Show chain stores aim kostem to stem price rise prices on a fe few basic commodities have risen spectacularly despite authora tive assurances from high governmental quarters that there Is no scarcity of food stuffs increases in retail prices of these items reflect only the rise in wholesale costs over which the food retailers have no control according to a report from utah chain tores association salt lake city the report also states that chain retail food store members of the utah association have not changed and will not change their policy of reasonable retail profit margins As pointed out by secretary of agriculture Agil culture wallace there Is an abundance of all aft kinds of foods in this country consumers may is assist materially in preventing un price Itier increases etise by continuing their purchase on a normal mal scale abnormal buying and hoarding will exhaust retail and wholesale stocks thus i creating an artificial scarcity which will result in airily prices and without compensating benefit to producers consumers may rely on existing governmental machinery for stabilizing supplies and prices this may be called upon lipon if it should become necessary to employ these methods ineth to protect consumers from violent price fluctuations in addition the chain food store retailers of utah wholeheartedly pledge their complete cooperation with governmental agencies and with producers in all efforts to stabilize llie prim prices discourage profits profit beering and maintain facilities for orderly food distribution |