THE PRICE OF MILK
To the Euixoa " Gdabdun."
Sir';— Some uMoago the local milk vendors raised the price of milk on the ploa ot'" scarcity of feed, etc. -We are now well into the warmer months of the year, and, on their own statement, the milkmen ha.ro. a plentiful supply of milk and there is also an abundance of feed, but wo a-re still' paying the 1 increased price for miik. The cost of living in surely high enough' without. this commodity being unnecessarily taxed. Hoping to sec the price ruduced. CONSUMER, . P.S.—Purhaps the milkmen are Ek© the bakers and the.-biitoilers —now that they have boon getting, the higherprices they do ..not intend to reduce them, no matter how much the cosfc of production decreases. Ashburlon,' Oetpl)er -I, 1916. '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3572, 5 October 1916, Page 4
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129THE PRICE OF MILK Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3572, 5 October 1916, Page 4
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