13,652. How would you account for that?-I cannot account for it; it may have happened by accident.
13,653. Do they require less remuneration for their trouble?-No.
13,654. Or does selling in small parcels enable them to get a higher price?-Sometimes it may.
13,655. Do you think they may sell to retail dealers at once, and thus get the advantage of the retail price?-Perhaps they may sell a small parcel at once at a higher price; but, as a rule, I don't think they do. I think a large parcel generally sells best.
13,656. Is not a large parcel sold to parties who themselves supply retail dealers?-Yes.
13,657. But a small dealer, by taking a little more trouble, may possibly sell direct to the retail merchant himself, so that he secures his profit without the intervention of another dealer?-He may.
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13,658. Is that the way in, which you account for him getting a higher price?-That is the only way in which I can account for it.
13,659. The small curers get not only the curer's profit, but they also get the wholesale fish-dealer's profit at times, by selling direct to the retail dealer. Do you think that is a reasonable explanation of the matter?-I think so. It is the only way in which I can account for it, because I know that the large curers pay the utmost they can afford to the men.
13,660. Do you supply Thomas Williamson, Seafield, with goods?-Yes.