TOBACCO PRICES
BRITISH INQUIRY (By Electric Telegraph—OpynpW (Australian A N.Z. Gable Assocfatioii LONDON, Feb. 20. In the report of the Committee appointed under the Profiteering Act to inquire into the prices of tobacco, the committee points tout that prices have risen 110 per cent, since 1914, but that the duty has risen about 122 per cent. It finds no evidence that the Company’s operations have contributed in any way to the rise in price. The Committee refrains from suggesting ' lanyl safeguards against the monopoly, but urges regular publication of the profits of all combinations. It also urges the Government to take powers to protect the public against any detrimental The report does not deal with collateral companies in the Dominions,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 21 February 1920, Page 2
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120TOBACCO PRICES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LIV, Issue LIV, 21 February 1920, Page 2
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