MEAT TRADE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 March 1925, Page 5

MEAT TRADE

BRIGHT PROSPECTS

WORLD DEMAND GROWING

AUSTRALIAN’S REVIEW

<Y CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHI

(Received March 24, 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, March 23

. That no reduction in the wholesale price of meat is likely for some time to come, and that Argentine production has practically reached the limit of expansion, and may even decrease, are two most interesting opinions formed by Mr Cramsie, during his investigations on behalf of the Australian meat producers in South America, whence he has just arrived. He said that the world’s demand was growing steadily, and more meat was required. This, therefore, was Australia’s opportunity. “Australia can afford to stock seven to ten million more head of cattle on her pastures. Argentine, on her best country, has a'beast to every 24 acres, but in the Northern Territory there is one to every 640 acres. ’’After a thorough consideration of the whole chilled beef industry, I am inclined to the belief that the shipment of chilled beef from Australia to England is not such a hopeless proposition. Researches of British scientists have reached a point which promises ultimate success. When science can enable beef to be sent across the world in a chilled condition, instead of frozen, the prosperity of the Australian industry may ultimately approximate that of the Argentine. I am satisfied that the Australian meat industry’s present overhead expenses are reasonably low, and that they can be reduced further only by a greater volume of trade. Australia’s potentialities in connection with expansion are illimitable, but the world’s demand for meat appears to be also almost illimitable. Therefore I see no likelihood of there being cheaper meat, although it may be possible to cheapen the costs of retail distribution. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.