THE MEAT TRADE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 6

THE MEAT TRADE.

; it :: has.;.bcen;-known jior;. some ; ';'.tim«".'.V;v: that '■ thc;retail;butbners" of .Wellington '£.* are ; prices Jtlley;;:'':; ha vp ;to -.'pay. for:, stock, ; aridithis; discon-;;;';'; i^nt:?seems;'nowotoi.bb;'idrawipg^y:a'i:v T ;; "■'■ ers js|'tb.beheld:m:a:iiay ably bh::XMbhday . evening,;'torcpnsiderVc'J the question Vpf tpricba^,;nnd-;to;devisbi;:^'■ method:;bf ; ; ;A:DbMiNio'N;repbr,te .viewed a l substantially,: tho/sameistofy,-,was;.tpld:^•;';: lit- every;: case;? ;;»Tbo;tvadcrs;;'an,nipat : ; .;; iug 'proftV'but-actually ihvolved.selhng'ato ';■; 'a-lossl' ■'■■'■ ;OheAbutcher;;s'kt^ : ':thatjbafi;" was'.biivin'g; nmttoii' at;an; average ;pnce s;;j :of 3jd> per■.lb;; ;and -retailing'.^it;at;an : ;.;;.;'• average price ;of3d.per: : lb;;V.';For ; ;;;; he : paid ; ;.lb:;on;an;aveN ;.;y; age','; ahdvsokl -it- at ;.the;;same; price, vpb;,,.;;;. I 'taurine' nothing to j-eooup ■: birdjfbr- ; sums;. ■: : laid "but ; in- wages: .and; iin', meetlug ;tho; t;; .expenses :.'flf ;bis;Ssliop.% ; . -Theso;; state-:;;,;.-;■: nients'W'efe-'cbnfirmed •by';tbose, of'-his ;.,.; pompetitbrsi.in.;trade, who':;were■ .after- ; ;, w:ir'ds-interview l ed.".v'Aa growing; ■ ■;: cestive" light -positioii./jt^^was;;;; :mentiPhed':tliat;.threo;butchers;in:.y|cl-;.v;:, ■lington. liavb^retired;.alfogptner:.:; i fi-pal^;: ; ; during;; tlio.,past;hve,weeks.::.;;i;;. ■'■ Eighteen '.months' .agbotlio-.'-butptierg; :;-.: doing! a'th'riving ins tig m ofttsi. •= was!; a; glin^on;,;,;; the : Hon:b market;:and':been ton ; nt;;a;;; ; Vholcsale- v price ! that'. allowed^afhaiid-;;;,-; iomb''' : margin ';-of;profit; ;;;;Tp-day,:tli6.:^; : [ibsition E is ■- absolutely;: changed/i: Prices ;.;. ou' the-Homeimarket ;;are ; .g6bdj;;and;;-; to; standi and reflectedi:bn the local : market. C;; Several/ ; :' butchers;.; told ..the •rqpprl«r;;that;,-. . t!i'oughfc v tlie' price .of.;,stock ;likely ; ,-:to;-.:•'; MMiigfe-'Stilljrinstcad: of "dropping.; ; :■ j'6ne ;: of/ ; thenKstated;ttat.'.*;year..ago ; : ';' 'die scheflule" wholesale price- ; I'was 23*1. : liar-lb.,- whereas/iti w.asnfowjitv. '■'A\ti. '>: ; This,.iiowever, was far'from; cpy^;. : ; |erii)g^tiie-actual..rise;ini)narket:.prio 1 e,;;;i;. :^: .as;much::as;lld.u;;;. .It .is;;'nigbly; pvobablo -.that; sivunitedi'; :;;. eiiort.vwilli b&mfide : ;to'.x)btain; -ajcHef^sr;; Sdmc';attettipt';will ; nO;doubt;be miado;;:-,; to conic -to 'terms:;with{.supplieriyandy:;:' iiiicHicirdistinctly;probable;outipme :.<*';,;;; the■■ agitatioaUnOw;; advance';ih';the- retail;.price -of \