The price of the Sinterklaas staple, the chocolate letter, has risen by 25% since last year because of failed harvests, inflation and a volatile market fed by speculation, the Financieele Dagblad ...
Cried the New York Daily News: "It is comparable to the piratical prices the British-Dutch rubber cartels used to charge for their products. This stickup game is going on . . . at a time when ...