DAIRY PARLIAMENT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 148, 25 June 1931, Page 7

DAIRY PARLIAMENT

CONTROL OF INDUSTRY. i EFFECTIVE HEAD WANTED AUTHORITY AND DISCIPLINE DISCUSSION AT CONFERENCE (Per Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, June 24. Control of the dairy industry was the subject of the only remit passed by the National Dairy Conference to-day, when it was agreed to appoint a committee to-morrow to prepare for the conference a plan for the co-ordination of the present departments of control, and the appointment of an administrative head. The subject was introduced by a remit from the Alangatoki company which suggested, among other things:— “That the conference expresses dissatisfaction with the present methods of administration of the dairying indus try, and considers the past administration has been ineffective in failing to provide a truly authoritative head representative of the industry and charged with the responsibility of directing and governing the industry in its internal as well as its export affairs.” “That effective administration of the industry involves the exercise of authority and a degree of discipline which can only be applied by a board or organisation elected by the producers and set up as the head of the industry with powers to guide and control in all matters relating to internal as well as export policy.” “That to give effect to the foregoing proposals, the Dairy Produce Board in its present form, or reconstituted, should be made the head of the industry with extended powers and charged with responsibility for administration as indicated.” “That uncertainties of policy, particularly in regard to the promotion of quality, have revealed weaknesses in the present administration and have resulted in a loss of goodwill with tho buyers and consumers of New Zealand dairy produce.” “That in order to further these proposals, a committee be appointed from tho conference to bring down in detail an administrative plan for the industry, the report of the committee to be dealt with before the conclusion of the conference.” Discussion of this latter remit occupied most of the afternoon. Eventually it was withdrawn and thp following substituted: “That in view of the grave unrest in the dairy industry, dissatisfaction with the present methods of administration, the conviction that there is unnecessary and costly overlapping in such administration, the heavy and avoidable loss in manufacture, and the urgent need for effective steps for improvement in the quality of dairy products, this conference ex- j presses the opinion that the co-ordina-tion of the functions of the existing controlling bodies, and the appointment of an administrative head is imperative, and that a representative committee be set up to prepare and submit to the conference a considered plan for co-ordination of the present department® and organisations and tho appointment of an administrative head.”