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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12712, 15 November 1904, Page 3

The Sydney Morning Herald, writing of • the butter export trade of New, (3outh Wales, says After all, the real question ' which has been at ; stake was- whether the trade And a certain class of farmers could be ■ relied,upon to adopt such methods as ; would enable Australian butter..to k hold -its . own against competitors in foreign ; markets, and thus guarantee the stability of our. splendid dairying industry, and justify the enormous expansion of, which it, is 'capable. Were it'• possible, to find '.in favour of the proposition, then State re- ': guh&uons and control I would be unnecessary and unwarranted I Unfortunately,' all the evidence is against the proposition; ' | therefore. Australia is driven to follow the >'] course adopted 'by Ney? Zealancli, and pro-: 1 tect the,producers from-the ruthless-ex--1 ' ploitation of their produce, which threatens ' to render • the business i unprofitable. . Ac- • cording to the Victorian Minister. fo?. Agriculture, the Government of th*,i State; is • determined to introduce the New Zealand Act. The storage and handling for export is often unsatisfactory here, and more: e© in London, < where, according to excellent ' authority, New South Wales ■ plays.'-' third fiddle to New Zealand and victoria -on I every floor which sellsr Auitodasifltt butter.