THE NEW FREEZING WORKS.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1915, Page 3

THE NEW FREEZING WORKS.

, To the Editor. —Your article in your issue of Saturday, Juno "2(i, upon the p.bove sub : ject is very emphatic about, the necessity of prospective shareholders promptly forwarding their applications for shares. Rut what 'have the promoters been doing all this time? What are they doing now, ami where are they? The Gisbornc people were a good while after ''our little fathers'' in starting 011 a like adventure, 'but they soon took the shine out of our lot. left tliem far behind, and are now laughing at us. Then, again, consider the action oT the Chmtehurch Meat Company. They did not spend months in little dark corners' doing "tall;en talkee" about starting a freezing works in'the Morth Island. Yet we have just been told that they derided to <'rect works and have fixed on a site between Wanpanui and 1 CastleclifV. "Our little fathers'' are not worthy of honor in the way they have acted and are acting in this matter. Tiify seem to be afraid to let anybody know what they a''c doing, or intend to do. They seem to be "dead set" against advertising their adventure for fear that they should have to.pay for the publicity necessary to ensure the desired success. No proper canvass; no prospectus sent out; no advertisement in the public, prints; only little paltry announce incuts, blown in by side winds, free gratis, l'o<' no-; tiling! There is something very small about these proceedings. And the site for the works is not to he fixed until the necessary shares are tul;en up! There is only one first-class site in Taranaki, ami that is at iSentrv Hill. All the. other suggested sites are more or less one-legged, and some, of them have, in fact, no leg at all. Are "our little fathers" afraid or ashamed to say which or what site they prefer? "Keep it dark" is a poor policy in an affair of this Jml. . They seemingly want people to buy "a pig in a poke," so that when once you have got it you will have to keep it, even if it turns out to be incurably alflicted with the staggers. In all such cases it is but natural to expect that a good many will refuse to buy until the, quality of the goods is exposed in open day. ilenOe the secretary is in 110 danger of hciiiL' mistied off his stofil in the ollice by a sudden inrush of eager subscribers anxious to tiirow money into the hats of "our little fathers" in the freezing business.—l am. etc.,

J. 0. TAYLOR, L 'AVaiongona, June 2S, lfilii.