MARKETING DAIRY PRODUCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2693, 10 July 1923, Page 4

MARKETING DAIRY PRODUCE.

Th 0 Hon. W. Nosworthy, the Min- t iter of Agriculture, and Mr. J. B. [ lac Ewan, the head of tiio well known t ivm of export merchants, Messrs. , lac Ewan and Co., are involved in a , iscussion in regard to the Danish ystem of marketing dairy products, , hich is arousing considerable interest n account of the bearing it has on 1 ie proposed " dairy pool." The sub- ' :ct first obtained prominence from ' ie Minister's reply to ?., question put G ) him in the House by Mr. W. H. ield, who wanted to know all about > ie Danish system. Mr. Nosworthy " >ld the member for Otaki that a few ° t the Danish dairies sold their pro-l' act weekly to firms in Great Britain; a lat another part was bought by! l anish exporting firms and that what * ■mained was generally consigned to * holesale houses in Great Britain for r ' ilo on commission The Minister * so stated that the Copenhagen a notation Committee fixed the weekly r rices to buyers. Mr. MacEwan'a n Mention having been drawn to Mr. s osworthy's reply, hc stated in the I >ursc of an interview that lie thought j s ie Minister had been misinformed I a hen dealing with Mr. Field's ques-U* on. He had been assured definitely ! s id in precise terms by the managing s rector of the Danish United Dairies j h iat the dairies were persistent sellers om week to week at th 0 highest >ssible price They did not favour " >nsigning and comparatively little ot' s ' .eir produce if ft their shores unsold. \ o: tie Copenhagen Committee did noc j n , c the weekly price* to buyers, as Mr. I osworthy had bpen informed. There £ id been confusion somewhere. The v, )mmittee merely arranged the pricesh, be na.id tr> t.h(* fn-r-tm-ieo +i, . I/-,

vious week's .sales. He quote an e: tract from an address delivered by M e Ruddick in confirmation of his fin .statement. In a communication t the "Post" on Saturday, Mr. Nos t worthy stated that his informatio 3 was obtained from an official sourc - "which could not be looked upon s •"(being- otherwise than reliable an authoratitivo." Then h 0 thinks tha Mr. Mac Ewan has read too much int r his answer to Mr. Field. He said tha ' a few of the dairies sold to firms i Great Britain and that " anothe part " was bought by Danish export ins firms, but Mr. Mac Ewan ha< assumed that " another part " mean only a "few more." Mr.- Nosworth; jdoes no" make his point clear, bu (apparently his purpose is Co admi . after all that very little Danish butte is consigned for sale on commission Interviewed, Mr. Mac Ewan said h hud not the least intention to itnpl; L'Jiat Mr. Nosworthy, for whom he ha< |a high personal regard, had wilfull; | mis-stated the position. Rut ho stil was satisfied the officers of the Min : ister's department had been misled ii regard to the essential facts.