BUTTER PRICES.
PROPOSAL TO DECLARE EXPORTS “BLACK.”
Butler prices were considered ;it a meeting of the Pol one railway workshops employees lasi, vyook. The following motion was carried unanimously: — “That (ins mass meeting of railwayman, Wellington hraneii A.S.R.S, vigorously protests against' th<{ further rise in the price of butter and other staple foods, which only means (hat a corrspomF ing increase in wages is warranted to meet the same. We. ask the support of ail raihvaymen and the outside public to endorse the proposal of declaring all butter consigned for export “black” until a corresponding increase in wages to a!! essential workers is granted from the date of the rise. Further, we seek the. support of all transport workers to protect the well being of all innocent children and adults aga.ius; the strong elements,of profiteering. We ask the Government that if they desire to protect free markets it is their duty to safguard the cit'/.eus from further obligations by grant* ing them their portion of the social-ly-created wealth.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2188, 12 October 1920, Page 2
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168BUTTER PRICES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2188, 12 October 1920, Page 2
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