§ 44. Mr. Spearmanasked the President of the Board of Trade why the price of home-grown pitprops is controlled at a price so much below the price of imported props that it is not possible to produce home-grown props of comparable quality, and thereby save foreign exchange.
§ Mr. H. WilsonI do not agree that producers of pitprops cannot within the present maximum controlled price make 159W a home-grown article comparable with the imported. I am naturally anxious to save imports and encourage the thinning of woodlands through the home production of pitprops. The recent increase in the maximum price at which peeled home-grown props may be sold had this object in view.