FOOD PRICES

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 December 1916, Page 5

FOOD PRICES

, THE WHEAT CONFERENCE. SATISFACTORY RESULTS. - I HY. TKLKfiBAPH —SPECIAL TO “STAE.”j WELLINGTON, This Day.’ The Hoh. W.. D. S. MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture, , states that his conference with the wheat growers was very satisfactory. He secured a good understanding and the resolutions passed had been submitted to Mm Board of Trade, which is completing, exhaustive inquiries into the cost ’’ vwhm--growing, milling, and bak-

‘Til-', wlmle thin?,” said the Minister, “is being worked out from the grower to the loaf; the probable ( t■; f •». loaf to the consumer is the determining factor in any arrangement.' The Board hopes to complete it ? inquiries on Saturday. Its services have bqen of great value, because it has; prepared absolutely accurate, authentic, and impartial data which should; satisfy everyone and allay,, a .good'deal of the feeling shown by producers and consumers.” After completing the wheat and flour investigations', the Board resumes consideration o fthe retail meat prices'. The Minister; • asked if there was a probability of the Government adopting a scheme for supplying retailers cm the Imperial Government's scale, plus storage charges, replied; ’ ‘’Nothing yet has been, decided. The question is a very big one, with many phases. If such a scheme is adopted it will be useless, without a guarantee. from the retailors that, they will not exceed a reasonable maximum.”