The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1911. MARKET DISCREPANCIES.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1911, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1911. MARKET DISCREPANCIES.

DAiiiYFAmiErts and prm!; rvnieii will appreciate from iis. In-day. hotter tlvnii n loading article on the iMiliti"al .situation, a -uin!iiary of prices current for market produce with coinmonts. We arc- aware 1 that the pYescnt timo is a seasonable one for discussing politics, but for one day ait. least a respite from such disturbil1 Si tlionics will he welc.'iir.o ;so while Mr Massey and the Mokau leases ai'e making a cloudy issue at Auckland. 'and » Mc.Vab and I>i■.»ls'nan are erupting in reply like political gpysers, e! J *;•. I in; r dii X< itli. Ave calmly mak ■ the t;«.>iity to say that .poiiltrymen ,-ire to lie congratulated upon 'a slishtly easie, tone in the pol'avd iimk'.'-t, cea-e----rpient upon t!•.■ healthy competition of Australian imp rtatioiN. This news item is fo. ,! for thou ; J li!. 'I he farming community, it seems to us. always should put their influence upon the side of uere t" icted traffic in cereals between .\u-tralia and New Zealand. 'I here is a belief in some quail Pi's that the infinite'-imal Customs duties upon butter and oat.s and flour, and one or two .similar field products, are he'pful and generally beneficial to New Zealand farmers, hurt we eonfe-s to a "Taw doubt fin this point, and to a belief that a much greater degree of freetrade between .Australia and Xew Zealand' would he 'beneficial to both countries. Certainly the farming communities of Xew Zealand which at present are usingjarge f|uantitic.s of wlibaten hy-prnctncts for stock feeding, have good reason to be glad that the influx- of pollard, bran, etc., from overseas has been of -a big ;1 volume as evidenced during the last three months. Even now, \\ b.eii im-.pm't-s are decreasing, we read in a trade .journal that, "although the, Millers' Association price for pollar I i- C'(i per ton 1.0.b., the 'Outside ' mills are quoting £'.) lo.s to compete with the Australian, and WelJ-'n.gto-i rates are £(j 17s «!•.] to 17 2s (id. Quotations for fowls' wheat are firmer at oalv id lower than milling grain, which is steady at. 3s (id to ds <d 1.0.b. at southern Xew Zealand ports. Oats aro easier a>t 2s •")id to 2s (iid f.o.b. in the .smith, Wellington rates being 3s 2d to 3s 3d p. r bu.7iel." Which marked discrepancy in :v ; .ye s us to ask whether oat- i! ;-t be grown- in increasing :\r •;; ilii-oiighout t l :c Wellington prov'n e. There a< hundreds ol aires on this coast which would grow oats well, and with a market ready to hand which would absorb tire outputs, at Wellington pi ices, the results to the growers almost certainly woufd be sa!isfactorv.