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Swansea Alillers9 I Despicable Effort to Increase I  Free of Bread. I At a Co-operative Eisteddfod at Taibach on Saturday, Mr H. S. Batey, the president of the Tajbach and Port Tallnlt Co-opcmtiye Society, alleged that a Arm of millers at Swan sea had refused to supply them with flour unless the Society sold bread at Is. instead of 9d. per 41b. loaf. When tihe two Swansea firms were approached bv a reporter on Tues- diav they declined to maie a state- ment, but one of the managers ob- served that the millers were entirely governed by tihe price fixed by the local baikers. THE SHILLING LOAF PROVIDES 10s. PROFIT PER SACK A Swansea baker, who has had 30 years in the trade, and has publicly maintained that lid. provides a sufficient margin of profit on the 41b. loaf, was asked by a reporter, what he thought of the Taibach Co-operative Society's statement. His t'eply was: "Yes, I know they are selling at 9d. but I am convinced tihat no profit oaa be (made by them. They obtust rely upon tihe profits from tihe grocery business. The action lias been farought about by unionism in this Case, of course. The other tra-des- taen in the district cannot allow thecn to undercut them to that extent, and the millers have no doubt been forced by the Master Baker.s' Associat.on in the district. Bu.t I gtj]¡] agree that the Is. for a 41b loaf is exorbitant. I have not rai-sed the pritie of my bread and I adD not going to, either. I contend I can make a satisfactory profit at lid., and I won't charge toore- Tilings arc expensive enough as they were without needlessly raising th staple food of the working  The people can stad much, but ?h?e's a limit. I a.m gjoing no nearer that limit than I am nO'w. Mind -N-oll I a''n a. business man, and I wa.nt a profit, but I a;m content with a. fair Profit, and I consider thai lid. r- presents a fair profit. So I won't dintge the Is.' "Has anything been done with re- gard to the flour P" "Not that I know, and I see no justification for it. When I came to Shv&nsea 30 years ago 2s.6d. profit Q1 a eack was considered all right, and now, at present prices, there's a profit of 10s. on a sack. Surely no one can want more just for the bag and handing it over the counter! "Just one word more, Mr Reporter. You may T-fio- nt out that if the people ocfmo to the sllops so that we can do away with the vans for distributing, ■bheir ha-ead can be made to sell at lOd." "Would you -adopt it if such was 4one?" "Yes; and I should bê content with I the profit. We cannot expect more I profit to-day than in pre-war times, and the Is. moans this."

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