BUTTER AND PATRIOTISM

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1930, Page 7

BUTTER AND PATRIOTISM

SUPPLIES FO RBRITAIN. DANISH PREFERRED. During lust month the farmers of Denmark increased their supplies of butter exported to Great Britain from 9462 tons in October, 1929, to 10,577 tons. Yet her dealers were able to command 156/- to 158/- per cwt, while New Zealand was selling at 112/- to 118/-. It seems anomalous from the economic aspect, and almost incredible from the patriotic viewpoint, that while the masses of Britain, according to reports, have the greatest difficulty in making ends meet, and while eveiy unit of the Empire is preaching Imperialism with missionary-like fervour, the Danes can sell 10,000 tons of butter in Great Britain in one month at 1/6 per lb retail, while New Zealand had a difficulty in getting rid of 3700 ton# at 1/3. New Zealanders who know that the product of their farms, manufactured under hygienic conditions in the best factories in the'world, is of the finest quality, and fit for the palate of the most fastidious Britisher, may bo excused for a feeling of resentment that marked and ill-advised preference should be bestowed upon a foreign article.—Auckland “Star”.