OUR FREIGHTS AND OUR MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 684, 8 December 1909, Page 10

OUR FREIGHTS AND OUR MARKETS.

St^-feuiCINTEBESTING! INTEBVIEW. -'• ■~. ;'. ;'!m!s;,. ;tho fmarketing : imeaitS(aid^gr!ainymado)by ; Mr. .Harold- L. Taploy^:,head!of! of H.;L. Tapley and '.>- s'y a'; member ;of ;the.City Coun-' ?&';'','r'cil: ; and/bthW!'public; bodies; of: that '.city;' :'; !to a (Dominion 'reporter in. Welling-. rji ■&$ tonithis-.weak,-ho said.:"i"A good, deal is being. :i#'^. ; ;';'eaid!;'at>the; present-!time: : about, effecting a ;>V;<V!: '.so. ' and : control :-?;;-f I-;tthe i;fro'zen : -moat'shipments -.to ..Great,'Britain, p^;--i ; and:'thi3yis, j "to v: myi'mind,;a. ; most'laudable :^i^'«object,^liioh^will:-tend^to^eouro.;better, prices' «ft ; ' and •• an. nssur-ance ';' that 'he is ishipping: mcat;Hom6 to a glutted .market.ipvK/Hbwovof;;'this, ■• is ;iiot' the;; only■'system -that '.{ ; ;'is'/gbingVvto\;bDnefit:!'thVrmeat>'trade; !':--";-:-Ka'svtho' Hon.; .T. i'", pointed oht-.in.a in; the .South, Island; 'J%y'!-ft:-the/derfßndifor.-;'frozenV".inßttpii arid . lamb, in viyft Qreat-Eritain' : :is7only-,fdr '10,000,000 caroass'es, 'deinandvis .competed, for from. -Australia- 1 JWsiiandi.thpjArgentineV I-::, ■} o;;.-"!f'-v;.;V'., v.'.'/;/;• ; ;Ge'tf(New J Markets, fr. 'A;!'-'!!;. ;- : '.'' r - : y ' \.'' v• : '-; ; !!;. ;':%'T;''S''Assum'ingy,that;. th£sa:figures -. are correct, SS-'j""'lt 'Seems;to-,mo;that;-what : .wa in this Dominion ;;..g : js'.to develop other in 'S6uth';Africtt,Vand;!the East.!. GerJ;;^!f t :ymany;;and/ ; already importing ;'i'Kf:'';"' ; .fi'OZch;meat;bnt ithoitr'adeiis capable'of. much: %t ':■'.'■ .:v'greater^development;:.;..This applies .not only i?.;;'-4;;'Wfrozeu' ; ,and hjx : 'i± grain}business;;'"For! the 'latter,; our:;only.-prin- %;&'£[' !cipil linwkbt:; at,;.thß.' present.; .time ~is. .Great.' £"■£'.v^Britaihi'and: as,'our'exportable-surplus.m this Wf^"i''^ e hius^t/increase :.year.;by\ ; y<Hir,. as the country ;/•.;$ 'vi:'J3eyeldpvit "seems :to:nib the Government should [w:;^S ! v;iit:onoe"'.take' : this/matter.Vup."'. ;■ -r± :>.;':V;•''■:■! '/^.r^j^lhUwhat I ;particular' J'way ■:■:t---.•■-'...,-'. ''•;■;; :'-V; V' ■ commissioners!: .\Tnese'com-! iSSW"missioners should bo';meu of 'theibest commorexportable! lines!'!'have money; ;*}':'';: >-;-away te ; :;appdint?'.men^wh6"',;have''.'iiot' , beeii''.-.'Bo' '!i'fi; : vitrained,;and;:in^'iny'opinion,"this;is; the reason ■&M*! w^hyyiia^vgentlemah. \:l;.who:-, ~,was;...previously '<■ Av'-S; appointed %ms f:!:trade commissioner;;, to;; '•jyft.''.the:';,placeß'..'. ; sug'gested';.'was : riot*.GUCcessful"in/ ;; : missipnis;- ; ;y: The;;■;., trad© -,! to" ? laces was>inbt'.-therefore 'developed. 'However, ;am; perfectly satisfied :;that.;other markets are' berfound- if .the. : right':ihen' are sent, to -work S:--:J;"','; !!.them the ;develotiinqnt,'-,of the country k' f '!■"'■!yisVgoin^/i.tpiextehd/:;wHi()hi >; I!; believe, it must markets must V;-. : .:':';/.'■-■- -i;

