THE BUTTER SUBSIDY.
WHO CARRIES THE BURDEN? (By Wire.—Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night. In the House to-day, Mr. W. D. Powdrell (Patea) rose to protest against a statement that the Government is subsidising the butter producers to the extent of £(100,000 a year. The position, he said, was not being correctly stated. The producers had sold their output to the British Government for 2s (id per pound f.0.b., and th» Government was paying the subsidy for the benefit of the consumers, and not for the producers. ' "The honorable gentlemen has stated the position with perfect correctness," replied the Prime Minister. The subsidy was being paid for the benefit 0! the consumers. The producers hud got a full market price, and any way, every producer was entitled to the full mar, ket value of what he had produced. Mr. Powdrell: "Very little of that £(>00,000 is paid by the svorkers." Mr. Massey: ''The worker pavs a very small part."
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1920, Page 4
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158THE BUTTER SUBSIDY. Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1920, Page 4
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