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Rugs were the other concern of the Federal Trade Commission last week. It complained that Bird & Son, Inc. and a subsidiary were selling floor coverings to Montgomery Ward & Co. at lower prices than to independent retailers. As a beneficiary of the alleged discrimination Ward was also cited...
According to the Commission the best price that a retailer could get from Bird on a certain type of rug was $4.24 in lots of 100 rolls or more. Ward got them for $3.64 in carload lots. Even when delivered in small lots to Ward's retail stores the price was only $3.82. Independent wholesalers, however, got practically as good terms as the big mail order house...
Ward's President Sewell Lee Avery had no comment to make on his end of the rug case but President Benjamin H. Roberts of Bird & Son declared: "The transaction involved in this case was made prior to the passage of the Robinson-Patman act. . . . Bird . . . has exercised great vigilance in endeavoring to observe this law and avoid any controversy. The issue in the case is of such a character as to probably clarify some doubtful provisions of this...
Coach Henry Lamar has announced that his starting line-up will be Maguire, le., Downing, it., Fehr, lg., Bird, c., Wood, rg., Healy, rt., Kelly, re., Hoye, q., Moore, rh., Curtis, lh., Bailey...
Although the bird has flown, it is not beyond belief that eventually Government I will resume its former position as 2nd most popular course in the Freshman curriculum. Shorter assignments, more varied and interesting lectures and broader scopes for outside reading cannot help but induce a large number of first year men to ignore past prejudice and to judge the course on its merits. If these reforms are religiously preserved and if the general tenor of Government 1 is lightened, it will deserve to regain its former place in the sun and receive the mark of approval of the Freshman...