THE PRICE OF MEAT

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23953, 31 October 1939, Page 5

THE PRICE OF MEAT

TO THE EDITOR

Sir, —Some weeks ago the Master Butchers’ Association voted a large sum of money for an “ Eat More Meat ” campaign and large advertisements bearing this slogan appeared, in the daily capers At the same time the executives of the Farmers’ Union and stock and station agents were protesting vigorously against price control of stock markets. This control I understand came into force as from the declaration of war.

Although this is a producing country with many farms and markets adjacent to the towns, meat is, and has been for a long tim£, very dear. The farmer says that prices for stock are too low for him to pay those mysterious costs of production, and the butcher says stock is so dear he can barely make a living. Farmers and stock agents protest indignantly. They say that the stock market must be relieved from control and that prices must rise. Maybe, now. the housewife and all who cater for the inner man will rise in their wrath > and say that as, after all it is they who do the buying, they decline to pay higher prices. What then?—l am. etc.. Mac.