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Show The Salt Lake Trfhnne, Sunday, July ft 10, 1977 fH Pursuit for Business Spurs Ethics Question By Deborah Rankin York Times Writer NEW YORK Competition is an unquestioned facet of business life, but there hae been some recent incidents that raise the issue of whether a few ma in their desire to close a sale companies have carried the competitive spirit beyond the business community generally considers the bounds of acceptable corporate behavior Even though they are under no legal compulsion to do so, a few of the nations large corporations have voluntarily instituted guidelines that place some restraints on the lengths employes can go in the pursuit of new business But many companies appear to believe that no formal policy is needed, and that a common sense approach i sufficient to contain overzealous behavior A few months ago, a New York State official asserted that tactics bordering on the unethical were bemg used to discredit his choice of die Bradford National Corp , a small computer com pany, over Citibank, the nations second largest bank after the Bank ot America, to handle a $75 nullum project Although Citibank did write a letter taking issue with the official's decision, the charges did not focus on the bank but rather on one of its sulxontr.it tors m the bidding An executive vice president of the subcontractor. Public Business Inc of Boston, w rote a letter to a second state official describing Bradford as well known for its marketing abilities and an equally outstanding poor performance on delivery The letter referred to problems with a sy stem that Bradford had implemented for the National Flood Insurers Assn , a quasi government agency Although the company s performance was criticized by New the company the General Accounting Offu mounted a successful ai bitratiou proceeding against the insurance association and received a $1 7 million award The sulxontraetors letter, as well as telephone calls to key legislative aides questioning Bradford s competence, moved Philip L Torn, New York State commissioner for soonl services, to complain of a subtle campaign b. someone to discredit Brad ford Tlx' incident raises the question of how far a ill it company will go m its quest for new business simply stress the )xsitive attributes of its own products, or will it go as far as to disparage its eonineUtors by name A Citibank official said m a telephone interview The largest investment research staff in the Rocky Mountain region. y Jt. When you invest with Bosworth Sullivan you The Adolph Coors Co says GOLDEN, Colo (API a federal court decision in Texas has giv en it a major victory m preserving its right to linut distribution of its beer The U S District Court in Midland, Tex , ruled this week that Coors has the right to terminate a distributor for unsatisfactory performance Coors, the nations fifth largest brewery, insists that It needs to control distribution of its beer because It is not pasteruized. The company says its beer must be refrigerated m transit and storage to protect its flavor. We applaud the decision, brewery President Joseph Coors said of the Texas decision Coors said the ruling helps insure that supplies of Coors beer wont be exported outside the companys marketing area m the West for sale in Eastern markets. get a sophisticated electronic Singular Complaint A cheek of vending machine companies in the Salt Lake area brought a singular complaint increased costs A year ago coffee cost me p ? a case; now its $93 a case," said Dale A. Duffin, vice president, Kwik Vending Service, Inc. And chocolate. Chocolate bars soon will be a quarter because of the pnees you have to pay to get quality chocolate His feelings were echoed by Walter B. Lloyd, president, Operators Vending of Utah Cites Boost in Bill My June 6 invoice for coftee was 360 pounds at $3 84 a pound for a bill of $1,382, Mr. Lloyd reported It wasnt too long ago, he added, that a good sized bill was seven to eight hundred dollars. As far as coffee goes, the projection is optimistic. Mr Lloyd said there are indications coffee will level out at about $2 a pound. Then well be able to cut the price back to 15 cents agam Defends Prices He defended current prices, however. Getting a cup of jy r Car Production Soars i i record for June and second most built in any month. The only time the automakers exceeded that June total was in March, 1965, when the tally hit DETROIT (AP) US. automakers say they will assemble 681.400 cars this month, the third-bes- t July ever and an increase of 26 8 per cent from the same month last year, says an industry publication Automotive News said the automakers target for the month follows a stunning performance last month, when the industry built 956,067 cars, a 963,100 cars The industry is eyeing a record for the third quarter of 1 95 million cars, up 2 8 percent from the previous high