THE TEST OF MEAT CONTROL.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 14, 17 July 1923, Page 7

THE TEST OF MEAT CONTROL.

. The Hon. *A T. Ngata (Eastern Maori I member) is always listened to with appreciation by. his European colleagues. He gave his views last night on the question of control of export, suggesting to a very interested House that as New Zealand's export industries were at present organised. the middleman got far too much of the results of the primary producer'seffort. The problem, he thought, would be far better balanced if the proportions were more even between Capital, Labour, and the consumer.. But in organising an industry, they had a difficult man to control in the Britisher, because as a Britisher he resented interference with his liberty. Yet it was a hopeful sign that the most insistent demand for control ' over export in connection with our primary products had come from, the-side of the House which usually resented most strongly any interference with the ordinary course of business. Mr. Ngata declared, amid approving interjections from Ministerial benches, that he was in favour of the meat control measure, though he had some suspicion regarding those who were behind it. The Bill provided for compulsory control over export, but it had not yet come, though this was the important principle in organisation of the industry, and it ought to be tested. All the reasons which were urged in favour of a I meat pool were twice as strong when a I dairy control Bill was considered, because there were fewer to reckon with in the meat industry than in dairying. He was going to support the Dairy Export Control Bill.