THE PRICE OF FLOUR
! ' 'f PROTECTION FOR'. MILLEKS;U ; i ■■■• ?The Minister of Agriculture':(tlie; ; Hon. '" AV. D. S. Mac Donald) stated;':., yesterdfty ,'. ' that the Government war Kotrig" to, see i'• •■ ■ th^t'th,e^millerß"'did: l noVe»fferJ;iiii i iujua- '■■ ticeMn-connectiohiwifh .tthe -price; :iixed ■' ; 'Die price 1 ■' of.'Jjour was fixed last year'-at:>Bls;los.- ■ ■;' r: a ton, when wheat was costing 6s- Id. ; per bushel, whereas tho Goyerninent- '■<■'.' guaranteed price for wheat this year is .' 6s 6d This is stated io mean that the millers could not profitably sell .flour this year at the present maximum price. '■ rriie'vMiiiist'er" indicated 'that 'the pneo i ■ flf flour,- and ihereforbTof bread, would ■ not l)e raised, but he Stated that the de- '■■■ ■ fails of the ■arrangement that would be ! made by(the ■ Government.,could not yet '. ''■■'■ be announced/- Thers:wuld;be:Somi)thiiig ::'.-. in the-.nature of Government assistance ■ ' to the .millers. ■",;■ _'"
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 130, 26 February 1919, Page 8
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133THE PRICE OF FLOUR Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 130, 26 February 1919, Page 8
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