EXPORT OF PORK.

Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17320, 7 January 1928, Page 5

EXPORT OF PORK.

THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY. '. .'■ MR. COATES' IDEAS.V . TO HELP THE FARMERS. (Special.—Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 7. j Reference to the proposed subsidy on export pork was . made by the Prime Minister, in addressing the settlers at Turiwiri and Ruawar. Mr Coates said that three or four years ago it was seen that 'there was. a future for the pig industry of the Dominion. Demand in England. From inquiries made while he was in England, he had found that New Zealand bacon and pork were the best imported into Britain. They were delighted with the Dominion's products. Our climate would enable us to produce pigs at such a price that we could compete with Denmark. The Danish export of pigs was in excess of that of butter. It it were possible to increase the export of pork from New Zealand : to even one-half that of butter, what a help it would be ,to the farmers.

Subsidy Would Help.

A subsidy of £30,000 would not do everything. It might be hard to defend the principle they had by assisting the apple growers, who would probably have one million cases of apples for export this season. The wheat industry had been assisted, and he had decided to stand behind the pig industry and help, if he could, to pull it out of its difficulty. •'•'•■' Representative Meeting.

Mr Coates said a meeting would be held in Wellington of representatives of the Control Board, the Meat Producers' Board, and the Pig Breeders' Association and the Government. Nothing had been decided as to how the subsidy would be applied. It might be used in reducing freights or paid at so much per carcase. It would be solely to assist the export trade. ■ Watching Expenditure.

"There never w as a day when the revenue and expenditure of the country was more carefully watched and expended than at present," said the Prime Minister.