WHY NOT FREE MARKET?
"I would like the public to know that potatoes are obtainable at a priqe," said Mr. A. Bennett, secretary of the Wellington Retail Fruiterers' Association, today. "We could obtain potatoes from the growers, but we are not allowed by the Government to pay them more than £20 a ton, nor are they allowed to take it.' I think the Government made a mistake in fixing the price. Before that was done there were potatoes on the market, and it was better for people to be able to buy, even at 6d a lb, than for both retailers and public to be without potatoes. If the market were free, we could obtain supplies, and retailers would not object to paying growers a fair price, so long as they had potatoes to offer the public. "I know of one retailer who is obtaining a supply from the south, and probably he is paying well above £20 a ton. It seems clear that if the present situation continues the regulation will be broken."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1942, Page 6
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174WHY NOT FREE MARKET? Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1942, Page 6
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