§ 18. Mr. SWANasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will issue a 896 statement showing the basis of gross profit taken by representative profiteering committees as justifiable, and showing whether the gross profits allowed are based on the wholesale price of the articles when bought by the retailer or on the current wholesale price when sold by the retailer?
§ Sir A. GEDDESThe circumstances and facts vary so greatly in different cases that I do nut think any useful statement of this kind can be drawn up.