DISPOSAL OF OUTPUT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 10 August 1908, Page 5

DISPOSAL OF OUTPUT.

Mr Mannex asked row it was proposed to deal with this season's, butter. The Chairman said Lhe directors had

not dealt with the matter at all yet. The company's repressntative had attended meetings in reference to the cooperative scheme of selling, but thought it was advisable that they should take no action a$ present. He thought it would not be wise to tie the hands of the directors. Mr Routley asked if there had been any offers' -for this season's output. The Chairman replied no; and said that in view of this co-operative scheme of selling buyers were keeping quiet. Mr Routley thought that if the butter were sold in Eltham by auction i£ would be a far method of disposal than the present one. The Canadians had a system of cheese sales similar to what he , advocated. The Chairman , said that the result of. the auction- system of cheese in Canada was thai practically the whole of the companies were now consigning to the London market. The system could not be a good one when companies preferred to consign, knowing full well that people were making fortunes out of their consigning. If the butter were dealt honestly with at the other end he .would favor consigning every time. From what traders had said the inference was that New Zealand butter, was chiefly sold under other names. . / Mr Walsh thought that Mr Mackie had gone home to see to these sort of things. The Chairman' replied £hat Mr Mackie believed that the remedy was to go in for the proposed co-operative system of selling. The speaker thought that if all the New Zealand butter were sold as such they would probably not get so much lor it. They got good prices because it blended easily. In years to come he had no doubt Mr Mackie would get control of the market, and the Dairy Association would, he thought, have more than one man at Home in their interests. * Mr Routley did not see what good Mr Mackie -was at Home. Mr Murray : There was reason to suspect that our produce was not honestly dealt, with at Home, and that was one of the chief why Mr Mackie was sent there. v % Mr Routley: Why not auction the butter at HomeP Ihe same system -should be applicable to butter as to wool. We should then get the market value. , , • Mr Lindsay's opinion was that people had no idea of whit consigning to the Home market meant. , There was nothing to prevent ' the buyers from forming a ring and ignoring^ the New Zealand produce if sent on the co-opera-tive selling scheme. , The London buyers were past masters in the art of "bearing" down a market, and under ' any scheme the butter had to be disposed of. Mr Walsh moved and Mr Routley seconded, That the question of the disposal of the season's output be dealt with by the whole directorate. Mr Scrivener did not think the passing of that resolution would make any difference. .; The Chairman thought the matter had better be left open, as the whole of the directors could not go about the country gaining information about the market. The resolution was earned.