TRADE AFTER THE WAR
SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIAL A PROBLEM. London, December ]3. The Press Bureau icports: Mr. Lloyd George, replying to a deputation from the Trade Union Congress, said that one of the greatest difficulties after the war for both neutrals and belligerents would lie in obtaining raw material, but as at present, there was no free movement of goods it was a question for the future fiscal policy. •Regarding food, he said that today he had met American representatives with a view to arranging credits in America for the purchase of food there Ho hoped that the me.it supply vouM he normal in a few weeks, and that by the eummer the production of margarine would be four times that ol 1916. The prices of bread had been reduced by 25 per coiit.. Home-grown meat 7 per cent., and potatoes w pc-i cent.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 70, 15 December 1917, Page 9
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147TRADE AFTER THE WAR Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 70, 15 December 1917, Page 9
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