OUSTING THE PROFITEER.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3517, 2 July 1920, Page 7

OUSTING THE PROFITEER.

NOVEL SCHEME IN WALES. A novel gebenie for combating pro- j lit coring lias now been at work in Barry, South Wales, for 18 months. | Local allotment holders united, “ pooled’’ their surplus produce, and sold it to the needy at a price 75 per cent, lower than that of local retraiers. They were given permission to use tin outbuilding of a local school, free of charge, and they prospered, for, of Course, they found ready custom. Some time; ago they began to import plums and apples from outside, selling them at 3d and 2LI per lb respectively. the retail prices being 1/3 and 3d. But s oqii the shop prices began to drop, until they eventually came down to the same level. •- So went profiteering in those particular fruits. Thus encouraged, the gardeners imported other commodities. They sold hundreds of oilskin capes, gallons of vinegar, hats, suits, coats, and garden 'implements; and ’fihey had for sale, £2OO worth of boots, shoes, and slippers. That they have “touched the spot” is proved by the fact that local retailers are beginning to move in the hope of “smashing” what they describe as “the working men’s unfair competition.”

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