HIGH CHARGES.
■ • »' : ■■■:" | [To the Editor. Waibarapa Daily.] Sik, —Your valuable journal has fairly I gained the first position in the Wairarapa, j and among the first of all the country : journals in. New Zealand. ; This proud "1 position, you have gained by fairnessthrowing your colurna open;to all reasonable correspondents who may havea grievance which has a public bearing. There j are two matters upon which!would trouble you to insert a few lines. First, our butchers.' We all know too well that we have had a very trying time of late. Money has been very scarce, and storekeepers have had to suit prices to suit the times, and charged the least possible margin of profit; but, Sir, has this been so with .our butchers ? JNo I They charge the same'price, or about the Bame, as they did in the good times. That the poor man niay k'now the profit which the butcher has, l°t him take one sheep, :which our. butchers will buy for 6s, and in some cases a great, deal less,. This sheep willweigh at least 701ba, which willbesold at from 3d' to 4d per lb, and a portion of it for sd, not by any moans a bad margin for profit. Should not our butchers lower their prices to suit the times, or, if not, should not the people simply encourage someone who would charge a more moder- '■! ate price for moat.. Having referred to the. butcher, one traveller calls for an hour to rest his hone, and get some refreshment for himself, A small dishful! of oats is served out to the weary ho^se,'and twice the quantity o£ chaff, the cost of both would not exceed say. 5d or 6d at the present rate of, oats; •say 2s per bushel, No ,bad margin for profit here.: ' The. grocer Orthfi..draper is quite satisfied if he makes, say, i2 or 15 per 'cent, on the cost' price; b'ut not so with the butcher, who_ must have. 200 or 300 per cent., and the livery stable-keeper, who has from 300 t.o 500 per cent, onthe price of horses! provender. How long shall this state of things continue? lam, &0., ■Meddler,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 434, 9 April 1880, Page 2
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