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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 34, 8 February 1917, Page 10

€xit -ft jaibbleman. I HE establishment in Auckland of the first State Heat Markets In New 111 I I Zealand drives a large-sized: nail.into the coffin of tbe "Middleman," by _ f %_"_/ setting the seal of Government approval upon ihe principle of "Direct llßil To'most people, this dispensing: with the middleman, and the consequent I il cheapening of the products he was wont to handle, comes in the light of a I fi welcome innovation, but in reality it harks back some 700 years, to the time II M when Henry m. sat upon the throne of England. In one way, at least, the "reign I 111 of Henry must have been quite a Utopian period, for one of his Statutes recites:— § ... "Especially be it commanded that no forestaller be suffered to dwell IlllililH in any town." 1j [I It defines a "forestaller 1 ' as "a man who, seeking his own evil gain, goes to !fl meet corn, flsh, herrings or other articles for sale, as they are being brought by | ifl land or water, carries them off, and contrives that they shall be sold at a dearer ! iiijl rate." fiijijjltt Such a man, the Statute declares, "is the public enemy of the whole com- j i 1 munity and country. He that is convict thereof the first time shall lose the things ||| 1 so bought; the second time he shall have judgment of the pillory; the third time HI he shall be imprisoned and .make fine. 'And this judgment shall be given upon Hrt 9 all manner of fores tillers; likewise upon those who have given them counsel, help ||| or favour." || |Hi Who amongst ua shall say that men have grown wiser in the past century, fl j jfi when laws like these have fallen into disuse, and that erstwhile public enemy the 111 "Forestaller" or "Middleman" allowed to flourish like the proverbial green bay fl tree? fl The title of Pioneers of the "Anti-Middleman" movement in New Zealand . | may fairly be given to the Crown Clothing Company, for it is now seven years [I IB since they inaugurated their "WHOLESALE TO THE PUBLIC" method of Suit fl trading, by which tbe general public are enabled to buy direct the high-grade |i II Suits manufactured by this Company at genuinely WHOLESALE rates, thus avoiding the heavy come-between profits of the middleman. The Crown Clothing |ll|l Company specialise in "CROWNALL" Ready-to-wear Suits, high-grade garments I j I which gained the Gold Medal and Special Award at the recent Auckland Exhibition; ml but, if the Suit may be made to measure, tbe wholesale rates still pi applying. D Auckland men have 'graduallyybecome alive to the tremendous advantages of. . m j!lfl this system, by which practically'two suits, in quality, style, fit and finish the filljn equal of the best tailor-made, can be procured for the price of one under the i Jnl old system, and the demand for "Crown" Clothing has grown apace. mlim The present high cost of living may be appreciably reduced by first cutting Ml 1 tbe Clothing bill in half, by means of the Crown Clothing Company's standing - lijjjjjfl offer to satisfactorily fit and please tbe most exacting purchaser of "Crown" Ztji ! Suits, or willingly refund any money paid. Hi I QTroton Clothing dTompanu, 111 ELLIOTT STREET (through Strand Arcade) - AUCKLAND. il

|g\ DON'T WEAR A TRUSS. _W$W& MR ' SM * TH . SOLE CONTROLLER OF THE BROOKS Wg(lB0 RUPTURE, APPLIANCE CO., N.Z. Immediate Relief. ' ' -Absolute Cure. Mark Smith. Office address, for 2 weeks ,mly ' U ' Ph «nix Chambers, Queen St., Auckland, 9-1, 2-5. __S-_lt_f__S__i and 6,3 ° to 8 ' Mention this paper and write for booklet.