PEOPLE CLAMORING FOR FLOUR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15132, 3 February 1920, Page 5

PEOPLE CLAMORING FOR FLOUR

■MILLS UNA^LE^C TURN TTOUT^ '..'.-.- 3?AST ENOUGH.

a (Special to ths Herald.) C^RISTGHinMSH, r-ihis day. One of ther-larges|> grower;?; ip Christ* church stated . to-day . that his stock of Hour practically . was exhausted - and, t nat :a!s far as he > knew .tftljer.: <i ty. grpcjfers almpst the ( .,^ame,,ppsitipn i ... r'His inquiries shewed bin* that miller^ ..have! 'stocks, hut "that, thej*\ cannot or. will not. 'give the grocers sufficient , to -, pieet th§ demands of. consumers. Ife expressed an. opinion ihat 'm some respects the shortage is, not genuine. He explaiped that "by stating tbat the millers were 1 : &ble to supply grocers' : normal cl.eman.ls 'but not .the. greatly increased demands that originate^ ,m. .a kind of panic,. wKich he was convinced was not justi--. 'fied. V-Peopje suddenly Wijuited: to,. buy Sour," he said. .VThey. took, m their, 'ordinary weekly, or monthly suppliep :and. then .. they- began, to, obtain extra, 'supplies. Presumably- , those • e^tea i sup,-, ;plies" are ftoavjled m; cate of > shortage,, ;ThU' policy has caused* the shortage that •was feared, because, .grocera , naturally •tried to -meet the extra demands, which could aot be met by .millers, and the gfrocers' depleted stocks .pould not be replenished. . M_^nyC of \ my, customers 'who formerly were satisfied* with seyenp'ound b^gs, now. ask for mWPh grater Quantities.. -The result is, that grocers are hand\to-moutH as far t as flour .js concerned. : That . spnie > peoplf , haye j "hoards apd. tliat .many '•' c^iii^oV get. any .flour whatever— --this is ah utterly selfish policy, a wicked,ly,, : selJG(sh, : ,pplicy, . . and Steps should be takph to prevent it. Tlie shortage is riot ..genuine. ..Pppple . are clamoring 'for flour, and, the mills are .nojj able to r t.ui;iy it put .as at^icldy. as. the demands are made. That is the real position." . ■ „. ■. - ,