NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8242, 14 June 1905, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER.

A TRIBUTE JUtOAI CANADA.

Tin- Daily Provincu, published at Vancouver, of April 251h, has (he. following iribiili*. tt.' New ftcnhmd hutlcr: — "Eastern Canadian bullcr manufacturers wlho have been disposed to ridicule the competition: of New Zealand butter on the British market are seriously disturbed at the fact, that it has made its appearance on Iho Dominion market in rivalry with the homemade axticle, and is actually meet-

big wiitih favor. Its superior excellence is established by the- fact that when, exposed for sale in (his country, it retains its flavor much longer than the Canadian article, despite the fact of its long journey acfross half the globe. If- it can be brought here and drive our own products out of the home market, there is little

likelihood of the Canadian article being succuuifui alongside it in Great Britain. The people in the East have recently been asking the reason for Uie success with which it has mot, but as a tra.de paper points oat, thisre. is little difficulty in making- this point clear. The New Zealand nvodu.cer understands the value of a good reputation, and he will ship nothing hut the oes4. article to the foreign market. He ta kes the utmost care not only with the manufacture of hie butter but.

■likewise with its packing, and the Government suppk uncnts all precautions of the individual by rigorous supervision. In Eastern Canada! the desire has always been to obtain, the l'tigliest price for the most inferior article, and it is impossible that such a policy t*h«uld result in anything but disaster. Canadian methods a.re very clearly shown bj r the practice of speculators in buying June butter and keeping it in cold storage* until prices have gone up in October an id November. If tho Government- enforced proper regulations this would be im[ wssible, but when the producer finds that hie honesty of purpose i« defeated, mo matter what precautions he may take, ho is inclined either to grow indifferent or to seek to secure for himself the advantage which at present the speculator is obtaining. In either case Ihe reputation of Canada as a butter country is seriously dama.ged. If tho provincial Go verniinenls in Canada would take a leaf out? of New Zealand's 7 book iiii tins respect we might soon 1 see a change for the better pa the industry in this' country."