FAIR TRADING

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 151, 23 December 1926, Page 10

FAIR TRADING

"It is all a matter of fair trading," states .tho" Minister of Agriculture, in reference to the Government proposal to make regulations preventing abuses in the packing of fruit and vegetables. Probably only a small percentage of packers will be affectecL by the regulations; but it is necessary that a check should be placed upon these few. By unfair methods they bring discredit upon fellow-traders who are too honest to copy their practices. Some time ago the Government made regulations covering tho packing of small fruits, for the purpose of preventing the salo,

tit sl.ntwl'i't'chW) fi>f example, with a layer of! bl// hoiiikl fruit on the top and wtivoml iiiyoro of small berries underlino Mi, Tlio ii.u.klii(f rogulatiops will Ht'/'Vd «• oimlliir purpose in enforcing Inmost, trading J.iet-iods—quality aei.ort_i»K to wimple, and weight or jtirmsum exactly what ifc appears to be. Wn Imvo no doubt Hint tho majority of traders will welcome t|i)s new proposal, for I hey ltnOw that a good business ti-iii.iot bo built iip.ojtcopt by fair dealing, and Unit the devious ways of tlio few biovitdl-ly cause troubjo and loss to the many.