AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3524, 10 July 1920, Page 7

AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.

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_tiulldre<lls of im,lividllul~' are beginning to carry long faces bec:lu.s'e their busine.s:s.:uld‘ their pleasure are ‘profoundly affected. by the rise of sugar from :3;d Cl‘ therearbouts to Sixpence 21 pmmd. There is any amount of evidence that the ilxc.:'e:lse<,l cost coln'nined with the’ somg-.\vll:lT‘ lilr_lited qu:mtities of the liVbi(luitou:~: crystals is going to unclermiue much of the sweetness of existence. ;\lcrc.h:l.nts complain that the profits p.el'mitted by the Government prices do not cover the expenses ineumed, grocers are (trying because tlxey have to handle sllgur at :1 loss, makers of biscuits, ulretuly, HCCO!'(fllng to I'eliubl.c-. e.\'pe.rt>‘. are working out. increases that range froin :1 h:Llt'penn_y to t_wr_>pellce per ‘pound to pass on to the ]>ul'ehasers of their \\':ll'es; nlakel's of jam are consideving how much they will have to ‘put on to their prices, anal wqrst of all an iniinediilte rise t'h:.xt will \':u'_\' l)et'\\‘een 2:3 tlllfil :30 mu‘ cent. is pl'e<l;i:vte<‘: in ‘the w‘nole.<nle price of loc:1lly—11mrle COIlf0(!l'iOn(—?l‘}'. 'I‘HE ~s;\L\Ll. <:c>:<l“zi:(7T_xo.\*lan. lfenple wlno (-el't:l‘inly are in :1. pusi« tien to know the real .~‘it11:1t.iO11. eon-el-rnins_v <-un‘r'e«-t'lollex'y ere sketching :x \'<‘'.'_\' [llo\ll'llfl/ll 1.-icture of the future. To be-giil with tlu.-‘y sza_\f ulnm.~'t, everyu'm- has :1 sweu’-I tenth. :x.lld their ex ]a‘,*}‘i(:n('.e luvs l.>eell that people 'sinlpl_v will buy Lclimolutes and .lol:l‘ies_, no 11::-.i'rC*:‘ wlxat the price: And 21]’. imli-

(-:xt'mns point in an illcx<'.‘v..=".‘ fimf will rzmpx‘ from 23.5 to 60 per cent in tho «rofuil cost of s‘.vo<}fs lnade klocnfly.

“This is going to 11:1V0 u ‘c‘:uc-I effect on dnviens of the kvC'[3i‘l'S 0? sum]! .<'.\‘(>».x-sllops,” u g('nllom:'ln pointed out. .\l.:an_i.' of these pt-opic earn their living by Iheir littleshops that do a good 110::

tlou.‘ of busine>:s in svuuzll sales. No i::;:_gcl' nwill 5-he thrcepuuuy bag of ‘mllies be waiting to seduce the llcart u':‘ the small boy going into :1 picture show. 'Thel'P wi}l .<uon be nothing exnvpg rubbish for :In_\'thing ‘.9.<.~= than .<.ixponco, and us a mul‘tL-1' of cold. haul fact,_. even to-d:l_v :1 \'m‘_\' snmll qll:lutil'y of’ (143001)! s\\'eets or candies can be ]jull'«:hnsod (*vexl'fol' 21 shilling. No FIG L'l{ I-is .v-\\';\ll'...\Bl .1«:. With the si‘.«*n<'«.~ pl'eH(*l‘V'(*d by the (:‘-ovul'nlnmlt on the question of who s_§<‘i‘s the prulit of the i11<:1'o:1se, nobody who i 3 \'.'iHing' to talk van give :|llything but I'. ;_;‘ll<>s.< of the true position. Grnrtors throughout‘ ihn. whole J’)<>mininn are cx')'ixlg :Ibout their 10.<.~'c-.< in h-:.ln(Hin.g .s‘llg;:n'. and lE9 Board of 'l'l':‘.«lu has :Ilx'P:ui_\' howl zxmn-ua<-11(-(1 tn

