THE PRICE OF BOOTS.
[ The boot manufacturers in this Doiuuion complain that they Lave trouble in making both ends meet because of the' competition of the uo ported article, and they are clamouring for an increase in the protective duties! We have an intense icspect for those engaged in industrial pursuits, but we are persuaded that if manufacturers cannot make a livir.g under the existing protective duties, it would be better for all concerned if they were to shut* up shop and allow boots to enter the Dominion duty free. The manufacturers wish us to believe that footwear is sold cheaper to-day than it was ten or years ago. It may be s old cheaper by the New Zealand manufacturer. It is certainly not purchased cheaper by the head of the family. The fact of the matter is that the New Zealand manufacturer took advantage of the increased tariff a few years hack to keep up the price of boots, afld now that the imported arti.-le lihh got a. hokl, and wages rrvo im-ivfised, he call s aloud for relief.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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180THE PRICE OF BOOTS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 June 1913, Page 4
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