POTATO MARKET
Imports From Canada GROWERS PROTEST By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, September 25. Strong feeling bus been aroused among Canterbury potato growers by the action of the Government in allowing Canadian imports to be sold in the South Island. There is a strong movement on foot to declare “black’’ merchants who are handling the shipment locally, and it is understood that the Farmers’ Union will be asked to stand by local growers. One prominent grower said this morning that, contrary to general belief there were hundreds of tons still available in Canterbury, mostly held in small quantities by small growers. This was the class which suffered most from the disastrous glut last season. A merchant said it was estimated that at least 1001) tons of potatoes remained Io be sold in Canterbury. ’The Canadian imports bad forced the price for local potatoes back from £l7 to £l3 a ton and had made growers suffer in consequence. Canadian potatoes are selling at a price equivalent to a cost of £2l a ton to the buyer. New Zealand polatoes, it. is pointed out, had never reached this figure this season.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 1, 26 September 1939, Page 5
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188POTATO MARKET Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 1, 26 September 1939, Page 5
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