Farmer and stockbreeder . strengthen further the almostgeneral prejudice against farmers, and it is hightime we began to realise the danger of havingpublic opinion against us. Protects and resolutions passed at ourown private meetings will do nothing to helpus, and continuous lamentations over taxes orour mens wages and iJessimistic forecasts of thefuture will either make us look ridiculous the hatred of people who, now that theirdread of famine has passed, regard farmers asfood ^^ ?^^ ^^f obstacles to cheap The shipowners Enow better than we do howto defend themselves agai
Farmer and stockbreeder . strengthen further the almostgeneral prejudice against farmers, and it is hightime we began to realise the danger of havingpublic opinion against us. Protects and resolutions passed at ourown private meetings will do nothing to helpus, and continuous lamentations over taxes orour mens wages and iJessimistic forecasts of thefuture will either make us look ridiculous the hatred of people who, now that theirdread of famine has passed, regard farmers asfood ^^ ?^^ ^^f obstacles to cheap The shipowners Enow better than we do howto defend themselves against charges of excessiveprohts. I was, for instance, much struck bytheir cleverly worded advertisements in suchpapers as the Daily Herald, in which they ex-plain a few iwmts as to the influence of freightson the retail price* of various foreign how negligible it really is iu thoseselected cases. Now, cannot we farmers do the same through<rur Union. Do the people, do even country folk July 12, Late Mr. George Macqueen The death took place, at the ripe aje of 76, onw Jif* ? Miootieen, of Henblas; W el»I»poo o!;c o. th? be^t-known ••.nd most esteemedisure,^ i„ Uie agrjculturo,! life ot Mid-Wales and alongthe English border. In that district he was regardedfis a grand old man of the agricultural industryand It .s a pathetic fact that his demise from apinful malady occurred a few days after a movementhad been set on foot to honour the invahiable serviceshe liad rendered to local agriculture bv a Despite his ailment and advanced agelie had been out and carrying on-business uirti}--*-fortnight before his death. A native of Perthshire, Mr. Macoueen came toAlontgomeryshire 47 years ago as the bailiff of the Earlof Powiss home farm at Powis Castle, position he held-for 20 years, retirine in 1903 toJanvrallt farm on tlie estate, but cbntinuins withunabated interest his activities in asricultuial life Mr. Macqueen was
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