Another correspondent writes to us that the new Co-operative shops
"do not quote the prices of best articles, but merely a low- priced article. For instance, in the price book of the C. S. S. A., now before me, the highest quotation for nutmegs is 28. 4d. per
lb., while the market value for best nutmegs is 4s. 3d. per lb. The C. S. S. A.'s best arrowroot is ls. 8d. per lb., while the market price of best arrowroot is 2s. 3d. per lb. The C. S. S. A.'s best almonds are ls. 8d., while the market price of best almonds is 2s. 5d." And he says that he could add to this list. If this comparison be correct, it speaks for itself. But are not the grocers in fault in not freely advertiziug the prices of their second quali- ties of articles like those quoted ? They suppress them, we presume, when they do suppress them, in order that their customers may take the best through ignorance of any respectable alternatives.
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