Show First Line Of Defense The conscientious conic retailers of this fighting against 1 today country countr arc are the all the which affects us all a menace manace in im menace of unwarranted increases in prices One of the leading food chain had this hi to store systems recently had 11 its policy Tiie 1 ne lor say y concerning o disturbance fear and of market ces f for or work Prices speculation lion are at fal basic commodities have al already al- al already already sonic Increases in this ready gone gone up company's retail prices on t these hest it reflect the rise in in wholesale ms cost o over which it has no control It is this his company's fundamental small prof prof- profit tal tat policy to earn only a It that dur during during I it on each call sale pledges ing the period of war emergency i it t will not change chang this policy and that in the future as it will make every effort through improved methods to reduce r duce distri distri- distribution distribution distribution between cost the difference I what the farmer Carmer gets ge s and the con con- consumer consumer consumer sumer pays Consumers may ma assist mater mater- materially in preventing unwarranted price increases by continuing their purchases on a normal scale There are adequate supplies of foodstuffs for every American Hysterical buy bu buying ing which strips retail and whole whole- wholesale wholesale sale stocks creates artificial scar scar- scarcity scarcity city which pushes prices to abnor abnor- abnormal abnormal abnormal mal levels j Machinery exists within the tic government to control production storage and release commodities imports exports Coorts Co orts quotas and prices if if it should become necessary to employ these methods methods methods' to to protect t the economic welfare of the t e coun coUn- coUntr try tr This company company further pledges complete cooperation with the thc gov gov- governmental governmental governmental agencies and with farm farm- farmer er producers in all efforts to stab stab- stabilize stabilize stabilize prices discourage profiteering and maintain ma orderly facilities for food distribution This This' kind of policy is supported by leading chains dealing in all manor maner of commodities as well as asby asb asby by b thousands thou ands of farsighted independent independent dent merchants who likewise e real real- realize realize realize ize the vast v st responsibility that th t rests I uLon u on retailing in these abnormal times American Ameri an merchandising in all branches is this country's first line of f defense against the danger of oJ runaway prices |