The Waikato Independent TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 1924. EXPORT TRADE DEVELOPMENT.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIV, Issue 2389, 28 October 1924, Page 4

The Waikato Independent TUESDAY OCTOBER 28, 1924. EXPORT TRADE DEVELOPMENT.

In the course of,his speech at the Farmers' Union Annual re-union dinner on Thursday evening .last; the chairman of the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company said there were two primary essentials inquired to deal efficiently with the exportable surplus of the Dominion's two principal products, butter and cheese, and they were, firstly, the manufacture of « first, quality article and secondly the marketing of our product under the most favourable and remunerative conditions. Mr Wells advised district farmers to stick to the Daily Control Board. We agree with Mr Wells when he says that the best step farmers have made for the last 25 years is fhe organisation of the Dairy Control Board. The great pity is that it has been deferred so long. This will be appreciated for the reason that the exportable surplus of the Dominion's products have gone up bv leaps and bounds. It will bo of interest while this matter is fresh in tie minds of readers if we mention a few details relative to these important and life-sus-taining industries of Ihe Dominion. Our total exports for 1923 totalled close to £50,000,000, while fo, the year ending 1922 the individual and principal items of export showed tin respective values as follows: Wool £11,882,463; butter £9,041,554; frozen meat £8,3874(51; cheese £4,686,850; skins, hides and pelts £1,929,532 and other pastoral produce £1,380,130, a sum totiJ of £37,307,990. Wool showed a greet improvement in export value for .1922 over the previous year when exportations amounted to only £5,223/IT. Frozen meat in recent years has supplied approximately 20 per cent of tho total exports, and this figure was considerably exceeded in 1920-2 J. The main feature however, for the l-.st iew years lias been the great advance, relatively and absolutely, of butter and cheese, the increase being even beyond expectation, viz., from £1,513,005 in i 903 to £19,368,713 in 1921. The exports <>f these two important items ho c been increased on the above-mentioned figures during the last year. Thus it will be realised from the few figures given here what important features primary exportable products are in the continued progress of this Dominion. We have pleascure in supporting the Cambridge Dairy Company's chairman when lie pays a tribute to the DuDy Control Board. Aro not the aforementioned figures sufficient, indication of the need for fostering an organising body to watch evuy interest and welfare of mir primary products? Absolutely so, and if the Dairy Control Board with the huge trade under its control can save a few shillings a ton on butter for insurance or in some other direction, it will not only merit its cxi-tonee, but will be a big factor in turning ihe scales of failure into success f > • the primary producer of this Dominion.