MEAT IN ENGLAND

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3093, 25 May 1917, Page 8

MEAT IN ENGLAND

WHO MAKES THE PEOI-IT?

. Tho statement has lately teen made in reference to the difference between the .price paid in New Zealand for our meat for export and tho price obtained for it in England that the profit i 3 being made by the English! retailers.

■In,the ''Financial Times" of March. 6. there is referonce to the operations of the fii-in of Eastman's, Ltd., who are turners of a great number of butchers' shops all over England. The annual report of tho firm shows that that year Jias not been one of abnormal- profit. Commenting on tho report the paper contains the following editorial note, under the heading of "Eastman's Bad Luck": "The clamour against tho retail butchers ■tor charging; excessive . prices would seem to lcavo tho withers of Eastman's imwrung. The report for 1916 sliows a reduction in trading profit from to «542,100, and in net profit from '.£6,100 to .£27,600. Tlie preference dividend is again met, but as this absorbs .£31,009 the sum brought in has to be drawn on to the extent of .£3IOO, so that only ,£11,200 goes forward as compared .■with, .£1i,600. The unsatisfactory ' outcome of operations is attributed to a reduced turnover, due to tho closing of so many shops, owing to Iho lack of efficient men to run them. The wholesale prico of meat ihas also been higher, and tho supplies shorter. There has been no ordinary dividend since 1913, when 4 per cent, was distributed." .FARMERS AND POLITICS By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, May 24. .The -question whether ■ farmers should take a more prominent part in politics was discussed at tho Farmers' Union Conference. After a lengthy debate several remits and motions in that direction were rejected, conference being content to let things remain as at pie- • 6ont. j WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES Messrs.. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale- prices as follows:—Fowls' wheat, prime, Gs. 3d. per bushel; fowls' barley, 4s. 3d. per bushel; Capo barley, ss. per bushel; blue peas, 17s. 6d. per bushel; partridge peas, Bs. 3d. per bushel; maio feed,-ss. 9d. per bushel; cviiehed maize, Gs. lid. per bushel; chaff, oat sheaf, £1 15s. per ton; J&y, meadow, £5 per ton ; flour, in. sacks, 4!16 53. per ton; oatmeal, -E23 per ton; pollard, £8 10s. per ton; bran, £H ss. per ton; pig meal, £S> per. ton; butter, prime bulk, Is. 4d. per lb.; eggs, fresh, Vs.'3d. per. doz (now laid); bacou (air best factory), sides Is. Id. per lb., rolls Is.. 2d. per lb., hams Is. 2d. per Ik:, shoulders lid. per 1b.,; cheese (factory), irtodium, 10d. per lb.; cheese, loaf, lid. per lb.; linseed meal: 100's ,£l2 55., SO's £12 155., aO'S'XIS-Ss.; liuseed nuts, Via. 6d: per cwt.; linseed ground cako, 123. Sd. per cwt.; whoio linseed, 265. per'cwt.; rice pollard, £R per ton; rico meal,l •£!> 15s.- per ton; onions, Victorian Brown Spanish, .£9 10s. per ton; potatoes, whito • skinned fable, ■£(! ss. to £7 per | ton. All poultry in very good demand. Hens, 4s. to ss. per pair; cockerels, 5s to 7a. per pair; ducks, Pekiu ajid Aylesbtiry Bs. 6d.. per pair, Indian Bnnucrs fis. per pair; turkeys, gobblors Is. 2d. per.Ob., hens lid. per lb. (live weight).

Now is tho correct; time to liavo jour Milking Machine and Bngino put into rhoroug-h working ordei:. By semiring the servicea of A. .1. Partou yoir can lx) certain of a conscientious overhaul for a. reasonable outlaw Don't h&vn that engine tinkered with. Consult A. .T. Parton, the Dairying ilachiuo Expert, Carterton. What's your address ? We'll send a man. —Advt.