FLAXMILLING INDUSTRY
"Judging by recent official utterances, the Government is well satisfied wi/ the steps it has taken to keep the flax industry on its feet," writes "Old Timer." "Some of the people actively engaged in the industry find it hard to tune in with the Government's admiration of its own efforts. Under the present high scale of wages it costs approximately £25 10s per ton to deliver hemp to main ports. Prices offering by buyers at present average for the various grades about £16 per ton, so that with the recently increased subsidy averaging £7 10s per ton, hemp is still being produced at a loss. Presumably, all mills, with the exception of the one supplying the contract for the woolpack factory, may shortly have to close down for an indefinite period. According to popular, report, the Government has agreed to payment of £24 10s for unscutched fibre delivered at the woolpack factory. This
equals £27 10s for scutched fibre f.o.b. main ports, and is equivalent to a subsidy of £11 10s per ton. Why should other, mills have to close down because their subsidy is not equal to this?"
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 144, 21 June 1938, Page 8
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191FLAXMILLING INDUSTRY Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 144, 21 June 1938, Page 8
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