Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-09

yet the price had risen also from "a 4
cents per pound to y cents Inc
! supply OF creamery butter hau IN
| creased a hundred ana tWenty-hlne
1 per cent and the price from Al 10 %
cents per pound, me supply Oh SAT-
i beef had been augmented per cent
j and the price lad gone up from S54
i a barrel to $36 a barrel canned
i corn had increased IN STOCK nearly
i " per cent and mad remained SUP
stantially the same in price. In Few
i foodstuffs the price had declined, but
i in nothing like the proportion IN
4 which the supply had increased. For
example, the stock of canned toma-
toes had increased l02 per cent and
yet the price had declined only 20
cents per dozen cans. In some cases
there had been the usual result OF an
Increase of price following de-
crease OF supply, but in almost every
instance abe increase of prise had
been disproportionate to the de-
crease IN stock,
ihegaI Colhoinatlons forheu.
THE attorney general has heen
making a careful study OF the sltua-
ton, as whole, and of the laws tha'
can be applied to better II ana IS con
WINGED that, under the stlmulatlon
cumstahces, computations or pro ,.,
aucefs ana complnauons Oh tIa1 , :
nave peeh lorliied loF tl'e ,'l -
supplies ana OF prices WHIc" az
cIe9I ~ ~ restrain "l lam az, ~
"s"I"st ''!eae ~ oS'V" Sio'l9 w. t,,,,,l,
%''t I;iI,t7
ou ~ VIZ -. a. 49, ,Tto,.o 10
" Il - IS1,ir. +to+ 10 rricas If
iootIoa, - oaoi % Irn,hor and If
t,,,tiI,l' 49, -, ,,,otarial1,, affected
~, Fo,,,,,, cf oorcart and co.oneration
oI,,o,,a. +ba nrodrcors and uarlyeters
o. +l1a9a ana o+bor ,Iniversallv necessa-
Wv commodities which IT will he pos
sih1a 70 redress No watchfu or enpr-
getic effort will he shared to accom-
e nlish this necessary result. | trust
that there will not he many
cases in which prosecution will be
/, necessary. Public action will no
+ doubt cause many who have perhaps
! unwittingly adopted illegal methods
to abandon them promptly ana d
, their own motion.
f. Has Faith in Publicity.
"And publicity can accomplish d
9 great deal. The purchaser can otteil
take care of himself if he knows iHe
t facts and influences he is dealing
: with; and purchasers are not ulslh-
r clined to do anything, either SlnSIy OF
} collectively that may be necessary for
their self-protection. The department
of commerce, the department of agrl-
t culture, the department of labor, ana
the federal trade commission can &c
a great deal toward supplying the pup
lie, Systematically and at snort inter-
1 walls, with information regarding the
; actual supply of particular common
tles tildt - III eAiSseIe ',,, pio,. IN
p WIFI rcs"iu " eu ppiiT9 " 49, "a
existence put not aHai'anle oIo' g. l''0 ~
T hoaidlnS' anu WIN IesNru " S tn'
' methods OF price-llAliis Which az go ~
, ing used by dealers IN certalh Ioou'
! stuffs and other necessarles. Iheft
, can be little doubt that retailers are IL
G part-sometlmes IN large pdil-Ie
sponsible for eXorbitant prices; and II
f is quite practicable for the govern
/, ment, through the agencies | have
+ mentioned to supply the public with
, fun information as to the prices al
q which retailers buy and as to the costs
9 Of TRANSFORMATION they pay, in order
= that If NAV be known lust what mar.
Gin or nrofit they are demanding.
: o0ninion and concerted action or
n l,,, ,iart 90 Tho ,,nrcbosars ran nrob.
: ahI,, 40 no rost
any Wv - 40, 80 r,,,na,
, "rho+ Is thoSa ganrias NAV ner
= - ',IaI,,1i1 or,,;,a r,,'o,,idat
~, IL ,,,iiI s,,,,,I, tbero with tn,
,,1,oe,T,, f,,,Jo ~ nrneacuta their in
ii,,i.ias ana kae,, tbei, nrica lists II,
\ qulIieS anu rep 'iiIli ti"I