FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 8

FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

{ ; ;■'{;|j' the -: : " i ;•■'/'N ; " r l"y Telesraph-Preis Afßoolatlohl :.'.,., ;:';- : {:V:':-V'.^^^ j w.; Mr. F. Waymouth, formerly. managing. dtreo-; ■'~{■ ~'yVti 'of..the..Canterbiiry JFrozen Meat Co., and ■" :,: ah, .authority: on .all matters- appertaining to V ,: : thei frozen,meat, trnd^,;returned., to:..'Christ7.'ybsterday,\»fte^.:"aVTj»i't' to ! England. ;.;.. In,the course.lof, an interview regarding the i-'fi'- prospects-.,{or'.the' future,' .Mr.. Waymouth said .; .his {opinion, whioh he, had:.'expressed ! .to several ,-'..-■; of' the salesmen; and'people'interested in Lon?,;■;doh> before 'he : lef t, ■ was -.that:all v ojd"stocks' :'.-' should be cleared .oft at.all hazards. ;.Tho new '■■'-v ) season/could i then ;bo started -with { dean stores,.

and -there;..was ...no. treason ..then, why j'prices, should'not'go'back to the. normal 'level again. When" he left.England indications pointed'to' a. slight■: improvement,; and certainly sales had extended {considerably. -^Thare;. was; no prejudice whafeyer'in England in, regard to the nse of frozen meat;,and-the prospects, for the future 'were;much more favouxaole. ■ '' the rmeat". trade' 'generally, Mr. thought-the'New, Zealand • trade .Buffered::very. largely from •!the fact; that ; not{ only 'had people in the trade' to meet thd oonipetitionvof -other: countries, but they were divided among:themselves.,' There was no doubtlthat'e'ten'with the' low prices'.'ruling the] people', who;' han'cUed'.;.{Englishoo f Argentine m'eat;;did';not,'on.'account'if their belter organisation, make, tho losses New Zealanders did.. 1 His opinion, was that. one of the best remedies' that Neyr Zealand could apply would be whole of the companies to form :'a etr'ong'iederation.' That,neeo : not interfere iat', «U ivith'-.the' v details'.of_ 'the'.business of:, the ttjffeojait, companies, for" the, federation would wprk in;their mutual .interests.. There.was at, present'{too., muchVpetty- competition in trade and, tho.:cbnxp'ajaies: were;bidding against each, dlh^.tob:much.for^.thebuyin'g:'at,thls:end f and also ,foT, ; selling at the'bther.'.end, whereaffia : KttteVmutual it{; better-) for-everybody..' ~'..;,','.,. •''•'■■..: In! addition ;.to. devising- a scheme. for- mutual' in,.coimecticm with' meat, is London (here were , many pther: matters, which {the .federation., could well .take in hand. , For instance,{there'-.were abuses' in connection: with : the;'system" of ,■ claims 'for -damage , made; by- purchasers ex ship. matter.: which,/by.'mutual: agreement and a little organisation, could be remedied, but it was only "by"the. companies hero that 'the matter.'cbnld-be; dealt ;with.'::The,federation could -also.-see -that vessels at this end were in 'a proper.eohoMtidnto carry] meat, and couW also see, that 1 the' bills of lading and; 1 insurance poKcies' : were 'satisfactory. ■<■ For'in-' fnanc^therehadlieenrecently proinulga'te'd in;' 1 Englanll'some:n^w;'arrßig'ement;with regard to. s fTozen'Vm'eat.'''6lausesin. policies;'' and. j without' consulting Wyone.:el6e',;';one, fimVaccepted f at' Once jthat i. new;.arrangement ' for ; , the, coming, season,'; thus,.weakening.;,.the:'{position '.of-all others.-,:i The altered {coiuiitibhsaccepted by that one, institution 'would/make-'the .'.cost'of in. eurarice ;,much.more.in the'-end;. ."Another,thiiijg was that {under the present .conditions'-it'' was' .impossible to ■ ascertain the stocks ''of'frozen' meat in England; whereas, witn-:it'strong{ federation; that information!could, be obtained. "we will have to meet organisation with organisation,": added' Mr. Waymouth, "and the more*, you see,;of-Londonvthe., more -you appreciate how seriously, we. are 'handicapped at the present-, : ■,':,.;.-'; ':',,..