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...gardens of the U. S.-is herein made the subject of jest. One riveter drops a red hot rivet down the seat of another riveter's pants. Both are rivals for the hand of a chorus girl. The successful riveter (William Boyd) swings through the air on a chain, from his work to a theatre roof, in order to embrace the girl...
...wholesalers rose in diverse and unpredictable fashion to explode with the troubles of their business. On the platform President J. H. McLaurin of the association stormed at his constituents. They must fight together to preserve themselves, he cried; they must support the individual store keeper; they must oppose the chain store...
...Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. of America was the particular butt of his displeasure, because, with its 15,536 stores in the U. S. and Canada, it is the largest chain organization in the world. Last week it published the profits of its fiscal (business) year, which ended Feb. 29. Those profits were...
...undertake to express our opinion that the organization as now conducted, possesses the potentiality of a control of retail food distribution to such an extent as to threaten the best interests of the American public. Is Federal control of that organization in prospect? Will the conduct of chain stores generally be such within the next few years as to bring about such a degree of 'cooperation' and 'understanding' among the largest ones as to attract the eye and attention of the Department of Justice...
This roundabout suggestion of Federal investigation followed the positive demand made in Manhattan last week by the executive committee of the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers that the Federal Trade Commission study the business methods of all chain store organizations. The butchers accuse the chain stores of misleading advertisements, false bargain sales, short weights and price cutting...