HIGH PRICE OF HIDES
TANNERS COMPLAIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, December 12. A deputation representing the leather industry waited on tho Hon. J. Allen to-day, urging the Government to commandeer hides produced in the Dominion. The deputation represented tanners, who said they were paying an abnormal price for raw materials, and that there was a shortage of hides, which meant a reduced number of men in tho tanneries. The increased cost of hides resulted in a very high price for leather. It was suggested that the Government pay by valuation, based on tho value of the hides in 1915, and supply the tannors' normal requirements, at a commission of, say, 5 per cent., tho balance to bo exported by the Government solely for the requirements of the Empire. Mr. Allen said tho matter was one for Cabinet consideration. Every endeavour would be made to keep the leather industry alive.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2953, 13 December 1916, Page 6
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149HIGH PRICE OF HIDES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2953, 13 December 1916, Page 6
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