DAIRY INDUSTRY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19136, 3 October 1936, Page 3

DAIRY INDUSTRY

‘ PICKED FOE TOKTUKE” TARANAKI COMPLAINT Complaint, against Government, interference with private control of dairy, produce, was, made .by the retiring chair: man, Mr. T. A, Winks, 1 of Ararata, at the annual meeting of the Federation of Taranaki Dairy Factories, in New i mouth, , ■' • Although Mr. Winks, who was formerly a naeiuber oi the Dairy Board, asked tor support fot the- guaranteed price plan, he protested'that the federation’s offer of assistance had been disregarded by the Government, which, lie said, had hardly a dairv man in it. ; "I do not know; why the. dairy. dustry should be picked out for torture;*-* said Mr. Winks. “It seems, that every so often ■ some .‘smart ’ Alec.’ arises abet sets out to reform the dairy industry; Thev leave our sister industries, meat and' wool, alone, and they go ahead satisfactorily. ’’ He thought, the guaranteed price system would break down. “We offered our services to the Government as h federation of factories producing £3.000,000 to £4,000,000 worth of produce,” added Mr. Winks, “but beyond acknowledgment of our letter we have heard nothing mote. There is hardy ly a dairy man in the Cabinet, yet they take it upon themselves, to introduce ; tinssystem- If it bad not been for the,confidence felt in Mr. O. A. Duncan, who I has been associated with us in the past, II do not think we woiild have taken this thing quietly. Wo feel, however, that, while Mr. Duncan is associated with the | marketing our interests will be'.looked 'alter.” , . Nevertheless, Mr. Winks concluded, it was the duty of suppliers to put their confidence in tho Government and to try hard to make the scheme a success.