A Fish Trust.
London is in the grip of a fish trust that is as brutal in its methods as any trust elsewhere. Every day it causes Co be" thrown away hundreds' of tons of fish rather than have; a glut in the market that would reduce, even for a day, the. exorbitant prices for fish maintained by the Billingsgate deal- : k . ; :-- --. " ~•/ fcS, ■■.*'. 5 } The Fishmongers' Company is one of the rishest and most powerful guilds in= London. Its; word is law to the trade, with the result that the common fish with which the waters about England swarm are maintained at a price that makes fißh a luxury to the poor of London. Recently when millions of herring were landed at Grimsby and were being sold there at a/ |d a dozens the Billingsgate pßh trust was "demanding" (sd"a dozen for the smaller fish, ;. >. -
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 349, 15 January 1903, Page 5
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145A Fish Trust. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 349, 15 January 1903, Page 5
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