DAIRY ASSOCIATION

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10614, 12 June 1920, Page 2

DAIRY ASSOCIATION

CO-OPERATIVEi MARKETING , SCHEME ADOPTED.

Most of the one day's sitting of the South Island Association 1 ‘was occupied by a discussion of the question c»f the advisability of adopting a co-operative system of marketing in Kaglaiid the dairy produce of the Dominion. -Mr A. Moreton (president of llio National Dairy Association), Mr *K. Ellison., (London, representative of that association), aim Air H. D. Forsyth (a member of -the executive) pleaded before the meeting particulars regarding tho proposed scheme.

It was gathered from the remarks ot these gentlemen that there had been grave dissatisfaction in connection with the manner in which the produce hod boon marketed in London. Atr Dllhon lu\d boon asked to devise a scheme which would improve matters, and had been brought out from Jung land to pl«co his BC-hem© before the dairymon of tho Dominion. Put shortly, tho -bo Home was to work in co-operation with tho Cooperative Wholesale Society of the United Kingdom, which was a liu;jo fed-' era cion embracing over four j»i i 1 i:. <. r members and .'catering for over 20 million people. Tula soc.ety nad .f o-ou writing ouc-third of the Danish butler which came into the United Kingdom, and were also large handlers of cheese Thev now desired to cut out the Danish products and encourage that from the British Dominions. • War 'control hud taught New Zealand dairymen that it cost 9d per lb to put tlfeir butter into the mouths of the consumer,, and 7d per lb to 1 put cheesei Therefore, if the links in between Dm producer and,consumer could be lessened, it would be a good thing for all concerned. : Tho new scheme provided for a Board of Control consisting of an equal number of representatives of the Co-operative Wholesale Society and a New Zealand society or company to be formed. This hoard would control the sal© of the produe© and a committee of the board, upon which the New Zealand company would have the majority of votes, would control the price. Tho C.W.&. * had agreed to assist in the mutter of finance to tho extent of .W per cent. Though tho nominal capital of the company would be jLTOO,Ot)O, it ■was considered that not more than 1U per cent, of this would be required for working purposes. A great many questions were put to the three gentlemen named at the clo.so of their addresses, and opinions freely expressed regarding the proposition; after which the chairman asked if the meeting* wore in favour of tho broad principals of tho scheme, and was answered with a unanimous “Aye." Air Booth moved: —“That the executive of the South. Island Dairy Association bo authorised to co-operatc with tho National Dairy Association In negotiating arrangements in conjunction with tho Co-operative Wholesale Society for tho marketing of our produce." Tho motion was carried unanimously.