CONTROL IN INDUSTRY
«FAULT OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE ” VIEWS OF FARMERS’ UNION PRESIDENT '“lf control is brought about it will be the fault of private enterprise for trying to squeeze the last penny out of the produce,” said Mr I. L. M. Coop, president of the North Canterbury District of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, speaking at the provincial conference yesterday on control in industry. “I believe in control when it is absolutely necessary,” he said. “While private enterprise is acting in competition and produce is fetching its value then I believe in private enterprise; but when firms amalgamate and form themselves into a monopoly so that there is only one buyer, then there is nothing else left for the farmer to do but to ask for control. If there is only one buyer there must be only one seller, otherwise through lack of buying competition the multitude of sellers will be placed at a distinct disadvantage. “The farmer is an individual who likes to managq his own business without having an army of inspectors or any restrictions placed upon him, but he will quickly ask for protection if he finds that a monopoly is getting the better of him.”
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22418, 3 June 1938, Page 14
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