NO BIG PROFITS.
CA NEC ROWERS’ PLIGHT. WHY THE PRICE IS HIGH. By Telegraph—Presn Association—CopyriEbt, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received June 5, 12.10 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 5 Mr W. 31. Doherty, secretary of the United Canegrowers* Association of Queensland, denied the statements that the growers are making big profits. He says: “The growers, miJlowners and labourers receive between them 3sd of each 6cl, the rest going in freights and refining and distribution charges. If the fruitgrowers and consumers are paying excessive prices it is not for the purpose of bolstering up the sugar industry, but to wipe out the deficit incurred by the Commonwealth Government when it imported sugar and sold it at 3£d and 4d. If the price of sugar is reduced, it will he asking the growers to compete against black labour. The average price of sugar in 1914-1917 was 4|d. In the same period the London price was 7d. As each Auistrhlian consumes a cwt hn the average in each rear £40,000,000 was saved in that period.”
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16751, 5 June 1922, Page 9
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171NO BIG PROFITS. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16751, 5 June 1922, Page 9
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