THE MEAT TRUST.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 November 1917, Page 2

THE MEAT TRUST.

Commenting on the operations of the American Meat Trust in New Zealand, Mr H. D. Acland stated at Christchurch that at the beginning of things the trust dealt with small in- - .ujuis uii Uielr own terms, but in .tkiiG it worn a ce open to the trust to are the meat Home, deal with it there, and bring it back to New Zealand for sale on the trust’s terms } taking off a huge draw for the middleman and accumulating enormous wealth. The co-operative system would prevent all this, enabling the producer to get the product of his labour and the consumer to got a share without a big draw-off for the benefit of the trusty He had been struck while in England with the small meat shops everywhere bearing the same name. The combination of capital in New Zealand would bring about the same thing unless the Government opened meat shops, or the people adopted co-operation. The farmer in New Zealand to-day was getting about 6d a lb. for his meat, whereas the man at Home paid Is 6d. The difference was going to some “economic robber,’ ’and co-operation would eliminate him.