Show I r Other Points of View I ITO i. i TO 0 STOP G Th There re Is doubtless tome orne profiteering in trade nor can an anIt It be bo entirely entirety stopped slopped without an nn expense for tor policing which Is la wholly unwarranted In controlling trade trad as aswell aswell well I as In controlling consumption there Is III a good deal deat to tole Lc le said In favor of oC the final conclusion of or Hoover or that upon the whole patriotic public sentiment senti senti- ment fluent Is the most mOlt effective conservator Arbitrary exercise of or executive authority Is to a great extent nece necessary sar In war w time It Is political wisdom to avoid such Huch exorcise whenever er It is possible to do so t State Stat Food Administrator Administrator Merritt said eald In his Native Sons' Sons hall address that In some cases calle as In perishable products product for tor example there Is necessarily a a. wide spread bel between pen wholesale and retail prices by rea reason reanon on of oC the serious losses by deca decay VVo We 0 r l insist on fresh tresh fruit and vegetables vegetable and yet et Inspection of oC an any such store etore at atthe tho the close of ot an any day will show that If it none but fresh goods were to bo sot sold the next da day the dealer denier would have Quito a loss Iou to stand It would be bo hardly fair to compel tho the posting of ot wholesale prices by retailers unless there were also posted poste tho the retailers retailer's expenses T o 0 have ha seen sen no evidence oi of undue wealth In the living habits of ot the owners of or retail retal stores tore Nobody but the they know lenow what hat help they are having or what It costs cost to bring perishables from the commission districts to 10 their stores redl redistribute them In minute quantities to householders and stand the Ut loss toss o or of deca decay Posting wholesale prices would be regarded b by br some some- as os nn an assumption that the retailers were wro generally profiteering and be he a n general reflection on the classA class A retailer Ih lives s on the tho net profits of or his business If It they tho are arc not larger r now than formerly he must mut reduce hl his standard of ot living lI Public opinion Is strong that nobody shall make mane money out of If the war And yet d It Is not always possible to tot avoid n it In tho case calle of OC man many essential commodities the demand Is hi such euch that all all who can contribute to the supply must do so o. o To enable some of or them to make the desired prices must b be fixed d high to enable them to do It And nd when such prices are arc fixed those tho who pro produce uco at lowest cost may make a astounding profits And nd some of OC them do do antI and in some ome cases cals the they have ha lf been en held up to scorn com as 1111 malefactors when In fact tact the were unable to avoid old It and anti give back to the tho government go In iii surtaxes all that the government Jo chooses choose to ask for lor Tho Thi business men bl big and little have o actually ex excelled cx- cx celled In patriotic and sacrifice Any n official action which seems to assume assume- th that t the they do otherwise la is unjust and calculated to create te class hatred San San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Chronicle Pa ta fei |