SOME AGRARIAN INTERESTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 677, 30 November 1909, Page 10

SOME AGRARIAN INTERESTS.

QUESTIONS IN PXIiLIAMENT., * Wifh iv view to fostering tho. frozen meat -in-p.-vi-c ; dustry, , Alr. OLey, A[.I J ., latoly iisked tiie Min- . / for Agriculture wliethor, *in order to as/.fiist thnvindustrj?, lib should make inquiries' as ite/' ■ ' tb ,thc advisability of opening, up distributing : depots'in'tliblchiei' centres, of population, in tho ,Old Country,/so as. to;- iissist {lie -shippers to ! ; v ■. '•- 'keep pace with tho competition that was taking'place there .at the present, time ?.' ' V: p|s??:The .;liqii^;'l'.;"vM'Kenzio' ha'si^''replied that fei}'§;®.(^verhm6nt;-is;of .opinion that-the, whole, ques-'. p-ition ;.of■ .'tto, centralisation" and distributionof .'-'irozen^meatas-.one;-wtfrth*. of .'investigation, and gKiJ,':S;/;with; Agri-cnlhiro'-lias rbeeii ; °in' i .communicatiou ; ; withrthe\ f/'-,'!' . ...freezing. companies- in order-'to. .bring- about a pi® S- conference to- consider important matters .re-' [:/ / luting to tho ; fr6zen : ;mcat .;trade.' With refer-' /■ r .-ence.; to / the/.question';-'!aslied ■ regarding- tho es|f Iffik'Kjtablishment- of': distributing - depots- in. tho chieff of;', population;: jn,'; tho'-'Home-- country, |ai.r-iVv:does,:thisvmean opaningvshops.f.'erecting: cool bjs;l'%'Jstores,' markets?-.;-If anyofthese- -proposals -aro meant,;- that .will l;M'•^.?:VPiobaWJ^:bp/i.bey'bnd : ' in-' quiry. : -:v^.'r« % .;/:/ ; 'fAaquestib : ri//ijf Tc6ii«dbrnble7intercstrin" _ coiP" Kj , '~ > iA; A '?'Mctio^:With>-thi^?dairyinß,: . indnstry -was re- {. -: ••• . cently -asked by Jlr. .Hardy, -M.Pi,- of tho'Min--.for -'Aericulturq.f It. was as to whether, , if' Lv.d--r-f -: it was-, within- his knowledge that 'a largo proportion of tho butter sold in New. Zealand was piW/;-® of very poor ; quality, ho would .tako -steps- to prevent tho-' retailsale'- of factory butter fear-" Sinif'the imprintor-brand of'any company that and, further, would £ /;&v he : : take/steps':tb^protect—the—-publierof-New- ; ' Zealand on the fcarno lines that his-Department [££;*; 'i-■V';.ehdearbriredj i t6; : ' oversea'.consumer ? SHsvV-:/>Thb;H6rfl-' /Tff'Slackmzie'inow': relies pv:;X-iwbilst there, is *.'••• ° a percentage -in pi./-' ; V*-NwJ^land,'''the;jDeppiffiehVi<!iSl<l-liardly.;«n.. pfJv / '?- ; 'dertako;'to'prevpht;ibute/ i^ brand • any/comp'any/;;althbu^li i -.that compMKVpany does/not make'' sold.: For quitc/-a :rnumber :.of.: the ; dairy''. comj/; v ; .panies-'supplying''.fchqjjbcal market. findviti,neccssary at limes to'purchase butter from other i companies' : that "may : have it for 'sale. -This is. pt'.' -: : :/ r :found necessary .t9 koqp,HTUlitheiß<M'ly "during fcr.'ii;v the winter months I .'when _an>insumoiont quanjp■'>tityi/bf.butterVis"berng''mad6./:'To' insist on all : ' butter bearing tho;britnd of ; the 'manufacturer might- imduly -han)pbr;bnsiricss.' ; The.,clauso in '/vthe illegal ; to.e& Kv/S? import ;'butrer:corta than IS per cent. £-- !. of moisture should; ,cerkiinly. in the caso of t fnetoij-mado butter, be made -applicable to f '.' butter sold .on- .tho. local '.the conBr'.- • '.fuojors horo httvo a.Tight -to -protcc- [ tion as ■ those abroad. The Government purppseg'f iiitroducipg >]cgislatioii. t |SS'®:S ! /or ,-ia6sfc'itciv.feffecfr>tfiafcT m