AN AMBITIOUS SCHEME.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 745, 18 February 1910, Page 10

AN AMBITIOUS SCHEME.

.".""X/. : -V-''' "-'•*3Hio ''sele'ction.>.'of jJWaing&irai'". ncar~-:Mas-|. :; f6r^'freeang' ! 'worka'''in' ; ;f j:',;.'; connection .with 'the :riewly-forme(J /.Wel-Y-;;Y.vUhgton'Farmers' Co-operative 'Meat'Com-i:::i-'''Pany has'-not. given general'satisfaction /-.v.;-'",'. tb'/promoters'Pof YifoeY schemeY?;; Mr. >F. T.! '/of' J^ fiKA';'pro^ed'-'-by'--;wnle^oii'tli6i i ;farmerS,--'who' ; J:>:.:'..did,, not'approve the choice, anil' asked tE^ytp;.',urge'upon .those connected with the v;ffi-' company thb ; desirabletfcss''offaltering'the iikiv-'. '"site.- fo v -WcLUhgtb*n."'.Mr;/Moore,'-who re'--:Jii / i..',,turned';yesterday'from' i '*■/; •';.;. tricts; 'concerned', states' that: a ;.new?sug-: si-i i'Eestioh' is ;; now ibeingiput .forward. This ,Y;Y/-/is'/that;tb.e;farmers; ; oi. t\e Dominion,.-.-as.. -•;'.iJr..represented 'in.'tho' 'firstiplace -by'their -si..:• : , unions,':shall combine M to : raise, capital ,to' ?.? :v;. - /take over the 'whole of the'-f reezing -works' ffY '■■;-. of New Zealand' arid run;'the:whol& in-. /.:.;'., (tasiiry : .as a'cooperative concern, markotY/Y/irig/their produce: on; a .'largo -scale .and -.:;■-■.; ; /y-,,saTing';/m.iddlemanV.;pro'fits.:: .The -idea Y/};'YY/was/first; /.';-■:': the recent' I»nners''.TJntoh > .Conferehce : at V; ' ■■> '.. Chriitchrirch,/ and 'has' been-.'developed by capital '-'is'/ .twoYmillion'-'pqunds; -• : i ;Mr. Meb'ro'sfites.that-ho'has met.farmers' :'".' ;'-. who /are', willing,' individually,' to invest V-'.- sums-i'of .£56(1: to £100(1, vih> such jaiprofit,-::;>,-..'should it apijear.ipracticable.;'-'"';,. '■,■: i ':.;•.,. ■■'■ The .suggestion' has been made'that'the /;'/, '::■ .Wellington Yl?armers'iYCo-bperativo.-'Moat ■yy/y. Company;'. should'bo, wound.up, end/that ..■"?:;:...the ambitious scheme outlined' should be : //■/":,'-attempted iii its'place;"'Heqiiisitions have ;■":-. yy. been., signed asking,the /dircctersYof.';the ,-:.:"':• ,' i '.. company' toYc'all a.':general- 'meeting,to .'!f : r -v; discuss the position. '• A great many far- ,:■;': y;v mers/eennectcdwith the company' believe," .:■:. ,to.; Mr. "Moore; 'that if .successful ■s'Y'H-^operationsarcy'lb'-he"/carried ou; : .'either ;'-;.;- V ::j.; thevwprks .must -established near, the ■■;?:.-.'ft 'city .or ;this Dominion, scheme' must be vHYZ-iadbbted.;' ;;■ y'y .-'- ;' ; y'-Y'