TARIFF COMMISSION

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 355, 12 September 1933, Page 3

TARIFF COMMISSION

Sitting at Dunedin Press Association. —Copyright. Dunedin, Sept. 11. The Tariff Commission resumed the hearing of evidence this morning. Greig and Company requested the maintenance of the present rates on roasted coffee, coffee essence, jelly crystals, sauce in vessels of ten gallons capacity and under, unground spice, vanilla beans and ground spice. It was stated that the firm was using New Zealand made bottles and jars to a considerable extent and was satisfied with them, Mr. Samuel Jacobs brought before the commission the difficulty retailers experienced when increases were made in j the duty on tobacco and cigarettes in apportioning such increases among the lower-priced and most commonly consumed lines, and asked that in future impositions of duty on tobacco and cigarettes be increased at the rate of Is 3d per lb. or any multiple of such sum, and that the duty on cigarettes be imposed at the rate of 8s per 1000 or any multiple of that sum. Wholesale tobacco merchants could then charge an extra 4d per lb. on tobacco and an extra 8s 4d on every 1000 cigarettes, this addition making provision for cash discounts lo retailers. ■ ■ ...