The British Butter Market

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 2, 4 January 1904, Page 4

The British Butter Market

A discouralgtog account of the Home butter market is given by.Messrs I'iaraon and Rutter, the wellknown l/utiter merchants, Manchester in a report dated Nov. 18. "The luarl.ets," they state, "are bud bcyo.d dMcWption. Trade in most tc.it res is simply stagnant, and pi ices do not seem to tempt buyers ■to operate. The some cry comes Iruin i:vuriy every part of the United lviiiguom—trade bud, unprolitoible prices,, and large stocks of butter lc.'t over. The first of the new seasci.i's New Zealand butter firrived in L; 11 k/ii last week. There was not a iarfee arrival, but it was far too iiiuL.h for the market, and the goods were freely offered at 104s landed in 1.u.. io;i, ui/J we heai"d of one or two caues where even 2s less was mentioned to try and tempt buyers. 'Jli's time last year the butter iva." «b. ii.' o '-ng' litis to 118s landed ; this u..ows the very bad state of trade, li.vre iiiv some very large sliipments of butter on their way, and when W.ey arrive prices are bound to iecuie further. It was a shame to sell such splendid butter at such low prices ; the butter met with apprototion cm every site, People were aitWi'i:,:'ru.i at the splendid quality, ■auJ yet they would not buy it except at l'uinous prices. Many of the laiQ-e retail lirms are reducing their pi i..e for best Danish butter again to Is ami Is Id per lb retail. This will mocit an increased consumption, tii-U tiicitfoire a better demand, but if the New Zealand butter keeps CC.I...JJ forward of equal quality to tie first siripmoat there is no doubt li.it w4iat many of the retailers will do all lihoy cam to rush the butter off on to their customers in place of t'aii'i.M.i, ui.i 1 I>amsh butter will have a very hard time to mui'li'lain its su] H .\;uiacy in the coming winter. We om selves see no reason why the lun L s should get such comparatively high price for t'heir butter. He luue .Win CtUitilljiin tins year <i).iite •l.l'al to Dajiitih, ar.il the New Zcali-. il was butter than a great quantity of the Daois butter that was for tule va lihe iarAltki markets The New Zealand is, of course, new grass butter, aujJ tfce Danish was nearly all showing signs of winter feed Everything still points to low prices for the coming winter."