THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17490, 7 June 1920, Page 6

THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

MAXIMUM RATES FIXED. 1 .WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. • ;i .1; SMALL INCREASE ; MADE!- \ UvtitmSOtJJflL— MOßS, ASSOCIATION.] '*'' ■ -\iilf-'i v - -' . -■•'. '?•- .''■■ 'V- . - ! ;- ' ■- .WELLINGTON, Saturday. #:, < ; The . Director-General of Agriculture states that all butter of , this season's make t now in f store, including whatever : small quantity may be made, between'now and Jttlv 31, will be made available for con - sumption within the Dominion at fixed maximum prices, which will t« Is 5Jd per pound .for. bulk butter ex store, and Is 9d • retail. - . . • *'. An Onler-in-Council necessary, for givms effect to this, is now being prepared, and when this is gazetted the new pncesjjffill come *irito operation. Tlifc small increase in prices is necessary in order to meet :«'t» dvarges entailed by storage handling, interest, etc., over, the period during which tie supply of butter m . in the .Dominion will be available for local consumption. • ... , The present, maximum prices, which were fixtd on Ap.il 16. 1918 are Is sjl (or bulk butter, ex store, and Is 84 retail. PRODUCERS DISSATISFIED. BUTTER FOR LOCAL MARKET. .PROTEST AT FIXING OF PRICES. [IST f««*VH.-owK cowWMsnEST.I -■■ * , HAMILTON, Saturday. The annual meeting of the South Ancle!,and Dairy Association *« held todaj ' 'tfr ■ G. Buchanan presiding. ' .The report stated that-the association, Had frequently discussed _ the question o the disposal of produce in the 1920-2 Reason, and the unanimous verdict had hem to insist on a free market. The Imperial authorities, however, had stated that' th« price of fill butter imported into . • England would be controlled, and that no private importation would be per-?Mr-'W. Goodfellow moved that a resolution be. forwarded to the Prime Minister usd member? of Parliament in the South Auckland district, pointing out that It II ' the unanimous wish of the producers that they should have a free market in Great Britain, and also that local prices should be increased to meet the increased cost of "production. The present agreement with the Imperial Government expired at the.end of next month; There was twice as much butter in store now as there was this time last year. Producers sold their butter: to the imperial Government, not to the New Zealand Government, at a ridiculously low price, and apparently the latter intended appropriating the pro, " pexty of the Imperial Government, in order to keep down prices to the New Zealand public. Mr. Goodfellow said this .was not a sound proposition. ! The rotation was carried unanimously, and it 'fas decided to expend a,certain amount in newspaper propaganda in England, so that, people there could see .how. New. Zealand was being treated. ' *Ort tie 'suggestion of Mr. Buchanan it ▼as decided to. recommend to the National Dairy Association that dairy companies consider employing apprentices, ■with* view to furnishing a supply of future factory managers "and efficient factory workers. -"It- was decided to draw the attention of,tb>..Bcatd of Trade to the fact that shiploads of cement are being sent to the South while cement is not available, for urgent-dairy works in the Waikatp. Messrs. S. A. Ferguson and R. Darrall were re-elected to the executive.