CONTROL BOARD PLAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19060, 3 July 1925, Page 8

CONTROL BOARD PLAN.

TENTATIVE PROPOSALS. ' v ; GRADED SCALE OF PAYMENT. DEVELOPMENT OF MARKETS. CONCENTRATION ON BRITAIN. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW PLYMOUTH. Thursday. An outline of the tentative proposals of the Dairy Control Board for the payment for dairy produce on a quality basis was given by Mr. W. Grounds, chairman of tho board, at tho National Dairy Association conference at Hawera. Mr. Grounds emphasised that the proposals were tentative only, and that they had been drawn up now so that the board could study how they would work out during tho coming season before absolute control was established. The board intended to make a differential payment on superfine butter, first grade and second grade produce, and the differential payment would be made in the advances to the factories. Superfine butter would receive a halfpenny a pound premium over first grade, while first grade would have a penny premium over second grade. Tho premium for superfine cheese had not yet been decided as it was the intention of the board to make further investigations on this point in conjunction with the dairy division and distributors in England. First grade cheese, however, would have a halfpenny premium over second grade. Factories making unsalted butter would receive an allowance of 3s 6d a cwt. on the basis of a 160s market, the allowance being increased in proportion to any rise in the market. Regarding marketing, Mr. Grounds said the board had decided to concentrate on Great Britain, then the Continent and then North America. It vras thought that tho greatest good would first bo accomplished in Great Britain. Factories which were at present marketing their produce in the East would be allowed to continue doing so until such timo as the board decided to concentrate on those markets. Mr. Grounds spoke of the possibilities of developing tho West of England markets by direct shipments to west coast ports, stating that a Glasgow merchant had told him that six-sevenths of his New Zealand butter was now brought through London and was subjected to a railway charge of 3s 6d a ton. This naturally had a prejudicial effect on the prices of New Zealand butter. lleplying to a delegate Mr. Grounds said that if §.ny butter went into the grading store under the national brand and did not come up to tho standard required the national brand would be eliminated. U any factory did that fairly often it would have to bear the cost of the elimination. To another Mr. Grounds replied that the prices obtained in tho East would not be pooled with the British prices. The amount of produce now going to the East was small: