GUARANTEED PRICES

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12903, 2 July 1936, Page 4

GUARANTEED PRICES

PREMIER REPLIES TO CRITICS VALUE' WILL BE KNOWN UV AUGTJST 1 ' sly. tilt at m coates - •, Association}. WELLINGTON, July 1. “There is an inclination on the"'N*part of some people, especially newspapers, to criticise the Government, and say it is unfair to keep the producer in -suspense. in regard to what the guaranteed price will be’’ said the Prime Minister. “Critics say that the producer should know, f say thdt if the Labor Government did not exist to-day, no dairy farmer in New Zealand would know how much he was going to get for Jiis butter on August I. He would not have the slightest idea whether it would be Gos or 112 s. Under the present Government's scheme, the dairy farmer will he told deliberately. it has already been stated that it will he on the average, of the last eight or ten years, and one need not be a mathematician to make a. guess at it. We will fix the price by Order-in Council by August i.” The Prime Minister said that members of the Government had done some tldnking prior to taking office. “We have heard about one man, well . known in New Zealand, who had to m go to a certain gorge to think tilings over before lie could gel out of a difficulty'’, said Mr Savage. “We still think we can do our thinking on our feet without going into any gorge at all", he added.