BACON QUOTA
"PRESENT TO FOREIGNERS"
Hostility^ to the agricultural policy of the British Government is expressed by 'Mr.i H. Holdsworth, M.P., in tho Liberal "Woman's News," his figures being recommended to' Liberal speakers. "For the seven months ending July 31, 1932," ho writes, "we imported from all countrios 0,69D,661cwt. of bacon, for which wo paid £10,968,560. No quota was in existence. For the seven months ending July 31, 1933, when a voluntary quota was in existence, wo imported from all countrios 5,543,822 cwt, for which we paid £17,226,732. We imported during the seven months of this year 1,151,539cwt less than last year, and pair] £258,166 more for the smaller quantity. Last year's price averaged £2 10s 8d per cwt; this year's price was £3 2s 2d, a difference of lls 6d per cwt. For the quantity purchased wo paid £3,187,697 more than wo should hive paid for tho same quantity last year. This is a present to the foreigner in order to raise the price of home-produced bacon, which amounts to 10 per cent, to 15 per cent, of the total consumed."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 105, 31 October 1933, Page 9
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182BACON QUOTA Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 105, 31 October 1933, Page 9
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