DAIRY SUPPLIES' MEET

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 551, 23 July 1920, Page 2

DAIRY SUPPLIES' MEET

AT TUASAU. A v.-eii-atiendec_j!!in*Ai_ineetin suppliers of the Nevv^^jEaland op-rathe D.iirjf Co., Ltd., ton!, j at I'uakau, EheMocal. director Dynes Fulton) presiding. £, Mr. A. J. Sinclair, assistant-; ager of the company, addressed suppliers, and full resum the company's progress during first year as an amalgamated. cern. The figures showed a b* crease in all departments, and out the contention that the Zealand Co-operative Dairy Com Limited was now. the largest c, erative daily concern in the w Mr. Sinclair went into conside detail in tracing out the histoi the butter position during the two or three years. He stated the two-year contract which Tlie ter producers had entered into the Imperial Government expim the end of this month. In his o on the Food Ministry had made a excellent bargain for the consu of the Old Country,' but it had ated most unfairly'on the- butter tlueers of New Zealand, as trie** they had been receiving during last two years was only 1b 7 3 -: t d He quoted figures tfo far as the cost of production a factory was concerned, during last twelve months this had very siderably increased, and in som stances she increase was as.hij UK) per cent, compared witlvthe son before. Nevertheless; tJH*'^ mies effected by the ifmalgailj bad already made themselves'' With the result that J.he »egS was able to pay out approxim the sam.9- price for this season a,< beeiv,patd out in the previous (Applause.) The directors ha( cided to make a substantial in final payment "on August 21 nex Mr. Sinclair then submitted fi to show that the cost of produ on the farm had also very mate increased during tfce last i months, and the-. sratements sh that under the very best of c tions butter could not--$e pro< on thefarm to-day belo\VTs lOd if average conditions were taker cost was 2s. He stated that h precated "flag-waving," but ther< no doubt that the New Zealand ducer*-li>ad done their share d the war, and they didJSHWct the Home authorities would ; - them as British conn with the marketing of their prjp A position, however, had ariifc the Old?' Country under which dairy producer in Ireland got thj market price for IMg product,**as the New Zeal&d producer placed on the saiwMooting as tral countries which had give assistance whatever, in the wii of the war. qtiote marks made by Sirs Thomas Ma de in London last month bearig this view. The dairy prftjhjK^j also been unfortunate so farj*! Mew Zealand Government i# cerned, because the- butter pro had been compelled to sell his ter in the local market at a 1 much beio«{ the cost of produj .The Goverrtfhent was certainly p ■a subsidy oft rei of local as thj^j was derived from general .taia^i the community it had to;be>re,pl ;.nd the dairy farmers Vwfifi .course called upon to replgj&eva considerable share of ait taken from consolidated reventi would have been infinitely bettei the Government faced the po; in the initial stages and refus< be intimidated by orga*fcsed la However, the New ZeaJrbd Go ment had kept staving off the of trouble, and the methods by > they had,checkmated the dairy 1 .ms "v&re fully outlined by speakef^"He was afraid -that a serious* crisis was impending in nexion," with the local market t If thifc--did eventuate, the who the blame would be placed upoi dairy, farmer. Mr. Sinclair qi prices being, paid for butter in parts of the Empire, showing tl) Australia, where Labour Governn were in power, up to 2s 3d hi be "paid for butter, whereas th tail-price had been kept down in Zealand to Is Rd. At the co.iek.Kion of the meeti was unanimously, decided that a gram be sent t*'ihe Prime Mil expressing dissatisfaction with present position, ana urging tlie Zealand Government to press th< perial authorities io grant the farmers of this coynty a 'free kit for butter as well a for che