MEAT MARKETTING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18446, 6 January 1922, Page 2

MEAT MARKETTING

ANOTHER SCHEME. [Contributed.] The proposed meat-pool scheme has been hamrriered in some quarters, lukewarmly supported in others, and embraced by many; all of whom are looking for something to improve tho present position of meat. An opportune moment surely, to consider the following constructive scheme to enable any and every works in Now Zealand to adopt a pooling system for all meat killed at, each works with a view to facilitate shipment and delivery, thus reducing expensive storage charges by saving of space both in London and New Zealand, but particularly in the former, and to do away with tho difficulties, loss and excessive charges incurred, everywhere in handling a Multiplicity of marks. 1. Using lamb data only as an example, and Burnside as typical.of all freezing works.—All lambs received by Burnside, whether belonging to export buyers or farmers, to be killed and graded as usual—separate weight slips for each lot still being furnished as has been done for years—but branded for each grade under one shipping mark. For example: Lamb killed from December. 1921, to June 20, 1922—t0 be marked “Eclipse”— 50/2 for under 36s 50/8 for 36/42s 50/4 for 42/50s and so on. Other, works, of course, using their registered design of trade mark—after Juno 30 to close of season to be marked: say: — 65/2 for under 36s 66/8 for 36/42s 66/4 for 42/60s and so on, 2. All the 2s to June 30 on whosesoever account to bo stacked in * one bulk stack in the freezing chambers, the 4s in another stack, 8s in another stack, and so on., After June 30 fresh stacks on the same lines under the new numbers are made by tho freezing company. 3. Separate weights as taken when lines arc killed are kept and registered for eaon owner’s carcases included in the bulk stocks. 4. When a ship arrives at Port Chalmers to' take, say 40,000 carcases of lamb the freezing company after considering owners’ instructions or after consultation with owners will arrange and decide as has been customary, whose meat is to be shipped to tho total of the space available. 5. If after working up these details they find the sheets of owners’ killings to be shipped will total; — 10.000 2s 10.000 8s 7.500 4s 7,000 Ts 7.500 seconds they will take those numbers of oarcasce from the stacks irrespective of whether they are the actual carcases put in by the owners j or of the weight made up by those owners’ luffing sheets. In sending down, say the 10,000 2s they would forward these first, enabling' tho ship to blpck stack all the 2s in one. hold in the ship, and similarly with other lots. 6. The freezing company will take out one sec of bills of lading for the whole shipment, consigning same to their representatives in London, and tho bill of lading itself will bo forwarded for all parties to the High Commissioner or some bank in London, who will hand it over to the freezing cOmpany in exchange for the colonial orders as explained in the last sentence of tho next paragraph. 7. The freezing company here will on the strength of this bill of lading issue to each owner or each owner’s agents an order on the. freezing company’s London branch for delivery of tho carcases and weight as in the killing sheets or sheet as may, be dc- 1 i sired and necessary. Thus Brown ma!y have put in 500 lambs, grades as follow 25—150 carcases weighing ... 49501 b Bs—2oo carcases weighing ... 78001 b 4s —100 carcases weighing ... 45001 b Ts— SO carcases weighing ... 26001 b 500 carcases 19,7501 b Ho or his agents would receive from the freezing company in Dunedin am order ort its London branch for:— 150 carcasest 2s weighing ... ... 49501 b 200 carcase" 8» weighing 78501 b 100 carcases 4s weighing 45001 b 50 carcases Ts weighing 26001 b 500 ... 19,7501 b This class of order would require to be made a negotiable . instrument _pnd . valid document for financing. " 5 This order would bo despatched to Brown’s agents in London and exchanged by • his agents at the freezing company’s office for an order on the ship to deliver tile lambs. 8. In order to overcome the difficulties that would arise over shortages or surpluses of Weights it would be preferable to leave the freezing company to order the whole of the shipments from its works in any one vessel into one cold store and to obtain from-that cold store copies of delivery weights to various consignees, the freezing company to furnish tho cold store with a complete list of consignees and the quanti-' tics deliverable to each of each mark. 9. Meat importers,* representatives of freezing companies, meat brokers, and owners’ agents to devise a committee in London to meet once a month to frame a range of c.i.f. prices on which settlement of undors and ovors in weight are "to -be made. 10.,,1f Brown’s agents received: 150 carcases 2s weighing 49001 b 200 carcases 8s weighing 79001 b 100 carcases 4s, weighing ’. 46001 b SO carcases Ts weighing 25501 b we would claim on the freezing company, or, having the delivered weights, the freezing company, would credit him with:— . 501 b ,2s* at, the settlement price for that ' grade of the'month; ancLaSOlb Ts at the settlement price for that grade of the month; and ho would credit the freezing company or it would debit him with: — • 50Ifa 8s at the settlement price for that grade of the month; and 1001 b 4s at the settlement price for that grade of the month. j The freezing company would maintain a suspense account to receive payment of overweights and , make payment of underweight, and if one shipment - left a debit the freezing company would know that tho excess weight was remaining in the ‘ New Zealand works and would oome along later. 11. In the event of meat being sold and/or shipped,, countries other than England arrangements would need to be made to weigh tho carcases on shipment here to adjust weights in the same manner in New Zealand. 12. Insurances would be effected by owners as formerly, but it would be necessary to have notification of all insurances sent to the Underwriters’ Association by the local insurance companies accepting the risks on'meat by any particular vessel or by the agents should the agents be covering under a London open policy. Thus method would need to be adopted as the insurance companies would have to “pool” their risks, any claims for damage that are sustained being apportioned amongst all tho insurance companies concerned in proportion to the amount of risk they have individually undertaken. 15. The freezing company would need to undertake, to have the shipment examined as a whole by the insurance assessors and determine on the damage or otherwise on the whole shipment . J 14. Tho extra work involved to the freezing companies or their representatives in London would be cared for by them in their freezing charges, but the expense . would probably not be great, and certainly it would be much less than the losses through our present cumbrous system of marking, which makes clean deliveries practically impossible, and creates unnecessary storage charges in London. 15. Any shortages in the shipments would be claimed for on tho freezing company who, as holders of the bill of lading, would have already claimed on the ships. Shortages of delivery to be settled for at tho values on the day the freezing company’s claim on the ship is made.