|ri s :: jK Grain :a^ ?"t•' : i:;M ''Anbi&eV-.impprtant;'. ; factbr7;tha£.l';.think-is' in i'-AV£'-'Vv*' o ™P?HtioriV(Vath : .'other-, countries is the, nature me.sWppitigiaoiliticsaffordedat-the Drosent iiS.?.'i<.':' *iiiie;';'.Newj.;Zenlaiid; -of;icourse, is', severely hanft: -ft.'-'.-, dicapp'ed'by-'beirig'farther: awayf rom tho world's ; : SjHi:^ : »'inarKetsithaii any of her cbiripotitors, and freights pgiftj';/' from"/ Argentina ;.and"Australia ; are much lower sf'B?V yKthanJfrpinjherp^This!means;that the producer S'iSi-if?bfo*the;l)pminioii,.does.^iiot!>got,-tho'same .price iVi-'ry... :!as : ,his -i.tiaa I'are'-yeiy^pronouiced'at .the! present time, •s&.*£'-rvOSpeciaUyirnvTelation!tb, ;the"export 'of.oats -to' ?«i •??•■.-' V: ,!;;Great; Britain;;!; This 'last. season showed 'an. im-. .-£/ 'pats, .and in, tap Bii'-S'! . ? ;!«fflier.;part/bftthe;'seasbii:'shippersvvere' , 'abio''.tb to "enable.; : &hi ''■>thein^tOjShiP,jlargi;quantities;to'England. This; 1 }A>ft-"-,;i.'Bhbrt;'of' f ;cargo; ana ; >;were ; :willing>to carry,, oats K-fc"¥ tHomo ; ;foy ; lss/per^b£^n^ortuno^ely,'although' ;§^fv/S tnere fPr.''oats;£rbmHno'. .'a-jargo-.-exportij. fe.'efi-Jabta^ spflzii 'fSp i orders;.;;as they,cannot '"get spaced th&steamers ■;:K ! i;;;';!.cheese; more .profitable :©i:!*;?r ; icareo!tb ! - -'■.■'/■"■J rTTotitfyill^bo/snrprised;wheh;l tell youtthati <;%^?,V:Xthis. ;seasbjß^ahippers ; ihaTe.;been able;to; obtain Sit'i'f.'■':& ;cn^iper;ffrßißlitVty.i«hipping;',their'-oats.-from'. vSfgs;;'shore and''■ thence,;transhipping by :•!:;;; J;.;;.!>liheTS >frpn^;;ther6;!to^^LbhdonV : than , they;.would '1 '.;?'• £';*'.s? obtain "bfcteTOt'frdiihyfromithis. copntryvThe i ; ?|,S4"ivSftbsence^ffli)ace;facilities, 'at .the .'present ;time ;;-; : : vnow..lpsi|lipi lis,;, as ! we.! cbhld otherwise -readily UxSS-i.'i-;This'question 1 ! aig^ !!S;; : ;,& : !jernmenfe'!;lf;;.we;vcould; ? get:a;;fixed'rate; ;low i!A£te;;j;enough£^efym^ j^j/ftK^nfarket/fptypafe

OF INTEREST TO FARMERS. QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE :i|i?KS iSThetKer, ; seeing ithai^Scoii^eiJable, numlier.vdf.; :^^k : £?;doservingvmen^iriany^^ibf-fliomywitli^wiws-iand 1 •t ■*• . . families—find it . ' feS -Oi tV ploy'ment, : : ho y.will. ? fcdnsidcr--tlie.s desirability-of;: ■feili j'v , blocks; of ; land'on/the ImproTed!>a,; vrili he give :> the;: . V..:" .House information on, the subject;-.. .'•. ■; ! '<Tarahaki).''.has:giTeri:nbtice -to. ask K'"' 'a! -? ; the;'Minister efpr : >AgticiUtnTe : ,;WMther.;.he.':.will-, i;S ; fv4 'isee;Hh'atvproyisiori;Sis^iriado';to;'enable'colonial; producers to; tender for- a '.year's, .supply "of. frozen mutton and beef'required, for. Gibraltar. 'iS&^(;®wKether^K^;will i amend;the relating' . I to bush and swamp lands, so as to enable: 6eftlers~^shpldirigV^leaSes'.under■ thattenure to' the lands, .'in : order to provide interest" on' -Bpecial loans;for.;'r6ad'.'and^..bridge:.construction.: Mr. Mac Donald states that settlers ' |! Jand under bnsh-arid-swamp-land legislation WAS getting l ' road access holdings, /mattew v ipiany-: othir^^ay. than by :s@i^^;jTaiapg:xspccial"jloMsxtoicMrytout: necessary: wading. 1