Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1878.] THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1894. OUR MEAT EXPORT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4759, 28 June 1894, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1878.] THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1894. OUR MEAT EXPORT.

Thk' New Zealand Jipics considers that the bane of our meat oxport is a. want of combination' 'amongst those engaged in,the trado to keep :np prices. .This may bo thocaso, biit there is'somo reason to bolievo Hint prices by.soine mysterious means or anotlior are .maintained at a high level as far as purchasers nro concerned." Wo have before \m a circular distributed by Messrs Spink and Kathbonc,. of Earls Court, Loudon,S.W., in wliich the arrival of a fine consignment of .Now Zealand lamb is announced and which .is offered at the following.'." low, rates." :~Forequarter 7]dpcrlbaiidhind. quarter 'Jd.per lb, 'lf tliesp::be specially, low'prices; ..ivo-'woiidei', what high prices.; : -are' \ in>- the^Motropolis. It is .quite evident tlifit hore no combination is needed to'kcep up a high pvffie ) ';buiratiiißi':a fAircompetition tpjie.cuvoa low one,''Appiivcntly the guileless .London 1 biitcji'er make's immodest profifeofi about., fifty per cent out'of Jfew'Zealaiid meat and wo would suggest to our contemporary that this is the real bane of tho, 'meat trade..,,,lf ..a, combination be attempted in the meat tradcit should be oiio to" plaw#uy;SttppJics at a'low price in the hands of tho London cousumcr,andnofc.oiie.tpinako him pay the excessive rale iiow f 'charged. The bane of the trade : sc6ms.to 'be" a somewhat greedy middleman, who might witli advantage' bo Wtronched