NORTH ISLAND BACON CURING CO., LTD.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume VII, Issue 857, 15 November 1899, Page 4

NORTH ISLAND BACON CURING CO., LTD.

We had the pleasure of an interview, on Saturday evening, with Mr James Copeland, the Secretary of the Manawatu Bacon-curing Company, or as itwill in future be known, the North Islaud Mild Cure Bacon Company, Ltd. As is already known this company, consisting of the amalgamated companies of Palmerston North and Feilding, with their supporters in this and the Woodville districts, lias purchased the right of the patent for the North Island of the Christchurch company’s “ Mild Cure ” process. In this connection it should be noted that the Christchurch Company occupies really no other position than that of a landlord, and there is nothing in the arrangements to prevent the new company from acting on purely cooperative principles as was first intended. That the amalgamation has been a wise step no one will deny, as under the arrangement the amalgamated company has the complete and well-equipped works at Woodville to go into, and it must be admitted that these works occupy a position that could not possibly be improved upon. Itscentral situation enables it to drain with equal ease the West Coast, Hawke’s Bay, and Forty Mile Bush districts. The cost of the works in consequence is much less than it would be were each of these centres to try and erect works for themselves. And not in the cost of works alone is this expense decreased ; the working expenses of the one concern are spread over the whole of the area indicated. The “ Morepork " bacon has a ready sale that is unrivalled by any other brand. Therefore it can easily be seen what an immense advantage has accrued from the position secured by the amalgamation and the arrangement entered into with the Christchurch company. No other opening, it seems to us, for the disposal of this branch of farm produce, offers anything like the advantages that this does. On tins ground, and particularly seeing the co operative cliaraetor of this now institution, it appears plainly the duty of the farmers of this district, in their own interest, to support the the present concern. The special resolutions embodying the arrangement we have referred to are to be submitted to a special meeting of the company on Friday afternoon. Three-fourths of the shareholders must record their votes either personally or by proxy, and those local residents who are interested in the venture should see to it that their votes are recorded and that they are recorded in favor of the course of action that it is intended to pursue. One direct and very material result of the arrangements that have been entered into is that not nearly the amount of share capital will have to be called up that would have been necessitated under the first proposal submitted to the residents of this district by Mr Copoland and Messrs Mcllardy, Guy, and Carl Anderson. By neglect farmers will lose an opportunity of great and rare value ; by availing themselves of this chance they will become participators in the beneficial effects of the best system of disposing of their produce that has yet been put in their way.