DAIRY CONTROL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1925, Page 11

DAIRY CONTROL.

(To ths Editor.) | Sir, —Lack of opportunity alone has ‘ prevented me replying to Mr. Avery’s ! letter of June 21, Gratitude impels me to delay no longer. Hard indeed would , be the heart that did not respond to ! such a measure of praise as Mr. Avery i bestows upon me, a pupil above normal ; in aspiration, with dormant brain cells > about to be brought into fruitful activ- ! ity by a master hand. What more can ; even an ambitious “cocky” desire 1 And then to learn that Mr. Avery’s letters !l are “published in several parts of the country!” You will surely agree- with me that I have “’Avery” reason to be gratified and thankful for such an ef- ; fective advertisement, I Let me humbly confess that had “I reIjceived a communication from one of the 'highest luminaries on the Control Board eulogising me, etc.,” I should. have de- ! scribed it as a letter of commendation i not “retribution.” However, when these dormant brain cells begin to function, I will understand things much better, and . probably be able to see what a fool idea it is to think it funny being led from a “stationary position” on the flywheel of a working industry. My tutor asserts my criticism of Mr. Goodfellow and his company’s losses, goes to prove that individual effort is a failure, forgetting two things: (1) That the Goodfellow company is by far the . largest dairying combination in New Zealand, and therefore can scarcely be classed as an individual concern, ali though, as he admits, it is a failure; * (2) that the two neighbouring and | purely individual factories I quoted ! (Hinuera and Morrinsville) show far i better results and are successes, not ; failures. ■ Mr. Avery states Mr. Goodfellow and : his good men have “transferred all their ' equity in contracts over . to the board,” ’ etc.; “which means that any profits I which accrue, etc.” Now, sir, one of | my aspirations is to learn what these I profits are. To admit there will be I profits is to admit a better paying busij ness will be carried on outside the ConI trol Board. As all cash earned in a cooperative company belongs to the share- ’ holders thereof, to take a percentage of I earnings, call it profit, and hand it over ’ to the Control Board would be an ili legal proceeding. One must recognise j however, that many Control Board ad- | vacates have a great affection for what | I have heard described as legalised rob- | bery. How can a company with any | pretence of commercial integrity show j profits available for any outside purpose j whatever until it has paid interest to | its own shareholders ? i Another aspiration of mine is to find ’out whether the dried milk bubble, with its visions of 3s to 3s 6d per lb. for butter-fat, helps to “stabilise land values,” and what the suppliers of derelict dried milk factories tn ink of the £1 share for every 12Ji’bs of butter-fat supplied. If Taranaki farmers had to take up 15 shares for every average cow they milked, and receive no interest on their money, probably even dormant brain cells would vibrate. I have many more aspirations, and candidly confcs ray inability to follow or subscribe to all the teaching of my tutor. For instance, I cannot see why

the old system of honesty and fair dealing “must be scheduled as a bankrupt quantity.” Still, hope springs eternal, and education is a great thing.—l ani, etc., G. GIBSON. Rahotu, July 18.