THE COST OF LIVING
Tho cost of living,' so far as price fixation is concerned, was considered at a special meeting of railway officers last week. It was alleged that concerted movement was afoot in one trade ostensibly for the purpose of fixing wholesale and retail prices. ;
The following resolution was carried unanimously:—''This meeting, of rail■wfiy officers views with alarm the action of merchants and grocers combining for the purpose of'fixing the prices of foodstuffs, which action must inevitably recoil to the grave disadvantage of the consumer. The meeting also regards such action, in view of the serious financial position of the country, as being taken at a time When the public are quite unable to meet the slightest increase in, the cost of liv-
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 50, 27 August 1930, Page 4
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125THE COST OF LIVING Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 50, 27 August 1930, Page 4
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