HONEY MARKETING
Sir,—After a rather sorry exhibition Canterbury beekeepers have at last very neatly flung back the responsibility to where it belongs. The Minister of Marketing is mainly to blame for the deadlock, and he should end it as quickly as possible. Moses hit the rock hard enough but it is not recorded how much honey he got. No other branch of farming has been presented with an ultimatum which would swell ruin to many of its members. In no other kindred industry is there so much variation in conditions and in yields. Perhaps this is what you refer to today in your leading article on honey marketing, when you mention that beekeepers themselves are not agreed upon terms and prices. Unfortunately, neither the Internal Marketing Depart, ment nor the beekeepers have attempted to apportion the price rate fairly. The flat rate has nothing to justify it; only it is the easiest way out. (See rule 4.) —Yours, etc., T.A.S. May 11, 1943.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23945, 12 May 1943, Page 4
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