ON THE LAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18838, 13 October 1924, Page 11

ON THE LAND.

p, jtffl' I IXPOBT FRUIT TRADE. I the interests of nelson. If DECENTRALISATION wanted, handling of own OUTPUT. r,x xh.egbai'B.—own comusroNMNT.J *•< KELSON, S»turd*y. fe A me cting of fruitgrowers drawn from fe* Mouterc, Tasman, Karaoke, fttoke and Nelson was hold in Nejpon. It m ZL, considered that there was a lack organisation of the industry, due to tha inadequacy of the provincial council *nd tha growing tendency to take control of their own aitairs out of the hands of tha growers. The meeting dccided in favour of decentralisation, and a resolution was passed unanimously in favour of provincial handling of export fruit. It was pointed out that Otago strongly opposed the setting up of a Dominion exboard, and were asking for exemption from the bill. With Otago cut out Nelson would be in the position of being the exporter of nine-tenths of the balance of the fruit, but undor the control bill) would be compelled to take a minority position on tho control board set up to deal with exportOpe speaker pointed out that Nelson, bacause of hor isolation, was at. a .serious on the local market, and !>,„ sa ne policy was to develop the export trade. They should fight for loading in the Bay. The opinion was expressed that, as Ntlsen produces four-fifths of tho tofai fruit exported, the local industry was ttroPC enough to have its own commerrepresentative in England to open appL new markets on the Continent and) and effect f.o.b. sales not for Uo Dominion, but for Nelson apples. Th® $amc speaker said that, so far as Nelfson was concerned, tho future of the industry depended upon the successful development of the export trade. The meeting considered a scheme submitted tentatively by Mr. A. MclLce, of Tasman, for the setting up of an elective provincial council to be appointed on do. rsocratic lines, the appointment of committees working in conjunction with the council to deal with transport, export, and local marketing, and the appointment of a general manager with special qualir iflcation as an organiser and expert in the principles of salesmanship. It was decided to publish the full text of thd scheme as soon as compiled, in order to give growers an opportunity of discussing tho- details and later to hoFd a furthdr mating. It was considered that 9 sound workable machine could be set up to economically deal with both the export and local trade, but that the firstand main essential was to reconstruct tbe provincial council on lines similar to thuse suggested.