A CRITIC OF CONTROL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1927, Page 8

A CRITIC OF CONTROL.

NEW ZEALAKD OIO.Y O?TE STTPPLUfc.

(To the Editor.) I; is a rcnunkable ,titc of afairi th ai New Zealand, wh.rh is so on the ? ood-.viil oi other cuuairic. lor the d»poHj „f •, surplus products, should u- dulli „ JU ..imos: to offend ii f custcnurs. J akl . cafie of i.uttor Without an c\pon murkci it » -.inply a rrduadant proaurt. j-racUcallr valiM. ..ss. "iet the traders oi Bna.n »ho a, >«•*»» g«ae t.y iound ,w«m«f for ad (Z u«ry produce are now ~,d uj.on uy a bmi £ •t dairy a,mcr, », ~..,, tu ? . Jau Th » trtf Bniifh market « our own >]wai j " s.-rve. Nothing cemjd he i arther irom iV« Of the 2 «j.«W t.on. o; butter imported ally into Britain, we su.j.y lhaß a " Ui and yet we talk ol contud: V<, u J llaot control unless you have a ttiojjopolv i^ Br.lish people can huv IsO.tKKl 0 f f.' ■•niter helore they need to t.ot her aboul our «mJe ii übr no means ,mposs,b]e f or British trade: to put the New /.ea.aud dairr larmei out ol business, the reverse eaunot .ia;.j.en. lor tne Mmj.Je icasuti tuat there are othei countries onJy too »,iJi n . U) ~ oui place and supply butter to be under the same system of free narkrta* « the other ISO.OOO tons. That we are eu ffcriaJ lor our stupjdity m turning up our aosef J the .sound old method* which put tin. country on the map. as it were, is abundantly evident. The Butter Board's sales )a London to dale »i las; advice are approximator S(K»(( tons, the sales U-iap spread ovc, a j. ( Viod of thn»e and a half months, the best mouths of the y«ir The prices reahsed. and the outlines sold, are incomparably the poorest we have had for the pa si s.s years over the corresponding period. Accumulated stocks in London can be hitJe sno-'t of the quantitr sold, and tins desj.ite "feeding the market*" reflating shipmem. etc.. etc. At the rate our butler ha. been selling, with the stocks on hand in London and New Zealand, there would be ample to supply the Bmish market for the rest of this y W and part of )»*«. vvn lf We did not manufacture another box There it little doubt that we are being displaced, not gradually, but rapidly. ALARMED.