REFRIGERATED SPACE ON HOMEGOING BOATS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2357, 13 January 1915, Page 3

REFRIGERATED SPACE ON HOMEGOING BOATS.

Sir,—l _ regret to notice the heated remarks in the different articles on the above heading, and, as representative of the largest exporters of butter and cheese from this Dominion] I feel it my duty to express my complete satisfaction at having better shipping facilities this season, than has been the caße during the last few. seasons.

_ I feel certain that the Premier's action in not only making an official inquiry, but in using his power in_ the direction of obtaining as much refrigerated space as possible, has helped considerably, to safeguard the producer's interests.

I would suggest that the Government, by the offer of-the mails and the subsidy, would get the shipping companies to improve the speed of the direct service, and'the subsidy, at the same time, would give the Government power' necessary to make any inquiry, effective. . '

In any case, I fully appreciate Mr. Massey's magnanimous efforts to do all he can to facilitate the shipping of farmers' products, more especially as Mr. Massey was up to hie-eyes in the political campaign, made more difficult still by the knotty problem he was confronted with, in the outbreak of the war. • ,

It makes me feel very proud of being a Britisher, to be 14,000 miles from the Home'market, and to feel that our: produce is actually getting to the market, and not to the bottom of the sea, where all_ such cavilling about the departure of ships should be. My motive in writing is not to enter into a controversy with anyone, but simply to record my humble appreciation of the -special efforts made by the Premier, and it would be ungracious of me, or any other exporters, to point a finger at Mr. Massey, even if his estimate of. the amount of space available, happened to turn out incorrect.—l am, etc, SAMUEL TURNER-