THE PRICE OF FRUIT.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20107, 10 December 1930, Page 17

T HE PRICE OF FRUIT.

Jj J* 8 *MTOK OF TOT PRESS I t!lp polumns of The Pres* Sfttinj, * r * m t " ne to time re P orts of fn,i t Q of th e Tomato and Stone »3 0 ( ' ow ws' meetings, and in nearly they <*' Ecu ss bow they can !he iano*.v° Vernment illto stopping ■""ttoei h of stone fruits and 0 7 " k ing for a high tariff * Wee of to P r °tcct their industry, i, two shillings per lb for ■* ho» ~e x for the growers; F* »h s?* the " Per cent. of to>%>ted\r able t0 ray "' and Pcr ,?, t0 Be e cherries at one As a housekeeper of ■J? fc e«ev»« ?? eans > and also a person sl**l«iltv at fruit ou ght to be mass °s because of its * uotl properties, I utter a

feeble protest; hut 7 fancy ih.it. the mothers of this Dominion will not tolerate this sort of tiling going on in regard to this and other forms of food, and will be copying the American women in at least one thing—that is, organised boycott of fruit or foods sold when under a protective tariff or in the case of high price-fixing by "kings." I heard of eggs being dealt with in this way in America. A "king'' had fixed a high price—beyond market value--and women organised by a Women 's Club simply did not buy eggs for a fewweeks; so down went the price to normal! I hope the fruitgrowers wiil be wise and not have the mothers of our country against them.—Tours, etc., A COUNTRY; woifAN. December Oth, 1030.