THE PRICE OF BOOTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3460, 14 April 1920, Page 2

THE PRICE OF BOOTS.

INCREASES ANTICIPATED.

OPINION .I.N I)L'=N.I*IDL\'.

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There has been 21 :<llg‘;_7;us+io.l that t‘l_- ]__‘li(:(‘ of {’oot.wezlr might be ‘u-r,lm*cd in the near future, owing ‘.O 1;(-;~.\-y i}.lpr_\ltul.iolls of .~\.ustl':llian-mid}. bcms. A M-pc:'tcr who illvcs!i‘;".*". xhc muttcr yesterdzty found flmit this t-pin:c:l is scented by the boynzulic-15. ‘:1 Dnneé‘iu_, who, on rhc ccuL.'::l'v, :11|i~

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rlr ix said tliat neu:.'l,' :11‘. Ihe l.‘()‘lLb‘ .Lu.‘,.ll;li:—l can 1n:1x111f:,1::€1r.e :1? :l;«- pm-~ sent time are needed for 1.1(.‘1.’1.> sun sunn_)li.en_. anal furthexj H11‘; e\"e.'l ls.lglish firms are placing large. orders in A -sl_r:;li:\. One firm olfezwtl to buy the xzluele output of :1 latge .\I-:?11'AH-H! fzulu'y at :1 50 per coat .'ulv«11W0 ,In proof of his clisbelief in any imTniediute prospects of relief from Auev 'tl‘ailia, one dealer stated that orders which he had placed in November mid December of 121st". year were still unfilled. He also made the &S_l2o‘.l'lSlllllg‘ statement Tlluf. :1 line of l~luglish—m:lde box calf ‘boots would cost £3 15/ :1 pair landed in New Zeuland. ’l‘he warehouse shelves, he said, were empty, and it was almost. impossible to book up a. line of any kind. He did not anticipate any drop in the market for the nex't 'l2 nionths, and thought that only the resumption of nl:lnufae‘curing in Germany and other Enro_pe:ln countries would bring relief. In reply to an enquiry as to whether the high price of t'ootu'e:n“\\'as liaving any effect on -the sales, -.1 dezller said that um:loubl'eCi'ly w:lg(,--e:ll'nel'.~:K were more careful in fTleir buying, and were sometimes unable to purchase at one time the two or 't'“l:.ree pairs of boots that a. young family needs. Despite the high price of boots and shoes, he assel'te(l th-. 11; the retui.lel's were not: making undue profits, but he agreedt -tlint the in(;T‘eased price was not on-1 tirelv attributable to the increased cost of manufaetu’ring.) ’\'Vllo’is gob! ting the extm money he could not say.

It seems as if there is room here for an interesting" investigafion by The Prices Investigation Committ.oc.