THE MEAT CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 8

THE MEAT CONFERENCE.

Sinea'tK export /'conference -;;proposed re-;v-'cently. by/' tho■' (Jariterbury^ r A. ; . and/ 'P.vAssociar S«Si:atti6hvi3^tovbei;arrauged/for^the:last:week :of #S , S^fJantiaryrtlt^ill;;fc : held.in;AVellingtou.>The p£,§ radesire:;fpr;.a? cpnfereuce/'bf.-soino/sort;is; fairly pJSv'general?-both-'among'farpcrs-'andvinside fr'eez-;-.(e3pecially.>(imong-i,tho":smaller .-. ;:Eec.ent;. speeches ■ ot\ the:' Minister 4, : f^Ks'for,VAgrlcalturp MS;^s^the;impvement.'•;;w;':'^'fc;;j:S.;•:. y-\- >'" V-'yiM'-- ".'■ Sij..';i'.V'Aln ; ;a''.yag'iie"';sort ;bf ;way .everybody/knows the j|i'vSaiKnd;pf ; ''jesults.-that : are;, desired. ■/ But 'nobody ffciffi:*Jetfhas',erected. the : " nriger-'posts/that'willshbw •■j;;:;,'--i'. : :hpw;"tb get .there; :'Eyerybody;;is asking '"which !^jipjs>:;isithe:'rpad?". :l ;Perhap3, by, tho useful ( .'process o?gj)S;Of.>; exhaustion"—by«'.i'radually \ eliminating gjgSjSiroads;:' thatjobViously. .lead ; tlie.- wrong -way;—the sfjiKyfright /direction lriay : be discovered. ;, ;v ; ■ ( :/iS,pmething' of,'this eliminating ,'-business, was ': the '.Nortli;: CanterburyX.Esecat|To: : of .the ©i,?;si , armks" j.phibTi; ■which'Vdiscussed .tfio., A.; and L|!(|; : ;iP;': : Assbciation's;-prpppsal.:;;v:cv : i; ; ;;- : , ;.': o&£i:< >*Mr.'; Wilffedt' in • aeply: to a: 'question,' •ft 'ii/ff-^etated-that.;the';'representatives of frozen■ meat |ji'KS. ; : :.:cdmpanies'. would not join general/con-©l'.'i^J'-ferenco,';as:they ha'd'already-held a'conference gg:j->'of;;the;ifA own.;-.>;:;" ; ;../:?'v:':■■./...-/■' ; -,-. •".; ■■ l£W£Ms*A- ',&''H*JErisbr ; ; said,/ho/' understood -■ tho %s:i<-'& TeasSii /was 'that vtfae> inent./ compnnies; had de;]4>'/:,&'cided they; could,-not /participate in,-'a-'publia psS'i.;s-cbnferoncpi'"; ; <;-;i:-;;;:;.;-' i .-'j;./; V: ;;;;-:;,;-. :: - .:•'.,;.':V UiSf:.- *Mr(; P.v; Or Horreil;said ■ itlia't isonio .extraorg>;;^.idina'ry^proposals;had been;made regarding:tho tw?yj\: matter. :v It ;.was -suggested that as; the "volume :siifc/r:'pi/'.th'e..;«port'. ltrad6;swould;-have-:'toibe'.'con-g^Sstrolled,;::tho:;,;nuniber-;;ofi barciKes ' to; ? bbr sent gtfevi ;ont: : o£ ; ;pach. : district.'should;bo\determined at % ff;7 : y;Bo;;mahy,;ner;nionth,. ami that when'that'num-&,?i;v-.::bor:.had.'bepri;shipped)'Jib niore should bo 'sent" ;fe i t;rH/Out.'/,;pn'the;other; : hand,; it seemed to him thnt Hy;i/n if-theinoCessarj-'number of:siyep ; was not sent |vvteiorVrard;i; tlio. ■ farmers, would '.'have to submit •^/S^:tp;;thbir ; :frcozuig -sheep and ; lambs being -taken: %'£.i'' ; 'c.OUt;;'bf;.their' phatures in';order'. , to maintiiin tho ; mbst"extraordinary prbi.S> r :-'' posiil : ,that lie : ha<l.bver-'hoar(l.; : .' .■ .. '~'• ; ■ ga/ifeMr. that between: the, pro-' '0 : h ;:<lucer.'-arid... the'oonsumor/'thero,(were, a, large j''-'.vi-;lnumber/:o'f rni(ldlernen,''an(l .it was .the aspects K , i;\^'M. : i;tho : f-.tTa.do?''..in* : that 'particular/;respect '.■ that ;*9fV' : ''^M^ place, on ;a' better ;S;t-a;.fobting. ; :;;-'^;/:>//'h; ; / :-;:;;;-.-VsA;. :;;:■';;/?:,'■-':. ■'.., : .'?.- ;;;■:••' .r;:;:-rf;'';;It : /'v,-ns'; resolved'to. , approvo. , of :.tho' proposal j'-V'ii;':• for a:conferonco,' the..president (Mr. R. Evans), i-S- : 4'ahd'i;Mcssrs. ; ; Leadley.• and' Wilfred -Hall 'being 'to ■represent, the. .farmers'; Union.