FOOD PRICES.
DECLINE IN BRITAIN. ABSENCE OP PROFITEERING DEMONSTRATED. (BRITISH OJKCIAI, WIRELESS.) (Received March 15th, 5.5 p.m.) 3UUGBY, March 14: The statement made by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Boaard of Trade (Mr L. Horo-Belisha) last week that the prices of foodstuffs in Great Britain were now lower than, the average during 1930 was confirmed in a statement made in the House of Commons by Major W. J. Elliot, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, who pointed out that whereas food wholesale prices had risen from 111.8 in February, 1931, to 114.2 in February, 1932, the retail price index "had fallen from 36 to 31, which showed not merely the absence of exploitation and profiteering, but that the difference between wholesaler and. retailer had narrowed during that period.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20497, 16 March 1932, Page 11
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127FOOD PRICES. Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20497, 16 March 1932, Page 11
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