THE PRICE OF BOOTS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3725, 10 January 1913, Page 5

THE PRICE OF BOOTS.

INFLUENCED BY THE PRICE OF LEATHER.

FURTHER INCREASES FORECASTED.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM] WELLINGTON. Jan. 9

fjome interesting remarks on the price of leather and consequently of the price of boots were made to a 'pressman by Mr Robert Hannah, who has just returned from a trip to England.

As an instance of the great demand that exists he stated that lie knew of a case in which one of the leading tanners in England received three consignments of hides for his own special use, but before he landed them he was offered 91 d for the raw material—a price never heard cf before. Naturally he accepted the offer. All over the world the rise in the price of leather was taking place. There were large stocks in the Balkans but they could uot get them away on account of the war Apart from that, however, the demand for leather was so great and the production was not increasing so that it could not-be complied with and the natural result was an increase in price. The price of leather had gone up 5 per cent, on three different occasions during the last three months That meant, of course, that the price of boots had gone up correspondingly, and manufacturers would not accept forward orders even at the last quotation. England, he added, had never been so busy as at present _ Manufacturers are chary of accepting immediate orders. They would prefer them at four or six months.