FOOD PRICES AND TRADE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2364, 21 January 1915, Page 5

FOOD PRICES AND TRADE

BRITISH LOAF AT SEVENPENCSf HALFPENNY * / ft CHARGE AGAINST THE FARMERS f ___ / '~ *■• London, January 19. ).•' In Great Britain bread is 7}d. pejj loaf. The farmers are holding theuLstocks. and are. palpably. BpeculatorsJ. gambling in supplies. ; The Miners' Association demands fhatj the Government should protect t£<L public against artificial inpreaßes in* ■ the prices of foodstuffs. .■ Food prices in Berlin have increased! 21 per centum since July.—("Times l '*! <rad Sydney "Sun" Services.) > CRISIS IN AUSTRALIAN POULTRY '*■. MARKET EGGS EXPECTED TO'SOAR. Sydney, January 20. | Evidence before the Commodities* Commission, showed that the poultry;) business is in parlous condition. Bfeed-i ers are rushing stocks to market wholes sale, owing to their inability to obtain, bran and pollard,' while other feedstuffsA are also at prohibitive prices. \ It is predicted that in the next fewd toqmths eggs' will be selling at three shillings to three and six per dozen. ) On behalf pf the millers evidence'. Was given that there has been no looaP shortage of bran and pollard sinoe tho\ war, but it was admitted though'- the:' fixed price was £7 there had been/ heavy sales for export at £8 'and.:'£9J The Commission is te investigate thisl alleged over-riding of fixed prices. \ In connection with the high' price of? meat the Premier (Mr. Holman) hasj ordered an inquiry respecting the _suggestionthat the increase is largely dueA. to ' indiscriminate speying of female? and the slaughter of calves. . HIGH PRICE OF MEAT \CONFERENOE INVESTIGATES CAUSES. (Reo. January 20, 11,15. p.m.) Sydney, January 20. '• t A' conference between the CommodK ties Commission and representatives of) ••' the meat trade has opened to disousa the causes of the high price of meat} Various causes are assigned—increased! population, decreased flocks and herdsi drought, increased demand for ohoicex cuts, advance in, trado wages, and the] increased export due to the supply oa war demands. t' BUILDINC TRADE IN SYDNEY, ,•.- SET-BACK BY THE WAR. • v ' Sydney, January 20. .'■ The annual report .of.the Master; Builders', Association indicates Aha* I though the building trade suffered heavily by the war, the year's output showed an increase on previous yearsj Dealing with unionism, the report am vocates concerted action among the em* ployers, and suggests affiliation witbjj other associations. ■ ;— j