iDlil.

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, A meeting ~f tbe Nationa l Farmers' U~lon waa

JKlid qn &tuTday. a.ftern()oo~ a t the offical of tho
Reading Chamber -of CotDTlIcree. 1I1r. F. C~ Bulllng-

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fthoee ~rElellnt were )leeen.
1. -,arrlt.n.t~ O. F9rd', W. Ffllrunt, IE. T. !sbodn~,..
F. Godfrey, \ • Darln, J. O. Ford, 1. C1!a1~~, S. T.

ham j:iJ'lCl$jd.od l and among

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• ,The eJ)}ect of the meeting ~a.e to di8cu8IIr tho 1m'Portallt qU{lStion of hou&Jn~, oe~1I1 with regurd
to the re lations CXj.tlng~
1 ty,'C'OO . . farmere a.nd the' r
c:l'I1p!oyee9, Tho genoezaJ
ing waa that a. grAY.e
dlmculty had arleen dur
jt ho '[war, owlng .w the

terlal.l!, whiell prevented
oo~ta((es r~-om .being buUt ~nd let,' at 'N!nfA that. the

to ,pay.

lllbuurer could .afford

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thel QU(!J!tiOll, ot rllr~1 !housing did not.- touch t.hu

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farme r fn quite t.ho 6amo way :\.II labour .::md wages.
but the- two qU<l8tlon!! were more. or leu akfn, when
they considered the hl.gh wage9 that (were beLng
p al41 and the .probbuUt.y or thei r going !till higher:
In J)8!I6ing, he _ jlverred that a.s the farmtrs were
com(lelled , to pay high . wa.ges, then tho.tte' they employt-'<II plU~ be emcien~, i.e; , mo1"6 intelllgtn~ and
more h1ghly <ed ucated . But, if the~ lla.d 8. bet.t~
ellHtS of JDCl!'!they m~si ot .nece.sslty pro\lidu a b.. t ter
c lan of 'oot~ge. notl't he r-abbit hutehe8 of the lp:l.lIt_
Thera were~ however, dlfficultlee tI~t I would have
to be met; juut which he l'id 'Dot a~ .pre&ent flee nla
way to surmount. The landowner, for Instance. who
lIad not
a9 ful rly tl'e3.ted in , t he matter 11'9 M
might have been, WM .not I8.lIowcd to rat.e the rente
of il~ cot g-ea\duri.ng the war. find that em~a.'tgo
had riot yet becn withdrawn. Yet he had been h~t
hard 'by tile raLsing of his 1000me tn, and i~ ~a~ y
ca.fJeIJ he h,ad not. the lJIloney to layout on nooeua ry

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q.\'l"P"0'1'VARIElIY'OF
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Wlth ~ regard to oottag.f:8 ~h a t were 'In em u n.satia.
fn ctory atnte, (me remedy thAt hQ.d been

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wn.a to~ct tlle m conrlemood br j the local

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but the .speaker thought Uta t.

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3~5, O*:FORD ROAD

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decldedl to endortel the
vlfws expreaed on I th matter by other br.fU1chcl of .
the Farmerl' UnloD-. f,nd to oflp.proa.ch Mr. MonnL
and !-Ir. Ga.rdner wfth :I. view to t.btU nUmg the
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ha.p~n
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wantedof to
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was a rnhter to be home
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new cotto.ges came to be built.
Mr. FOrd r.retm to waa the byein hf'8' opinion, I w ,pf 11 fAr too hard
character. and ntfght v r1 well be rclued,
.at least in the case of country '(:9ttagO!l, and 'made
more- .e}a.atic. I u the country the air was, all e verybody 1(fIeW, purer than in. the to1lr'DS, and ,00
t~ of -country cottoagot'B theore WEl.! not the ~
neta. &8 In' the town.a to [nsi,q. on the provLslod , of
bilge aQ .&mOlmt of air 8pacet Finally. he put
tits question whether It was P08a1,bh) to provide
albematlv6 1.echeme- wlikh would b 'r more economlv.8J
tlul.n. the one .now belor~ the cou~tT)' 't He .et.rongty
contended that the oecnpanta of , ooimtry cottageA
ahould not be Hable to be ov.sted In order that 900'
pJe worldng in' 'tbO to~m might gol and! Uve in them.
In toe abort ,dt8eU88tob thd followed, Mr,
LEY said that ,from whoat hlO could .!lee, the
, the ooUTltry distr[eta
the toWDI were ' ,.01".
tQ be .ttn.<ldled ''With ,a .penp! rate
fot" 1>OOple l w,ho we-re w~kl ~g in
waa & sta.te of a.aa.lra that they .
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Another point, raised lby I ~tr.
tha.t had ;Fn referred to II'Ij the
papers in the
neighbour
' of Bramley flnd Bldcot. and other
places wh :e .ngric!tltural lla'boure'" had been g:tving
their eerv~ &II u.n'fllr.iIled 'Worker~ at Ibunltloo rae.
t orile&
had <been paid wages with which the hormeN! 'cOOl not ponibJy competel T~ J'leault waa
in ~in~ places ~~rmers we~l loelng their beet

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BEST ,BOOK OF SEElIS
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There wa.s, furthe r, the question of tenancy, land
that wu, lin tho
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tM labourer, ADd -not the fartc.'Mnt of
cottages bunt by

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double wlUi.
WUI before
that ,t hey woul not be
aUowM to doduct more than. ,BI. a. week 'from the
l at)()l!~'.e pay ,as N!!lt for h19 ' oottage, and ho qUite
failed
see bow they ' wcre ~~) ng to ' spend £600 on
a' cot. ge or £12.fH!O on a. ;Ital,.\ nnd receive only Sa.
!f9m <~h per week to pa y: Jt~ inte-rcat on the
mOney. There was, of cours4, .;tM fM:t to bear in
rpind t a.t tJle loca.l ~lUthoti~ would ha.ve power
to levy nte not oe xc~ l~.,in the £; but there
WIUI «tolll Ii very 'wide marlfln between 36. and the
Us, or l~$, lid. per week tJlat wO!lld t\.'\ve ,to he paid
for the loen1 ..allt.borIUes to get any return on the
moooy .tl\..bT t.afd out. I

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ma1.erial !Iud incrcn.eed to
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'The King has ,been pleased to approve of the
appoin""tment of Mr. \V. ( A. !Mount, C.B.E.,
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one .of the Ecclesiastica.l Commis{Uon- I
Mount "succeeds. the
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N;~hoj';';n, B•• t" M"P, '
unpa.id but involves a
work, as it is a,
M:r ~ Mount. "W8.8
nanel of Chairmen
of CommoDJi. Mr.
iii. the' last Pa.rliament
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