MEAT PRICES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14160, 30 November 1916, Page 8

MEAT PRICES.

-ANOTHER ADVJ^jGW^MhncMn. AMERICAN TRUST OPERATIONS. FARMERS Bi3S&4SH}R ENCOURAGEMENT. -< (Specia^to^-Herald.) ? •-.:■' WELBD«>TOS", this day. Not the least of the many jnj&regting sid^ltncs, M^ ti>e jmeirdreM'^epMte^n o| protest regarding .thei^ufct^»(t..U.yy was' the discussion Qjh ttue-arisiiig- price •- of •meat 'm N^vf Iseatan<i; .aiASftJ'Ui^yi.'rise was predicted dijring the -npxt few day% and the Hon. W. D.; S; Mac Donald put some of the blame uj«>n tlje faiimear^ for encouraging the : operations of Ajnerican Trus^i ; buviejs.. an^gpjecailators by selling to l the highest fcitlder inMr©ald l <tf putting their ■ meat thWitipf f she> firijperjal, iPupchaae -ißoavd ,OHi their, pw^acoount. „ Mr 0..^. ."SyKe^Masßtepfon, declared thaiff-'within' thVaieitrfevtridays th© retail prieei of \me&k ,w;«S/goiDjf^> nxak^ranother jump, but the Government 'seemed to be doing nothing to^roerenf ft. The retailers were m a- bad way.' They were not making the moKe^,. and someone else was pocketing? thfr-e*«i^»i4iprofit.- <:0e considered tliat >; itTf ft© were allured Wigo; And pu^ftthase i.theii^ lineat ! ?v£t; • schedule l-atfes;- pjiw 'storage" qharg es»o they could sell* ovefci the ;cottrifcer>f ofl jq^iiat/Teason-abfe-*aice^» ■- „ - ...... vl , :>f .■ I? f..- „;.-,!,-,•- v . ,. ... .- Tm W. (Di^S. Ma#onald, Min^ hifiedutsjr. as ', a^materr^j^^warketa.iifoj' the produce of New Zealand, '.'but it" was also, the duty .of tho. Government, wHoever composed it, ti> ''feeaf the'pe6pte"df this country ■ ! |[rs6^v.-.''^iy.tnito'. w^icli went up j'tt price woul*j;fio ,ths subjecfc of • ■investigation.^ ,y ■■\-f.^i ::. Mr Sykes : M^at has gone tip retail a hundred percent. „'!

Mr -Hpjfnsby V ; Have you investigated the Arrteriijanmeat ring 2 V V •* The Ministers Yes. ;Who is selling to^h^gs^bteyjvgiudjvthe^m^ftfc. .'^iQ& m this' counbiy ? * The farmer aJT 'the tinie'l TK4y afe'not sa|isfie^-t«»ls%n^o ' the^Gcvernment at the Imperial. prices. They sell \to the so ; c^lle^. meat. ring. Then theyj. complairi-rw ; sneft Gp^ernment. that there is a meat' ritfg,>.a^id^they are fostering it. Last yeai', iipmediately it w4s.. known that feh^ seller ; opuld nominatQ^isVagOTt "tp s afsjipse <|t^lJ^ee mutton m London, v the country-was flooded with speculators^* ;whp could not have worked without the. assistance of the farmir. - ' W:He^ tho^jhe^liw^r is .getting a magnificent price froih ; the Govornmont, he ■VFan&s ,fo get an additional farthing from the. so-called meat ring. It s-the farmer .^«&o^f wtJidnjrjsstigatipn itftiar'/rt'hQ inveafoia'i ng^-, Jie. niustri reali&©;« his own positiM^i^at^^ejis^lostering-' thespeculator. ';, ' ' , ' ,-■■

t^Mi* Sykejr: pphe difficulty is to know who is the agent, for'- the meat icing. Kv-eryone disclaims it. '^the Hortr: J^iep. ••AHen^prWe know very well ! '.