WHO GETS THE RAKE-OFF?
HOUSEWIVES of this town who have had occasion to lift their brows heavenwards at the outrageous prices asked for children's footwear will be. interested to hear of the experience of a Taneatua farmer who received exactly Id per lb for a set of calf skins which were disposed of locally at market rates. As everybody knows a ten-shilling note goes nowhere for the average children's shoes and yet we have the other side of the picture in this primary producer receiving just two shillings for a 241b skin. Incidentally it is interesting to note further that the freight charge into Whakatane was an additional two shillings. What we would like to know and what the whole country would like to know regarding most of our primary products is— how many people are growing fat in the process of handling, manufacturing and retailing of the self same commodities between the producer and the ultimate purchaser. From the farmers point of view it is not worth time and trouble in skinning the beasts, salting down and transporting the hides to market, while from the purchasers point of view the skyward trend of all footwear makes the proposition almost equally as hopeless.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 75, 25 May 1943, Page 4
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203WHO GETS THE RAKE-OFF? Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 6, Issue 75, 25 May 1943, Page 4
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