THE HEAT TRUST.
• DISCUSSION AT FARMERS' CONFERENCE. (PO PlM* ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, July 24. A discussion took place at the Farmers' Union Conference on the operations of the Meat Trust. It was urged that although the Trust might be prepared to give good prices here the evil would be that* it would undersell at Home at prices against which New Zealand companies could not compete. Another delegate said he had been informed by one of the principal men in the meat trade in New Zealand that in five years the American Trust would control the output of meat in this country. Dr. Reakes, of the Agricultural Department informed the Conference that he had acquired a great deal of information regarding the operations of the Trust, but much of it was strictly confidential. It seemed to him that it would be foolish to make a bogey of the Trust, but at the same time it would be very foolish to ignore the prejudicial effect on New Zealand trade that might result from the operations of any bis Trust. The Conference decided to urge the Government carefully to watch the operations of the Meat and other Trusts.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9855, 24 July 1914, Page 5
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