AMERICAN MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1812, 26 July 1913, Page 10

AMERICAN MARKETS.

AND DOMINION MEAT. In yesterday's Dominion a cable messnge from London referred to tho fact that there were fresh indications of an effort by the United States to divert Australasian meat from Britain in order to counteract the rising cost of living in America. The cable was brought under the notice of Mr. W. G. Foster, managing director of the Wellington Meat Export Company, by a Dominion reporter. "As was well known," said Mr. Foster, "business had already done by New Zealand and Australia with America, and there were indications that a considerable growth would result." The question that remained to be thoroughly tested, thought Mr. Poster, was whether the Australian or tho New Zealand meat was best muted for,the consumer on that side. The opinions of the meat dealers in San Francisco had ,been in tho direction of favouring Australia, for the reason that tho meat was leaner, even though it might not be anything nearly so good in. quality, and of course the price was relatively lower. "A greater step in advance even than this cable indicates," went on Mr. Foster, "has been made from the fact that America is now prepared to accept the New Zealand Government's inspection services, which hitherto has not been the case. And will the 'export trade to America materially affect the English trade? Mr. Foster was asked. "Prom tho fact that the American meat people,.who are largely interested in tho Argentine, are now sending their meat in largo quantities to British ports, it is quiite certain that this will not very materially divert Dominion meat from the Mother Country," was the reply.