MEAT SUPPLIES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 206, 20 May 1918, Page 8

MEAT SUPPLIES

'•PKO'SPfeS-AFTER THE WAE.

."The opinion, is held almost universally I that after the war there will be a j scramble amongst all ,the big consuming ! countries : of the world and some of the smaller natione which.have . - ot preyiouu]y been, importers of meat 1 for a share in fne world's exportable surplus," 6tate Messrs" W. Weadell and. Co., in a report. : "High..prices are anticipated as aconse. quence ,1 of' the keen competition to be 'looked for -under, such circumstances; and fears are freely expressed-that the available/supplies Trill Jail far;short of the requirements of a Continent which for ' some years has been reduced ' to very modest rations, under tho stress of war. "The outlook for supplies is, however, , more than hopeful; plenty is almost aseured. The producing countries of- the world in Australasia, South America, North America, and ako South' Africa are being favoured with good seasons aa a rule; they are all"well supplied with refrigerating plant, and stock is nowhere scarce. The only problem remaining to be solved is transport, and even that is not by any means .unsatisfactory. The tonnage of refrigerated steamers now in existence, under the. British' flng,.is ae forge as at the outbreak of war; and new snipping lines have been started in Fiance and Italy, which bring the world's aggregate of refrigerated tonnage into an exceptionally strong position. "If only the available means of trans- . port be utilised to their full capacity for * iTus main purpose, there can be little doubt but that the most pressing 'prospective demands will not go unsatisfied for want of the meat nor for lack of snips to bring it to Europe."