OUR BUTTER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 2

OUR BUTTER.

PRAISE FROM A. SPECIALIST; > MR.' KOWIN* TALKS ABOUT PROSPECTS jMr. James'; ICowiii'. of - tlie lyell-knowri produce .firm- Messrs.': Lovell. and Christmas,, of London, is in Wcllingtbiii He. arrivcd v by tho Shaw,; Savill. steahier, Arawa., and is here I on' , see his old friends,-' £as he put "it, and "spend, perhaps, 'a year "in-.the Dominion.VFoiv the' present' he. is", going, to, Hawera'. -k':'; ■' \ ' ""Cutter prices?" he said to a, Dominion representative. v "Yes, ■ there ; lias'.: been ~a' great rise—a rise; that'. ribbody expectedwhen' I left . England. Biit .1 have been /on .>/ ' :• v"Thoy are-falling now." .. . "They"will ~bc; sureVio' . fall...soon,' bccausc tho European spring will be/beginning." ••!' "Europe; : .has nad -a' severe winter,?'-V" . •; . "That, of courso, will affect 'the; supplies. l ' '•[ "You have,' sceiv.-Danish ..butter /as it ,ar- - rives; iin.r London. - .You havq ' Zealand butter hfirp ? Is, JDanish better, than ours?"; ' . . " \. "Not in the least.-'. :' - . "Then if New ".Zealand butter could reach, the:-London' markfti at, the saine ! aj;6' its ■ the ■Danish', :it would.fetch as much ; "Yes. and more." -- . ••• /;■ "Will not'ihe ;higli,prices of/butter .tempt' other countries to enter 'into .conipotition "Undoubt^ly'it'lwill 'have.thatielfect.'' ' •'•"Frbm. what " quarters,'is i t-he compatitiori' most likely;to be'serious?"; ' ' ... . "Erom^'Southern .Therfi is. aiv'immense ''territoryof' land there, which .'is. likely to bo,(devoted to dairying, ~ Thoj Itussian Government, i.too, is ansious to' help the,;ill-!, .dustry ill cv'ery.-.possiblo. wayy hnd the -country is."c'apable of/ enormous ..production.'"'^,. ■; "Tho Danes.are there .instructing .tliem? ' "Yes, in , large muiibers; also is" likely to -boconie a: jarge ' producer of butter, and her season is' tbo' samo -'as- yours'. Still, the world is eating more and' more butter every year,, and tho .demand : for the best of ..every'tiling-, is" fast -increasing. The English , working man. lives- we 11.,. People may say what they like; but. a. wage of £2 at Homo is j-oapahlo of-' buying - as .much 'as £3 I.os. out-here." ! . . - "

' , "Tlii>. Danish'supplies' are very' even all the year round?" . U .' ,7..; ■ ."That is, becauso .tlioy.'winter' feed.. Theygo to-no end. of ;trouble- that-the-,New Zeal: aiidor would; never put ' up v/ith. . havo guito; -'different;'temperamentsfrom the,; New. Zealand people;',' They are : 'plbdding ; ';and. ■ phlegmatic,;. The .'New' Zealander Hikes;. to fbriiig ' his ,'cows. ;in .and ,out. ;; qf . se.isoii all ■ togethert arid, then have a. few months'. holiday.' ; The Dime,'.on the' other hand,',is;. : quit<i content .to; work ; every day,-'of- the..year. He wants :no' holidays.' . Pleasures?: '-IHe.ihas none, such' as ; wo!;k.riow {them,... His recreation is to .light: his 'pipe' and go;; oil. working. He works slowly,, but -'; v.; "With' increased .production -from'i-Siberia; Argentina, arid' elsewhere, arc the' prospccts for butter good .in, ihe near' future'?''; " ...."Now Zealand butter is on top. So long as .New; Zealand maintains- the. .quality, all will be well. As a general purpose, salted butter,, your.butter is tho best;jn London.' 1 , ■ ""You .are not; ho'reifor business^now?'-, '"No, but 1 still. have full power to act for my company,.. if. necessary. If I we're hero- for busings,/ I; should . not''arrive at this time . of,, year,':;wlieh; business'is,. finishing. years;.pa'st my- visits -have been for pleasure;' I endured a,terrible shock at- tho loss of| my'-wifd;' two Vears: ago; and suffered a- seriojis collapse. '.Yon'.woukl riot think it to. lpbk'-'at me now.. Yet-- Paiii67 years of age, ; and;l:-have: just married again'. My wife is ,with ! ;me.". ■ ■ - "A honeymoon' tripp''', . " •• "Exactly." '-; •'