THE DAIRY CONTROL ACT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18521, 4 October 1923, Page 5

THE DAIRY CONTROL ACT.

Si?,—On© of the causes for . the t want of t f i confidence in this measure is Wis frequent change of front on the part of its'pro-: ; motera. At the commencement of the. •agitation we were frequently told 'that-fcheX' " Tooley ■•- Street, gang/' - was robbing us, ; : '- ff| and every effort ;was made to create a feel-, - ing .of distrust against the British product I < merchant of Tooley Street. lam glad to ; r . . find that this form of - propaganda. has -beeiP,."';' dropped, although I have no doubt .that the feeling of , distrust created by 1 this ac- '• >- tion will have its effect. Perhaps it has |s beennow found that we cannot do without Tooley Street. I have heard Mr. Grounds, ■ Mr. Goodfellow also j My, Sinclair speak' 'on this question and not one of them declared | that" there is no intention iof disrupting ' the' present t 'favourable means cl ; distribution " as mentioned by Mr. Boyd., Nearly the whole,, of their addresses were "' taken up in proving the present means of * distribution were anything but favourable, |g|g and |in .'spite 'of-* Mr. Boyd'a assertion to '• the contraiy I heard'' Mr. Grounds say at |$g Hamilton, in answer to a question, that it 1 ... - >• was the intention of the promoters to take v . control, after ; 'l the first season. ' Also, in answer to another 'question; h« said that, although, a factory k received a first-class ioffer for ita output, it * would Vuotf; be-.' allowed to sell. I leave it to I our readers to decide whether the present channel of r distribution would 'bo • affected :by the • Bill.; •) ~. or not. v »If f they do not interfere with .• present | methods there is cetiainly na. ; ; necessity' for the Bill. There is no. doubt that the directors' of small ' co-operative ■/ - concerns in New 1 Zealand s (directly finsa- H - cially interested)- and with,'the advice from ,7 J their agents and bankers, have invariably. managed their own concerns r"; The supplier has usually , had *»' fair ad- v vjirice ; payment and ;f a prompt payment of th bonus, ,' say, - at'- the ; end _of : August L or-£c:gg the beginning of .September, and - any 1 method of organjisatioa lor centralisation : v which will affect' these prompt payments is /V, gjiing to cause' trouble. It;has been lmy H experience that both centralisation and" , . .Government audits invariably mean ; delay. .The wisdom of entrusting produce to the value of £16,000,000 to the disposal' o£ " nine dairy farmers, however high their character, stability, or ability, ' without "ex-"-" > parierica or knowledge of * the t distributing . business they are expected ,to control,". isr ; v, extremely doubtful-"- The Danish* system_t»f'y 1~.l ~. making the bast*-butter ;! the* can, selling it for the best possible pri c hey can get and leaving the risks or rofits to the men whose business it is to distribute »fc , seems ,to -me much jpreferablß. f Whether this measure will effect the improvement itjt promoters would have us; believe js • : doubtful,; -But there is no doubt that it ||§| will add to' the load the dd (already, overloaded) cow has to carry. If the awaap' mum levy, should bo insisted upon it win * moke serious inroads on tho receipts ct ». suppliere, being '££ ;Jfe.;4d butters ' , £- E -