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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 249, 20 April 1912, Page 9

Profes-or !{(.(.vi\ ;i distinguished Amcrican economic anl lioril\. says that the increased co-t „f living w lii'ch j s j, 0 j n „. ma inl;t in<>(! I hroiisjhout the Enylishspea kinir world is due to the fact'that both I'lniiliiiid and America arc behind the times in rc'o-iird to the distribution of foodstulK Tic points out that, in spite of the dillVrent liseal systems of the two countries, tlicy both complain of hiijh price-. and thi-. he savs, suggosts that the middleman is not responsible for all the 11 oublc. as has .been so frefjucnt.ly staled. Thi' production of food lias been reorganised, also it- transport to the difleren't centres, but the matter of distribul ion ha> been left to itself, with Hie' ic-nlt thai in every city there arc now six 'purvey or-, of food where there should lie .one. In \ew y„ r k movements are aloot to e-tabli-h markets permitting farmer-to -ell 'directly fo consumers, and hntiscwives' leagues have been formed lo discus- the cost of living and surest remedies. °