FOOTBALL JERSEYS.
TO THE EDITOR. Sir, —I read with interest tho letter by “ Old Boy” in your issue of to-day. I do not know whether jerseys of Oriental manufacture are on the market here, but I do know, as one who has had a long experience with junior football, that there is a crying need for cheaper jerseys for junior players. It is a mystery to both others interested in football and to me that with wool at 4]d per lb a cheap jersey cannot be manufactured in New_ Zealand. Clubs have difficulty in getting even a small subscription these days, and if manufacturers think that the younger players can pay from 11s fid to 14s fid for a jersey they are sadly mistaken. A cheap woollen jersey would meet with a large and ready sale, but requests to representatives of local manufacturers meet with such a reply as leaves the impression that our manufacturers are leaning so heavily on the tariff that they will soon fall right through it. There will be a lot more employment when our manufacturers realise that the boom prices paid for with boom wages cannot be paid by those receiving the reduced wage of to-day. If The excessive cost of jerseys to-day is due to factors other than the price of wool, then I suggest that there must be something in the method of handling the goods which calls urgently for revision. —I am, etc,, . Merino. April 13.
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Evening Star, Issue 21077, 14 April 1932, Page 12
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