THE HIDE MARKET.
MR. NEWMAN, MP., WANTS A PUBLIC INQUIRY. By Telpgraph.-.'Press Association. Wangnnm, Match 4. Tn the course of a speech at the Marton Show yesterday. Mr. E. Newman, M.l'., discussed the new position created by the removal of the restrictions on the sale of hides, and he repeated an allegation made by Mi'. (!. W. Masspy, that unde rthe oid scheme raw material was sent across/to Australia, and came back in the form of boots, which were sold cheaper than the Dominion manufactured articleThat huge profiteering had been done to effect th>, was unquestioned, 4 ind he considered that a public investigation should be made, and severe punishment meted out to those who were guilty of the offence of profiteering. It was because of that aspect that fanners now wanted a free market for hides. They did not object to the Government getting whatever profits accrued, but they were strongly opposed to the dealer and tfce manufacture; dividing huge profit;, which rightly belonged to the grower and the ' consumer.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1920, Page 8
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170THE HIDE MARKET. Taranaki Daily News, 6 March 1920, Page 8
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