MARKETING DAIRY PRODUCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22820, 30 August 1937, Page 12

MARKETING DAIRY PRODUCE

Sir, —In his remarks at the annual smoko concert of the Now Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company, Limited,- Mr. Goodfellow is reported as having stated that the Government's marketing scheme had been an unqualified success, and, after congratulating the Minister of Marketing tor his courage in introducing it, he added that he was. pleased to say, further, that in doing so, n° friction/or hardship had occurred. In# Jattor niav bo true so far as Mr.' Gojidfellow is concerned, but what of other Now Zealand firms and representative* of British houses here, who have' roil* dored good service to the iiidustryr They were deprived of their connections overnight, and many of their old employees had to endeavour to find ! now occupations. There was very 4?"" nito hardship and, far from being _# courageous action, it was a ruthje« ; one. How much more broad-minded the) are in the Old Country than we ar« here is evidenced by the fact that Willi" they allow New. Zealanders to set.up | marketing organisations in Britain iof the sale of our dairy produce, we do nov permit firms in the United Kingdom to buy dairy produce direct from Zealand, although any other British or foreign country can do so. Mr, GOOU* fellow is probably right in his coinin?"' dntion of the Government's niarkewi* , schema. It is certainly suitable for ! country where independence and sen* reliance are frowned upon, but in coins xrics where these attributes are y a ' i i!t would be scorned. Our so-called. | kbting policy is only wholesale dumping New Zealand buticr is a " wet bla kci " to all other butters ip'P ltitVj Britain, reducing the prices , i daiVy companies would have rcC ®i t , / hati th«j.v arranged their own ninrK . t ing.\ and spoiling the market for ot countries. Finally« the people here inakjn the butter hnvo to sit by, ,jgg fo]d(il hands and take what is ua n p out fo them by thoso who ; . » running their businesses for tnoni. ? 1 JtSEB IBAOW-