Cheese and Butter Factory.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 65, 3 November 1883, Page 2

Cheese and Butter Factory.

TO THE EDITOB OF THE STAE. gibq ib, — It was with regret that I noticed your report re the above factory, and the i last mee f imt of its provisional directors. The directors seem prone to find fault j with the settlers, and canvassers, for the little interest taken, and work done, townrds- furthering the formation of the company. Would it not be well for those of tha directors who have not alreadj done so/to pay, for their own shares in the concern ! Wh<?n 145 shares amongst nine directors remain unpaid, is it not setting a bad example those who take less interest in the affair? And can it be the fear of Wing called upon that makes them desirous to wind tip the. company ? I hare been enuvasiing the district lately, and had an opportunity of . hearing t'»e opinions of many who -take. great interest in the establishment of the , factory. Some who hare not paid < the first call have not declined for the want^^^ of the will, but for want of the ability to do so at present, but they by no means repudiate their liability, and appear one / and all to be anxious to see the factory star fed, and in full swing. .There are many others who would take, shares and supply milk but don't care to go to the trouble and expense of getting a good dairy together, until the factory is am established fact, and they can tell their milk wilh the certainty of being able to draw cash for it. The farmers are not careless about the matter, but they, like some of the directors, think it.'advisable to keep their money, in their pockets until there is a likelihood ef it being utilized. My advice to all those who take an inter* est in the affair, and shareholders in particular, is to come to ihe next general meeting, with the determination to tee the company put on a firm financial basis and also with the determination to put men cv the directory who will use energy and dispatch in carrjing out the object for which the factory is meant. Men who . can tell » good article from a bad one, and wky the difference; men who hare a knowledge of business and foreign markets, and aboTo all, men who a certain -amount of experience and common sense. It may be difficult to find all these qualities centred in one man, but by a wise selection the farming, the official and the business elements, may be blended, and the directory as a whole wouM combine the a bore desirable and necessary attributes. With regard to the result of our canvassing, both Mr Corpe and myself hay» done our best. I. hare collected in cash £31, and Mr Corpe £17 10s, therefore, although £ give Mr Cone credit for having done his best, I think my return, compares favorably with his. Mention. is made of this because your report intimates that I have been less energetic in in collecting the unpaid calls, and castsa slur which is auyihing but pleasant upon one who has always done his best to promote the interest of the company. I hope . to see a good muster on "the Bth instant, and trust that the shareholders and settlers will roll up strong, and prove to th »se of iHe provisional direclory who are despondent, and faint hearted, and out of patience, that the company " has gone far enough to make a start, and intend* to do so," with the help -of the present directors if • greeable; but without if necessary — I ana', &c, P. E. Amsbbttbt.