CORRESPONDENCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 583, 9 July 1913, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

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The Editor.

Sir, —I notice in your columns of June 28th what appears to be a reply to a letter of mine. lam pleased to know that Mr Pacey read this letter but how is it that he has not accepted the challenge, viz., I will personally give the Waikato Hospital or any public hospital .£SO if Mr Pacey will prove that his company's net returns per lb of batter sold locally and his company's average grade of butter produced this sea3on equalled that of the W.C.D. Co., Ld., for the past twelve months. Possibly the sum of £SO is too small an amount for Mr Pacey to bother about; if so the amount can be doubled. The hospitals >,ant the money. Mr Pacey accepts my explanation re the Kanginui report, but insinuates that it wa<? supplied from my office. I Would like to say that thi3 is not so. Upon enquiry from the manager of this paper I am informed that tho Argus correspondent for Ranginui also acts as correspondent for the Waipa Post and King Country Chronicle. It is quits evident that therefore that the report was taken in triplicate and a copy sent to each paper. With regard to the co-operative question, allow me to say once more, sir, that after paying 6 per cent, interest to shsreholdsrs all the profits are and have been divided equally amongst supplier of the Waikato Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. Anyone sufficently interested can verify this statement upon application to Mr Stanley Chambers, the company's auditor. The Waikato Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., cannot help it, sir, if the New Zealand Dairy Association shareholders will insist on sending along cream. They are in nc way bound or hampered ami are qu:te at liberty to return to the creamery concern—if they wish. Perhaps Mr Pacey is not aware of the fact that it fairly reported in the Waikato that the only truly co-operative feature with the N.Z.D.A. is, the system of charging cream cartages equally to all creameries. The N.Z.D.A. system of paying twenty edd different prices for cream ecunds to the man en the land anything but co-operative and must be recognised by all as a great injustice to the small creamery man, who undoubtedly helps to build up the whole concern. The Waikato Dairy's system of paying; equal prices to all at nearest railway station certainly appears to be the more genuine ec-op. method. It enableß the small man to quickly become financially strong bv obtaining the best possible returns.for his produce. The comparison in prices is unfair and unjust, and Mr Pacey knows it. I notice a wellknown Government dairy expert recently stated in Hamilton "that unfortunately the price paid by many of the co-op. dairy factories was no iiuiica tion of the value received by the farmer." The Waikato Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., returns per cow speak for themselves. With regard to local sales, tha Waikato Co-opera-tive Dairy Co'?, butter business in Auckland city and province now runs into nearly £4OOO a month—not a year. Why, the T.M.S. in Hamilton alone use that amount in twelve months. May, ISU2, local sales were £I4CO, May. 1913, local sales were £4OOO odd. Sir, it has taken this creamery concern a quarter of a century to work up to say £BOOO a month." Surely it is time Mr Pacey gave his sola attention to hi 3 own business and left the W.C.D.C. alone. —I ira, etc., WM. GOODFELLOW.

The Editor. Sir,—On my return from Taranaki I read with much interest your report of the deputation of settlers to the council, and I find I have been the victim of a lot of know alls. Now, sir, Mr Francis said the contractor with whom they had the most fault to find was Mr Innes., so the man 1 am going to up-end now is Mr Francis. This Mr Francis has been crying over the road ever since I commenced. He has been wanting a marble top road, and I could do anything as long as it was smooth on top. As neither the contractor nor the engineer were present at the meeting he, no doubt, thought it an ideal chance to let it gc. Mr Francis saya • 1. I understand the metal has been tapped in several places and found short. —This is contrary to fact. 2. Screenings had not been put on according to specifica-tions.—-This is not true. 3. Opposite Davidson's shed big stones had come through the screenings.—This is also contrary to fact; the big ;tones on top were thrown from the watertable and have since been napped. 4. I understand the metal v?as spread with picks and not shovels. Now, sir, this is either a deliberate lie or MiFrancis does not know a pick from a shovel. The latter, I fancy, is correct. Mr Francis says if the work is passed the settlers will go in a body to Wellington and protest. Well, sir, Mr Francis had better organise his party at once a3 the work will be passed and must be passed without the shadow of a doubt. I may say that up to the time of writing this 1 have seen neither the Government nor the County engineer since the meeting, but I know the work is done to specifications, with the exception of a few big atones in one place. Taking the road right through, the average of 2| inches has been adhered to, and the depth has been put on, and in some places 15 inches has been laid, and the metal has been thoroughly spread. This amateur engineer from Mairoa is suffering from nothing else than over' estimation of his knowledge in road making. —I am, etc., N. C. INNES.