Show washington AND Itt BUS BUSINESS I 1 N ES S by C WILSON HARDER k th the 1 federal r trade commit of aloa on tir tire e ruling effect effective ve in april furnishes a pattern by which monopoly growth may be curbed while he the evil evils of the tire orb industry are ro perhaps snore pec spec I 1 ft cular percentage wife wise the me practice practices are re being followed in other othet I 1 n d us tries to I 1 h he detriment not onit only of fro free trade but ut ais alo to the public 74 the arc order hear a lot about cw 1 l ul alil harder il mules rule there if is a limit to the preferential discount that any dealer ii Is entitled to for volume purchases pur chae the ino order arder sets up a pound carload aa as the maximum quantity any dealer need needs take at one time to qualify for the be maximum discount allowed by the manufacturer an ETC study study initiated in 1947 through the effort efforts of the national federation of independent business brought to light ome some startling figures in IW 1917 h here or were r Y more than ire ore dealers in the he iou country buying from tl 21 91 a of these dealers de alera or di do 82 52 of the bustness lust ness in 1924 91 98 t the floaters did 90 of off the binem bulae wild IT there were more dealers de alera st however ai as the report V mowed these dealers on ako athe the majority of the na auns auto owner owners rely have been severely verely le penalized there are 63 dealbera de alera or leia less thail tha nl of f leho aeu sell 30 of t alrod aw it the he urea tires and hey they receive preferential erent ial discounts from the he manufacturers of from 24 20 to 10 more than the independent deal era this mean that dealer profit fits on some tiro tires amounted to two third thirds of the price bat but only 03 63 dealer dealers were allowed lids profit in making this ruling the ITC invoked a lection section of the robin on son patman act for or the first time in the 10 16 year years it ats been enacted into law of int t ln 1 tu this fight which acted started when he the alouse small business committee la in 1027 1927 urged by george darrer NF IB vice president preil dent called upon justice department and wd the FM to investigate the situation la Is he the bitter delaying action fought by the Ws big 4 goodrich good year FIres and s US bobber bubber 0 0 0 they fought taught to the end despite the tact fact that on the face of the evidence it would appear they would welcome the opportunity to cut discounts dU count to a favored few outlet outlets 4 Is neither can it t be presumed pren the wf big 4 haa has been velling to these few preferred customers ena tomera at a loaa loss therefore the only conces ilon sign that can tan be placed on their opposition Is that the public OZ haa 11 loox long been oTer charred for 0 0 0 the mie office pf af price stabilization better known ai as the office of price scuttling has ha anric announced c this ruling upsets their un pro c cedore eal dure and Ladi indicate cites they may attempt to block enforcement such action h however r could reveal information showing banceu alively th that despite all he the kropa fanda for monopoly on an be the ill public la Is cared saved money li 1 atu b aas the h s I 1 pub llo PAYS ab ro 1 the m ioe e for this type of alam A lam control |