PRICE OF BUTTER AND EGGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11799, 31 October 1901, Page 6

PRICE OF BUTTER AND EGGS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sit*-—I do not suppose I should have been drawn into writing on the above question had it not have b«en for a communication I received a few days ago regarding a mooting that was held in Auckland last week by a few persona who dub themselves " the butter dealers of Auckland," and who are so interested in the advancement of the farmers' interests as to again attempt to take out ot your and into their own hands the price they are prepared to give for farmers' butter, eggs, etc. Arrangements have already been made by many farmers with the retailer in the city to be guided by the price

to be paid on the quotation.'; apnea,?.- . your valuable columns. These Deo! a determined to break, through the a«» *"' ments already made, as bv an PT^rJzJ*, 11 **' a local paper. they say; &S» have therefore to notify you tha* lV wo will always give the best possible *- '* for dairy produce, we cannot hold ctnSw 68 in any way bound to pay th<- prkM^^S by the Herald and Weekly News" q^fd is this? Because these dealers \ av tthyl hy have not been consulted. Oh, dear'T&tSS these generous individuals ami well »i of the farmers' interests should b» ;«1 ., by the haughty Herald people, it h but if the Herald take this stand & must he something wrong, and thev cS sit still, in the interest, of fair p'V °I see the hard working fanners' produce 'aw Seed to the whim of certain persons wK* over-zealou~nes~ in the farmers' welfl« D cause them to make a mistake. I may JS on behalf of mv brother fanners and ;u«-' ly say that while having a certainty of respect for this price-making comS? we would prefer being guided by ffßfil truthfulness ol the Herald and W„, NEWS. I understand also at the said m L" ing one of these ov,r,.ea!o,u individS made a very sneering remark resnectin? ♦!■ New Zealand Farmers" Cnion bv lis !** who was the Farmers I nion? Thev |of no standing." etc. This person Wa , re I by a member ot the union present a- T ! *<:. him. that the New Zealand Fanw I I nion will scon be strong enough to brt. i men of this stamp to their proper level ,75 had it not have been for men 0 thi* & script km, and thosa of a similar ilk !? I union need not have been called intc ,C * j istence.— am, etc.. ( " ez , The FaBMEES' F<?t»\t-> Pulcekohe. October 29, 1901. " iSuarD -