WAR ON PROFITEERING
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE
EFFECT OF CONSUMERS' LEAGUES
By TalograplL-Press Associfttion-Oosyriijlil (Rec. August 10, 11.30 p.m.) Paris, August 10. The war against profiteering continues. Leagues of •consumers are actively controlling prices in each district, visit markets and shops, compare the prices with those in the central markets, and warn shopkeepers if they aro overcharging that unless they reduce prices they will report them to tho police. The prices of food sometimes fall 40 per cent. Demobilised soldiers are also starting cooperative buying associations for food, clothiug, and household requirements.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
POWERS UNDER BRITISH BILL. London, August 9. The Profiteering Bill empowers local authorities to enter into 'business, and empowers the Board of Trade to investigate costs, prices, and profits.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 7
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126WAR ON PROFITEERING Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 7
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