£1 STANDARD BOOTS IN BRITAIN
: ♦ FIXING LEATHER PRICES AND PROFITS. Tlio scheme of manufacturing standard boots for Britisli civilians will be com: pletcd shortly (says thn "Daily Mail"). There will be men's boots for town wear at about X'l a pair, ami boots for hard usage at 12s. or Ms.-a pair, although the precise prices will not bo fixed until next. week. Youth's Hchool-bools will cost about its. a pair. All standard boots are (o he made of tho best leather, and it is expected that they will bo in great demand. In connection with tho release of leather for the purpose,' tho factors' and merchants' profits have already been fixed. The fixing similarly of profits for the boot manufacturer and retailer is now in course of settlement. The matter is in tho hands of tho War Office Contracts Department, which conhols the leather supplies of the country.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 34, 3 November 1917, Page 7
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148£1 STANDARD BOOTS IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 34, 3 November 1917, Page 7
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