COMMODITY COUNCILS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 6, 3 May 1939, Page 5

COMMODITY COUNCILS

NEW ZEALAND'S ATTITUDE

BRITISH FARMERS' COMMENTS

Attacks in New Zealand upon I he: Empire Producers ■ Conference at Sydney are commented upon in the , . , March issue of the N.F,U,. Record;!• I the official organ of -the British National Farmers' Union. "Seemingly," it is stated, "the farmers of the Dominion, have been deterred from giving active support to the 'commodity council' policy by the attitude of their own Government. The New Zealand Govern me at is socialist in colour, and Six Nash, their Minister for Commerce, is ered,ited with leaving that any regula. tion by producers' representatives of supplies entering the British markeC would cut across his otfn control 01 from the Dominion. "Such a l'ear could only be based upon a complete misunderstanding of the Sydney policy, and we can hardly believe that Mr Nash is so politically inept and short-sighted as Vhe suggestion would imply. "Things, of course, "nave moved apace during the last VI months. The delay in setting up a commodity council for mutton and lamb has led to the enlargement for the time being of the functions of the Empire . Beef Council, an action taken before Sir Reginald Dorman-Smuh became Minister of Agriculture, and discussions n(jxv proceeding in regard to proceed milk imports 'may be the prelude to the setting up of commodity councils for milk products. "The Sydney resolutions emphasised Lhe importance of 'producercontrol, " and it is from thrJt it is so important that the far-' me.rs of New Zealand shou'd 'be enabled to join with their brethren ir>. Australia, Canada and th'i United Kingdom in shaping their own destinies."