A DIFFICULT QUESTION
FREIGHT PROBLEM.
■ "It is feared by some that if we have a.large quantity of wheat for'export freights will be prohibitive, and will act as a deterrent to tho growing of this cereal," said Sir James Wilson at tie Farmers' Union Conference in Welling-, toil' yesterday. "This is, to my mind, a moro difficult question than that of' frozen meat. There is no certainty as to how much space is wanted. Contracts, therefore, are not usual. The result has been that when this cargo is offering in any quantity shipowners have the exporters at their mercy, unless other vessels can be chartered. Farmers as a rule sell their wheat, but of course tho price is gauged by London prices, less freight and profit. Hitherto no combined action has been taken in this matter like the contract for freights in meat and dairy produce. The question then-is will tho farmers combine and offer to ship on business linos? . . . The only way that I can see is for the farmers to combine and guarantee a certain quantity and make arrangements on that basis."
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2525, 28 July 1915, Page 9
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183A DIFFICULT QUESTION Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2525, 28 July 1915, Page 9
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