"UNITED WE STAND."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 691, 16 December 1909, Page 10

"UNITED WE STAND."

>i • S ; TArtANAKI :jhg,,men .CONFER. ;' <:'.; ■'New ; Plvmoutl\ pig farmers are' the -'first 1 take definite steps to establish a Co-operative Bacon Factory. At a meeting on Saturday afternoon, attended by, about twenty-liyo farmers, the'question of acquiring the Fitzroy Bacon' Factory/was discussed.. .; ; v ■' Mr. J. F. Eustace, one of the .conveners,,presided, and referred to the present low prices: givon for pigs, namely 2Jd. --He'-stated.-•that this '■ could ; hardly bo ' attributed to. • tho fact that thero'was no demand for bacon, as thero was .at present a good demand for both bacon and ham.- It was due to tho fact that there was -a; -monopoly. '-..' Down the ■■ coast they ; had, to take whatever price ..was offered. This, Jie thought, could bo: overcome by purchasing;-the Fitzroy : Baccin' Factory -at ■ a reasonable price and-running, it on the same co-operative, oiple as a dairy-factory, ; namely, every snare-, holder 'a 'supplier..--Thei pigs',cptild.be' killed at the .-•abattoirs-', aniUcured : .at 'so:'much- per lb;;- so-.that .they.;flould be. able,'to estimate the actual c05t....: '. -"',\.; : :■'■':'■ * After some discussion it was resolvod to-form a committee to., obtain the fullest information as to the advisability/of the ..project, and/re,: port ;to a meeting to ' be held on ' Friday, Deceinter 2-1-.' The following,- committee-'.was appointed :-Messrs. J. F.' Eustaco. (chairman), C. Andrews, ;W.oHoneyfield, . F. ,-J,'Mortis, Brown, SampsonV'and F., Pepperill. - ; '■■ ..i. : >\ : ('.