THE PRICE OF WOOL

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 14, 11 October 1919, Page 8

THE PRICE OF WOOL

Sir,-Tho loiter of "Producer" in today's Dominion shows P pal ?l^„J ho does not mind the public .being "fleeced" so long as ho shares 111 the fleece With 55 per cont. advance on his wool,'with 110 expenses for hrokeragoj with a rising .tendency out;he luhs part—subconscious perhaps^-on? hat was a very eat'efnetory priw in 1914; 1 reducer*' is not doing too badly, as there is no extra effort or expendihiifl ify him to warrant the addition. Producers seem to want it both' W ®l 3, duty or increases on what thc> ua, with no limit in price for what the> stu. Manufacturers would be P' ca -? d a 70 per cent, incrcnso on 1914 prices, ltliextra effort in energy or expense Manufacturers ate no. more responsible for the prices paid for thcirconniiodi; ties bv the consumer, than is . Protlwocr' for the nrice his wool is bringing in England. Ho should try to remember that, and modify his/rancour against a class beset by'worries and pr°bloins wiknown to the man who rises from lus bed 1 icher bv 70 per cent, through the raising his hand to drive a nail. ™ tetter in to-day's issue is greed personified—l am, etc., INDUSTRY.