DAIRY POOL CRITICISED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16739, 22 May 1922, Page 4

DAIRY POOL CRITICISED.

INJURIOUS TO THE INDUSTRY. j By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright ! Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, May 20 At rr meeting at Glasgow, the Scot- : fish Provision Trade Association dis--1 cussed the Yew Zealand dairy pool. The meeting -decided it would be injurious to the dairy industry, and I would lead D a loss of goodwill to- ; wards New Zealand produce and a i diversion of buying to other sources for i tho city supply. rOSTTION OF PRIVATE FTKMS. ; The “ Financial News” publishes an article by a colonial importer declaring i that, after those forming the New 1 Zealand dairy produce pool have made ; uso of the existing channels of distri- ! bution long enough to give them an | elementary knowledge of marketing i and distribution, they will appoint their own agents in the United King--1 dom, eliminating all private firms. tifhereby confiscating businesses built : up bv millions of capital in the past half-centurv. The assurance given by j supporters of the pool that it is intencl- | ed to distribute all produce through o:<- ! isting channels is valueless, as the proposed company to finance and conduct tlie pool has not yet been formed, and j therefore nobody has power or authorI itv to give such an assurance. I