SOARING PRICES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3385, 14 January 1920, Page 2

SOARING PRICES.

WHl'l"l3 LEAD AND WALL I‘.-\!.'l‘lßS I Prices for almost all ii‘-.1p,-.‘.at’ioxm‘ continue to soar sky-higAh———and the. CHI is not yet. There. is not 7|. nlr2r—l clmrit or indent agent but who can! tell a desp'.lil'illg tale as to thhe main] nor in whiah lingg he is inte~'e.~'led in are jumping in price, and none. can give any idea ‘as to wllen the si‘.l=lt‘.on is likely to become easier, t.‘:le-.-3 be ing apparentl‘_y no solution t) the myriad problems that are fa-cxszig manufacturers abroad. One indent firm in W'ellillgt«m, \\'h'*‘.! ll:lI‘.(_ll(_‘~‘. ll‘ larg,-‘e number of r:;__~;11oi was lunler:‘ring the fact th.l't =..«’l\'(-was ‘ hurl been I'c<'ei\'eil -stating ih:),t the ;u'iu;-e of \-shite leutl was quot-.~.l (ml l.oln‘lnnl at £75 5/ per ton, ‘.\'l\'.3'il nzeaul £5.90 to £95 a ton in New _7. 11,-‘ land_ America was in such :1‘ 1_:li:-$11‘ that She could not quote, llllJ‘1'C"‘."l ur<_linaril_v the bulk of Cur ivhite .t‘ll(i came from that country. Austi-:iT.i;in prices were :1 little easier, but in that case they, as ‘a rule, took their 0110 froni the London price, so 111-it there was very little hope of relief from i that quarter. 'l‘he prewar price for white lead Was, from £25 to £27 10/ 'per ton. The prices of all varnishes l\vel'e also Soaring. Only this week : agents in Wellington for some Anlerilosm. Vt1]'lllSlll?s had received orders by ‘cable to eaiicel all lists, meaning that lfor tlrw time» being they were unable l l to quote at all. . i Another alliccl line that was re—| lflectiug the prevailing‘ appreciation! l was wall papers. A erablegrain was‘ l I'ee.eived as late as Monday lastlfromfi l London a(lvisiug' the New Zealand ag‘-I l ents of a 20 pr er-nt rise, and Amerileau n1'_lllllfR(flLll‘('!‘:1 in that. line canlcefled all lis':: for the present. ! i<‘ro;n his C-Crrespoutlenec our in~ .l'nr:~.’::ln. (lzwluztecl that labour was the _ lrsx-at of the trouble. Not only was. lslciliml labour (lllllclllt to secure, but lthe nxen, whilst receiving wages equal to double the pro-w:\.l' rates, were only producing‘ about lralf the quan-l lity. In that manner was labour answeriug -theh urgent call for Inol'e intense production. The “go-slm_v” microbe hail infected the whole world of labour, and the public had to pay. I the piper Such coiiiclitions, the Domin- ‘ ion informant opined, could o::~]_v hapoured by a big slump, which possibly‘ was not -so far off as some people imagined. ‘ I