NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3411, 16 February 1920, Page 3

NEW ZEALAN D PRODUCE.

QUESTION OF CONTROL.

OPEN MARKETS WANTED.

FEILDING, Feb. 3.

A large and represent':»ltive meeting of pastoralists, agriculturists and dairy farmers was held at Fcilding to—day at the call of the Dominion exccuetive of the Farmers’ Union, to consider the follogving questions: Are the f'al‘lners favourable 1.0 the Government fixing the prices of farm~

ers’ produce‘.’ Are the farmers in favour of the sale of the following produce to the Imperial Government: (a) moat; (b) won]; (C) butter and cheese; ((1) any} other produee‘.~’ In the general discusion, speakers‘ made it clear that they had no time for anything but an open market. Dairyinen said they had 3 national committee already looking after butter and cheese ‘interests, and the meeting, therefore cut out that pliase of the discussion. One dairyman said Danish! contracts lia\’iilg now ended in Eng land, Danish butter had reached 330/’! per cwt. as against New Zeuland pl-0. ducers getting 187/ under the commandeer. On the general question, Mr Hugh Burrell said nothing the Government had ever done in the control of prices had been of benefit to New Zeoland producers or consumers. He inst-ancedi operations of the hide conrmandeer to benefit tanners, and said boots were dearer than ever.‘ He s'.rengl_y objected to Government control of prices unless the Government found plaeesi to send our produce.‘ Mr John Perrett. (Sandon) t1(lV()(:'al0di the proposed Australian system forl New Zealand pastoralists to cormull The rnarketing tr thei" produce 1-yl setting up alwool council. “W 9 are dead tlg'.llllSt the Go‘\"ernment controlling our produce or prices.” Other speakers criticised the operations ot’ New Zeuland lllilla with conimandeered wool. “We are buying clothing in New Zealand at prices based. on the high prices of wool in London, not on the commandeer prices in New Ze';—lland.” ‘ It was resolved “that this meeting is not ill favour of the Government

controlling the price of wool.” 3 Some discussion took place on Mr. .Mussey’s objection to the" personnel of the commission Chos.‘.n by the producers to go to London to inxrestigafe the eonditioll‘of the meat. market. It" was resolved with enthisiasm that the meeting desired the Dominion exeeu» tive of thetFarmel's’ Union to I‘e(:oln—mend Ml‘. 3.[3SS'(‘§' to send the 01'i§:in';x1 commission (.\[essrs’Buv:l-ell, Polson. and D. Jones, ‘M_.iP.. and Dr. Renkes to London.

The Inooting also (T-11d<.n'.~'o.d :1 resolution passvd b_\' :1 F(‘f](linf_'j 111(‘.r‘ti11;5 on the 4-H! ins-1,, <':lllin_g' upon HlO Imp<\l'ial Govormnon‘; (=il'hol' to liff 1n0:1f out of the fl'nozill_;r (-.hambol'.< or contixmg the o,oxmnandr~or until I’}l':lt’ is rhme.