PRICE OF BUTTER

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17594, 6 October 1920, Page 10

PRICE OF BUTTER

';:: Sir, How sane peopW tan listen to such .rubbish as the evidence given by Mr. Wor,rall before tie Batter Commission is hard Jto say. One would think there, was nothing else in the world to eat but butter. «He says'thattfor the?sakex>f the sick and butter should*not be allowed to - • rise in -price, or/ speaking, the 'dairy $ aimer is to be robbed for this pur- , pose." How about other commodities, such §* as oatmeal, sugar, etc.? Why not squeal a bit .about them? No, only the ■unfortunate butter producer is to get starvation ; prices, -while other classes of goods soar -ml 100 per «enb. The dairy 'fanner -is to -be forced to supply cheap butter to the "miner, who gets 30s for seven hours' work, "and-.to the waterside worker, who gets Sabout the same. Also, he has to supply Tithe wealthy classes with a cheap article. Is anyone ever going to speak up for the * struggling 'dairy farmer who works four--teen hours per dav, Sunday included, and * who "is, in fact., the hardest worked man tin tlio-world. I say, give him all he can R el. and good luck to all who are, game enough to take on the life. Raupo. -&«* Deal.

gi r —1 rea d with much amusement the letter *of "Silver Steele" in Thursdays Hkralu. trying to make out that the . dairv farmer has an -easy time. I would • like "to tell him of a case of a labouring "man with' extreme views, "and a trade ' unionist, who took up a farm near us in 1915. He thought dairy farming a nice ' life -with lots of -profit till "he started. - After ten months he sold "out and told me - that if butter was to go to 5s a pound he would willingly pay it. as he considered it well -worth it. Now, I don't try to say it is worth '5s a pound, but I would like "Silver Steele " and -any of the townspeople like turn who have never been on a, dairy farm, to 'try producing butter for less than 2a 6d a pound and make -a profit • a fter paying interest and allowing the - same wages for time as a general labourer.. Cocky.