Wheat Prices
Sir,— May I reply to your correspondent, Mr. McKellar, re the price of wheat Going back to the riots in England over the corn laws, let us remetnber the people there demanded a free loaf of bread and the Government had to repeal the law. Tax what you like, they said, but let us have cheap bread. The Government did not protect their farmers, and enabled the bakers to get their flour where they liked and in the cheapest market. They recognised it was imperative poor people should have their chief food at the lowest price and free of any taxes. Is it more profitable to rear stock than grow wheat if unprotected? Well, the sheep fanners evidently are not making it pay. —I am, etc., STAFF OF LIFE. Wellington, August 4.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 267, 6 August 1932, Page 13
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