PROJECTED BACON POOL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 350, 18 March 1922, Page 5

PROJECTED BACON POOL.

FARMERS’ UNION DISCUSSION

An interesting discussion took place at to-day’s nicotine of the Malta watu sub-provincial executive' ol tbo .banners’ Union, when a remit was read Iron, tin- Kanwhata branch urging that tbo Funnel's’ Union be asked to support the local etl'oris to form a bacon pool. Mr Campbell outlined the intentions <,i tlm promoters of the proposed pool. The farmers and haeon factories were endeavouring to get together in an (.[fort to fix a uniform selling price. In this way they would eliminate milling of buying prices on the part ol the tactories, which in the long run detrimentally affected‘the farmers’ interests. Ibe farmers would, it was proposed, be represented on the bonrd, which would hx. tlie prices. Mr Tally ; Something the same us tbo meat trust. (Laughter.) Mr Campbell - , No, “pool, nottiust. He added that the whole of the bacon and pork was sold within the Dominion, and the farmers thus had the matter in their own bands. Mr (tower; The producer wants protection, but I think that the Commit too might go a little further and protect the consumer. , . , . Mr F. Hubbard agreed with the previous speaker. Mr 0. I’. Lynch drew attention to tlm finality of some of the bacon that was finding its way on to the market. U was finallv decided that the president (Mr A. linchanan) attend a meeting ol the provisional committee handline: the subject, and report hack to the executive, the (piestion of the executive's action to be decided after bearing the report.