Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. COGITATIONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1725, 27 March 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. COGITATIONS.

■ This above all—to thine own self be trao, tnd it must follow ai the night the day Thou oanet not than bo false to any man.' Shak ksp KARS.

“ He that cnlleth a thing into.hismind whether by impression or reeorda- . tion, cogitateth and eonsidereth ; and he that emplovcth the faculty of his fancy also cogit.atcih.” —Loan Bacon.

No one will deny that it is a misfortune that the price of butter should be so

Creamery Management

low that Messrs Rey-

nolds & Co. are unable to carry out the arrangement made with

the milk suppliers at tbe commencement of the season. Supposing it had been otherwise and that instead of the price being below paying point it was such that there would have been a good-profit to the company, would the struggling settler, who supplied the milk, have heard of it, and'received a-bonus ? We question if he would. The company entered upon the venture as a money making -business and invested, their capital in the hope of a profitable speculation. They took the risks that every business man takes, and fcheivs must bo the profit or loss. On the face of it, it is manifestly unfair find unronsanablo that the settlers should bo asked to’ refund £d per gallon on what they have been paid for, if it had been a co-operative venture the.request would have been a reasonable one and one that has been often made iu con noction with such businesses. We are of the opinion that the Te Aroha West suppliers made a reasonable offer when they agreed to allow the. reduction for March and April. Our sympathies are with Messrs Reynolds and Co. in their difficulties and hope that the dark cloud of depression which now threatens the industry will soon pass, and that kindly relationships may again exist between the company and the suppliers. ,

When the Hon. Carlman was in Te Aroha last, a representative of this j o ur n al*inter-

Thompson’s . Track Formation

viewed that gentleman to learn

the intention of the Government re the construction of Thompson’s track into a coach road. Mr Cadmanstated that it was reported that the money available (£1500) would not make the road, so .that he purposed to open through commuui cation as speedily as possible by. completing the formation 8 feet wide. He would 1 hen. see how much more money would be necessary to make the coach road, and assured us there would be no difficulty in obtaining a further grant if it. was needed. This was reported in our columns during Mr Oadman’s visit, and no one took, exception to it then. It may be an open question whether or not they are spending the money fo the best advantage, but it is certain they will do it their own way, and the understanding is that it will be made into a coach road.