CITY MILK SUPPLY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21298, 27 September 1932, Page 13

CITY MILK SUPPLY

Sir.—l fail to see how the price of milk can be stabilised without tho cooperation of the farmers and vendors within a given radius of the city. In the first place, a combination of farrriers and vendors is made, at which a small margin for overhead working expenses is arrived at. No sooner is this done than the small holder with a dozen or so cows, instead of continuing liis supply of cream to the factory, rushes his milk to tho city and cuts "prices. This continues for a few weeks, when he iinds himself (what with tho cost of benzine, wear and tear of motor, etc., etc.), saddled with a big problem as to how he is to make ends meet. Meantime, a deal of damage to the industry has been done and the whole machinery upset. The only solution to the problem us far as I can see is the municipalisation of the milk industry within a given radius of the city, taking Wellington as an example. I feel sure if tho Mayor of Auckland were to convene a conference of the suppliers, vendors and wage-earners of the industry, a satisfactory conclusion could be arrived at. S.C.M.