UP AGAINST A CRISIS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3499, 29 May 1920, Page 3

UP AGAINST A CRISIS.

i THE ;\I'..EAT CO;\3(-;‘r'J:s"’l‘.[O;\'. 5 ‘ I’ROB]..EM ivor-:.l.>aom,f<3Je:ll2s./ { M L\ll’lsßl.-XL ;\(.‘v}ZTF.-l7)'l\«llurid? l£«.\’l’)b'‘. ‘ W i‘l}rl..l..)§(}'l‘O-N, I\;lay 27. In the course of :1 .~'.'t:ltemen'r. 20 the Pl‘odu.eers’ Uont'ere'noe, Mr ;\l.a.~sey said that: we were up against. :1 crisis, and he hoped we would. be able to arrive at a s:.ttist‘2retol'_v solution. In one cablegram to the Imperial Government. he stated that if the congestion in London cloaks \‘»'t,‘l'L‘ not relieved New Zenland plmlut-e.-s would suffer such uondikions ca 1.- a~:~.ltsc :1 limuieizili eriwis. He had :v:ske«:l for :1 supply of! ;insul:lte<l .~::te-amers an’. ‘.'b.:lt the pres-5 ent purchase ‘ilgl'eomF:nt should eon—:§ t.iuue till the end of June, 1921. The Seel'et.al'y of State replied that" the Imperial (>‘r~:\‘ermnem was u_n:lbleit3 to extend the meat :Igl'eenul'nt beyond; June 30 next . He h:u:l protested; againy, the injtlstiee done 1:0 ,\'ew Zea—mud by the px_'efel‘el_aee given to sliipsl from the .i-\l-vgentine. New Zeztlmidl meat stores were full to the uflllO>'lli e:lp2u<.ily, and oxriy the provision of; the greatest .I_)_ossihl_e amount” of ref:-i-i gerating tonnage would enable the position to be met. He did not think, tfrom inquiries he had made, that tliere i was any truth inuthe statement that? .Sustl':xlin had__ been able to renew itzsi 'collfl‘aCl with the Imperial Go\'ern—E ment. YPstpl'§l:\}' he was ot’tic.i.:llly ad-Q vised that tlle..._.llllperial control over] home grown tnentg.‘ would cease on July. st, -and they would have 21 free In:l,rke't'. The _}_{igh Colnlnis:siollel' had been un—i able ~to.obtniu any definite informa-l ':idn as to the [:u'iue.~< likely to rule. ; jug ._‘\'l':.‘|.\,\.(‘:‘- went‘ on toistay that this! morning he hzid been advised by fl]?! ~.‘r‘«eeret:lry of State that the linperiali Governnient was reluctant to inereaseir lits eonnnitments by any pul‘c_llaSe in; i respect of the l£)2(!~1921 season, which; ‘would increase its (liffieultiesf ! bitixiec March, 1915, tlle.‘producers in New Zealand had _!‘G€~€lYC(l £138,000,-i 000 for Imperial,l-suppliefi, and. there! were between ‘£B,ooo-_.(lOQ_..u,n_d=,£].o,ooo,—' .0.00 t__o.‘eome_. '.l_‘he N,f:w,aZ.e;il:lncl Gov-i ernmentag}t'as§'3lJ,o,§_f;9:q)illg to let. the producers down. He__gk!}p\§‘f, opinion! _of his colleagues, and all of them were concerned‘ in the~w_el_.fare ,pf.~tlle pro-l ducers-;" Wlienr tliee -(love,;'11111e11t knew i the requirement*:' to q,l~ea.sonable ex-l tenft the f.‘!,‘:lfl}‘£9lllQC, ofithg G-oVv’ernlnenti would be-‘plat.-.e‘d. l;e,jhindthe pl‘oduce,l's‘i until the‘lxn_penial,m*le::«t§i was disposed} OF. HQ£dl(] not’ think the Imperial G-overnment would insist.‘ on getting‘ all its meat aw:ly‘,.})e_t‘ol‘(>; :o_ul‘ own meat \'\':l.s‘ sent to London. 'y',. .- i J .\T.1"1\I:1:~:sey .~t_att-cl hllatu, he \\'as of‘ opinion that t'lie,¢'J.'nippl'i:ll; (,{oye.rnnlent would I)lu.e.e no di,fiie,ul.ty in the way of produe.er.~' finding: "pillar m:ll'kets for their meat. -'l‘l_l(§re )3.;‘.".11Ll ‘{l),e~;z10 objection. :50 t§u.l~::ns..lLur«:gull£i,sQe, to Xew . Ze.a.land ‘m-.>2v.‘t‘ gmizgjpgto the United SliltoS- lllli he -did .tll)j{y,-.t;,1‘0 the Meat Trust. getting‘ :1 f0c)tl1o1tLi11 this counlT)'- TllO N.o\'V‘ Zeazlhnul (.lo§'"e.mnleilt, M would plzme every <lH:ti;(;ul~‘;_\_' in the way of t11nt.,.~ He rCl!'t."*l]‘i ilze..:line «against any Went, tiustd O.‘-\'lll,flg_,-“\'."(’,']‘kS in this i eo.untry,v,.; ._ ;;,'_._i.a 1;;-\._; .