FIGHTING THE PROFITEER.
OPENING OF CAMPAIGN. i INVESTIGATING COSTS. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Aug. 27 Mr. C. A. MoCurdy has begun the administration of the Profiteering Act. He has secured expert repre- A sentatives of employers and workmen to inquire into the producing < costs in several industries, includ- ] ing boots, clothes, underwear, ( household utensils, and necessaries. The object is not to fix the prices or institute prosecutions, but to publish the facts for public information. > The Ministry is also creating temporary machinery to investigate the methods and profits of any business, pending legislation for per- ' manent machinery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17251, 29 August 1919, Page 7
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