TUB TRI-CITY DAILY GAZETTE
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LEAKSVILLE, N. C.
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Wednesday, august is, 1923
PRICE FIXING THE CONSUMER
(By Wickes Wimfcoldtl
One of the most pernicious and
audacious attempts ever made to
squeeze further pennies from the al
ready hard pressed consumer is the
move to induce Congress to pass a
law permitting manuiacturers to ar
bitrarily fix the retail price at whicn
their goods may be sold and compel
retailers to maintain these prices,
'there have been raw deals attempt
ed before, but this caps the climax
Such a practice would create nothing
less than a vicious trust composed
of the manufacturer, and the retail
er, with the manufacturer in auto
cratic command. Such a law would
make the highest tariff look like a
low hurdle. The present proposed law
would give the manufacturer abso
lute freqjlom to name any price he
saw fit and compel the retailer to
adhere to this price.
If the manufacturer were given
this unrestricted power he could be
expected to name the highest price
far his commodity at which the re
tailer could possibly sell it. V/ hy.
Because the more he can compel the
rfetgiler to pay him for it. He could
not charge the retailer a dollar for
an article that the retailer had to
sell for a dowwar. But if he could
make the retailer sell this same ar
ticle for two dollars and fifty cents
he could charge him two dollars for
it.
This move has been advanced un
de rthe argument that it is for the
protection of the retailer and the
consumer. What bosh! As an instance
the case of the sale of an imaginary
Eagle handsaw is cited. In the story
the Eagle saw is a fine saw. Thru
advertising a retail dealer has built
i*j> a big business on this saw. A ri
Val retailer offers the same saw at
a cut rate in order to bring business
his way. The man who had first
handled the saw either had to r..eei
the price-cutter or lose business. He
does meet the price. They cut back
and forth until neither is making
any profit on the Eagie saw. Then
they begin substituting a cheaper
saw at the same price. The cut'.og
goes on and a still cheaper saw is
introduced until finally the public is
forced to buy a saw that is no saw
at all.
This argument is so absurd and ao
far-fetched that it is an insult to
public intelligence. It would certain
ly seem that a better illustration
could Snfre been concocted. Accord
ing to this we can never buy a first
class saw unless the manufacturer
has the right to fix the retail sell
ing price. And yet, strange ae it
may seem, today you. can buy any
hind of saw you want, good, bag or
indifferent. There are all kinds of
saws on the market with prices to
-fit any pocketbook in spite of the
fact that the manufacturer is not
permitted to enforce a selling price.
If a retailer is cutting the price,
on an article, let his competitor
meet that price as a'-grocer would
meet a competitor’s price on sugar.
Then let the sitnation take care of
itself as it always does. Every now
and then the grocers, get to slashing
prices on sugar or some ffher com
modity but that does not mean a de
terioration in the quality of sugar.
The Eagle handsaw argument pre
supposes that dealers will shove in
ferior stuff on the public if the oc
casion requires. It further presup
poses that dealers are in business to
cut each other”s throats rather than
to make money. The intelligent
rhnslarr Is going to give his customer
an article that is satisfactory. The
HUISES
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Ovmr 17 Million Jan Vood Yoarty
aw of competition serves to check
he urge of cupidity with which
lealers as well as other humans are
more or less afflicted.
If this vicious price cutting law
hould ever become effective, the
lext logical step would be to permit
he producers of sugar, flour ana
ither necessities of life, to fix their
•etail selling prices and these prices
vould soar. It would make legal th#
greatest hold-up game that eve.
windled a long suffering public.
A wise old adage says, “Competi
ion is the life of trade.” This pro
posed price fixing law is a step to
vard eliminating competition. It
hould be stepped on, and stepped on
lard. The price fixers would entirely
eliminate the influence of competi
ion in reducing priees or in holding
irices down. They would permit man
lfacturers to inflate prices and force
•etailers to observe them. They
would misuse the great power of the
Congress of the United States to
naintain this inflation. Our Congress
s to be a heartily commended for
ts present stand in refusing to en
dorse such a scheme.
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