FARMERS AND AUCTIONEERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 11542, 29 November 1900, Page 6

FARMERS AND AUCTIONEERS.

il TO THE EDITOR- « Sir, —Under tho above heading " One Who Has Been Helped" writes iij your issue of ! «rd inst. His letter does more credit to his Wrt than his head. The matter of reduction ! 4 fees I dismiss by saying that when the oc- ' qpon arises our auctioneers will prove that j tlYy can work as cheaply as any in the same l lift. Your correspondent would have us hoj lie» that the credit given by the auctioneers l enbles many butchers to keep going—and. saw a monopoly— the great benefit of j thetarmers, by causing wholesome competition at the cattle markets. What are the 3 fact? The auctioneers give seven days' ' creqt to the butchers, which, if not cash, is * nexl door to it; and I thank your correis--3 pon »nt for making such an opening for me J to a 1 public attention to the fact. Yes, sir; . the mtchers get seven days' credit. Will the leads of families who read thie letter ? plea* engrave tho fact on their memories, and s meat is a perishable article, and ought f to bi sold for cash, treat it so. I fancy I 3 hear bme paterfamilias say to his better-half, " Mynear, have you read this letter, it np--3 pears the butchers only get seven days' credit! how does om account stand?" She J replies)'' Oh, it is only a few pounds; it has J been inning for some months." _ " For *■ months!' he says. " Dear mo! this will r never a. Why, tho poor fellow may no--3 tually live been put about to pay his bills; ® if otherjjeople are as thoughtless as we have * beens® now—Christmas will soon bo here, 3 let ua mike a point of paying everybody up, f and enjef our holidays with the feeling that p we do nit owe a penny to any one, and may- ' be we skll add tc the general happiness." * And may all the people say " Amen."—l am, ' etc., \ An Old Butcher. - —_____——