TARIFF -AND PRICES
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; Sir,: —AVhen. an inerease.^is-made in the Customs tariff'ret^ile^s immediately .raise the prices \of£their goods, despite the' fact ,that >"ihese .may have been imported long* before/aTchange in the tariff wafe mooted.. I£ "the public complain it' is told'that the-retailers are merely following ■-the .usual business practice. This week" the 'tariff was reduced on a number1 of'items, is it the usual business practiec in such circumstances -for retail prices to be rcdueed immediately? fi ;.lf so, consumers would like to be", informed accordingly, but perhap^ <the iniquitous high exchange prevents i:*:shopkeepers from being lable to ,do vjdstice to eon-sumers.-r-I am,, etc., ■ ; V- J;- .■ X':K '::' .' '■ :--:k ;STONj)EKING.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 13, 16 July 1934, Page 8
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108TARIFF -AND PRICES Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 13, 16 July 1934, Page 8
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