DAIRYING IN WAIKATO

Waipa Post, Volume 31, Issue 1766, 5 June 1926, Page 4

DAIRYING IN WAIKATO

A CONSUL’S CONGRATULATIONS, a

WINTER SHOW DESCRIBED AS MAGNIFICENT.

Mr Humberto Bidone, Consul-Gen-eral of the Argentine Republc In New: Zealand, interviewed by a Waikato Times representative this week scaid: ■ . “It is a great pleasure to find myself in Hamilton for the first time n order to admire your magniftcieqt Sh'ow, which is 1 an illustration of ii#p telligence, perseverance and faith iriljL,, methodical work. Hamilton deserved the laurel of victory as a dairy district. Some ironical person would say that it is also appropriate 'from the point of view of its dearl and! Here the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company exists. Thi,s .'is the largest co-operative organisation in the world, since in 1925-26 it manufactured more ' than 30,000 tons of dairy products. I wbuld detain at Hamilton the enemies of co-operation so" that they' might study the great advantages of this ecooomic-social system*' the foundation of which is a marvellous commercial unity in the produeton. manufacture and marketing of produce, and which creates a moral affinity between its members, stimulating private initiative. I have followed attentively the progress of your dairy industry, which radiates honour and prosperity throughout the Dominion. Hamilton ought to be considered a favoured daughter of New Zealand. Hamiltonlias a symbol materialised in the cow. The milking cow is< the best source of food production for childreen and elderly people. The cow is responsible for the prosperity of this district because it is a contant income. 9 milk- 1 , ing is preferable- to five steers, since. if a steer produces 5431 b of food, one . cow produces 21961 b, or five itimes--; more Further, the steers are killed,... and the Cow goes on producing for six years.

“The Argentine is the principal ex-, porter of beef and linseed and New Zealand of dairy products and lamb,’*" continued Mr Bidone. “The two countries have a parallel destiny of greatness in '(he universal concert. If Argentine lias crises in prices. New Zealand has them in markets. What is rfequired for the stabilising of meat and dairy produce trade is the coordination and solidarty of industrial and commercial methods between • the producers of both countries and the consumers in England, avoiding the? middlemen, who are the human, drones’, in the industrial hive. Will you allow me to make one suggestion: endeavour by every means to lessen the cost of production. The market of England is the goal where all the nations which produce food converge, as in a race of nations, and the nation which is best organised technically and which is nearest to England Will win the race. D'o riot forget that what the people buy is the best product thelowest prices. In business a moral or sentimental factor does not intrude, but only a commercial and monetary proposition,, Intellectual bread nourishes the spirit, but not the body. I have never been prosaic or utilitarian, but have lived in the speculative region of th e sciences, letters and arts, and, like every human entity, I nourishmyself every day with your beautfuF il-amb unsurpassed delicious fish and apples. The cost of production is the most important factor inindustry, both primary and 1 secondary.. To meet any fall in values there is no better or more sensible recourse than to cheapen the cost of natural production, and if the fall does not. materialise by so much more wll the producer benefit.”