COST OF PRODUCTION

Taranaki Daily News, 16 September 1940, Page 2

COST OF PRODUCTION

"alarming increase" The fact that the farmer had to meet ; the ever-increasing costs of living and j of production, while the price received for his produce remained stable, was brought before the North Taranaki executive of the Farmers' Union on Friday by remits from several branches. The executive unanimously carried a remit from the Stratford sub-provincial executive that, though not in favour ^ of | doing anything that would tend to in- ! crease the cost of living, the executive ■ viewed with alarm the manner in which | the cost of production was rising and to : enable farmers to meet those increases 1 asked that the prices of farm produce j be increased this year. ! Remits from Lepperton asking that j owing to increases in both living and j production costs the National Dairy j Commission demand from the Government an immediate increase of not less than five per cent. in the guaranteed price, and from Mangorei expressing alarm at the ever increasing costs of production and requesting that a price sufficient to meet such costs be paid to the producer, were withdrawn in favour of the Stratford remit. The chairman, ;Mr..'H. E. Blyde, stated that the matter would be brought before the dairy conference, which was to he held shortly. Remits from Mangorei and Stratford in connection with the change over from butter to cheese were combined and unanimously carried as follows:— "That the costs to farmers, who are changing from home separation to whole milk supply for the purpose of increasing the manufacture of cheese, be a national liability and that the branch affirm the principle of a levy over the whole industry of 50 per cent. of the costs, the other 50 per cent. to be paid from the Consolidated Fund, and that all such expenses be exempt from all taxation. :t was stated that such expenses should be treated as1 farm expenditure and be deductible from nett income in income tax returns.