FACTORY MANAGERS.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19897, 28 May 1936, Page 11

FACTORY MANAGERS.

ANNUAL RE-UNION. ADDRESS BY PRIMI MINISTER. ’ SCIENCE AND FARMING. I —— ‘hThe time has come for ”10 WWW“ tion of machinery and seleuoe to raw materials," stated the Prime Minister. ‘ihe Right tion. .\I. J. Sal-Wl5O. at ““3 annual social re—unlon of dairy factory managers at the \\'ailiato \\’lnter Show lUoneert Hall, on Tuesday. The Mayor. Mr J. R. Fow, presided. The SWSS ’of honour were the Rt. HOO- 1116 Prime Minister, the Minister of ASNDUHUI‘C: the Hon. W. Lee Martin. Mr C. _A. Barroll, M.P. (Hamilton). Mr K COW“ ..\I.P. (W’aikfito): .\lr J. Thorn. ALP. (Thames), Mr A. F. Moncur, ALP. (Rotorua), the Hon. B. 0. Robbins .\t.L.u., Mr G. .\l. Valentine. Assistant Direotor or the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture. 311‘ W; lDempster, Chief Dairy instructor 0t ltho Department. of Agriculture 01 the Auckland Province. | Mr Savage said that an agricultural show or any other show would give some indication of what. could he done nlong vsoientiilc lines. A show gave the producer an opportunity of seeing what could be done with the application of science. “The \\’aikato Winter Show seems Ito stand out. in this respect." .\lr Suvage continued "All one has to do is to walk through and see for oneself, not only this year, but any year. Some day I hope to deClnro in no uncertain wire that at last science, machinery; and money, too. have become the ser-t rants of mankind. not the masters." l The Duty of the aovernmom. i “There is more to he done than to produce turnips.“ continued Mr Sax--gage, “and such like thlngs and simply take pot luck ui‘torwards. it is our [duty to son that the produce of this ronntrg gains for its producers that to which they are fully entitled. The farmers of this country haue doubled production during the lust. ten yours but their income has runniinod \\hero lit \\’ns. That should not lie and it \\ill be the Liorcrmncnt's I‘ndcuvour to ultrr this stnto of affairs." In responding to tho l’rinm .\liu—islor's lnust, Mr (J. .\. lint-roll, .\t.l’., ox—,prrssvd tho .lltltl‘t't‘titlltili oi" the assurin‘tinir for tho pros-rum,- ol‘ Hlt' 11mm; I.\linlstcr. the lion. \\'. Loo .\lnrtin and tnthrr members or l’drliuumnt. j’l‘hoir Ill‘t'h't‘ill't‘ \\'.is‘ nu indication of tho interest of tho tiorrrnnicnt in tho community. the primary producer in particular. in propOsing the toast of the \isi—tors the Minister of ‘\gl'lt‘litlurc. tho lion. \\‘. Lei: Martin. paid tribute to the oilicrrs ot‘ the Department of .\griculture tor the work they lmd dim.) rear in and war out for Hm snow. l‘ui‘ )cnrs they hand undertaken tiiu rr‘spunslinhly ol‘ judging ..t [1“, show :iid tho hurt that their award; 11.1.1 'LLU IUCL'HULI \\iuiuut qucatiou ludi-

noted that they had the confidence of e man ers. thMr Mafiin said. it had been said that factory managers would not take the same care in turning out the butter after August 1, when the Government. would take over the marketing, but he did not believe this; in fact he thought that they would take more pride in their work as they would be inspired by something more than the mere turning out of butter and cheese. The managers and their assistants would no doubt take just the same particular care in the future as they had done in the past. They would have the incentive to produce still better quality products. The Aim: of the Department. Mr Marlin in urging that every eiTort : be taken to produce goods 01’ thei highest quality stated that the Govern— ‘ ment would render every assistance to: producers in the Way or dairy instruc—j tion. The department would aim not so much at regulations but rather at instruction. The department was at; present investigating the matter and‘ the Minister hoped that the scheme would be in operation in the near future. “We require your co-opcrntion." continued Mr Martin. "All sorts of statements have been made about the Government recently. it has been said that we will pull down the industry. Such statements are to be disregarded. We have not the slightest thought of doing harm to any individual or any industry. Such a policy would be foolish." lxmnelon of Industry. in conclusion Mr Martin stated that he had no doubts about the result: that would follow the policy or the GovernmenL There haul been \\‘ondCP i'ui development during the past few years in the duirying industry. More than half the rows of the Dominion were in the Auckland provincr. An idea 0! the magnitude or the industry in the \\’aikato could he [mined from (the fact that of the 1,928,000 vo\\.~ in the Dominion. 080,000 were in the 'Auckland province, while in the arm south of .\iorrer umi in Ihe \\'uikuio there were over (200,000 rims. nlmut n third of the ttniry with: population oi the Dominion. ’l‘hoso iigurn-a iiillil‘dit'd the enormous expansion oi‘ Hm indu» try in tho \\"niknlo nml nrr'ounlmi for the pru-eminoin'o ol' the \\'iiiknio \\'intrr Show among the nhous oi' thr Dmninion. Mr E. Allen, of Burkiand. responded. The following,’ musirai items “on: rendered during the owning: (loz'not solos, Mr H. iiouilnn: nrcurtlvun solos. Mr J. Emerson: songs. Messrs J. lt‘rirker, A. \\'rhslrr aunt .l. llournlvy; elmrusvs, the Hamilton .\inle Lilioir. .\lr ii. iliidreth \\'ns ncrompnnist and Mr! ii. Jones loud the community singing.‘