THE PRICE OF BREAD.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3434, 13 March 1920, Page 4

THE PRICE OF BREAD.

From to-day the pricc of bread throughout the Dominioll is to be s:‘_.d per two pound loaf sold Over the counter, and 6:‘.d delivered. This 211'rzmgcmcnt is genera], and is not lawfully varizlblc. Bakers who have recently been <‘;llarging higher prices are thus placed in an Imon\'inb]o po.s'il'ion_.' as any m('nl}Jcr Of the cumnlmlity n;a_\'

my :: (I}lZl.l'g‘t‘ vi‘ pln!il‘cm'illg ugain-sf*. ‘glmso ’nul<m-_\~ so flouting thv (lee-revs of the .Boal‘d oi‘ ’l‘ra(,ic during the past few worsks. '.l‘his broad price problem is zmotlmr proof that :1 vlimax in high pl‘ivos is being reached; bakers L*dlnml..

with roasoxlablc profit, sell ‘m'u:ld at tho fixed prive while I’!-(‘>“(jI1t’ ~ flour \'ulues are Inailll'uillod, uml the

3mzlsses (‘Zllllloi' I)u_v a .slifi’i<-,ieiwy of ‘bread to keep them in health unless *.\'ag'e.< are (‘.Ul]Sll](_‘l'lll_)ly inel‘ea.<e(l. We View the inliumun .~'pr3vfru'l«‘ Hi’ It i!‘ibunzil, [)l'(‘.\‘l(lL‘ll over by ?l "'u1"""‘”‘ (‘nnrt ju«l_<_re. 'l'_\'in‘-4' to :Iss<=;~.‘.< TU <lt‘liniteiiess just what it costs to iu-op life in people. and n\\'al'«lin.;: it w:ls_l<- in am<oi'<l:liim- with his fimiing; :1 xvage Hint with unii’ol'm. 11031111 and no misfortune a man mi.,Q;lit: be 111310 10 exist upon, without leaving 1:. penny in be set aside for 01d ago, rm-i(1oii1, or ill» iiess to himself or his ‘rfamiiy. We are <zonvin('e(l, t1101'ou;:111_\f, that if Mr Massey spent quai'l‘er of the inoney \\'llSt(‘Cl 011 trying to force down wages, in iionesttly trying to keep down extol"rien. exploitation and pro‘iileel’in_;:. Ihol‘€ \\'J111(1 50011 be an end 10 prim.‘ ami \\'u§,re,- iI‘0111‘)1(‘. }\li' ".\la,ss<‘,\' is mm‘ be,<_»;inning' to be seized frmn ()ppO.<.lll§{ quarters, from the bi'ea(l—s«-11ers and the 1)re:u1-buyers, and his (lifiie.ull'_v is great indeed. If he agreed in the "'x',<c-I's’ demand he would put" an :uldi—timml fii'e.~:ti(_'l< into his ~.-ailwziy 'pow(lel' cask, and by i'ofusiil;,r the bztkers’ demand he -make: 11:05: life as unbearable as so-me ordinary wage earners’ iivcs are. Be it noticed, the agreement with the bakers is (miy for one month; it is pl'Ol'ial).ly pi'vslir.u~.l that

the railway trouble will be over Dy that time, and the demand of the bakers can then be safely granted, Of course, time will disclose What is in the mind of Ml’ Massey, but, no doubf, the underpaid railwaymen will be on the alert against the probability that in 3 month from now another rise in the price of bread and tea will eventuate, and that after June sugar will commence the aviafion vfrick. It. is the common practice to first clinch an agreement with labour, and then ‘rhe Board of Trade gets busy at increasing the price of every life necessary, rendering ‘the worker, if anything, in a worse condition than before.