Show Follows Excessive Restrictions Apparently retail distributors are in error when they assert that they are the only source through which the civilian population can be furnished furnished furnished fur fur- necessities There is the black market Present government price and regulatory policies favor Cavor the latter at al the expense of the legitimate merchant At least that seems to be the effect of oC latest moves to stop inflation by cracking down on the distribution industry Since the life of or modern distribution distribution distribution distri distri- is volume sales on narrow profit margins it takes no expert to figure out that volume and prices cannot be cut materially without disaster ensuing to even the most efficient retailer Yet the government is trying to cut both drastically Thousands of stores have already gone out of business stores that were doing their part sincerely and patiently to carry out the rules and regulations of the OPA As more law-abiding law merchants merchants merchants mer mer- chants are liquidated consumers will be at at- atthe the mercy of the black market operator who respects neither neither neither nei nei- ther ceilings nor rationing Organized distributors chain an and independent are the strongest bu Ihl wark against food and commodity chaos They are the front line inthe Inthe in inthe the battle against inflation If IC they cannot keep a flow of g moving moving moving ing to consumers through normal retail channels in accor accordance ance with the controls laid down by the government government government gov gov- no one else can One food representative has warned that hI If the legitimate food m men n are me thrown out of business the country will see sec a flood of black and illegitimate trafficking with food that will become co completely uncontrollable Not only food but all other lines of merchandising will be handled by on back streets t Government Government Government Gov Gov- measures which h indirectly aid these gangsters should cease |