IREELAND'S HIGH DUTY
TO INDUCE WINTER TRADE
' ■■ ■'■ :'';;::;:i;oND0N, 21st -March/ ■■■ Regarding the Free State butter duty, the Tariff Commission has recommended a permanent duty of 4d a lb. The "Economist's" Dublin correspondent, says the alleged- justification for the recommendation is that it will stimulate.winter dairying in the Free State and.remedy the old evil:of irregular production throughout .the The immediate effect of I the tariff has been to the price.and cause_ much dissatisfaction among consumers in'the towns. It,is difficult to believe that farmers will be-so altruistic as to resist "the temptation to cease butter production during the summer for a; higher winter price, ■'" ' • ■■■ ~:- " • '.; •\ .■■-■. . The Minister of Agriculture -has intimated that any such action would be considered, a ground for .revising or repealing the' duty,: but no machinery has been provided to prevent it. ■■'■■■■,
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 12
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132IREELAND'S HIGH DUTY Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 70, 24 March 1931, Page 12
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