The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. TUESDAY MARCH 16, 1897.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 217, 16 March 1897, Page 2

The Feilding Star, Oroua & Kiwitea Counties Gazette. Published Daily. TUESDAY MARCH 16, 1897.

The meeting to be held on Friday, the 26th inst., in the Assembly Rooms to consider what steps, if any, can be taken to prevent our frozen meat industry from being crushed by unfair competition, ought to be attended by ; every person interested, directly or , indirectly, in the success of this our < second staple export. We do not ' anticipate that much can be done on ■ tin's occasion, but it must be kept in [ mind that since Mr J. G. Wilson, of j Bnlls, invited farmers to meet him in ■ the various centres, and to discuss , tlie same subject, although apparently j nothing resulted from his efforts, yet immediately afterwards Mr Alesc Bell, , a farmer in this district, proceeded , Home, where he has practically revolu- ' tionized the retail trade in frozen ; meat. Whether the two events were • connected or not is no great matter, j The fact remains that one energetic -, man, of sound judgment, enterprise, , and backed by abundant capital, has - c done in a few months what had only . been talked about for years i Although the proposed meeting may ■ do nothing more than to take tenia- j tive steps, yet that will be something dose, and "an encouragement for the sheepf&rciers to do much more than they have y.efc accomplished in producing stock suitable for the Home j market as freezers. With.o_.ut pretend- ( ing to doubt that " unfair fioj^peti- < tion " does exist, we know perfectly ; weU that this sort of business can be j met and defeated by placing before ( Englisii buyara a superior article. ( This mode is aic^plp.and efficacious, j and our own growers ar.& Afctite com- • petent to undertake and accomplish 1 the task. '_ * t