DIFFICULTIES D REMEDII 



the price of herrings was instanced by an application 



at East Suffolk Appeal Tribunal in October, 1917, 

 for the extension of the temporary exemption of a 

 Lowestoft fish buyer. Stress was laid on the great 

 importance of the herring fishing and the fact that 

 it was only with much difficulty that an Admiralty 

 concession had been obtained for the fishing to be 

 carried on. The fishing, it was declared, was one 

 of the most important fishings of the year, bringing 

 in hundreds of tons of cheap and economical food. 



On that contention the Secretary stated that that 

 morning he had passed a shop in Ipswich where 

 fresh herrings were marked up at 4c!. each. He 

 went to another shop and found that the wholesale 

 price, not necessaril}- to the first man, was 132 for 

 14s., which worked out at 1 3-1 id. each. The 

 second shop was selling the herrings at 2kl. and 3d. 

 each, the latter price being to customers who re- 

 quired long credit. The Secretary said there could 

 be no wonder that there was a serious waste of fish 

 if they were retailed at 4d. each; and urged that 

 this was rather against the Board's idea of cheap 

 and ec< aomical food. 



At that time, in another part of the country, 

 herrings just brought in, and sold in the streets 

 lit having passed through shops, were offered 

 at five for a .'■hilling, and were good-sized excellent 

 fish at that. In shops within hearing of the b ; 

 who cried the herrings in the street eighteenpence 



a pound was being asked for haddock. In war- 

 time, just as in the time of peace, the most extra- 



