WOOL FREIGHTS.
;;the extents of the increases. ''/, "Tlio public generally scarcely realises the full meaning of tho additional ~-charges that' are being levied by tlio .^snipping:companies for the-carriage of ' wool," said .the Dominion, secretary of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (Jlr. E. C. Jack), yesterday. ■'■."Before thd outbreak of war the companies charged the farmer fd. per pound, plus: 10 per cent, primage, for tlio-transport of wool '■ to-London.' The,'charge tcwlay is 2j|d., plus 10 per centrprimage, for the.samo class of wool. The primage-means prac- ' fically an extra Jd: ■ "The increase in the dircct_ charges is;enormous,' but the companies have not stopped there.' They .are refusing now to pay wharfage on water-borno wool sjnd otlier cargo carried'by .tlibir steamers. Further,- tbey are, limiting the free storage of wool to two weeks. Previously they met tlio cost of storage tip to the date of shipment, The position at present is that the. cost of getting wool to' the /London market, -nrnounts approximately, to 25 per. cent, oftbo total value of the.wool. That makes a,very big-h6lo;in the increased
prioe, l described in some quarters as war > profits. Tho increased cost of.produc-. : to'be .considered/as another; item." ...-•' '. Mr. Jack mentioned that the Canterbury Farmers' Union had asked the, Dominion body to'call a.conference to cqn- '■ side'r the shipping companies' increased charges.for the'oarriagcof-wool. The siig'gestion : would be .considered.by the ; Dominion Executive at its meeting next .week.' Thefeeling among tliefarmers on'the ppiiit undoubtedly was'strong. ■ Tlie .increases: in tho shipping corapanies' charges are illustrated-by the following table, showing• the : cost of. sending a bale of greasy wool, average ' weiebt, -from New ■ Zealand to London: - ■•"• ~ £-, s.'d. 1913-14. ••-•'. ' ■ 352ib: at id.;.... ..:.:....,... ;o is 4 . Ten per'cent, primage,. , .0. 110 .. ','..;.. '. :' '.. ' -i'o 2 ' Less 5 per cent, rebate 0 0 11 ..':"• . 0 1D- 3 . ' ■ ' 1915-16 -..-■'■■ • ' '■■■: . '; , • V ■""■■■■-.■'.,■' £ .s.-tj. 3521b. at 1 Jd. ....'..'...'..'......'....'.■•2.;0''.4.Ten'per cent, primage-'....:.... 0 4.0. : I:' ■'. .■ , .'•"'" ." . 2 : 4. 4'
Less 5 per cent, rcbato 0 2 0 2 2 4 1916-17. £ s. d. 3521b. at 2gd 3 9 8 Ton per cunt, primage () 6 11 3 16 7 Less 5 per cent, rcbato 0 3 5 3 13 2
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2900, 12 October 1916, Page 8
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347WOOL FREIGHTS. Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2900, 12 October 1916, Page 8
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