DAIRY COMPANIES.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20551, 20 May 1932, Page 19

DAIRY COMPANIES.

* END IT. •l o /rating in Sorth Canterbury * ft Sin overhead charges reducing ■ jjjnltea producers in that ?rie8 t P an absurd and disastrous degree ! **. allegation made at the annual *** of the North Canterbury dis•fiS* ° f tbe Xew Zealand Far ' "J Union held in Christchurch yes"Xr discussion it was decided that Lttee representative of dairy » com ■, «t ud by the executive, form Nation to confer with factory l dele ?«\rith a view to reducing oveiHVfiSta and thereby increasing the to the producers. 1 r H W Mcintosh, of Spnngston, ■H»ihMftd the following remits, calling jfflato the need for ecrly action:Thii branch of the Union requests rti tke'eonfereuce discuss ways and «n* and use all power possible to 1 »wav with the present unnccosrv hieh cost of cream collection ' i suggests that the companies \ould co-operate in a contract system ' J collection. (Springston., That dairy companies be asked to in the collecting of cream. (Wainiairi.) That the attention of the Governed be drawn to the fact that the \4th Canterbury dairy companies m thrir competitive methods with each ler are reducing the price of but-ter-fat to the grower to an alarming degree. (Ellesmere.) "At Each Other's Throat." Ur Hawke said that the represcntatin attendance at the meeting held at torineston was testimony to the am6unt T rraWie interest in the subject of lirvuW costs. He said he had been adTnth disgust at what he had heard 111 the meeting. It appeared that each nanny was at the throat of the other, "a now that the oft season was just Ltm Z the period was opportune for juddering the methods necessary to m hdp them out of the quagmire. Loss to Dairy Tanners. It had been stated that about £90,000 had been lost to the dairymen lut Beason by the wrangling of the jiiiy companies, and if that was so then it iran quite time action —and drastic Ktion—was taken by the farmers ilemselves, Mr Hawko added. "I have had as many as seven pain- ] pUeta- in one season from companies | jihig me to change from the one to ! „lonrl was sending my cream," Mr ! Hiwke continued. "The whole system a sft right, and involves us in a war between companies. Tho time has come riearanners must put down their feet, fe irant a straight deal, and this matter mart be brought before tho various company managers. "We may yet be ible to hring daylight out of the darkies, or prosperity out of the chaos." Mr Jag. Itajdop, of Waimairi, urged (laitij aetjon to remedy the present itteu of competition and over-lapping ofhtenijft which he styled unnecessary and costly to the producers. ■• )b J. G/Armstrong, of Banks Peniink'maintained that there was a. Mtrjmat loss to the producers in the mob sIC cream collection, as in addition ttsß" direct charge there was the faftirjjidirect charge of wear and roads owing to increased YwifiSbi during the continual war Tt was time that tiefami stood up for themselves-aitd-ettna'.te;flsan on tho companies, who wmiSSafly running the business for ttaijjsf-.}"'" Hat|Jitimng to-day. owing to the forced, down by abunj inuewing- of costs by company W,a*A; .become a "killing occupation *Bo%thing in it," wfts the conL; Watson, of, Oxford. Ovaiejileosts were absurd, he said. Wanton Waste." Mt-Cojio, Mcintosh, the president of foJMm, said that there seemed to lus'lWßton waßte in the collection of «tM,,ta& it was his opinion that it collected by contract and deSniei iplfteir to the factories themselves wto a-'&ntral depot, where factories ««H Collect it separately. He was ceri&thitffltot could be arranged. To-day to-Ivories had first pull at the after deducting the amount fwejranseß, simply* handed on the balOttiVlt" is our move, the factories ay/fjSontinued Mr Mcintosh, "and pmflatter is stated to be in our wupse will see that it is taken up awvw&tely and a remedy sought." (AppfaW.) (Waimairi): It is said ■tfgaiptter is in the hands of the 'tta|»,sut are not their hands tied? 'decided that a committee of "**?§•?£ appointed to confer with the .of the companies operating with a view to ( P||<#ijf the. cost of cream collection wteetier means making the return larger. All matters reference was made in tjie was to be included in of that committee will ?sW ,nc *a' after the next meeting of Ifcjjfo'tive.