THE NEW TARIFF.
EFFECT OX PRICES. [by telegraph.— press association.] Wellington, Thursday. The Times states that inquiries as to the effect- of the new tariff in cheapening prices show that on some articles the consumer will get 110 reduction owing to advances in price at Home. Maizena, cornflour, infants' patent food, cotton and silk goods, have all gone up_j and linen goods have advanced. Light cotton goods will benefit by the tariff reduction. The remission of eugar duty, an item alone of £205,000, and dried fruits (£44,000), directly benefits the consumer, prices having been lowered to the extent of the lessened duty. Confectioners and jam-makers have however, not yet lowered their prices. The local boot trade is also reported to have benefited by the tariff, and the demand for American boots lias sensibly decreased.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13649, 17 January 1908, Page 5
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134THE NEW TARIFF. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13649, 17 January 1908, Page 5
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