FARMERS AND MEAT.

Mataura Ensign, 24 July 1914, Page 5

FARMERS AND MEAT.

TEB UNTTKn PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, J-ulv 21. A d:.sciiflsion took place at the Farmer;* Union Conference to-day on the operations of the meat trust." It was urged that although tlie ti'ust might he prepared, to .<i!ve good prices hero the evil would be that it would undersell at Homo at prices against wln'oh Now Zealand companies could not compete. Another delegate .said ho hud been info rinedi l>v one of the principal men ill the meat trade in New Zealand that in tive years the American trust would control the output of meat in this conntry. Dr Reakcs, of the Agricultural l)e----ivirrinent. informed the conference that ho had acquired a weat deal of information the operations oi the trust but much of it was strictly confidential. It seemed to him that it would be very foolish to make a lwigev of the trust, hut a.t tiro same time it would be vcy foa'.Hi t'> ignore the prejudicial effect on New Zealand trade that mieht. result from the operations of any beef trust. The conference decided to urge the Government to carefully watch, the operations of meat and other trusts.