DAIRY CONTROL ACT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18519, 2 October 1923, Page 3

DAIRY CONTROL ACT.

Really, Mr. f Danielle, your . lea- ..y. >; soning is at . fault. Do swfc for one mo- v merit imagine that- the members; of the • Dairy.; Produce ? Export :■ Control -Board would need to attend .:' to;'' the 1 routine yyol'y; v the multitudinous - duties ; suggested," by you. Your experience of - business '.urn , surely 1 not have been so limited-' Yoa * ; know - very; •well that the function >of a' ': ; v_ board directors is to fomulato ( policies, -; .; and , that ; it is the ; function of a . staff to; execute those policies. >r Necessarily the'.;.:sane common sense of the 'board, "when tf. *• '_ ; y it is- bropght! into existence, will lead .it y . to' secure the very - best brains 1. in . all ... .'' executive departments' for. ; the ' execution • of ; its'.trust. of collecting all information , : as to'the best markets :of .the' world, and* the .probable supplies falling upon .those * markets''';'' and in „ the second .place of • shipping our exports under the most ad- . . • vantageous terms; collectively ' bargained - for." Mr. Daniells admits there is. need : for studying ; the problems of : the ! dairy , farmer. -Yes, every; merchant and every ' y.commission agent; for' years has been . ... assuring .us that. wo must study this ques- - . ■ tion, and so long as •we koep on studying . they are quite nappy. t Wo: have, how- ; v. ever;. ' tal;<m their advice. • We have y ;: studied certain questions,. and in all y ; humbleness of ; spirit we : now feel-, that by the application of ;combined . strength we can turn lour -study, to , some • prolit by V';:"7 : 'i-.. doing; a'; little acting : as ' well. ..The book- v worm ' and 'student, Mr. Daniells, serve very useful functions in life, but it. is the man • •who'- does «' things who't collects the ; > : y; \; cash. ;. The merchant -is certainly •a. close ~ student, of the art of making, money. Wo 'y /;.- have no objection to his ; doing that, so ' - long as we get a fair return ourselves. . • y But wo want 10 ' make a Utile ; more •' money - out. of our - own; produce, which we . : ■primarily produce, I;; quite agree with - Mr". Daniells in his homily on elementary ■ ! economics that the transport iptn and the \ •yy waterside worker are also producers 'in : the ";service ;they /renderX-of.; passing; our produce " to. : where it can be sold. ~y Wo , don't grudge them their pay, but the ;y; y more we can economise 'in ■' avenues where . - economy is needed the more- cash we can secure to ourselves, and the more - liberal wages we' can; afford to .pay them. That the earner himself recognises the, need for improvement in the condition of the primary producer may bo gauged by _ this statesmanlike utterance by Mr. Hol- - land ; in- t(he House : upon the ■ Control "Bill:."We propose to give general supwt to this Bill, as wo rccogniso that ; effective marketing of primary products is ; "r second only in importance to _ effective production." Mr. Darnells admits that , (here is ample* scope for a control board ; . to organise our factory system and . to . , < . advertise . our goods nationally, but baulks at the word "compulsion True, ;, M it 's a harsh word, but if, Mr. Darnells <. - i, ■■ will take it as quietly as ho now, takes .. compulsion in practically every . aspect of v his own . daily life, there: will be ;. no. • ' trouble. Has Mr. Daniells ever analysed: the amount of freedom ,he now actually y/ -.; enjoys?- From the very moment •"he ; entered' life as a mewling a baby, ho has been surrounded :: through v each successive ; stage to his present vigorous manhood ,by regulation and control. Regulations abound everywhere.;;. Even the dairy industry ;is. already controlled in • many - important; aspects for ,th a'; good of ; tho coin • .munity. ; ;Where voluntaryism y prevails is where V-loss'-' prevails. Producers »t present, % admittedly .:;: loso ; largo . sums through ;lack 5 ,. of cohesion in \' r ; shipping; they lose . voluntarily by their , failure to advertise cur goods nationally; thoy lose. ,y-;-, voluntarily by -failure ;to " regulate, even in the slightest degree, the marketing of our produce. It. is only after the proved and admitted failure of voluntaryism on these '. points that ? compulsion lias • been proposed to establish an organisation, with ' power sufficient to do collet: .velv , what should be done collectively for,. tho . good iof ' the ' wholo • industry, In .this y ,- matter; the dairy producers are oniv applying their study of the methous o capitalistic "organisations! ": Ifc ■ 18 A? binatidn and united strength that the/ achieve success. By the same methodwo can attain tho "»amo en^ •gQjj,