OTTAWA POLICY FAILS

Grey River Argus, 15 February 1934, Page 5

OTTAWA POLICY FAILS

— ♦ N.Z. DAIRY OUTLOOK Hon. R. Masters’ Anxiety (Per Press Association.) IN VkRCARiGILL, February 14. A sigiiideant expression of opinion garbing the Ottawa Agreement was conveyed by Hon. K. Masters. the Minister of industries and Commerce, iu the course oi an interesting adat a (•onipljiin.entarv luncheon tendered to h*n by th e Chamber ui Commerce here to-day. ‘‘Tiic present economic conditio.) o. the dairying industry of this Do ■ “n is such that it calls for the most serious consideration, ’' he -e--earked. “There cun be n*u gainsav- * g the fact, that, iii view of the ir< mentions increase which is taking i>iuce in the world production of pro■luce, and of th,, policy of nationalism being adopted by the various nations, that it is the responsibility nut vulv •- th e Government, but also of the ie. dtrs in the industry itself, tu i.tke u look into The future. WhiL‘ 'i L true that the Ottawa Agreemen: lias si h IS ninths lo run, (he end must come, ami L would appear that - x ' *' Zealand ).*._ht well have a review of that agreement with the object of seeing what may be done for thu fulure. Ln the dairying industrywe have u<» alt er native, of any uuporfance, to Great B itam as a muiket for-produce. ” biiice the signing of the Ottawa Agreement, the whole international outlook, insofar as our products are concerned, has changed.” the Minister cont nued. “In addition to that, the policy of Great Britain with regard to agriculture production generally. has also changed. The alternative so far suggested is that of a quota on the Du mi p- an produce, but the- question arises as to whether there ar e not other alternatives, and whether serious consideration should !:ot be given t-u the placing of a substantia] quota on the foreign produce n Nie gist place. 7 ’ NEED OF NEW MARKETS

And New Exports SAYS HON. MR RANSOM. (Per Press Association.) DANNEVIRKE, February 14/ Speaking at the Dannevirke A. and P. Association’s jubilee show, Hon. ARansom, said: Having regard to the fact that ir is nearly impossible for stock to be imported into the Dornin ion owing to the foot and mouth disease regulations,’ why should not New Zealand export stud stock? Their stock was healthy. Surely they could develop an export trade ‘in it. He believe I that this was attainable with proper organisation. There was sometimes the failure on rhe part of their expor’•’.> to realise the requirements of the importers overseas. To succeed in business it was necessary to stock the goods required by customers. So »f was with their primary products. They had to produce articles that customers overseas required. The requirements shou-u be met. and the variety of our ex ports should be increased- New Zealand could produce many things' be sides wool; cheese, meat, etc., and he believed there were great possibilities ir markets other th»n Great Britain. Mr Ransom said he held strong views ‘hat the Dominion is not suff’cently represented in the homeland, and on the Continent, and in the United State? It was imperative that the buyers who wanted N-*w Zealand goods should get them, and nothing else. As Minister of Lands, one thing that had impressed him, particularly, was the fact that where the best stock were produced and where the farmers were most pros, perous was where the holdings wero small, rather than large. He believed that, in future, greater progress wou’d b-e made in the Dominion by restricting the areas, rather than by extending them. He advocated more extensive farming. rotational grazing, pasture management and top-dressing. He behoved that the present depression wa? a blessing in disguise in that their complacency was a thing of the past, and that their recent experience would teach them the lesson that they bad to look to new methods and systems and that soon.