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Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday January 19 1947

1947

It is to be noted that the bulk of this Paid-up Capital belongs to about 150 Managing Agents' Firms in the country and thus it is only these 150 Textile magnates who control possess and exploit this vast industry in the country in their own personal interests without any regard for the well-being of the millions of this country who are the consumers of the products of the industry. [...] The Government then tried to step in sometime in the middle of the year 1943 apparently in the interests of the consumers but the action taken was so inefficient that the people did not get any relief; on the contrary the black market flourished and the exploitation of masses by industrial magnates was not only legalized and authorized officially but was encouraged and given the stamp of hones [...] This huge amount of 6 crores almost equal to the profits of the whole industry in the pre-war year is simply given to hitr as a sort of royalty to shut his mouth as he is expected to know much more than anybody in the country about the misdeeds of the mill-owers and the agents of the Government who are practically managing among themselves the whole question of production and distribution of [...] The next primary need of the consumers after food was exploited by the Government of the day assisted by the selfish textile interests without regard to the well-being of the people as a whole. [...] The following are a few of the remedial and permanent suggestions in the matter of cloth production and distribution : 1. The Government of India should enact a Law creating a statutory Textile Control and Supply Commission ' the duty of which is to control the production and distribution of cloth keeping in view only the interests of the consumers.
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120270
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Harijan Ahmedabad—Sunday January 19 1947
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