THE COST OF LIVING.
Roporbs in English papers suggest that the cost of living is to .receive another "boost," in th e shape of higher pri-ceg for 'hoots and shoes, says the Press. The secretary of one of the largest organisations in the iboot trade asserts that the tprice of leather 'lias advanced as much as 30 per cent, in some cases. No dates, however, are mentioned, so one does mot know when* this advance took place. It is due, we are told, to •the shortage of hides, arising from the decline in the world's Supply of cattle, and from the ravages of drought—time and place being unspecified. The falling-off in. the consumption of meat ig also said to be a factor.in the situation, while the demand for leather for upholstering motor cars and for coats for motorists, the popularity of large leather, bags among ladies—a fashion which has apparently died a well-deserved death—and the revival of the leather bel't as part of a lady's costume, are all mentioned ascontributmig to the scarcity. It seems that 'next to artificial india-rubber, the article that the world needs most is a good substitute for leather.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10688, 7 August 1912, Page 4
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193THE COST OF LIVING. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10688, 7 August 1912, Page 4
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