THE PRICE OF BOOTS

Evening Star, Issue 17086, 3 July 1919, Page 6

THE PRICE OF BOOTS

50 BIG BISE IX OTAGO. ; Q3h» attention of the Duaiedin Man-ufar-i'Tturers* Association having been drawji to I £ha special to the ! Star ' from Christj oharch, •wiich appeared under the heading \<d *!Deai? Boots' in Tuesday's issue, the \«xecufeTe without delay set about making ■ Sn<pixie9 •with, reference thereto, and the disclosed ju.--.tify the paragraph, wo had yesterday about the position in Otago. ■ lb "Ws been, found that, though OuistI direajch. tamaera may possibly huvo ad- ! vaaesd Kheir prices to a degree necesaitat|ing an iacre&ae, a«s telegraphed, of cibou.t j Si a pear in men's boots, neither the J>un--1 edin tanners nor -the Duiiedin boot mami- - fact'ttreirs, aa reported by the executives of j their respective associations, are aware of 'itbe "need! for any such startling advance. A ■ somewhat sharp increase may, to a certain extent, be justified on footwear made from imported leathers (the prices o£ which neither Jfew Zealand importers • nor manufacturers ere able to control) ; : iljiti6 *h.® Bunedin boot manufacturers take Tteay istaong exception to even the augges■tknn that any alarming advance ■is iiecess&ry in itbe price of footwear made from leather produced in the Dominion. A T©ry small rise in the price of some leathera "was made here early in June, and it is' just possible that another small rise mil have to be made this month; but the combined advances should not affect the cost of men's boots by mare than, say, Is toJU 6d per pair. It ia somewhat peculiar that there ap- ■ pears to -be mo authoritative endorsement ' <jf ths telegram from Christchuroh, which ire l its exaggeration can only tend to uneefcfchs the poblio iniml without justificaHoo. . The above is communicated to us on authority. W& may supplement it by stating, is a fact, that the Otago tenners are co-operating v-rath the manufacturers in tho matters of supply and price, and this gives Una bootmaker*, and through them the .pnbEc, am assurance that the burden of cost Trail be kept as light as possible.