Wheat and Flour Duties
Sir, —“New Zealander,” whose deity is commonsense, objects to pampering a section of the primary producers with protection, but can see no incongruity in the suggestion that the flourmiller should be protected while the wheatgrower faces open competition. In the name of commonsense why should a secondary industry buy at world parity and sell inside, a tariff wall while a primary producer is compelled to buy inside a tariff wall and sell at world parity ? I wonder which “New Zealander” would prefer—a grist mill with no grist or grist and no mill? Perhaps, Sir, if more attention is given to this most important matter, as your correspondent suggests, it will be discovered that duties, other than wheat and flour duties, influence the price of bread.—l.am, etcWHOLEMEAL. August 31.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 290, 3 September 1931, Page 11
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132Wheat and Flour Duties Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 290, 3 September 1931, Page 11
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