THE ENGLISH MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 56, 30 November 1926, Page 3

THE ENGLISH MARKETS

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE AND FOREIGN COMPETITION Speaking to a Dominion representative respecting the condition in which New Zealand produce arrived in London after the long voyage, and also as to the foreign competition, Air. T. M. Wilford, M.P., who returned yesterday from England said: "I looked into the condition of our meat, butter, cheese, and apples, after the shipments arrived in the Old Country, and I could personally find no fault as to the care taken with the shipments on the voyage, or with the subsequent display of the produce as I saw it. I was not specially conducted over any establishment where this produce was exhibited, but I went into odd places in different parts of England in prosecuting mv inquiries. “Regarding butter, prominent men with whom I spoke considered that that Board of Control had bitten off more than they could chew. But I have no individual opinion on the matter, because I have been out of touch with the operations of the board for 13 months. One man who is not unknown in financial circles .in the city said to me that the consumer in Eng'land is wondering what we mean by talking preference to Great Britain for their goods and at the same time are combining for the purpose of making them pav a high price for our butter. I replied that our fanners only wanted a fair price for their produce, and that anv united combination among fanners’in a country (which by the wav I thought was impossible) was entered into for the purpose of fair marketing, not for exploitation.” “There was a good deal of talk in England about the competition from Argentina and Siberia, and I was informed on good authority that British capital to the extent of £100,000,000 is invested in Argentina, while Siberia, in order to bring her butter output up-to-date, is engaging hundreds of young Danish experts to impart instruction in the methods of production and marketing followed m Denmark. , T . “The New Zealand apples I saw offered for ■ sale in the shops . seemed -small, but in excellent condition. Me had a flat for three, months in Kensington, and found living very expensive indeed.”