MARKETING OF BUTTER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19976, 19 June 1928, Page 10

MARKETING OF BUTTER.

TASK FOR THE: MERCHANT.

SPAIN AS A NEW OUTLET. LARGE QUANTITY IMPORTED. The suggestion that New Zealand farmers should confine their attention principally to production, and leave the marketing of their goods to the merchants in England, at whose hands the Dominion had received fair treatment, was made bv Sir James Gunson on his return yesterday from a tour abroad. "1 made a point of closely examining the marketing of New Zealand's produce in Tooley Street, and I am quite satisfied we arc getting fair treatment from the buyers in England," said Sir James, "it is foolish for anybody at this end to think it is possible for us to control the outlets for the distribution of our produce in the United Kingdom. We have been given the highest price consistent with the world's parity of values, and the buyers in England seek only the right to bo left to buy where it suits them best and to operate their businesses in their own way." Sir James said the. conditions under which New Zealand's goods were received at tho Thames and discharged were good and relatively efficient. Any inefficiency that was to be found had to be looked for after tho produce had reached London, and in his opinion that was no concern of the New Zealand vendor. The serious competition from Denmark and the further threatened competition from the Baltic States were serious factors to be considered by New Zealand's dairy farmers. New Zealand possessed the advantage over the Northern Hemisphere that the cows required hand feeding for only a couple of months in the winter, against five mouths in the Old World, where the cows also had to be housed. That advantage was an important one, although it was offset to some extent by the intense industry of the Danish dairy farmers. In his travels through Spain Sir James found a potential market for New Zealand butter, which he thought would bear the test of thorough investigation. In Corunna there was a port on the shipping route from New Zealand, and he found a desire among the merchants to obtain New Zealand butter. Spain had to import considerable quantities of butter and was now obtaining its supplies from Europe. Sir James added that Corunna had railway facilities, and insulated vans were available.