MARKETS FOR PRODUCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18468, 3 August 1923, Page 11

MARKETS FOR PRODUCE.

PROBLEM FOR DAIRYMEN.

ARGENTINE COMPETITION.

OPENINGS "iN THE ' EAST.

■'.'■'' The great problem ' -which the 'dairy industry .has to; face at present, is thai of marketing," paid; Mr. .A. J.. Sinclair, assistant-manager of the New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company, in his address to. the members of the Chamber, of Commerce yesterday. "New Zealand ," producers desire tq ideal"as much as possible with the' United .Kingdom, but the purchasing' [rower' of the people there makes it impossible for' them to consume ;, ' any more than 250,000 tons': per annum at a price payable to the producers here.•".-'-;. The New Zealand producers, said Mr. Sinclair, were- meeting with keen competition from various parts of the. world, the advent of the Argentine to the trade being an instance, and unless new' markets were found within a few years too much; butter would be -reaching 'the United Kingdom. He believed there was a tremendous market for. New Zealand produce in the East, and as an illustration of the possibilities in this direction '. ho mentioned that his company'recently sent representative to the East. His first call was at Manila, and after producing samples of dairy produce manufactured by the company, obtained an order .valued at £18.000. Mr.* Sinclair said he believed there was an opening in Japan and China, but at present people in those countries who wanted our produce were compelled to - buy through 1 Australia. ' , ; The sneaker '.paid" a. tribute to the efforts of the New Zealand Board of Trade in seeking markets, but'said he considered the powers and i scope of. this department should be .increased.... He was - also of ■ the opinion that" > the Government should follow the lead of [ the Commonwealth Government, which was making every effort to establish direct trade with the Orient. He referred to the Dairv Control BiT, and said the ' proposed London committee would be beneficial . in regulating the supply and preventing the disastrous gluts which had towered prices. The chairman of the chamber, Mr. H. W. H'-dson,. said that the feeling in the chamber was acrainst anything . in .the nature of financial backing by the "Government, but Mr. Sinclair made it clear that the. industry was. .not .asking for financial assistance, but would continue to deal through, the usual channels. !