THE FREEZING INDUSTRY.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15338, 23 July 1915, Page 4

THE FREEZING INDUSTRY.

TO THE IDMOa OF "IHE TRESS.". Sir, —As one of iho promoters of the Waipara Freezing Company, allow , mc to thank.the chairman of the Belfast Company for tho very best advertisement the new company has received, by his statements at the Kangiora meeting—a meeting engineered by; the ponents of the new movement. Iteviewiug.some of the rsmarks made- at that ■meeting'by niv Belfast friends, credit is taken by them for increasing tho storage capacity of {heir various "works..This was done after the inception of the'n?w venture, and we, not they, can take full credit, for that benefit to farmers. Another point brought out jn strong relief was the fact—a nt>w one, I venturo to think and hope, to tho farmers of ■this district —that this so-called farmers' company ore jn the habit of giving concessions io large, freezers,' which nro withhold from smaller ones. Such pr<»ferential treatment enables the buyer and speculator to buy and make p> profit, where the farmer, freezing on his own iiccounfc, would make a loss. Such a polic-r must inevitably drive; the farmer to sell to the speculator. Xo wonder, then, that the farmers' consignment business ehould dwindle. A motion was carried at that meeting advocating tho discussion of amalgamation between tho Belfast and the Waipara Companies. Such a meeting I fear at this juncture, could have no good resnlls. Thv'Wmpnra Company hay.> nearly SCO shareholders, nearly ail farmers, and have ideal tites for freezing works at Waipara and Kaiapoi. and can oconomicallyoperated works, with new machinery and an up-to-date plant, and a perfectly freo hand in the treatment of clients. Taking nil these facts into consideration it's small wonder that the Wsipara Company are receiving magnificent-and. unexpected support. —Yours, ftc AMBERLEY.