THE PRICE OF MEAT.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 524, 28 September 1875, Page 3

THE PRICE OF MEAT.

Sir,— Being the father ot a family, and ft hard working mtn who finds it rhfficul' to make both lends meet, (I assure you I intend no vuLar pun) I should like ihrouph your columns to a»k h pUiu simple question of the butchers of Hamilton, »nd I hope they will hiv>» thn goodnew to answer it in jour nextis-me. If i* thin, Me*eieun», the bat-heraof ffamti-on. will you explain how it is that sellers can drive eat»le from this riistnct to Auckland, with all the eo*t and risk of the j } iraey, an 1 'heu sell meat from 2 « to 3d and -'Tea 4 i per pound leas than you do her*-, Mtftsifeurs, iho butchers of Ha'iulf<»n ? Is it b-eauifl yoa »r« so liberal 'hat you pay exceeding hi*" prices to the cettlers who bree<l the cattle, ver aad -boy* what tii^y (et iv Auckl»'id, or do you put tie big profits into j<»ur own pocketi ? Will you »c q >od enough, ye Knights cf the cleaver, to answer these que«tions, plainly, fnirly. and civilly, without accu ing me of npp«T linenoß in asking tneoi, withoun either calling mean as«, or inainuati i^ th*t I »n degraded enough to murder my Gr»*ndm >t-her in orddr to 8 «-al h-r false teeth An early answer will oblige.— Yours Ac, Paterfamilias Hamilton East, vNepietnb^r 25th. 1876.