FROZEN MEAT TRADE.
RECORD BRITISH IMPORTS. CONTROL MAINTAINS PRICES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Feb. 22. Weddel’s review of the meat trade shows that the imports for 1920 to the United Kingdom were 810,415 tons, which was 20,000 tons in excess of any year in the history of the trade. The natural assumption that lower prices would result had been falsified through the Government adoption of the policy of holding up stocks in this country and at the same time selfing in foreign countries part of the supplies purchased for the United Kingdom. The Government policy of holding was just what would have been expected from any financially strong
speculator ojying large stocks, and certainly worked out successfully as far as profitearning or avoidance of loss was concerned!. The taxpayer has ‘ gained by the consumer being compelled to pay inflated prices for meat. Food control has become a synonym for increased cost of living.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1921, Page 5
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153FROZEN MEAT TRADE. Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1921, Page 5
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