BRITISH FOOD PRICES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17475, 20 May 1920, Page 5

BRITISH FOOD PRICES.

1 T || — ~ 1 HIGHEST level NOT REACHED if . I If INCREASE OF 146 PER CENT. H A gn d Z.-Renter. LONDON. May 18. |t The Labour Gazette stales ii.-■> retail 9 prices,- including food, clothing, light, s| and rent, on the first of May were about If 141 per cent, above the figure i ruling in If Ju'.v. 1914. The Food Controller's stall tistics relating to food prices show an in'M oreUC of 146 per cent. He says that food if prices in the United Kingdom have risen If j«s than in France, Italy, and Sweden, I , and are not mucfl in excess of the prices I ruling in the United Stateis, Hc adds ■j\ that the present- level is undoubtedly a $Jj matter of serious concern. $ The Food Controller concludes that iff ! prices in the coming summer will reach a I 1§ i very high level, owing to the cost of im§t i ported food, the partial removal of the | I bread subsidy, and the increased price of ft 9 sugar and potatoes.