The Butter Commission

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1234, 26 January 1905, Page 2

The Butter Commission

Ssaitas Press Criticism 1 Press Association.—Copyright. Melbobbnb, this day. As an outcome oftheßtrtor Oonun sston he Government has determined that fclio arrangement in oonneotion with pro'luc era shall bo half-penny freight. "ommendng on tho report tlm Ag« asks whedior tlw Government will now promptly and clhcinnlly aot ont'n> reoi>iuin»ridaiions,and declares! "Wo hive cause io complain against iho mail companion in so fat' that thesofirms placwt hiudraw'oa i-i the way of honest investigation ami tint their payment of money to a fivonr-iil fi \v was a violation of contract. Tie motive wa< a wrong io proiluoora not fir short of c.im nal persecution It ii noi very my to say anything more incnlpitory than this." The Argus sayn: " This usage of commissions, which in themselves arn no more ji.Btifi'iblo than tips, really means a loss to tho producer, The Commission does not onter a detailed answer to (his imporlam quest,on. It can only urgn shippers to insist upon a halfpenny freight m place of the existing three farthings, and speaks somowhat airily of tho Government being in a position to gunranteo freight on perish ablo products, If the freights are to ba reduced, it oun only be done by business prooodnro, and not by paper schemes or hasty legislation, intorforing with ostablished usages," OPINION OF A SHIPPING OFFICIAL Press Association.—Copyright. Stdnm, thii i». The superintendent of the P. and O Company st ites that the finding of the Butier Commission is nothing ghort of a mnlioious libel on commercial people, In regard to the proceedings he said they 1 wero of a purely farcied nature, and if tho mattor was not so serious tho recommendations of the commissioner could only be regarded as a farce. He says that'tho report makoß a point of the large amount of freight paid, but no notioe is taken of the amount invosted to earn the freight He reiterates that the companies only paid brokerage,