BUTTER AND CHEESE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 30, 30 October 1918, Page 8

BUTTER AND CHEESE

1 COMMITTEE MEETS ME. AIAKST'.Y. ' }: -. The members of the Buttec and Cheese' ! . Committee,' lepresencing t'lie factories aha ['/producers m mo dairy, industry, met the" S''.rrime Jliniister yesterday to uiscuss tiie ; poller imade by tlie Imperial Government i..: iov':.this season's outpu/c of butter and [ . .cneese. The terms of the offer have not

•.. .heen' announced officially, but it isunj..'cerstood that fke. price# proposed are ! r --11)4(1. pet lb. tor cneese; and Ibis, per l' ; civt. liir butter.lt is stated tliat una ; . .ci, the conditions is that tlie < utput shall j : not be more than 1) per <eut, in excess of '/ ■last .year's output. ' , I'' ■ .The conference sat for, three hours, und ■ ', did not complete-the 'l'lie I; .trime Minister stated suiosequently' that [ -'.the■'price to ba paid for the cheeso had i been fixed, but there were 6omd points reI Ciaining for discussion, with-reference to i: tliii butter. He would require to com- | v jaunicat9. again with thei Imperial au- [ jjiorities. • , I- ■ i v It is understood that, the price-offered [ for the cheese, 10Jd. per lb., lm.s been aci'" eepted. The 1 representati/es of the proinducers are desirous of'getting something | better than 181s. per. civt. for the butter.' '■ ,'l'hey ■ have mentioned 19tis." per cwt. (Is. i Cd. per lb.) as <i price they consider fair. ■ JTho indications are that the big increase iY? suggested by the producing interests'will j " be. made. \