No Compulsory Closing of Factories

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 275, 21 November 1935, Page 7

No Compulsory Closing of Factories

DENIAL BY COMMISSION OF AGRICULTURE Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. ■Statements have recently been made suggesting that the Executive Commission of Agriculture had in mind the compulsory closing of a number of smaller cheese and butter factories. In reply to inquiries to-day members of the commission stated definitely that it was not and never had boon their intention to act in the manner suggested. ‘‘The position,” it was stated, "is that the Commission so far from being desirous of exercising compulsion has resisted efforts mado by some dairy factory companies to induce it to uso coercive methods. Tho Commission has no thought of throwing thousands of dairy factory employees out of work, as has been suggested. Tho number of uneconomic dairy factories is not largo and they have very small staffs.

“The early absorption of such undertakings by larger aud moro efficient uuitp would enable more of their employees to bo given employment in the factories of the purchasing companies than would be the case if they carried on manufacturing until lack of supplies compelled them, to closo their doors. In the latter case companies that had gradually acquired supplies of milk and cream would from time to time have increased staffs to co-po with the increasing supplies, and probably would not require moro employees and the shareholders of the then defunct companies, most of whom are suppliers, would have lost the goodwill they now possess in their undertakings as going concerns.”