GUARANTEED PRICES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 2, 25 September 1937, Page 7

GUARANTEED PRICES

-rPre«j Assooiatton,}

Consult Factories Before Protost is Made DANNEVIRKE ATTITUPE

(By Tele#rapfa-

DANNEVIRKE, Sept, 24. j Tjhe pieeting of the ^outhprn Hawke's : Raj Pr.oyincial K*8cutive of the Fnrm- • Ors ' Union had before it yestorday the: foRowipg coni^unicatipn from the! Dppinior^ secretary-:— i •'Mt is undbjsfopd that thc Southland proyince intends holding a m,eoting of' prstest jflth regard tq tho guarahteed' price, In this cbnneotion it wPl b® re*: ®ember ed thqt the Hqn, W.alter Nash! stated, in f#piy tq our dcputation, that in somq .eas.Oj? pay-outs wOuLd be made qf ldd fo? butter and J7d for «beesa;. under fhe new price., I understandthat the |3outh]and exgoufcive dosires to; tftkg qxoeptiqn tq this and is o&lling aj moetisg tq dfhW attention to the fact' that Ihe dairy?farmer will pnt bo as' wqll qff thi§ year ns he was Iast, >Vhen it is intO.nded tq cqll meetings 0# pro-j teqt, jt is suggested that the matter be prqqeqded witb as soon as possible, and that factory direetqrs jin the distriot be! got 1» tquck with and the positios disqqased with .them boforf any ppve is mgde. 0are shqsld bo t&ken to see that fuU infpriuation- is obtained with regard tO tho figurqg fqr pay-puts, and in this qonnectiqn the sorvices qf f actqry directprg would be jnpgt yqluable. Whilo it |s advisablq that factory 4ir.ectq.rs should be qonsulted before Apything i» dqno, it is also advisable that this pffice bo kept in touch with anything that is dono or eontemplated;" ''It eeecis to me that it is no use amaking a prptest against the guaranteed price imless you aetually have S.oi)iething to substantiate it,-" said the prqsident" (Mr. J. Livinggtop). "So far n§ this district is concerned it will bq necessary tq O.alJ tqgethor representatjvgl qf the dairy faoterieo tp^ discuss tho whoie ppsition in ordor tq sequre a oqnqrq te qpiniqn, Sq far as the actuai pfiOO ,1s qqngqrnod w§ thisfe that thq Gqvofnjnent ha§ f OiJfd in qqt giving a gqmpengatod priee, but prqbably from '§ b«§ise§g pqist qf view the flttitudo taken up by tbo Gpvernme.nt jg. gqund— their -idea being to make the dairying industry stand qn it§ qwn feet." The Governpient, howeyer, through the Afbitxation Gourt and jn other directions, was givng other sections of workers a compensating price which enabled Ihe.® fo meet thoir pverhead costs, etc. guqh treatment was not en^pyed py thq dairy farmer.B, If they wantqd tq pro- ! teft.! against this legiolatiqnTrrqr any pther l?gislatiqh«3-|t' waq absqlutely esiential that thoy shpuld hayo eqncrete evidenee, which they could only obtain. through the dairy factories," " , , The presldest mqyed; MThat a eircu- ' lar bo addressed to the chairmea of thq dalry faotOrtOO in the distriqt agking the® tp reply wbether they desire the qxOOUtivo qf tho USjqn to call a meoting to osablo do^eito informatiqn to bo ob'taisod and fqrwardea tq the Dominion giecutivq in qrdor to assist the Southland Farmers' Unios in thejr protest tq the Gpvqrn®ent," Mr, :E, T, Poulton secqnded, J Mr, S, % EUingham; I think a meet, ieg should bo callqd as early as possible, The presideut gaid although ho did nqt think t.he Gpvernmeut would alter 'its decieion he thought the Farmers' Union should put jts ease before q the Government and jt would then bo on re, eord, Mr. Poulton; A?e the dairy-farmers onanimous in proteatingf The president; That is what we vrant to find out. The motion was carried unanimously.