THE FARMERS' OUTLOOK.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 July 1920, Page 9

THE FARMERS' OUTLOOK.

PESSIMISTIC FORECAST. Addressing a meeting of farmers, at Masterton last week, Sir. Hugh Morrison, president of the Wairarapa Provincial Sub-district of the Farmere' Union, and one of the most prominent sheep farmers in tlie Wellington province, emphasised . the serious position facing farmers. He said that in the meat industry they Would have to face a severe crisis. Mr. Massey had said there would be 3,000,000 carcases in store when next season started. The Prime Minister Was always very optimistic, and as far aa the speaker knew he thought there would be more than 3,000,000 carcases in store when the next season started. If the imperial Government was going to take its own meat first, then the farmers of New Zealand would be "up against it." It was up to them to get half of their meat away with half of the Imperial meatAs far as the question of meat and wool was concerned, he was of opinior that, the farmers must again take the initiative in the matter. Owing to the congestion of the railways it ivas said to he impossible to get goods right into the centre of England. If that was so they should see into it, for it was there that the market was. They must also look for new avenues of trade, and it was his opinion that they should have a representative in London, a practical man, who could look for fresli markets, and have six or seven men whom he could send out to different parts of the world in search of fresh markets. They could not expect the Imperial authorities to do it. What assistance Mr. Massey was going to give they did not know. The speaker said that it seemed there was one danger to the farmers, and a . very serious one —the American Meat Trust.