Weekly journal-miner., 1918-08-21
NEW WORDERFROM PHOENIX HITS
 FOOD DEALERS
COUNCIL OF DEF NSE RULES THAT COST AND SELLING PRICES OF ALL COMMODITIES MUST BE POSTED IN STORE.
(From Sundays Dailyl

chant and purveyor ot toodstuttS m
 the State will be compelled to post in
 conspicuous place in his store the
 cost price and the selling price of
 every article in his stock, an order
 to this effect having been issued this week by the State Council of Defense. This step is taken with a view of eliminating every case of profiteer- ing which can be uncovered in the State. Not only must the merchant display the cost and selling prices of his wares, but he must allow a rep resentative of the food administration to make a periodical examination of his books, the examination being pro- vided for as means of preventing any dishonest firm posting a cost price which is in reality higher than it should be.
 Yesterday at Phoenix meeting of the Merchants & Manufacturers As sociation was held to protest against the ruling aforementioned, but de- spite the strenuous objections of this organization, the food administration and the State Council of Defense, which are acting in conjunction, re- fused to rescind or alter the original order in any manner whatsoever.
 While the council of defense and tue food authorities do not expect the merchants to go to the great trouble or marking each and every article with the cost and selling prices. they do insist that the merchant display on each shelf or show case where the various wares are exposed for sale, a sign bearing the figures in question SO that the consumer may get an in- tclligent line upon the extent of the profit which the dealer is making on each sale.
 In commenting upon the order, Homer R. Wood of this city, mem- Der of the State Council of Defense, who had just returned from Phoenix where he had helped put the order through. said:
 We understand that there is big kick coming from certain quarters against the new order, especially from the M & NJ. association at Phoenix, but as the council and the food administration feel that no hon. est dealer will have any objection to .hc workings of the regulation, we will not pay any attention to such protests. We did not invite the NJ. & NJ. in when we were framing the measure, and their protests will have TO weight with us. We have under stood that most of the dealers will be glad to comply with the regulation, and that none but the profiteers will have any reason to set up how"
 The resolution in part is as fol- lows:
 WHEREAS, Donald Dunbar, an attachc of the United States Food Administration, who visited the Ari- zona State Council of Defense on August 14th, 1918, stated, when ask cd if an order from the Arizona State Council of Defense requiring all mer- chants to plainly mark both the cost and selling prices on all articles, would be of assistance to his depart ment in the attempted elimination of profiteerirg, that it would be: and
 WHEREAS, One of our Allies in the great war now being waged, viz; England. has found, that the only solution of the profiteering question has been by an order requiring all merchants to plainly mark both the cost and selling prices on all articles offered for sale, and
 WHEREAS. It is only through mutual trust and understanding that the spirit of loyalty which endures sacrifices without complaint can be encouraged, and
 WHEREAS, So many rumors are current as to the cause for the rapid and continuous change in prices ot all commodities. and
 WHEREAS, The restoration of public confidence in retail merchant dising will do much to allay agita- ton and prevent the spread ot the most dangerous form of pro-German 
 BE IT RESOLVED, That the Arizona State Council of Defense. by virtue of the authority in it vested, order that.
 "On or after October lst, 1918. all retail merchants, dealers in commodi- ties of merchandise, food stuffs, arti- cles of wearing apparel, and all other articles sold retail, shall mark in plain figures the cost and sale price ot each article sold, displayed for sale, or kept in stock, either on each unit of sale. or in such a conspicuous manner in the immediate vicinity ot such article or articles, that no con fusion or error can arise in any inter pretation of the cost and sale price o- each unit of sale