EDISON SAYS

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 74, 9 August 1912, Page 4

EDISON SAYS

KEFERRIISTr to the high cost of living: "hi no fountry of the world are the p'rimnrV producers making unreasonable profit's, but the merchants and retailers increase prices out of all proportion to the services they render to the community. , ' There is the kernel of the vexed ques* fcion of the high cost of living in these days-. It is not tlw manufacturers (in 'this country, in particular) who are making big profits. It i's the combimition of heavy working' expenses and profits (mnrmfed-nrers , , merchants'. *md retail" us'), all of which iinve to be borne by thr- poor consumer, that makes living no dear. "Then why so many profits and so many'handlings '■' we .hear yon ask, and wt &i% pleased to see- you sr& beginning to waice up. "We have been asking you (as the consumer) that question for the pnjst 18 months. Why should every article that is manufactured b§. sold, in the first placp, to the retailer for his henefit. when' doe? nothing to add to the value of the goods, bub certainly z--)i largely to thoir cost fo the "\Te hte 'the only firra of clothing manufacturers in Now Zealand who make their own rVithin", and sell it direct to the public at first cost, without any shop expenses or profit:-, p.ml o\ir values a.ro therefore absolute bedrock, and cannot be beaten. You are cordially invited to walk upstairs to our warehouse and ■inspect for yourself. It ir- to your interests to give lirt s i-rinl, and it, is ,n duly you owe tn your friends to tell them of -the saving wo cun niak" for you, and there. frown C'lothijig Liunfg. Co., Ltd., Ca.-bol street, (over Craddock, JlcCrostie and Co.si. mid corner of Manchester street, Cdristchurch ('and Klliot!■ street, Auckland (through Strand Arcade).