«_-':\'r.- .<om4‘ cnnSid9l‘:ll'i(>il to the cost nf ulll.~'i.d(> .~~'m'vi<:c. ’l._'lw Bonn] is now J-plwn-t-m,l to 11-.l\'u‘ saru'li(nlo(l (31.0 pm‘ pnunrl for su-s;‘-ar 1)mc:1((awl and delivvrml, but 1113,; priw must" be z112t11()1'i.~'m1 by (“zlbilwl bof'm'<-. it 1)0<101uw:< 1’:1t1. 'l‘lw :nr\:'C’n:ml‘ (1095 not make mmngh ‘profit

tn :-m'¢_-r"uis (>\'al'h(':_:v.! v.?h:ll'_{;‘l‘-.<. \\'hivh are e.~'tim:llod on the fl\‘C2':lf_,;‘<‘ at 10 [my «rent. In r‘!'.(*. u.‘-‘.59 of rho ,9;r<,u-vl' who is lution()<l. um! who has to retail the crys‘.:lls in 5:111:11} pn.ck.gts. the <3.->.<l: of }l:ma]ling. is (:onsidel'ed to In‘

n(;*;'[lillf_;‘ t~‘Vil¢)l‘7" Of 2U }){‘l‘ (‘.Pl)f.,» S 0 116‘ loses on H2O don]. l?0t:1i1(-‘.1':‘ in Mll9l‘ ('(‘nl‘l‘L‘S :I.l'o ::.<l;ing if the pl'.°<"(‘ in the South will hp :u':'ungx:-:1 so Hl2ll‘ they

run m\'«_'».- t’:*(-‘-i«_vhl uiivi c.:’xl‘t::gi> 1-«>315. .\s fzw flu‘ e-_\".r:l n:ml<>_x_' <:mnin,<_:‘ in from 1})" r.ia=l::'«-.m.<c«l r,-n.~;1.<, Htc) <.lv2‘l]vr.~‘ he.'r(-‘- h:z‘»'<' \'(‘l‘_\' little in ;_;o upon in 11mki11}__;j rll<_'ix'§lfll<‘s.<c-.<. 'l_‘lley know Hm pl:ln3.ol‘.< in Fiji are got“rirxg,',lllm'(- for tho (‘ZlllL'-‘_. lire)’ utlmft that an export «hlt'_\' h::.< 10 hr paid, :Ind'thoy 2111‘ quite sure that the I-umpany gets mm'e mom-y 111n'lor the new :u'r:ln{.,*onlmnt ihnn umlr>x' the old. The Ruzml uf? 'l'l':l<;!c> is uh~ (luv,-.~:tood (Q lmvo mzxfc a vlcuz-I'—cul stzltvment.

iߢ+si4.los this -,1 guntlrenlz;ui pointed out this morning that ‘ilie .l-Eoznwl of’ '.l‘ru(',lo has nnmlc rl;-0 statomeiit that the GovCl’YlIl1(‘Ill' will got‘. 21 profit out of Sllgéll‘. Yet no oul‘.~‘i<lm‘ can talk with cerl:zLillty of the actual ligures. so nobn(l_\' can say “lie is getfiilg the biggust: profit. (“oi't:lin‘:_v if is no‘. tlui) Inc~r4-lmnl‘ or the <_;'z'ncel', and it ié goriemlly held that the retailing g;l'ocvr is in the s\'m'.~:l' po:<ition of all with Gov(‘l'nxm>nt v()nt1':_»llC(,l siigau" at Ual ‘Jl’ (3~jLl :1 }_i..mnLl. It i’r(-uly pi-9(li<:tv{l rlmi m:ln_y <,»flt.!;<': small SWGCT-Sl‘:()pS will llu.\‘o to close LlO\Vl‘._. tllal Llllnlfi will cost; mucli nlm'cg. bisclxils will l1J(:1'0:1:~‘O in price, and, in 175101;, all the lmmlrml and one tliingg wlxere s:uga‘r‘ is an ingredient «-131 be advanced. In this case it is: small cosolafion to know flml su,g‘:ll' is still Cll.C£l[l£‘l‘ in New Zealand tllzu‘. ::n_*,".':l:err.* else in the world. A letter of recent tls.t'¢.) <-:lrx'iml infu"m:llio.n llml in lifxtgltiml it is still I':nimle:‘l. and (:()Sl.~t 1/2 :1 pound. It znust’ be l'(‘m('1‘.)l‘JC!'("(l z"lm.‘r #11011» is pl':nr:~ tinzilly :1 \\'orll.l sin-:‘l'a_:g'e of sug‘.u'. for

Hm Izn'g'o be-<-":.—.=<‘.lg_r:n' L-'ountl'ies we're n:«>.~'H_\' in the mu‘ rcmm, and their output‘ \'9.nE,<‘:so(i almost enti"r‘lj»' dllrinj__rHw 1'»:-1‘i<)d of hosi-ilities. ‘ 1..