BRITAIN'S MEAT.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 30, 5 February 1925, Page 8

BRITAIN'S MEAT.

BUTCHERS' SMALL PROFITS.! A SALESMAN S EVIDENCE, j ONLY TWENTY PER CENT. \ , I-... i-ii:. I'ros* Association. C..p\ right.i ! Received :: p.m." I.i >N In i.v. Frbruan l. I 1..- K0.i.1 t omniissiou liciinl the o\i-cli-n.c ot tc|ircsctitntiic- ol the retail J i.lent trade, including Mr. 11. I,'. Colling,., : i i .'-i.1.-Mi . and other oiTiciuls ol' the National lcclciatic.il of i It.- Meat j I :.oi,-i -' A-5... iai i.ni. who made a point j ■■I tin- siuteini'iii ih-. In ring tin- charges . I |.n liteeriiig I.i retailer* were absurdly , 1111 l mc. ■mill _il per cciii average gross profit on the com. fin-reused supplies could alone i lediic-e ibr price. Hestrii-lions on the importation ~f Canadian cattle should be removed, ami all imported cattle from ihal Dominion placed ..n the same loutnig as imports from Ireland. Hep lying to Mr. Dudley, a member of the Commission, in regard to a statement that importing companies did not control the meat prices. Mr. Collingc expressed the emphatic opinion the importing companies consulted each other and instructed their representatives in ih,. markets concerning price* (A. and N.Z. Cable.,