FOOD TRUST MENACE.

Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 304, 22 December 1921, Page 4

FOOD TRUST MENACE.

IMMEDIATE ACTION URGED. FARMERS' REQUEST TO GOVERNMENT. The Kaipara sub-provincial district of the Farmers' Union, at the last meeting h_».ld at Helensville, passed the following resolution:—"That this eseentive oi the Kaipara sub-provincial district ls T .Z.F.U., in view of the desperate position of our primary products, urge that the Government take all necessary action without further delay to withstand the menace of tie operation in U.Z. of the food trusts, and that Government seek tie aseisUnce of the Council of Agriculture, Faflnen? Unions, and Pa.storalists Associations in devising means whereby the New Zealand trade in primary produce may be saved from ruin, and suggest, that one means to attain the above objectwould be to invite the support of the Australian, Canadian, and the South African Government to establish retail shops throughout the United Kingdom for the sale of primary products, also that a reciprocal preferential tariff would be worthy of consideration in bringing the matter under the notice of the people and Parliament of the United Kingdom." It was further resolved to send S letter to !tfr. Lysnar, M.P., for his efforts and energies in combating the food trusts, particularly in regard to th» refusing of a license to Armour aaa Co. ___________