WAR TIME CONTROL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1943, Page 4

WAR TIME CONTROL

OF BRITISH PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION LASTING EFFECTS POSSIBLE. ON ORGANISATION IN PEACE TIME. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (By reieg ap LONDON, May 28. Informed opinion holds that the widespread war time “telescoping of industry will have important peacetime consequences, because of the encouragement given to amalgamation into larger and more efficient manufacturing and distributing units. The Australian Associated Press financial writer says the social aspects of such a development, as far as the future of the small trader is concerned, are not ignored, but there is nevertheless a growing feeling that distribution costs frequently have been too high in the past and that by reducing these costs a higher reward for producers should become possible, without raising charges to consumers. The Food Ministry’s war time control, the writer adds, has led many to think along these lines where foodstuffs are concerned, even to envisaging organisations like Unilever and Lovell Christmas to assume a semipublic utility status in the post-wai economic setup. ______