MARKETING PRODUCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 July 1922, Page 5

MARKETING PRODUCE.

BELATED LONDON ADVICE. COMPLAINT IN THE HOUSE. (From Our Parliamentary Reporter) Wellington, July 9. “Our produce to-day is not marketed, it is simply sold,” said Mr. R. Masters (-Stratford) in the House on Friday night. He proceeded to assert that the Government was responsible for the toleration of bad handling conditions in Britain. The position was most unsatisfactory and he believed the High Commissioner had not done what should be done to protect the Dominion’s interests. The High Commissioner seemed to be giving more attention to social affairs than to the produce markets. Hon. W. Nosworthy: That is absolutely unfair. Mr. Masters: It is true- He told the House |hat when the rise on the London .butter market began the buyers here got the information and bought butter in all directions. They made big profits, while the producers remained ignorant of the movement of the market because the High Commissioner’s office was not in close touch with the market. The brokers were getting over 2s a pound for butter for which they had paid 1/3 and 1/4. That was not fair to the producers. New Zealand had stuck too long too rigidly to the London market, added Mr. Mesters. The interests of the producers demanded that the Dominion should take advantage of the other markets that were available. The whole problem of marketing demanded attention.