A WORKER'S COMPLAINT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 67, 22 March 1915, Page 2

A WORKER'S COMPLAINT.

[To The Editor Stratford Post.l Sir, —That the people of New Zealand are. being taken down badly in connection with the price of flour is very evident. Some time ago Hon. Mr Massey, speaking in connection with our wheat supply, said there was enough wheat in New Zealand to last till next harvest. Now, if this is so, why does the Premier not take steps to see that the people are not exploited as they are at the present time? We never heard of a wheat shortage before the war, and we have sent a few thousand troops to the front, which should have eased the consumption of flour a great deal. The Premier has also imported a good many thousand bushels of wheat, which should have gone a good way to cheapen the most necessary of all foodstuffs (flour). The Preinstead of handing the wheat over to the millers, should have taken charge of the mills and ground the wheat and allowed the people to obtain the flour at cost price, instead of allowing the millers to make such huge profits. After all, who are the biggest enemies of the people? I say they are those who are at the present time exploiting the people right and left, and the Premier and his Party calmly stand and look on and don't do anything to try and stop this state of affairs. Some people are inclined to think the bakers are to blame. Now, when flour was about half the present price, bread was 7d, and now, with flour about double the price before the war, bread is lOd. It is quite evident that the bakers are losing money now, or they must have made big profits before the war. And our Borough Councillors do not believe in protesting against this sort of thing. For the sake of those who are in need of assistance they should have entered their protest, seeing that almost every other City, Borough, and County in New Zealand have done so.—l am, etc., ANOTHER WORKER.