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Show WRIGHT PATTERSON Plight of the Groceryman IIXJO ONE offers the merchant, L especially the food merchant, anything but abuse," said the groceryman. gro-ceryman. "We are condemned for high prices; accused of making exorbitant ex-orbitant profits, despite the fact that more than 50 per cent of those who engage in merchandising eventually go broke. The merchant is faced ivith the payment of government subsidies; government encouragement encourage-ment of higher wages; increased taxes; decreased purchasing value of the dollar; higher transportation costs, and other ever increasing expense ex-pense items. Yet the retailer is expected ex-pected to absorb tills Increased cost and still sell merchandise tit depression depres-sion prices." |