THE PRICE OF BOOTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 33, 7 February 1906, Page 8

THE PRICE OF BOOTS.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. With regard to the rifie in, the.price of boots the local manufacturers stata that not only in leather but in-' all af* tides of boot manufacture, such as lfo" ing, etc., there had been a gradual, i?" crease inj|rice extending over the las» twelve Some of the wholesale men here have already imposed the Hi" \ crease,\not wishing to make "two,bites of a cherry," and it is clear that -a general increase all round will be made almost immeditely. Of course the price of hides has accounted for the forwarjl movement, but it is rumoured that an increase of wages lias helped to render this action necessary. One largo Christchurch importer is emphatic that America hac come into the movement, tro* another thinks a rise of 10 per cent, would be a "benefit" to the manufafr turers. One immediate effect woul * ~* an increase of importation. Wb" admitting that the English manufacturers have inaugurated the present movement, he states that he has received no notice of an advance from America, a 10 per cent, rise here, he declares, wm play right into the hands of thetfjntta. States, for, whereas American boots can compete successfully now Jg Zealand article, a rise in the iaw» without a coiTesponding increase ol would.be fatal to the local-• out pnfc During January he (my "pressed" to order largely tion of the February rise, but thULgJ ing, he thmke, w quite u » acco °°Ss« tariew of the fact that^-. their stocks the manafecOTta w»^