The Price of Pork.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 131, 12 January 1916, Page 2

The Price of Pork.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—The necessity of farmerd combining to protect their pork production us evidenced by the action ot the companies operating in this district in reducing the price from (3d to bid per lb. the hißh prices ruling for all otner kinds of meat and the high rates charged by curing factories for bacon and hams go to show that the reluc'.nn of the price of pork at the present time is purely an arbitrary one, and no doubt due to the want of sound husire3s competition. la the interest ot our pork industry in the Lower Waikato, I would suggest that the producers form a company and establish a curing factory at a central point on one of the main lines of communication, such factory to serve Pukekuhe, Waiuku, Mauku. iuakau, Bombay, Urury, etc., which, if properly managed, would give producing Bharehloders full value for their supplies, minus the cost of curing and marketing Fork in the past has been only a side line with the dairying community of the Lower Waikato, and hence the producers have not been so keen in safeguarding tbeir interests in this commodity as in other branches of their bueiness. Now that the production is assuming considerable and steadly increasing proportions it belnves the farmers to wake up and to see they get aa good value for their pork 88 they are getting lor their beef and butter. I hope this latter will have the ellect of arresting the attention of the pork producing farmers, promote discussion, cause investiga lion, and that the linal result will be a Farmer;-' Co operative Bacon Curing Company to Inndlc the production of the Lower Waikato to the better advantage ot present and future raisers of pork in this area. Just consider it. £lO in shares from each of 1000 lurmera will provide £IO,OOO, which would be ample to establish a bacon curing business on good lines. How long would it take one to get back £lO at an increased price ot Id per lb tor one's pork.' There is much more than Id per !b in it. and it is up to us to make it instead ot allowing ourselves lo be exploited by outsiders.--! am, etc., JUSEriJ HENRY. I'atumahoe, llth January, U'lti.