THE MORNING RASHER

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 141, 18 June 1927, Page 11

THE MORNING RASHER

WJLL PRICE INCREASE?

PROPOSED BOUNTY

(By Telegraph.)

(Special to "the Evening Post.")

PALMEKSTON N., This Day. Pig-bie.eders. are-determined to push on with the scheme for encouraging the 'Export end of their business, and ..another meeting was held. in Feilding yesterday/ the attendance beiiig a representative one.'Mr. John Cobbe (chair-, man. of the -Wellington Harbour Board) Was elected permanent chairman, and' outlined the work achieved by the deputation which 1 waited on the Prime ■ Minister and the heads of the Departments interested.' „■-•■.■ ■

S' The chairman also stated that ho and -Mr. Gordon BUott; M.P., had had a conference with Mr. Frasdr, manager of the Meat Board, who gave an outline; of the Paterson scheme in Australia, but : declined ■to give any opinion of its application to pork and bacon inNeWZealand. ;Mr. Fraser intimated, however", that the board was.considering the export of. beef and the application of the'Paterson scheme.

v" Speaking of the' proposed maximum bounty of 3d'per lb, Mr. Cobbe said it %buld mean an enormous tax on the , pig and might raise an outcry against an attempt to raise the cost of living. Any levy proposal sholuld be one that Would be most acceptable to both sides. In having stated the maximum bounty of. 3d about the. same as under the Patersdn. scheme, he had since" realised that the promoters of this movement Would have to. be reasonably moderate in what they asked for. Mr. C". 6. 0. Dernier considered it! folly'lto/Sim .at', the' establishment of anpther ; control board, when the scheme ■flight very satisfactorily be carried out by the Meat Producers' Board.." , : , Mr. Hausmann thought the difficulty might,, be . ov'erome by the election of' an advisory committee-representative of the' producers to the Meat Control Board. "Or the election of representatives of the pig industry on the board/ said the chairman. . Mr. J. ChTystall moved that the cdminittee reconsider the basis on which; the levy be made. The mover was of the opinion that the levy should be made on all pigs in.the Dominion and hot necessarily all ..pigs killed for export. , I'-. '. \:.' ..." '■ ■...■■ ... ■ ..Mr. Gardiner said the cost of .statistics, would kill ;^he scheme. ;; • . ... The motion was treated as a sugges-' tion. ■:,."■.-;_-' ..',.;'■"■'. : '.. .'. ; ... ■ . „■■, , ■-, The -following executive committee was., elected* with-.power to add> and Haying;.practically;'full powers: to pro-; ce'ed; with ? the scheme in conference :!With..; the three other - bodies:—Messrs.; .Cobbe; -Dermor, Dalzioll, Hausmann,: Busaell,'. and- the secretary. (Mr; Fitzgerald)./ ■■-■■- „■: ■■ .- ;•: • ;