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Show t?A'3;(!G:OT::f iSCO'ASFtl CMtCAaa Auav aewarwndins as at. surd -aad false the charge of consplrecr m restraint of trade, aa contained In the indtfltment , recently returned by .federal .fed-eral gram Jary la Cnleeao, nMrteee sec-relarlee-d e-eeretarles of retail lumber lum-ber aaeoclatlons throughout the I'nlted States have Issued a sinned statement setting forth taelr poettlun. The lumber eeeretarlee maintain that they have a right to demand that w hols-sale hols-sale rs sell to them and refrain from entering en-tering Into competition with them by sell-Ine sell-Ine direct to consumers. If thev are to be restrained from protecting their retail Intereets, the lumbermen claim, retailers In ether lines should be brourht under the sum rule. The Statement eontonds that every wholeealer and retailer hae a right to eetabllsh his own rule of conduct con-duct m reaard te business transactions and ettoe a decision of the ITnlled States supreme court to substantiate lis claim. Among the signers of the statement Is Iole I. Heltman, secretary of the Colorado-Wyoming Retail Lumber assocla-uoav |