SALES OF DAIRY PRODUCE

Taranaki Daily News, 19 July 1929, Page 9

SALES OF DAIRY PRODUCE

PRICES FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION. ENDEAVOUR TO STANDARDISE. By Telegraph—Press Association.. /" Palmerston N., Last Night. With the object of arriving at a standardised price for dairy produce sold for local consumption, representatives of dairy companies operating in the Wellington, Wairarapa, Southern Hawke’s Bay' and Manawatu districts, met at Palmerston North this afternoon. Mr. S. A. Broadbelt (Levin) presided over a large attendance. The companies represented at the meeting were. Levin, Kairanga, Cheltenham, Rangitikei, Waipukurau, Raetihi, Taihape, Morrinsville, Masterton, Shannon, Awahuri, Whakaronga, Kuku, Opiti, Konini, Tamaki, Pahiatua and Manakau. The chairman stated that the meeting had been convened by the Manawatu and West Coast Dairy Companies’ Association in order to arrive at some method of selling butter and cheese on the local market in order to eliminate the tendency to price-cutting and put business on a uniform basis. The problem was admittedly' a difficult one and action would have to be unanimous by the companies. Subsequently.any course of action determined upon might be extended to give it a Dominion-wide application. The object sought was not to exploit consumers, but to obtain a fair price for produce on a parity equivalent to the prices ruling on the world’s markets. , . The discussion was in camera, but it is understood a committee of seven was set up to draw up a scheme to be submitted to the various companies.