BUTTER MARKETING

Northern Advocate, 21 July 1933, Page 5

BUTTER MARKETING

ACUTE STAGE SOLUTION ENDEAVOURS INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL PLAN. VIEWS AND DATA SOUGHT. (United Press Association—By Electric rr : ' Telegraph.—Copyright.) 1 r (Received 9 a.m.) ‘ V . LONDON, July 19. The Economic Conference yesterday dealt further with the Polish proposal aiming at international organisation of the -butter market and the creation of an International Dairy Council. Also, it dealt with the* Italian proposal. A drafting sub-committee was set up consisting of representatives of Italy, Poland and Switzerland to prepare a motion for the approval of the, commission on the co-ordination of production and marketing. Later a draft motion was submitted requesting the International Institute df Agriculture; itlie International Agriculture Commission, the International jPairy Federation and the Economic Committee of the League of Nations to make a preliminary study of the question, and invitiug the governments of the various countries to send to the Secretariat of the League, before September 10, all the data at their disposal on this question, particularly their views on the question of an international dairy council. , It is understood that the Minister of Agriculture, Major W. E. Elliot, advocated delay to enable a full inquiry , to be ma<Je into the general position from an international point of view, ‘ and for further exploration in regard to setting up a permanent international dairy council. ‘ . Major Elliot's attitude was the re- ( suit of the strong stand of New Zealand and Australia in opposing quantitative restriction'The recommendation of the sub- * committee disposes of the question so far as the Economic Conference is eon- * corned.

SfmT OP AGREEMENTS. more Value than letter. DIRECT HINT TO DOMINIONS. (Received 9 a.m.) T . LONDON, July 19. In the House of Lords today, Lord Strachie ashed what the Government was doing to prevent British agricultural produce feeing undersold by unlimited importations of dominion butter and cheese. I The Earl of Radnor said the Government could not honourably throw over its agreements, but when the time came for their revision British agriculttufe might have a good deal to say. He hoped the dominions would remember' that' the spirit of the. agreements was vastly more important than the letter, in both'Britain’s interests and their own. The Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Earl Be La. "Warr, replied that the co-operation of the dominions must be obtained for any effective" regulation of imports on a-basis of voluntary agreement. He was not despairing, because he could not place a pistol at the heads of the dominions. The time might come when the dominions would find it would'pay them'better to relax the letter, of' the agreements in order to carry out their spirit.

If the dominions stood to the letter of the agreements the time would come when the British markets, which were so important to the dominions, would deteriorate. Earl Be La Warr said that personally jhe was convinced it was.possible to reach an understanding with- the dominions.

EXTRACTS FROM SPEECHES. ' MB POLSON’S EXPLANATION. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) STRATFORD, This Day, Reference to his recent speech regarding tariffs and quotas was made by Mi W, J. Poison, M.P., yesterday. Mr Poison said that in his speech he quoted extracts of speeches by British Ministers, including one by Major W. E. Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, some time ago. These speeches, Mr Poison declared; were of a definite indication—not a statement —that if the Dominions, not merely New Zealand, did not reduce 4 tariffs, they would be subject first to a preferential duty, and second, to restriction of imports. The extract from Major Elliot,’s speech, which was handed to the Press and appeared in many newspapers, was not from the speech cabled a few days ago.