QUOTA ON BUTTER.

Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 252, 18 May 1933, Page 5

QUOTA ON BUTTER.

FARMERS’ UNION VIEWS. Firm Opposition Expressed. “The New Zealand Farmers’ Union is firmly opposed to quotas or any form of restriction being placed upon Empire produce,” says a statement issued by the Dominion secretary of • the union. , British manufacturers could be stimulated by increased purchases f from''‘the Dominions through de- • Creased customs 1 'duties in those ; countries; be no occasion itb; 'aftoul quotas. In 1924 the consumption of butter in Great Britain was 14.71 b per head, but in 1931 it had risen to 20.61 b per head. As the annual consumption of butter in New Zealand is about 401 b per head, all the butter concerned in any quotas from the Dominions could be easily consumed, if the purchasing power of the British workman could be raised through an increase in : Britain’s trade. Every increase of 11b of butter per head means a total increase in consumption of about 20,000 tons per annum. “ With butter restrictions being talked about a lot just now, it is worth recording that in 1931 Denmark used 79 million kilogrammes of margarine, but only 19 million kilogrammes of butter. (One kilogramme equals 2 l-51b.) Owing to this fact, and to the restrictions against the import of Danish butter into Germany, 10 per cent, more of the Danish butter output found its way cn to the British market last year. However, owing to the restrictions placed on foreign butter by Britain this season, some dairy factories in Denmark are insisting on their suppliers taking 41b of butter a week and using it instead of margarine.”