THE PRICE OF MILK.
TO THE KDIXOB or "THE rBESS." I Sir,—Now that the dairymen junr fixed the price of milk for the beasogpi would liko to protest, against the » t , treatment wo have received. Iso <£mp the public are not awaije wholesale vendors are tho cause ofi,M|k increase These seem to havei.liiiap,-| all their own way, charging, as 5 lOd and Is a gallon to the provides horses, traps, etc., to dolyraU.i,< at a profit of 8d a gallon, which, wot. . deducting bad debts, etc.. leaves a v*y k small margin. The majority of men*? with their own cows inform me to»v milk just now could be sold for_4d *. quart, and had it not been for wholesaler, would bo giving the puww? the benefit. You might say, why doni they do itP Simply because the B», who is forced to buy milk would finjLjrbt impossible to compete, but, thank gowh i; ness, the one-herd man will do noJuK--justice to his fellow-man, and dettnVtf him of his living. No, it's the wnow* } galer who has the cream of the busfaetf. Hoping this will give the public MB# , idea of the way our foodstuff prices ait •* controlled. —Youre, etc., ■ {?
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16357, 31 October 1918, Page 8
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198THE PRICE OF MILK. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16357, 31 October 1918, Page 8
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