PRICE OF WHEAT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 2 November 1933, Page 9

PRICE OF WHEAT.

POULTRY FARMERS' PLIGHT.

POINTS FOR PURCHASE BOARD.

"The poultry farmers are exporting eggs at a heavy loss, and a great many of them are trying to keep their farms going by feeding their birds on mashes, and cutting out grain. I don't see how the industry can continue unless the Governiifent does something to help them," said Mr. Harvey Turner, president of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, at this morning's meeting of the chamber. The following letter sent to the manager of the Wheat Purchase Board wae approved: "We would point out that the object of the board, according to your statement, is to secure to growers a 'reasonable price' for wheat. In view of the fact that the world prices of wheat are extremely low and have been so for a considerable time, it would interest the chamber to know what your board considers a 'reasonable price.' Again we would ask why, with the surplus of wheat on hand, the New .Zealand poultry producer should not be allowed to benefit by this low price, rather than that the surplus should be exported under conditions such that foreign poultry producers are placed in 'a privileged position as compared with the New Zealand producers. Surely some arrangement could be made to dispose of your surplus in a manner that would benefit the people in this country, who are payin"_ artificially high stabilised prices for the wheat they require." It was decided to follow up the letter with a further communication if a reply was not received from the Wheat' Board, within reasonable time.