The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1883. FROZEN MEAT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 302, 23 November 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1883. FROZEN MEAT.

Oue cab.le^rany^ infopnied us that the (Jaronue's carg^of Jro^en r^eat 19 b^ng b.pl4 pyer by the consignees, ow jng ;i jtp tUe war^t hav jng become iemj)prarily glutted m qonse<juen^e »j»f.^aappiyajof the Doric from New Zealand. Tfeis is a contingency that way frequently oc^ cur. Indeed, we are beginning" to think that oyp sbippers are making preparations for the shipment of ft larger quaa-

tjlty QCst^k tlian a^>rofi^>le^ market ;^an be fdntodfof, oil. indeed than l^w'? Zealand -jo^n |£iy .^ll sp^re. It ipist); relho^ei^ thS A^rali^.is - Mso J P*sfffy wtn^'Qlpr^-^ha^ 1 ia;p««| frozen moat trade, and mutt liavo a very much larger number of sheep available for export . tluin . N/e^Zoaland. ;Can have. Then" a%ain ,VOie soi\ v -board of South America will proliably cnier Ii8l«r ttefolft Turig"; "ancl"alEriougl« XEo~ London jnacket may dm m a sense uniiinited r . judging Jby 4lw pim»«ftt-«iH>|*ly-and demand, if double ov treble thd number airiyos, tlio market must be .inatevUlly affected both ' demand and price. It i? ptrango ; toreflect what a revolution "m mattevs ptistoral tlio inj anguratidri ol the frozen moat tjiado hani brought abotifc A few years a^o) bofore meat freezing had' been discovered o»| put to practical utility, she^p,^tieid a drug m the mar^t, aqd' «(ero !boi jed; down by thousand^all ovei^tlie <jountiyj merely ifor their tallow. Ma.ny of our .reader«will hive seen shtt'ep'sold m low as eigh teen-pence eachj :*nd sbillin legs of mutton, of good weight and quality, were hawked about seeking, but often not obtaining, purchasers;' all'this is chaiiged /- sfieep o are shegp, « and are worth so much a pound m the London market^ Bnt the Question is, as ! ielrftM newsp^^er^ave ppjntejiipjijbj^ris there not a possibility of the trade being overdone 1 A Southern coriteto'poi'aiy, the Mataura Ensign, ppints»dutwtha£ shipping aceomadati^n. is being provided sufficient take from our s'adre.s btje or i twb millionis of ;she'e» %cr n annum, . wlu\e ;it r appe.ar,3 we cannot spare, half a. million, uSh&uld growers^be tempted to J export so Tavgelj^ as ' 'ito 1 »'ed"uc^ ;j(cistead of i^crcaae the^tpek ii|:(t}iftcou.ntiy, it is evident-thai a'-seridii^clieoUPnipon ihe export trade would follow, which would" ffirow the business into confusion. . Es.¥§ryUibw. andLagaiii Wfea^of'anothev -refr.igera.ting estiabliflhnient^ bein| ; s^t ; agoing. "' Unrler all • tlie cirfctfins.tanc^s 'ifc^^asyelf to I^o^afie^^ittiei; .'^xq^ise prudence fat & grand,.industry T . should-TOceive •«- sef iou^'cVeck at 'some not remote, period, by iy.^udderi falling'^in the available^ suppjy. It mast he borne m mind . that there are cohsidjwii^den&ififci- for our cofonial markets ; but if oar expdrt tra^e is Wveloped beyond legitimate liroi]ts^tb < ftjr4yitei,ble:r^ l Ufc must jhappen of short supply with > correspbttding inferease' ih c price ; lo'lecal ' corisuniei's. Questions of ttiis nature should engage the serious attention of our Chambers of Comnierce, i»s it is; better to anticipate a possible contingency of the kind yuggfested/ than 'suddeiily discover all .our plans disarranged,, thmughilack of a' lictfe prudence, forethought, nnd pvopej. 1 ; a|t^ntion to^'fche great principles 4^o^ jHHiat- underlie all; Buch ma< ters, -viz., those which regulate and adjust .the.'lSwB f 6f supply and ilemaud. j '