WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 November 1920, Page 4

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

THE FARMERS’ OUTLOOK. SIR THOMAS MACKENZIE’S VIEW. (Our Special Correspondent). WELLINGTON, Nov. 19. Sir Thomas Mackenzie lias returned from bis strenuous seven or eight years’ hard work in London as much of an optimist as ever he was in regard to the future of New Zealand, but he is not attempting to disguise tho luct that the Dominion must bear its share of the w(irli)’s war burden. He lias been talking frankly to the newspapers and, it may lie presumed, still more frankly to the head of the Government, as much of what he had to say is of vital interest to the farmers. i|e arrived just as the cejnmunity was beginning to realise Hie gravity of the wool “ skimp” and without waiting for the assurance of othei ' authorities expressed the .opinion that tlvc position would not prove so serious as it might appear at first sight. Already his prediction is biing realised to some extent and his cheery words stand to his credit. CARRYING OYER. But it may ho inferred from what the [. i_o High Commissioner left unsaid in regard to the Government’s proposals for “ carrying-over ” this season’s wool clip, gather than from what ho said, that ]u does not view this scheme with any enthusiasm. He described it as a new undertaking, upon which he was not fully informed, ami lie preferred «*to witii-liold his meanwhile. This, practically, is the attitude of the bankers and other business men, who, if not altogether disinterested authorities, are scarcely less concerned for the welfare of the primary producers than they are ioi the special interests they represent. It still has to he ascertained whether other wool growing countries will “hold oil ” and whether the Imperial Government will join in the scheme for feeding the London market according to its power of absorption. MEAT. With regard to frozen meat, Sir Thomas speaks with no reservation. The producers and the shippers have to face the extremely unpleasant fact that owing to the conditions prevailing during and after the war the reputation cf New Zealand meat in the English market lias suffered very severely. There would be no profit now, as Sir Thomas says", in casting the blame for what has happened upon the Imperial authorities, who held mutton in store till it has sadly deteriorated and then put it on the market in a most unattractive condition. The business of the producers, the shippers and the people who handle the meat at the other end is to re-establish the reputaion New Zealand mutton previously enjoyed, and towards this end nothing couid he more efficacious than the appointment) of a trade commissioner in London with wide powers to supervise and regulate supplies. THE PRODUCERS.

Of the general outlook, while recognising thatimuch depends upon the efforts of the producers themselves and upon the efforts of the business men who serve them, Sir Thomas takes the rosiest view. Dairy products, he contends, will command good prices for years to come, wool will recover when anything like normal conditions are restored in Europe, and meat will always be in demand. America is eager, to. .become one of the Dominion’s big customers and its markets already have been successfully tested. The. farmers, Sir Thomas says, have every reason for going forward in good heart. They have the finest country in the world, they have a sympathetic public, and whatever Government may bo in office during the next twenty years its first duty must be to encourage and stimulate production.

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