BULK BUYING
ABOLITION WOULD HURI\ COMMONWEALTH ; » i. (Rec. 9.10 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. I§. Commonwealth producers would be among the hardest hit if Britain abolished bulk buying,! said Mr Herbert Morrison in a speech at Dover to-day. He added: “The greater part of bulk contracts, probably threequarters,. have been made inside the Common-i f wealth. In addition, Commonwealth producers liked them because contracts guaranteed assured steady markets.” Mr Morrison criticised the Conservative proposal to end Government bulk buying. “With no longer any world food surplus, the removal of bulk buying would only benefit financiers,* speculators and middlemen who profit from shortage. Britain’s housewives apd home and Commonwealth producers would suffer,” he, said, y
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 108, 20 February 1950, Page 3
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