TARIKI.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1922, Page 6

TARIKI.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) At a meeting of the Tariki-Rugby Road Dairy Company, held in the Tariki Hall on Tuesday night, the following resolution was carried unanimously: “That this meeting of directors of the Tariki-Rugby Road Dairy Company heartily approves of the efforts now being made by the different Dairy Associations of New Zealand to, with Government approval and assistance, formulate some system of control over freight charges, insurance and sale price of New Zealand dairy produce.” Speaking in favor of the motion, one director said that while he recognised the fact that there were many difficulties to overcome, he felt that the time had arrived, when some attempt should be made to put the marketing of New Zealand dairy produce on a better footing. These remarks may be taken as an indication of the feeling of the meeting. A change in the order of manufacture of dairy produce is to take place at the Tariki factory as from October 1, when, instead of going into cheese making, as is usually the case at this date, the company have decided to go in for manufacturing casein and butter. The Rugby Road Factory will continue on the old lines, viz., cheese-making from October 1, and as these two factories belong to the same company, the pay-out in each case will be the same. The directors believe that the conditions surrounding the Tariki factory and its suppliers lend themselves more favorably to the making of butter and casein than of cheese, and since home separation of milk is coming too much into favor with suppliers at a distance from the factory, it will be the means of giving these people a chance of disposing of their cream locally to their advantage, and, incidentally, enable them to assist in maintaining that splendid system of cooperation that should exist in every dairying district. Now, without wishing in any way to detract from or belittle private enterprise in a general way, I believe, as do many others, that milk producers make a great mistake in snapping, as some have done in this and other districts, at what appears to be i the more “juicy” bait of the private ' concerns.

The directors of the Tariki Dairy Company here almost invariably held to the policy of consigning their output to the open market in preference to selling. and for this reason they have occasionally found themselves being severely censured by some of the suppliers until the seasons’ final payments came to hand. Then the story generally changes. This, by the way. has been their experience concerning the last season’s operations, for owing to their last i and biggest shipment not being lifted and marketed at the appointed time, the directors came in for a good deal of . criticism from suppliers, but asain the tables have been turned in their favor. The consignment, a very large one. reached the Home market about three weeks ago. when prices were better than had been the case for the whole season, and it is now confidently expected that the pay-out of the Tariki Company will compare very favorably with any other company that consigned their last season’s output. Last year the Tariki Company shipped through the marketing association and will probably do the same during the coming season.