CONTROL OF BUTTER OUTPUTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 625, 30 September 1909, Page 10

CONTROL OF BUTTER OUTPUTS.

■•; ■/.J;'■"/! -' Takingyon/the' one/ hand; the: recent rosolu-;0;/ti6h-:6f Mustraiiah ! ;butter -interests, in: favour, :E ; /; .of/regniftting. outputs' tojdefcat/oxploiter's arid,, ■> ■on /the: other:hand, ■ the' interview between Mr. .//>: VHarkness I 'and / the Victorian Minister for.;Ag-j:/?'-riculturej.appearing 1 , elsewhere/in: this column, /■/.-';. wo' m'ay.'r.oasori'ably begin ;to./contemplate the i/v'}:,possibility/ of;a system, of-co-operation -between, f/.: ; .'- v -Australia',''-'and.-. : ''-lfeiir.'-' Zealand'/for -tho ,pur;yA'/ ; alluded to into W/v; operation.;' "Prpbably-it-will, hot .be done this ■; : season.- 'Mr'.*. Harkness'; states that. the. factories s;?v.Triil t ; hot|;J)e";called;' together Vto"discuss/.any; , Sv'/«uch :;66heme,;:ahd',-.possibly. the. chaotic. stato ?,: ;-'l'eS in.'Australia/would be. i:l / a-barrier- in' aiiy"' caSo. •' That is'.why one'seems' U '-K'ius'tinbd^ih'- ;; readingj'-mpre than "'■ is:;at ; first ';,?..-appaierit in .-Mr!' actual. words. ' It V/':-seems'feasible .to/, suggest, that/.Mr.-Harkness. A : ': : has,been: - convince the /Vic-'■':';torian"■>Minister■-,of:.the ;;advahtage'-of compul-, :/:■/:'sory -grading, /not; only, for .the . interests' of_ 'i' /AnstraJian; dairymen., themselves,-but' also ;.as ;-'-:. a:■means^of rendering, more.practicablo.-,joint -:'-': "actionsbetween .Ith'o!.neighbouring ..counties .in'; ? '■' dealing/-, with/' great -questions', of .marketing.. :'"-/Co-operation '.in:...marketing-.was widely dis::';'/'cu'ssrf "in-New, Zealand ,last;-sbason,:.but..co- ,-' operation' in marketing, if it is to tako hands Tp- with 'Australia; will; bo greatly simplified when '•'■■••'. our'.bntfer and- their's ,is compulsprily. graded '■;'-./'oh-equal;standards"bf,quality, yThen/'Au'strai,"t'/,lasia .could reasonably/hope to .speak with one--';.'-!;.•ypice'.; ,nhd 'with. a .voice .'that wpuld bo rei'--'.; spected '.by..- those it/was addressed. :"/:' IfMr. Barkness's .'visit should have the '/effect />. of- bringing .this .result .'closbr,,to pur time, :,?/:'.and: shbjdd/makb/US/ready, to,.reply with the' ; i'*^''iuiite_d'' .voice :.of;' ,, A'Bstettla?ia''.t6' , -'the' :, th'r€aten'!d' i]': , /'.'arbitration /'.-,' -clause," operators,/it /wilr have )-.'■■■■■ -bornb good/fruit..;;'.: ■'•.-•/'.•■' V:';-.-. .;'.'-■• ■''■".'/ Against ;-they; principle ./of : . corpperativie. mar-.. /:■'■ kcting,; : bf/'co'u'tse,./hpthjhg';ca'n i '.■■".-■' solute '•■ v. ; -;tijeon : ,- T 'prb'ductfon ;.;an'd f c'o'fl9'uhiptioh, ;: arid" 'good' v; / business'-'conduct'all'through", :aro the: chief -.-;: 'cssentialsiv/iThe'; Danish .committeo - which de-.;;;:':,cides,on-.'pri.ce3;throughbut.th.'e...6easoh, appears ". 'to/keepf-mflrelya-properbalaricft between sup-, V- ply'andideriiand and.has riot been blamed .vith. -.':-.; any /"attempt' to; fix/fictitious "/values.; ■ /Thatj ■ ;.■-' '.at ■: presen , t.':;.-':6eonfs'' to/: hb 'all';/' that the -: :/'Ausbaliari^moyemerit-;aims/at.';; : :, will' ~,■ /await^ahy;.developments:with interest, and,in- -■//: cidentally-keep.:an'/ eyo, on 'how 'Mr. Ellison :./V/Bhapes'./iriijhis//riow;'position .as Home agent.;