Show THE 1111 01 A i news dispatch tells ot of a man who registered for a sugar ration book and reported that he had pounds of 0 sugar in hla his position when questioned he said sald that he be had feared a shortage two bearg ago and had been at ac cumulating culau lating his igi gigantic gantle stock block love eer r since is a particularly glaring example ea ot of tho the kind of 0 action that it if widely followed men even on oil a small scale will make an extreme extension of rationing inevitable in other words hoarding makes scar scarcities cities and scarcities seal scar cities in turn tarn make lion fron handed government control unavoidable some authorities have ae said that there would be no need for foi sugar rationing at this tinie time had not purchases by b the public increased inci eased to an abnormal Orl lal level american merchants goei chants including chains and independents have been fighting hoarding the have hae been urging the public to buy au normally noi mally and to pay no at t to wild rumors which say that practically everything we need will soon be unobtainable that advice Is per cent worthwhile woith it all of us follow it there then will bo be far fewer shortages and rationing can be held to the minimum the american merchant mei chant big or little is the consumers best protection tec tion true whether the merchant mei chant deals in clothing or gen bral merchandise or food or hardware or 01 anything else the merchant knows conditions he Is lii in a far fai better position than the rest lest of us to anticipate what the future will bring and when he says dont hoard he simply cimpl 3 talks common sense |