DAIRY CONTROL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1925, Page 11

DAIRY CONTROL.

(To the Editor.) gir,—>What purports to be a reply to a recent letter of mine appeared in your issue of the 13th inst. (Mr. Avery says it “become* imperative** for him to reply, and proceeds: “Mr. Gibson states that he is chairman of a co-operative factory and the New Zealand Producers’ League.” It almost looks as if the overwhelming responsibility and imperative necessity of replying to me have upset his mental balance, for, as you are aware, sir, my letter contained no such statement as above quoted. Moreover, no such statement has ever been made by me or on my behalf, for the allsufficient reason that I am not. nor ha\e been chairman of the bodies Mr. Avery mentions. It will be beyond the comprehension of your readers to understand how anyone residing in New Plymouth and taking an interest in dairy matters could possibly make such a mistake, let alone assert I stated such absolute inaccuracies in the letter referred to. Judging from the lack of local knowledge shown, and the general tone and get-up of Mr. Avery’s letters, I fancy it might be good scoring if I hazarded a ehot that the birthplace of the communication "was within a day's run of Hamilton, and that Mr. Avery is only its foster father. Be this as it may (and I am quite open to correction), it is quite delightful to read of being washed up and boiled down and then melting in the cooling process to thin prattle* Never for a moment did I dream of being possessed of so many varied talents, ranging from “superficial effusions” to “wisdom” and “Satan” himself. I can only hope the knowledge of such ability does not of necessity entail an early visit to the hatter. Glancing through the letter, I notice that the Control Board are out to protect the aggrieved persona in the dairying industry, such as a London firm which has openly admitted as speculators that they had invested £250,000 in New Zealand butter and cheese. Now, I like that happy combination of speculators and investors;. it really touches one’s heart. Moreover, in this action of the Control Board there is protection and comfort for Mr. Goodfellow. At least I think he must be included in the pro-

tected class, as I remember him quite clearly telling us in New Plymouth how by holding up produce in London his company lost sweetly adding it was all paid off in about three months. That the advance to suppliers was cut down to Bjd in order to pay off thia sum was of course a thing of no great importance, a mere trifling sacrifice on the altar of brainy efficiency in the sale of their hard-earned produce. Finally, at the risk of being labelled "Not wanted on the voyage/’ let me express complete agreement with the concluding words of Mr. Avery’s spicy letter. “The gravity of the position warrants the earnest consideration by the man that does the hard graft, the man that milks the cows.” I take it the first and chief consideration of the man who milks is the return ne is going to get in hard cash. The portion of my previous letter where I showed the small Waikato factories were making a better and prompter re-\-turn than the huge combine held up to us as an unqualified success, has not be n touched by Mr. Avery. Practically every factory in Taranaki, like these email factories mentioned, pays better also, and in addition interest on fully paid shares. The man who does the hard graft will do well, sir, to earnestly consider hard facts like these.—l am, tto., G. GIBSON. Rahotu, June 16.