THE BEEF EMBARGO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21853, 16 July 1934, Page 12

THE BEEF EMBARGO

Sir, —In connection with tho Meat Board's sudden embargo on the export of bobby calf veal, etc., there are four points bo noted: —(1) Its sudden-, ness. No warning whatever was given. This will cause considerable loss to tho trade, as certain stocks are on hand not yet exported, and ifc is difficult to say how they can be dealt with. (2) Xho dairy farmer, already harassed, must lose another source of revenue. It is true that a man milking, say, 50 cows would expect to sell only about 30 calveq in the season, bringing in about £7 10s but that money, coming as it does fore the factory payments have com* menced, is often more valuable to him than its amount would seem to warrant. (3) The embargo was announced at the precise time when it would do most harm to the farmers and calf buyers. (4) An explanation by the board has so far been withheld. It may be, of course, that when this explanation is forthcoming, the action of the board will bo fully justified, but that body should need no warning that the interests concerned will be intensely criti-. cal of its action, and that to succeed in its justification, it must make-a good logical answer to each and all of the, above points. In any case, a full ex-, planation should not be withheld a,' moment longer than necessary. A Fabheb.