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Show OUR GROCERY STORES The high standards of living in America have brought into being some of the finest retail outlets for food distribution in the entire world. Independents and chains alike have met the challenge of the Amer- e ican housewife and as a result we have a wider variety va-riety of foods, sold under the most sanitary conditions and at the fairest margins. v The business of selling groceries has become highly competitive. This competition has assured the average family fair dealings in the purchase of food stuffs. We have come to accept these services in normal times as a matter of course but with the national emergency finally awakening us we see that our grocer is a conscientious business man who is vitally interested inter-ested in promoting and protecting the general welfare. The recent period of sugar shortage has demonstrated demon-strated his interest in every one of his many customers. custom-ers. The local home boy or the manager of a chain store has been fairly divided among his customers. If you bought ten dollars worth of groceries you received re-ceived the same amount of sugar as vou did with a one dollar purchase. Everybody was protected against unnecessary inconvenience. This same groceryman may have other problems to solve with us. No one can now tell what other commodities may be affected by our war effort. If the sugar control, accomplished voluntarily by the chain and independent alike is a fair criterion we can expect and wll get fair treatment from our merchant. ' One of the most encouraging things is the re luctance of these men to profiteer as was done in the last war. The prohibitive prices which came over night in World War number one, have not been noticeable this time and this even before the prce control bill was passed by Congress. Of course economic laws are still in operation and the supply factor must be reckoned with. There are undeniable increases in food prices but these prices are consistent with the general spiral of increases brought upon us by stoppages in the source of supply and in their limited production. The conduct of these business men of ours has been magnificent and worthy of high public approval. |