PROFITEERING.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 May 1920, Page 5

PROFITEERING.

FARMERS DISCUSS THE Profiteering was discussed at the ference oI the 'farana'ki Farmers' yestcrduy, the matter being brought by the following remit, moved by Mills, on behalf of the "That in the opinion of this the steps taken so far to prevent fiteering are totally inadequate to effectual," . , In speaking to the remit, Mr. said that the Dominion had been with industrial unrest, a great which was founded on a legitimate ance. There were a number of whose wages had not gone up in tion to the cost of living. A Government employees were mid in some cases lie thought they good grounds for their fanners lie thought they should whether there was not some the unrest. They could sec the the Government, that if they increasing wages there must be a risi in the iMat of living, a further increase of wages. the duty of the Government to do thing to keep the cost of bounds. There they had failed. , about the price of bengine and sny at Honolulu? ( what about the price of ' He also instanced a case llrm had to pay an agent "5 per handling stuff it used io lmpa**. Mr. Washer seconded. ' Mr. Ruskin held that there profit in farming with butter and land at lvigh prices than in the old days with butter fat pound. The farmer should man who wtis receiving wages not enable him to meet the living. . • Mr. Maxwell said the que&tion complex that it was difficult Government to solve it. Trade was given fairly wide asked the public to report any of profiteering, so who was It was hard to put one's finger particular man who was the any particular commodity. wholesale co-operative concern 1 land that supplied 25,000,000 20,000,000 of whom were its holders. This concern had iiahed with the object of cheaply as possible, yet they peftple in the Old Country were ing under the cost of living. sidered that the go-slow policy, lation. of the currency, and the extravagance were the main the high cost of living, Th« temiX »m