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Show INCREASE 60 FAIR TRADE RESTRAINS EXTORTIONATE PRICING OF r CONSLMER PRODUCTS BY XjS -50 PREDATORY RETAILERS Vl.tvti Ki. i b AJnei-lcui V&lr Trad Council) SQF yhl U. S. Department of Labor 20 foVOrVp Bureau of Labor Statistic f jT yS Chalu Drug Store (fJl,'334 FAIR TRADE PRICES pfeLfr. ' 1'ATR THADE DEFEATS MONOPOLY OK DISTRIBUTION J947 Here is graphic proof that Fair Trade Laws help manufacturers of branded products to prevent willful inflation of their retail prices. It is the story of restrained prices of one large group of Fair-Traded, family-type consumer essentials as contrasted with the alarming overall rising cost of living since 1939. Note that prices of 7,334 Fair-I Fair-I Traded drugs and toiletries rose only 1.39 per cent while the cost of living generally climbed 59.3 per cent. American Fair Trade Council reports a survey of Fair-Traded products in 21 other industries showing show-ing average retail prices, applying to 29 per cent of Fair-Traded products, increased but 23 per cent 9 per cent actually decreased 21.3 per cent and 62 per cent with prices unchanged in 13 months ending May 15, 1917. The Council asserts that Administration efforts I to make Fair Trade the scapegoat for inflation are fully discredited by these facta. |