THE MEAT COMMANDEER.

Taihape Daily Times, 20 September 1919, Page 5

THE MEAT COMMANDEER.

'l.‘\7\/'la"l..\*'!*J MONHS’ EXTENSION

SUGGESTED‘

WEI;LING"I‘ON, Sept. 19.

The I’rim¢, Minister’, addressing the i F:3.l'lnel‘s’ Union, ;ad\’ise(l extension of! the meat eoinmundeer for .zlnotll_cl*‘ ':welve months as the safest way. Thelt lmp;e,rial 'G*ovel'nlnent, (he said“, was negotiating with the South Alner'le.a-nl il~liepul3lics to renew their contracts, and‘ he assumed that there would be no diffi— , v.-nlty, as far as New Zealand was con-E eei-ned. Extension of tthe coninizandeeri would ease the shipping position, and he thought that by the end of another: t\'\’*‘e‘lve months the stores would be: =l-nzpty. Ml;‘A'l.‘ AND WOOL COMM;\NDEER.Ii There is a good deal of con’cl'o\'el'syi concerning the prop'osal‘f’o continue the c:o;rnnlandeer for meat, lamb, and wool,'; for another season, writes the South‘? Esleiid correspondent of the Fal'nle.rs’j "Union Advocate. There is eonsider—l able section of farmers who think that; the c'ommand<3Cl' should be lifted about June 30th next, but there are a great many on the other hand, who think. that we ought to close up right away. '.l.‘hel-e is a good deal to be said on both Sl.L’lG‘:‘, but I tl2inl~: that the consensus Of opinion is in the ‘direction of con«tinuing the {‘.()IT1II1a11d€€1‘ for another year till stores are practicla-ly empty, and till the shipping is normal. It is a most difficult .ni.attel' to decide. One cannot be sure that: things on the other side are being managed :as they should be. One hears all sorts of disquieting zumo-urs, and one scarcely knows wlna-t 'to believe sometimes. 'l‘here can be no doubt that a. good deal of money has been made out of our iwool and meat tby\'the Home buyer E Since the existence of the eomlnandeer, | but we must: remem/her that. We got the I money for our stuff, and that the Imperial Government is paying vast ‘sums for storage on the meat. If the farmeis could be consulted .before’.«tvlle deal is made there would be little to complain about. It looks, with 131 big congestion of meat, wool, and other goods in the Conimonwealtvh, that ‘matters are not going to be too bright for the coming season. If the Home.Govemmcnt. would buy our-wool, the matter of disposal uand payment would .136 sgtflca fol'th§\'ith. ’yl‘ho’se who wished to send‘ Home their own iwoo] at their own risk could do so. ‘