THE PRICE OF WHEAT.
TO THE EDITOR. Sm,—l hear that our locsl millers grumble at the farmers for selling their wheat in Auckland without first giving them an opportunity of buying. It is quite certain there is not nearly wheat enough crown in Waikato to keep the mills going, even if the millers secured every bushel, and in order to keep up the supply of flour wheat will have to be imported or the mills will have to shut down; yet in the face of this the millers offer a price below that obtainable in Auckland after paying freight. When the millers import wheat is is quite certain the cost laid down m the mill will be the Auckland price plus rail charges and cartage. From this aspect of the question it seems to me that the millers could well afford to fix a price a shade above the Auckland rates and then be money into pocket by the transaction. If this were done, they would always have the first offer of the wheat naturally, and be placed in the position of being enabled to select all the prime lots,—Yours, etc. Farmer.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3077, 5 April 1892, Page 2
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192THE PRICE OF WHEAT. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3077, 5 April 1892, Page 2
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