WHY MOT MARGARINE.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 20 October 1920, Page 4

WHY MOT MARGARINE.

we should like to see more fully .-'.»'■■■• ' the objections- that exist to the >• ■ dm tion and ;rt!c of margarine of t-- ■ standard provide.) Cor by legisla! .-nuuirv to the Pat We Tstond- p'-"-' - • b, : , peculiarly advantageous positlor the *r.pr.ly of copra, which i, of the healthiest la •■? for the ma a desirable that' the pe'die should I■■ supplied "itli cheap and whole... fats-, and while the .iats a slroim prejudice airninst the substitution o mar-aria.■ for bulter, the healthful „ess of the former cannot bo called into question. In England the hutle consumption fell from tM'I.Ooo to lrifl.Wlll tons, comparing the years, lull.lo and i'.ir.'L'ti. while for ih- ,;,„:,. iwo years the figures for mai j price of butter, and the fact that m;n----1 garine est less tlian half, as to ■ the. I fact that the former was procurable i ; . very limited quantities. We are no: told whether it i- suggested that the | sale of a. standardised margarine suitable as n substitute for butter was regarded by the Commission as inimical to the interests of the producer, hut we cannot see that they would be prejudicially affected. Our dairv faniiers look to the foreign market for the placing of their output, and theri is uo reason to suppose that for very many years there will be any failure in the capacity of that market to absorb all the burrer produced in thij country. Therefore there is a case for ' allowing the production of an edible i fat thai in sharing the community '- i requirements with the dearer market ; would materially reduce the household : expenditure on this necessary portion i of an adequate die-. If there is some ! sound reason why the British standard ; of margarine should not be produced | in New Zealand, we should like to see ■ it stated. The Commission's report has sown how difficult the probleu really is. and anything Thar will help to relieve the position should not be overlooked. This much is certain: th° Commission's finding, if adopted, wilt provide only temporary nad very questionable relief.—"Mt.aa . : Times.'-