The Tobacco Trade.
A STATE MONOPOLY ADVISED. Melbourne, Feb. 24. The Royal Commission on the tobacco industry, in its majority reports, finds there has been a falling off in local factories owing to the existence of a combine, which has also caused a decrease in locally grown leaf, reduced wages, and led to the employment of women. The effect to growers has been disastrous, because they were placed at the mercy of one buyer, who fully used his opportunities. The Commission recommends that the industry be made a Government monopoly. It estimates that £1,400,000 would be obtained in duties, and further recommends that the matter be submitted to a referendum of the electors. Senator Grey, in a minority report, says the evidence heard by the Commission rather than justifying a State monopoly was entirely against it. He denies that the combine has a monopoly, and still less is it injurious to the trade. He considers the figures of his colleagues in regard to the estimated profits are entirely fallacious.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3617, 27 February 1906, Page 2
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169The Tobacco Trade. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3617, 27 February 1906, Page 2
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