PRICES COMING DOWN.
MORAL EFFECT OF PROFIT ACT. Tradesmen, fearful of the Profiteering' Act, have to put their house in order. A spontaneous decrease of prices has set iii, says the London Daily Mail. Ciood lounge suits for £4 -Is and :C") 3s are now to he seen ill tailors' windows in the M est End, -where a few ivccks ago nothing of the sort was displayed at less than ,CS Ss. BrnKied morning eoats and vests are offered at ,C 4 17s (Id.
It is now possible to buy woollen half-hose at' 2s lid and .'!s per' pair, silk ties of excellent quality for ,'is lid. men's underwear of medium weight for Cs lid and 7s Jld the garments, and boots at HOs the pair of a quality marked at ;l.'is at the beginning of the summer. Fruit prices a downward tendency also. Apples at -Id and plums Gil and Sd per lb are frequently seen, and the <!d and 5d banana has come to 2id and Sd.
The Profiteering Act Department is receiving letters from all over the country giving news of decreasing prices. "We can only think," said an official, "that the Profiteering Act is having a strong moral effect."
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1920, Page 9
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203PRICES COMING DOWN. Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1920, Page 9
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