CHEESE-CRATES AND BUTTER. BOXES.
■p . Difference m : -peices..'. ■■ ! ; At tbe annual meeting of the Egmont Box , Company .it'.' wasV.sta'ted!-, :by /the ihairman (llr; Jacob Marx) that tho net return on the prices charged for the timber used iii:.,lie-;'maAu£a(itnre l of • butter? ■155.:,,8.c1. ) t-and-,;fpr , the timber, used in the ,-tnaking.<;bf: cheese crates 13s. Mr. : T. O. Hodgson considered that there should' be a .readjustment '.prices'. It. was not fair to the, butter-inalcers that; they sbould 1 be charged 25;.-Bd. per'loo feet more than was charged to the' iiheese-making factories. ; j ; In : reply ( .Mr.:llarx:said that the company bad to make,a cut.in the..prices of cheese crates, owing to the cut prices . being. offered by. a proprietary. .firm. There was no' doubt' that-.the" increased , of: the company, .which was. .'bipught. about ~,liy_._t 1 1!e..-.iiianufactufe of oheSse . crates;'fnad^also,-'Been .of ■>'great', :benefif v "It; wa?'neceSsary''!thttt-thete-should :b'e' a little give -and take on both sides \at times. .'Buring■ the■ coming year there 'would be a considerable saving.oE'freight' on cheese cases—as. the company - intendr ed cutting the battens for cheese at-tho Ohutu' Mill. This saving would probably,, more than make difference otftthe/' cost, -i;'«« '■'; ..■: ,, / ■>■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 896, 16 August 1910, Page 10
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