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Show , The bone of contention is the lowering ol prices. The consumer is tired of payings . proiiteering prices for everything he buys. lie is calling a hart by curtailing cur-tailing his expenditures. ''. 'the retailer realizes this and feels ' i h e loss of trade thrcagh the determination deter-mination of the consumer to buy j only absolute necessities- until such I time as prices return to normal. ' The retailer is as desirous of a reduction in prices as is the consumer, con-sumer, and is fighting the manufacturer manufac-turer and the wholesaler to this end. The latter, however, appears to be I loath to surrender bis excessive i prollts, and is holding out to the end. ! That ent, when it comes, may possibly be a federal grand jury indictment in-dictment for profiteering. The government, the retailer and the consumer, when working together, toge-ther, are decidely more powerful i than the manufacturer and the mid-jdleman. mid-jdleman. t ! Stobbornness and greed may succeed suc-ceed for a time, but it gets a jolt in j the end. |