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Show NOVEMBER THE JOURNAL 12 CAN'T BE DONE THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE The Defense Production Act contains an amendment, known as the Herlong Amendment, which is all important to American retailing. This provision gurantees a percentage margin approach to price control. In other word, under it the retailer is allowed to add a moderate percentage to his costs to determine the price at which an article may be sold, which is the traditional way of doing business. Certain price control officials have been bitter in their opposition to the Herlong Amendment. They want to get rid of it and replace it with a system whereby inflexible ceilings would be imposed upon all retailers. That means that they wish the power to force retailers to absorb wholesale and other costs which are totally beyond retailings control. According to retail experts, the effect of this would be shattering. It would pose the most serious sort of survival problem for the chains and other big stores and it would undoubtedly force a great many small stores to close. In all probability, the ultimate result would be to make it legally obligatory for retailers to sell commodities at no profit, and perhaps at a loss. For, in our competitive economy, retailings profit is very small a penny to four or five pennies on each dollar received in sales, depending on the character of goods involved. There is simply no margin to make possible the absorption of further increases in commodity costs or other expense. The consumer naturally wants the low prices but also wants and needs progressive, highly efficient retailing. In the long run, he would suffer most of all if our fine retailing system were disrupted. Today venture out and almost alone, she looks like and invite a hurricane of abuses and criticism from the hoity-toit- dollar-and-cos- ts 17, 1D.I. Course Begins An extension KAYSVILLE divi- I sion class on menu planning and holiday practical arrangement of Nov. somewill Tuesday, foods begin 2, in the education business. You go to work and say in the Davis high 2 :." at p.m. will and you thing derogatory about education, says Henry school cooking department under wake up a dead duck. Well, I says, I am not against education the direction of Aileen Erickson. is sponsoring the I am for same what I am about to say has to do with how Kaysville in too much territory, class. we are about it y P-T- going maybe taking or what. Like leading a horse to water you dont educate many against their will you are donating your time and A Town Meeting Bonding of .$7o,()oo for water system improvements will be discussed at a town meeting called for Friday at s p.m. in the court house by city officials. The im12 provements include drilling of a of the and well inch replacement distribution lines with larger pipe. An election on the issue has been set for Nov. 2. FARMINGTON Farmington City money. for With the that now prevail throughout the land with our inability to recognize ability and elect stable individuals to high office, it behooves us to ask We are turning out no better if as good citizens via our ultra modern expensive methods. The management of U. S. A. t of the type of affairs today does not come within management displayed by the pioneers of the original 13 states. Free education sounds wonderful but many things that are completely free are not so highly appreciated. Swimming pools, auditoriums with grand pianos, free lunqhes, free rides to school these free things dont breed ruggedness and I am trying to find out why this U. S. A. bears so Utah manufacturers, wholesalers out and retailers were warned this week little resemblance to our U. S. A. of 50 years ago find the Office of Price Stabilization why the idea has crept in that government should be the great by excessive markups on new avoid I AM from the nursery to the mortician trying to find out if to that became effective taxes excise the teaching at the school house has anything to do with our November 1. Delbert M. Draper, Utah district growing softness. OPS director, declared in Salt Lake Yours with the lown down, City that in most cases manufacretailers SERRA rs how-com- e. gun-sho- This Week With OPS in Utah self-relianc- e. JO turers, wholesalers and are only allowed to pass on exact amounts of any s excise tax increases. The OPS officials said this was particularly true of cigarettes, malt beverages and photographic supplies and materials. dollars-and-cent- Automobile dealers in Utah were granted an extension until Dec. lo. Iti.'il, before they are required to put into effect the invoicing and ?l M Es posting requirements under a new passenger automobile ceiling price regulation imposed by the Office of Price Stabilization. H. Ward McCarty, Utah district OPS price executive, explained that Ceiling Price Regulation S:t, cover-of ing retail and wholesale sales isnew passenger automobiles, was sued and made effective on October 1."i. It required that every automobile dealer post, within 20 days after the effective date of the regulation, certain information with respect to the several elements entering into ceiling prices on new automobiles. - PROVE IB The Office of Price Stabilization has placed ceiling prices' on veal, calf meat, lamb, yearling lamb and mutton, Delbert M. Draper, Utah district OPS director, announced in Salt Lake City this week. The regulation became effective Tuesday. Mr. Draper explained that the new pricing rule requires weekly adjustments in the ceiling prices of these meat products and sets up a formula to calculate these adjustments. He noted that in most cases ceiling prices would be pegged at about their present levels. No wonder the owner of a Powerglide Chevrolet is happy! Heres how it works. Set the lever to Drive. Use the accelerator to go the brake to stop. And youre off for the greatest driving thrill of your life. If you havent yet tried Powerglide, dont wait any longer. Come in soon for a discovery drive. Find out for yourself the new happy way to drive with Powerglide. time-prov- j j ed Chevrolet alone offers this complete Power Team I POWER Extra-Powerf- ul 1 Automatic Transmission 105-h.- p. Valve-in-He-ad Engine EconoMiser Rear Axle Combination of Powerglide Automatic Transmission and 105-h.d Engine optional on De Luxe models at extra cost. p. Valve-i"-Hea- More people buy Chevrolets than any other carl OLSEN CHEVROLET CO. Layton, Utah Creation of a committee to deal specifically with the problems of small business as far as Office of Price Stabilization regulations are concerned was announced this week by Delbert M. Draper, Utah Dis-- ! trict OPS director. Named to head the committee was H. Ward McCarty, price executive in the Utah OPS office. He will be assisted by heads of departments in the Utah office. Pui'pose of the committee is to counsel and assist small business in comply ng with OPS regulations and in cases where OPS rules are unduly oppressive or burdensome to sma business to recommend io the national OPS office that they be exempt, under certain limitations, from control, Mr. Draper said. The Office of Price Stabilization has no jurisdiction in the increase in the price of milk that recently became effective, Delbert M. Draper, Utah district OPS director, explained in Salt Lake City. All agricultural products governed by the U. S. Department of Agricultures parity listings are exempt by law from OPS control until they reach or exceed parity, Mr. Draper said. New business firms who have begun operation since January 2." of this year must register with the Office of Price Stabilization in Salt Lake City, according to Delbert M. Draper, Utah district OPS director. Morgan, Utah |