EMPIRE BETTER PREFERRED.
The people of the Midlands prefer home or Empire butter to foreign produce, states a recent English exchange. This is shown by the result of the butter “buy’' election conducted by the Empire Dairy Council to demonstrate the willingness of the public to buy home and Empire foodstuffs in preference to the foreign article. Ten thousand voting papers were issued through the National Trades Exhibition, the Empire Marketing Board’s shop, and five typical Birmingham industrial works. Of these nearly 5000 ballot papers were returned, notwithstanding the fact that the voters were required not merely to place an X against the butter (Empire or foreign) which they preferred, but also to give their name and address as a guarantee of good faith. The figures were: For Home and Empire butter, 4821; for foreign butter, 72; majority, 4749.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3441, 10 March 1932, Page 2
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139EMPIRE BETTER PREFERRED. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3441, 10 March 1932, Page 2
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