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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 292, 19 January 1910, Page 5

ALLEGED BOOT RING. Big Advances foreshadowed, but Xu.L' .it the MELBOURXE. A groat deal lias 'oeen heard lately about the increased cost of .-eather. For the last month the Melbourne has boon fairly inundated with circulars from boot and shoo manufacturers explaining, funt "owing to the itigh prices of skins' and hides they are reluctantly con.pclled to advance tN? price of their products. 1 ' The high price of hides is admitted, but '•vhen manufacturers seek to advance the prices of their 1 "; to 2"> n-r cent. the "wnolo tiling of ;i luivofaced attempt to exploit the people. The public is reminded that the Melbourne is not under the control of aviy boot "ring." it is a free anei'.t. and practically controls the ou'pnt of one factory. Prices will remain unchanged nt the *rell>onrno notwithstanding the oflorts of the combine. There's no rltoralion in the prices of menVi bluchers, 4s lid, 5s lid; men's strong shootcs,' '•> Gil; men's chronic bain, sewn, 10s fid; women's leather slippers, sewn solos. 3s lid; women's chrome ward shoes, rubber soles, (is (Id; women's chromo 2-b;ir shoos, 5s lid; women's chrome slippers sown soles, 4s lid; men's splendid water-tights. 14s fid; shoe-ottos and sandals, sizes 7 to 0, 3s 0d; 10 to 13. 4s 3d; 1 and 'i. '4s Od; women's sizes 5s fld. tan or black; and the famous line of men's welted high-grade weltod boots, in box-calf, glace kid and willow ca'f, at 16s 9d, worth 2os.—Advt.