Show DEALERS PLEDGED NOT TO PROFITEER I SPOKANE April 12 Retailers Retailers In the I state of Washington are weary of or b bearIng bearing bear bear- arIng ar- ar Ing the whole blame for the high higl cost COt I of ot everything Three federal indictments against leadIng leading lead lead- ing Spokane stores have aroused merchants merchants mer mer- chants generally to the realization that the charge of profiteer hits them first Therefore Therefore- Therefore enter enter the Washington State Retailers' Retailers association A A. research bureau has been established and articles of merchandise will be followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed from the raw state through every process o of manufacture and distribution to the point where the consumer asks aSke How much Is It IU Members of the association are pledged I rs not to profiteer O t as and the err public Is prom that It wilt will lie t taken into full Irr con I George A A. Phillips president of the Organization or organization organization Or- Or has appealed for the fullest cooperation between retailer and consumer con con- sumer m High prices hurt the dealer as much I as they do his customers says Phillips |