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Show RETAILERS UP US OVER HflRDlIlfSTM - - Suggestion in Idaho Falls Speech of Consumers' Block in Congress Brings Shsirp Remarks OBJECT TO WORD "TOLiTBY PRESIDENT Retail Men Contend Reference Ref-erence to Their Functions Func-tions Gives Rise to Belief They Are' 'Parasites --. -t mi i t- KAKSAS CITY. Mo.. Julr By A. P.) Th "next bloc" In on-g on-g rM may b th "conaumra bloc, acoordtnf to auemant madar pub II 'c todav by tha National Aeaocla-tlon Aeaocla-tlon of Retail Qrooara, which Ukaa xcaplJfi to atatamanta by Praai-dant Praai-dant Harding In Idaho Fall. Idaho, on Juno It, In which ho apoko of "a acham of cooparatlon among oon an mora." Rafarrlnr to tha praaldonf a atata-menta atata-menta In hla Idaho Kalla apaach In oonnactlon with aartcultural eoop orathr movamonta and aarlcultu-rai aarlcultu-rai laa;lBlatlon In which tha atata-mant atata-mant quoted him mm havlna; aald. "I vontura that wa mlrht with profit to th who la paopl eonaldr th poaalblllty of affaetlnff aa analoffoua onranlxatlon to promot and oncour-aaa, oncour-aaa, through maaura of credit and f Inane, a proper orrantaatlon of th aona imlna' community In both ctttee and oouatry. Tha atatamant aald: A aaaantlal fMtora tn th aoa fiomle Ufa of oar nation wa ooirtand It haa not provn that th procaaaaa of dlatributlon ar eumborooma, outworn, or any mora eoatly than th damanda of our paopl tnak nraary; and gonaaqwntiy. wa r-aant r-aant any aticvatkm that tha a;T-trnmant a;T-trnmant aot up any ptaa of flnano-lna flnano-lna a proccdura which ha for It a purpoa of crmtlna; of a4vantaaaa for on elaaa or froup of oltlaena to th (HtdvunliKr) of annthssr, aa wrtold b th oaa If tha pr-!dnt a ldHLa war to b raniad out." Th praaldnt alao waa auotad In th atatamant a harlny aald. Tha nd of thla Urn ta to ahortaa th brldy btwn produeor and eon-aumar, eon-aumar, and t raduo tha toll that mut b paid for paaalna ovr It." "By tha vry aura;atona or ob aarratlona of th praaldant ha lm pll" aald th atatmnt. -that, tho who ar nira-d In function of eonvaraloa and dlatiibwiton ara a typ of paraalta wh tiMt a toll aad perform no awrrlr or at hav outworn their naafulnaaa In ur aonoml atruotur. Thla vlw cartatnly could not or at lea at ahould not ba ntertalned, much leea axpraaaad. tf ha waa properly Informod or If h mad ua of racantly gathered and authentic Information In-formation which la available on tha aubject. . After referring tvwhat It termed th admlnlatratlorra own pledge of 1ea government In bualnaea, " tha ataxament, which aaaartod that thera waa no deelr to oppoaa ooopm tlv enterprlee and no fear of oom-potltlon oom-potltlon with auch antarprlaea, waa antartalnad, aald: Thr ar now what ara raeog-nlaad raeog-nlaad aa form and other bloc; and w aupgoae we will next hear of th consumer bloc. Wa are not trying to develop a arehanta Moo, beoauae wa do not bellr auch alignment ara conductive of Bat la-factory la-factory and. generaJly aonatruettv twglalatlon: - but -your thoughtful cone t deration and paraonal attention la demanded by thla alt natron." |