of 1 89 million cars built during the third quarter of 1973. Fast Service 18M Sid Safran, president, SULLIVAN Vend- over the years have become more and more sophisticated as electronics have taken over. In some of the larger towns you can buy anything from a pair of socks to a carton of cigarettes in a vending machine. Mr Safran said the machine dispensing cigarettes by the carton in supermarkets is coming to the area. He said credit cards will be used for the punhases at prices to be 9et by the markets. "They are a boon to markets used to stacking hundreds of cartons in open display because shoplifting is eliminated," Mr. Safran said MEMBERS Helping people invest in the West VALLfY FAIR MALL 80- - 2700 Wwt 41 1 v UJS UNC MOVE YOU RENT KN PARTS, MUUtCL MJfctCAMiACA Mbs? SPECIALISTS WESTERN NO 500 mg. 800 Rlfj. 994 Ascorbic Acid 5oo 100 lOGDmg. 3300 So. Main, MALL LOQAN Safflower! No. 37 A i 100 $3 89 $949 100 SKISS $183 I BUymSS0nyKaa Lecithin $'Mjs S Ascorbic 100 Acid 250 $8 75 aijiaavAiMBui SLbwS55tusr 47 c II Rakes SI IIIHT mapj t IIPMI IbBSi kmwtvo COMPANY 6 OZ. iCom n Anew higher rate on passbook savings 1 i Granules Om Our new NCX. RfcHAIH jpiU a barvri urn cnrvfnJIv and vttnrrm si a d illy dLiwm of mrneram boiancwJ fo prrfc nutnhunai fact fvg mr bettr m.iy be and youll qiiKKlv we laikmq1 Just rnerk the huwx a tahM a day rruv your bud Supply 50-Da- y Oil jJ $199 1CD9mg.25n ...it may be starving certain vitamins and minerals 49,500 L4S6-208- CACHE VALLEY CENTER 202. 8Nt 4111 for OR BUY SLC And the World Feed Your Hair! bucket ROAD MACHINERY YORK STOCK EXCHANGE $53 $189 I 250 $4 75 SMORTEH. UN0THIN. ZCttM Sut NEW i1WUNUWtCWW 30" triple grouier 14' track dletel engine 1973 good condition SPECIAL SUM STOCK Of NEW USED LAME 277 Fashion Pteoe 4107 250 Stt 39 toNtwuNNw Ihni'i toty IxckttiM Orm Urn Sfc PLACE MALL FASHION If EACKHOE 11 u. yd. 8 additional offices throughout Colorodo Wyoming Idaho Uroh and in New York City 1 ing Specialists, said machines 7 OO A 1 521-973- BOWOKM Rom Hips Wf MOO South So why not phone your nearest Bosworth Sullivan office today? Your premium is waiting Salt Lake City. 136 East South Temple St added WARNER & SWASEY 972-689- 2 nrrrx Of course energy development isn t the only investment area where we can give you sound odvice For from if Each of our full time Research people hos special expertise in o given oreo ranging from financial institutions to monufoc turing to consumer service And that expertise is available of our clients regardless of their 20 with . to oil int size 1 coffee virtually at your desk for cents is a whale of a buy, the vendor said If you pay more than 30 cents for a cup of coffee anywhere its a ripoff, he $26 machines we know today where unlighted, mechanically operated contraptions which, if the spring-operate- d lever didnt jam, would deliver a comparatively large hunk of chocolate for a nickel more buy and sell orders You also get o real ns3? edge in terms of invest ment odvice For instance our Research Deportment has looked into more than 20 companies in the -tem eneiyy development field rr.G'V local or regional companies that nobody else hos investigated os thoroughly We ve olso done in depth studies on the uromum oil and minerals industries as they relate to energy development As a result we have some good ideas about which companies offer the best investment opportunities Coffee Costs Pocketful of Change By Clark Lobb Tribune Staff Writer Remember when you could buy a cup of coffee out of a vending machine for a dime? Or even a nickel Well, then you can remember when such machines first were introduced, because higher costs have pushed the per-cuprice to 15 cents and now 20 cents And you probably can remember when the highly-- lot for your broker oge fees than just on execution of your te fee went up, but customers came back, said the vendors. (Copyright) Open an account at Bosworth Sullivan, and get a great premium. Coors Lauds Ruling On Brew Control There were boycotts when the price of vending machine cof- - that the bank had no policy prohibiting it from referring negatively to competitors Its letter, which raised questions about Bradford was not inappropriate because the communication was between the bank and the commissioner himself, and not between the bank and a third party, he added Efforts to reach Public Business by telephone were unsuccessful But an oftmal of the Eleetronu Data Systems Corp , another unsuccessful bidder for the New York State projevt, said it was a strong company policy not to mention any competitor by name Knocking them is grounds for termination tof the employes involved)," he added OLD FASHIONED Nourishair $5.95 Granola 491 .Enel 5 973-176- 5 Si mh SewHi, Uk Toasted Soybeans Barbecue, Onion 12 oz. Foreclosure AUCTION COLOR COUNTRY BLOCK for Real Estate ;0'l'V jOlll Cedar City, Utah 19th 12:30 P.M. 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