SALES OF DAIRY PRODUCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 739, 11 February 1910, Page 8

SALES OF DAIRY PRODUCE.

S-Intervieif-ed":at' : Tiniani* pnvhis'; rpturn 'B;', u Har'dley ) fDairy^As^bciationiirsaidithat'.members, bf the/association 'were, becomihg. firmly, of 'opinion' 'that..a:.,change -should be; made in•'the"'marketing ! .;ofs;dairy- produce/, ltj -was-now. prpposed ,tp- sell nil.' produce by• :'auctibh—monthly: : "br "fortnightly '.'sales, .as 'the becasion''might the.same ■manner 'iu'.which" the'.wool: wis;disposed •"6f,'-"b'ut withthis that .whereas 'the^wboJ>vwfe.' ; '!kers,*.the "'dairy-' , -fioi£ra^b)f'MnJ f ipointed by-'tho: association/ aud-upon ail. '■■ such proaiice ohe-haif';pervcent.": selling. I ' cbmmissibii;',' ov. the .smallest } commission I necessary ."to : '.-!mebtv expenses,' 1 :''w;ould.;• bo charged. .\'All : i produce •.nbti-'bUsp'osed .of. at ; the;prices required..,by".'the^'association.' consigned, Home.;tb.',t,he .charge ! Sf 'itEe/assbciatidn's ivagehfj?" ah'd''''tlierp''dis- / i •posed;'- of by a man who ■: would under;: business,, and: do' it. tor the' adyoritage: pf ',th'q: exporters.'. .There were,, of '.course,;. ninny, difficulties ,iri ■- tho. v.'ay of v this;soheme, .but,they.' : were ; .by.,np' ;mehns ■insurmountable. .'The appointment: of ah 'auctioneer,'mid a 'clerical stiff in-tho'Do-' .:'mmipn>'would cost.• about-iEiOOO, annually, iwhile'v'the': appointment ..of 'a' similar, staft ■,"at> Home'-wnuld.'. cbst; anbth'ef:iElOOO.:'. These sums,..however,' were;..insignificant;..wh.e'n compared ...with .value. ; .of 'the.'Do-. : minion's-.-.export produce ': trade,'. : which last year- amounted to. so.that'it ■wpuldv readily, .be. perceived that 'a' pub-, ..half 'per;,cent'. selling'■• commission .or Uess oh'.that produce •'would.-cover-'-the.'expenses .of, staffs appointed; by-,: the.;as'So'ciation.' : ,-'T'To".make..".the'VsohenVe a'isucpess,it. would, ■be •n'ocessary. .'for-].: every .company •' in .;,tho assbciatiPn'';tb : contribute'towards-the'ex-penses; : they • sold,' their . produce - through -.the.:associatioh : or: not'; .'■lt-.would' jnot be advisable.:to,bind.any cbmpany'tp .dispose'of'"its produce through tho!asso-' ciatioh,,,.but.^.it.would.'surely■ be 'reason:ablp''.to.'ask':that .company- to cphtribute .a reasonable sum.-towards- the upkeep"!of 'theistaffs .at'.JEprne' : and in the. Dominion, whb.vwbuld, be'apppirite'd, : '-a'nd be ready, tb deal /with .thb produce. The", cpnfer- . enco held at; Lytteltpn; in November, .and •that cchducted. in'lrivercargill a few days ago, ..bbth;. passed;',resplut.ipns;.; favpuring : the adoption '• of.'; this^unifor'm 1 ; method. pf dealing \rith 'tho Dbminion's'proauce, and .in ;"six,.weeks':-time. 'another : important conference-...w0u1d., .be, Jield f.at;,Edehdale '.to':'consider theproppsitipn ;therpughly in • all its.- aspects. v A'.i the Sbuthlnrid 'com..'panies'would'be 'reprdsehted at that 'con-: t'erenceiaud every company, in'.the North -Island ,w.buld;.be,weiCPine-;,tp; send, its .re-, presentative.,. L,:,.-.- 1 ,:..':- ..■■"'•>.'.;'-"; -\ ■'