CLOVEN HOOF OF FOREIGN INTEREST

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10698, 17 October 1931, Page 3

CLOVEN HOOF OF FOREIGN INTEREST

Sir T. Wilford Denies ; Exploitation. I PLEA FOR EMPIRE TRADE. London. Oct, 15 Sit Thomas Wilford, at a luncheon on the Tainui, which brought 40,000 boxes of New Zealand butter, declared that the price of New Zealand butter was exactly the same as a year ago and several pence lower than four years ago. "Whenever the suggestion is made that Xew Zealand is deliberately exploiting the economic situation to raise the price to the British public. I invite you to look for the cloven , hoof of foreign interest and help to nail that lie.” Ho made the statement, he said, because of the allegation that the Empire producers were the first to raise the price of butter following the economic crisis. “The facts are.” he added, "that the stimulation of butter production in the Dominions for the past three years has conferred an enormous boon on British housewives. As Empire production went up. the price to the housewife desccncded until at one period of this year they were able to purchase the, 'hurst butter for Is Id a pound. "If the Empire supplied all Hie hut ter for Britain an additional £20.no.ooo per year would circulate within the Empire,’' said Sir Thomas.