Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-02-19 | Page 4 | Gives Experience at Bargain Counter

GIVES EXPERIENCE AT BARGAIN COUNTER Philadelphia Woman Doclares Cut Prices on Standard Articles Fictitious Competition. WASHINGTON, Feb. IS. Mrs. Christine- Frederick ot Philadelphia told the house judiciary committee at a trust bill hearing today ahout. "practical methods" in the retail trade and declared cut prices on standard articles were a Jure, a bait and a snare to get women in stores to buy .something else. She described a bargain bar-gain counter rush. - "Once," sho eald, "I crowded around a iargaln counter, had my plexis torsus twisted out of shape, wrecked my best liat, tore out the arm hole of a good waist and got three yards of lace for 78 cents. "In my opinion it is as much ilctltlous competition for dealers to cut prices below be-low cost to get sensational value, as it is for the Standard Oil company to sell below cost to drive cut a competitor." By "permitting manufacturers to protect their prices, she contended, and put standard goods for sale on every convenient conven-ient corner, the cost of living would be reduced. Abraham Erlanger, a New York manufacturer, manu-facturer, advocated llxing of prices at which patented, copyrighted or trade-marked trade-marked articles might be sold.