DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14368, 21 May 1920, Page 4

DAY BY DAY.

In various parts of the world women are banding themFlghtlng selves together for the the purpose of lightHigh Prices. ing high prices. The exercise of the boycott by housewives brought down the price of potatoes in one Australian city. In Sydney the Housewives' Association, which is pressing for the institution of municipal markets for the sale of fruit and vegetables, lately resolved to in- ' elude all classes of goods, even clothing, in its crusade against high prices, being stirred up to take this step by the statement of one member that good quality Japanese silk, which could be bought before the war for is 3d per yard, now costs 7s lid. The meeting appears to have decided mstantlv to teach the Japanese that profiteering was not to be encouraged. Fronj America come reports of four million women, representing ten national organisations, being organised by lh« Savings Division of the Treasury Department to fight against the high cos* of living. "Beginning January Ist, t.ivl extending to April Ist, l grca/ thrift oampalgn will be conducted in an effort

to induce women to keep strict accounts of their expenditure in order by study of it to eliminate unnecessary items. According to the plan, amounts saved by this means will he invested in Gov-

eminent securities." What will happen after April Ist is left to the imagination. One can only hope fas a contemporary remarks), that the temptations of the shops may not prove too great Tor the savings from three months' economics. Women, however, can, if they choose to unite, exercise an influence on the prices of many lines of goods, and in any case the present is a good time in which to practice "doing without.'