MOTES AND BEAMS IN PEOPLE'S EYES

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 88, 11 October 1920, Page 7

MOTES AND BEAMS IN PEOPLE'S EYES

TO THE BDIIOn. Sir,—To" anyone acquainted with' the facts of the position, the sub-leader, in yours of Sth inst., written in extenuating praise of Mr. W. T. Strand's attitude, must form one of the most remarkable literary "white-washings" ever published; in The Post or any other newspaper.

You choose to completely ignore the one outstanding, fact, which I for one have pointed out, and which has .not been contradicted, because it cannot be, viz., that Mr. Strand receives Is 7d pel' gallon, net, for his milk, arid.at the same time has publicly stated that."it seems to him like extracting bloodmoney" that other dairy farmers should ask for more than last season's prices, which represented only 8d per gallons ,to them.—l am, etc., ; CITY CONSUMER. Bth October. [And "City Consumer" chooses to completely ignore" Mr. Strand's reasons for the hospital price, and his offer to hand over the hospital contract to any supplier'who can satisfy the Hospital Board of his ability to supply the full quantity and quality of milk all the year round, to the satisfaction of the Board and of the Health Department. "City Consumer" tries to prove himself right by proving Mr. Strand wrong. So far he has not proved Mr. Strand wrong, because he has not met Mr. Strand's arguments. And if hs did, the case for butter would still be far from being determined. There has been no white- I washing on the part of The Post, but there has been an attempt by an anonymous correspondent to blacken, a man who signs his own name.—Ed.]