THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY.
IH;]['TJ.IHiINO to (he increase in the price of tobacco anil the action of the monopolists in connection therewith, the Wairarapa News ways: Long- before there was any talk of scarcity of production, the epxloiters reduced the weight of the 2u/.., tin to I p'/,'., but charged the >auui, sum (Is) retail. TJien (with the/ war as an excuse) the price wa;?
raised lo Is Id, and now the smoker is to Ik; charged Is 7d. Good tobacco is grown in New Zealand, notably in Nelson and Auckland provinces. In Hawkes Bay a good quality leaf has been produced for .Vears, and a satisfactory tobacco is being manufactured there. Smokers should rqfuse to purchase another ounce of. tobacco until prices are fairly adjusted by the Board of Trade, and meantime every effort should be made to establish the tobacco industry in our own country. There is every good reason why the State should step in here. 'Better a State monopoly, with all protits (and they are enormous) accruing to the Government, than the further building up of a monopolistic syndicate suelf as that which now controls the tobacco market.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2080, 20 January 1920, Page 2
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191THE TOBACCO MONOPOLY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2080, 20 January 1920, Page 2
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