THE WELLINGTON POTATO MARKET. WELLINGTON, November 1.
To-day's prices for potatoes in Wellington «re: — New Zealand new round, 20s per cwt; kidneys, 245; Sydney kidneys, 203 to 235. In ilia Mynr£tp nf an intftiriear io-das Mr Hav-
battle, a leading produce salesman, said : " The question of duty has been raised 111 the House lately without much result, fJid in this connection I would 'like to point out a curious anomaly. The duty levied is at the rate of 20 "per cent. a*l valorem, and I contend that if it is meant to be in ihe interests of New Zealand farmers it masses ii.9 object, for. while potatoes are plentiful in New Zealand prices are low enough to prevent outside - competition, even if unprotected by a tariff charge. It is only when soarcity exists, aud.- they are practically unobtainable locally, that it is necessary to import, and it is then that the consumer feels the pinch, for naturally the . higher the invoice price the higher becomes the" diuty, and the result 13 that the. New Zealand tanner is not protected, for- he possesses no supplies, and the liublic are penalised."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2695, 8 November 1905, Page 24
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189THE WELLINGTON POTATO MARKET. WELLINGTON, November 1. Otago Witness, Issue 2695, 8 November 1905, Page 24
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