THE WHEAT INDUSTRY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 225, 22 September 1932, Page 6

THE WHEAT INDUSTRY.

"1 NEED FOR PROTECTION. (To the Editor.) ".i " Your correspondent "Royal Commission* says that thousands of your readers are "Tateful to the Chamber of Commerce for the" they are putting up for the feeders of the North Island against the wheat growers of the South Island, who are the exploiters of the North Island feeders—and that this fi«ht must go on until the total abolition 0 f the wheat duties is achieved. One would have expected that a deputation of those exploited thousands would have placed their views before the two Cabinet Ministers who were in Auckland recently and were willing and competent to receive and give advice on tie matter, but there was no such deputation The cessation of wheat growing in New Zea' land would certainly be a loss° to the dairv" man and pig breeder; as it would cut off the supply of 00,000 tons of pollard and .bran used by them annually and milled in New Zealand This would have to be supplied from overseas' and the largest quantity of bran and pollard exported from Australia in one year is said to be 10,000 tons, and in time of drought that quantity might not be available. There is no import duty on pollard and bran, crushed maize and barley. If the 'Southern wheat grower is spoon fed, is not the same protection available to the North Island wheat grower, but lie has no desire to join the "wealthy minority" who have to work pretty hard for their 4/4 or 4/6 a bushel. The poultryman Jias to pay a much larger price for his fowl wheat than the farmer receives. Tilie Government does not «et the difference. The merchant is entirelv responsible for the difference in price. FAIR TRADE.