BUTTER CONTROL.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 May 1925, Page 3

BUTTER CONTROL.

aTT\C'KKI> »v WIiOI.KHAI.KHS. LONDON. M:iv 12. I, i s „taUMI that tho loii-nt increase in th.- pries <>!' huttcT hy one penny to Is <)d per pound was line to an attempt hv llie wholesale interests to lessoii |> 11 1 >lir demand ami thus foic-e (lu. Aii-tralian ami N./. (New Calami partmularlvi pnidmcm to release their sto.-ks. It is estimated that New Zealand is lmhliny half a million rases in the hope of obtaining higher prices. The wholesale dealers threaten to further raise the line if it ”‘>t rc ~ leased in a week. Meanwhile, in view of the appro:.rhi,,.. influx of hntter from Knrope, the yprrntine. Siberia. Ireland, and other i nut; tries, holders, instead of "htatnj„„- increased prices, may he toned t .mor n reductions. Although opitnom ‘i„ the Australian and New Zealand climes in London differ, aeeord.no to the nolities they have adopted, •> pi mitient Australian co-operative otlmm s-ivs that Australians and New Zealanders cannot hope to dominate the Fn.dish market. The domination hy Australia and NX where there are lug eoys.. aided hy the protection of ft sympathetic Government may ho perhaps. fea,ihle. hut utterly ineffective when dealing with a free trade oo.tmrv with an unsympathetic (■.nernment ami a population of fatty nn ho consumers suffering from an industrial slump.