PRICE OF BREAD.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XLIV, Issue 14009, 13 March 1920, Page 8

PRICE OF BREAD.

To the Editor, an,--in your leader of the Sth inst., mutiny to tue question of cheaper ui< ait. i notice jou suggest, as a reumit'iu the militia aii merfaseti .-..i<,.-*ity instead dt letting the bakers !>iii c"ii tue extra twopence per loaf, .sen. what 1 and'a good'many more. xi.iiid liKi to know is, where is the tiiii. ,|.i»e going to come in, as iL still i.matii-- me oaim:- 'those who eat the :iii,-i bicad and generally speaking are ita.-i able to aficrd it, contribute the im.-t ci the millers' subsidy. Now, 1 would like you to gather a few statistics of Uaiiiaru anu district- as to now uiaiiv master millers actually work .«t uie:i tradi. 1 think you wilt find that tutv mostly live by the sweat of their employees'*brows, and pile up their iii-cc-ines" You will notice that both in \i ollingtcn and Dunedin they practically admitted themselves that they were getting too much by selling their flour at un shillings per ton less than the gazetted price, and I do not think ihey weie losing then, as they seem terribly anxious to ki.p the mills going 24 hours- a day.. Now. I think if you take, a look around the bakeries about live o'clock in the morning.you will find iber majority of master bakers up to their elbows "in dough working hard, early and late, also helping to keep the -naster millers' coat on. I must say I was very pleased to read that Mr Masa?y had asked the bakers to work a month and then show him their, books, as, if thiy have nothing to hide, they ought to "iv-- ijiiite willing to do. But. he .-hould go further and apply the '..•fine medicine to the millers and companies bv putting auditors in charge of their books for a few months. He would, very soon find out where.the cost cf living comes from. So if you will be feocd enough to let your readers know tii-t what difference it would inake to give the miller the increased subsidy; secondly, how many master millers actually work at their so-called trade: thirdly, how many master bakers work at their trade, the public will-very foon tell who mast, deserves assistance. —T am. etc\. CHEAPER BREAD.