THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18946, 16 May 1933, Page 3

THE DAIRYING INDUSTRY.

DANDER IN AUSTRALIA.

NEED FOR CO-OPERATION,

The difficulties facing the dairying industry.'were referred to by the At-torney-General (Mr Manning) at the opening, of the Grafton Show, says a Sydney-paper. Whereas 300 suppliers received £13,708 from the Dorrigo Company In March, 1929, 302 suppliers received only £5262 in March this year. Of these; 79 received less than £lO each and 109 less than £2O. The Grafton Company, with 627 suppliers, paid out £7475 in March, out of which sum 272 suppliers received less than £lO each and 305 less than £2O each.

Such figures meant disaster not only to the dairy farmer, but to the townspeople as well. Co-operation would alone save the industry.

The Legal Position,

Already the Primary Producers’ Union was taking active steps to have the whole situation examined from a constitutional point of view, to see what could be done by legislation.

Owing' to recent decisions of the Privy Council and the High Court, it appeared to be necessary to have cooperation between the several States and the Commonwealth. “If that is arranged, then anything desired can be done. The duty is fairly cast on you dairymen to devise a scheme which comes within the compass of constitutional law, and which can be carried out with justice to you, as well as to the consuming public,. If you will elaborate such a scheme through your own organisation, then I can assure you that the present Government will give it the most favourable consideration, and use every power it possesses to see that the right thing is done,” added Mr Manning.