MEAT REQUISITION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3395, 28 January 1920, Page 2

M EAT REQUISITION.

ENDING IN JULY. 0' STORAGE DIFFICULT.IES. ‘ Mr Ma.'s;se,\j has receivefl advice from the Imperial Goveriuneiit that it will not purchase froz<>n meat after June 30 next. Regarding wool and dairy })ur(,haSe. 21 reply will_‘be sent as soon as possible. ' Discussing the matter, Mr Massey indicated that the decision lrad lwon anticipated. It \\'(>llld now he 11‘.‘.CL'S-sen-y for producers to make :u'x'rul;_;«.»~ r-gsontts for pl:-icing‘ their meitt on a.‘-l‘.o ;’.)rit.isll market on their own. :I'3cn:.r.rt, 3.12.1 the only difficulty in Lll9 xmj: was the fact that at the begimiing .31’ the next export season there would Lo‘ :1, coiisidei-able quantit'}’, 1,‘)rol:;1L-‘._\' Z.000,0(30 freigllt_.call-cases, of ineut in store on behalf of the Bx'iti:;ll CrU'."'l‘ll- - For this special ;u-J':lr.lgm~.wllts» would have to he made, so that it. would not interfere niiduly wii-h the shipment. of next S€'clSoll’:'~3 new m<«:a‘;_ “The problem,,’’ said Mr l\la-‘:51.-3*, “should not be insoluble, mirl E do not think we shall find the ‘.2;mer~i:ll anal‘.orities um-ea7.s»on:lble. ‘.9 in-.~<-u::.l‘sly I should have liked‘ the ineat rerlu:~_-irion to continue for another ;;e2l.~‘,ml_, but we must do the best with ‘tlm pisition as it exists, and I should suggcst that. the Board of Agl'ielllt‘lll'e 1':1l:a> f.‘_u': initiative in doing what .nc:; lie '-I'.'CL?'sary. I need -liardly 5:13‘ the Government will give ever-_\' as.si~_=lance3 {mssible.

“On the whole the meat I'<--:ys.:.«:3t'~«,-:1 has worked well. One thing is .r'.'uite certain. that wit-hon‘: the lv‘n.pu:'i‘2il Government tail-zing the resporis-:il)ility of D1‘()\'l(lillg Sh‘Zl_).%: it would have 1:-een impotssible to get our prorluots u=.-ray. This would lizwe led to saerious -hurt to the producers and the wholo population of this country. We mmt remember, too, that the" cost of the InezLt"’ro the Imperial Govcrnme-11: \‘vf:S greatly increased 53* the iznlnm.~.se sums paid for cold storage when shipping wa.s scarce or not obta.‘lnable, by interest on advances of 75 per cent-. on the value of meat for most of the time while in store, and also by the loss of many thousands of ea:'Car.:eS which became mouldy and linfit for human consumption through being too long in store. It is only riglit that trade should get back to normal now that we «are emerging from war (ortlitionsa, but I am quite certain all reasonable people will admit the Imperial Government has tro.‘-Ite:'l 11.: r-.\'-ceptionazlly well.” ' Ml‘ Massey thought it prob:LLwle that the wool commandeer would -.-115:0 end on June 30. He does not anticipate trouble over transport.