THE C.O.D. SYSTEM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir, —"Hands Across" does not fairly state the case. Shopkeepers are not ardent supporters of the C.O.D. system, which cuts into their trade. Army boots cannot now be bought in the United Kingdom for 6s 6d, as the stocks of ' genuine post-war Army boots are exhausted. J The prices of better grades of footwear made in New Zealand are about the same as that of the imported article. In the cheap, poorer wearing lines, generally with compo -fillings, New Zealand is beaten through having to pay about 15 per cent, more for materials and 100 per cent, higher wages. New Zealand made woollen underwear costs slightly less than the imported articles of the same quality, 1 and woollen singlets can be bought for j considerably less than 12s 6d each. If New Zealand workers buy imported goods their earning power will suffer through loss of employment in the faci tories and interdependent occupations. Let "Hands Across" beware lest his i wage ceasea or is reduced to a rate ! competitive with the overseas worker. — Yours,, etc., NEW ZEALANDER.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19344, 23 June 1928, Page 17
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