Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 47, Number 282, Decatur, Adams County, 1 December 1949 — Page 7

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Schuller and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Buuck, free bingo. There will also be tether ball and ping pong content*. Norman noted, for the family recreation night which in expected to draw a large crowd to the Monmouth gym. The monmonth xeniora will operate a conceaaion aland. Hand Is Injured In Corn Shredder Doctors today amputated the thumb of the right hand of Martin Kleaa, of route 2, who injured hia hand in a corn ahredder accident while working on hla farm Wednesday. Fingers on the same hand were badly injured, hospital attendants said. Kiess was rushed to the Adams county hospital following the accident, where he underwent surf«ry. Almost 100,000,000 pounds of butter are manufactured in Nebraska each year.

Don’t Let Anybody Fool You! These Things Will Happen If The Anti-Trust Lawyers Have Their Way 0 When the anti-trust lawyers from Washington filed their suit Since that time, however, the anti-trust lawyers have been makagainst A&P, we told the American people, our customers, our ing speeches, talking over the radio, writing letters and giving suppliers and our employees how this attack would affect them. stories to the newspapers, in which they say we are all wrong. We said that this attack, if successful, would mean the end of They say that this suit will not close a single A&P store; and A&P as you know it. that instead of raising food prices it will lower them. We said that it would mean higher food prices for American And they have tried to give the impression that nobody will be consumers. hurt by this decision except the present owners of A&P. We said that if they succeed in destroying A&P the way would We don’t think that the American people want to be confused by be cleared for the destruction of other efficient large-scale these statements. We know that when they have the facts, they retailers. will understand that this case can affect the living standards and We thought the American people were entitled to know about of life of every American citizen, this threat to their welfare and standard of living. Here are the facts: It Will Destroy A&P The anti-trust lawyer, have repeatedly stated that "the suit will not result company has been managed by George E. Hartford and John A. I lartford. in the closing of a single A&P store”, and that “the purpose of the suit is These are the men who have pioneered the policy of low-cost, low-profit, to enjoin A&P from continuing activity which has been held to violate low-price food retailing which has won A&P the patronage of millions of the law. American families and given them more good food for their money. The fact is that the suit is designed not only to "enjoin" A&P from alleged y ant j. tru9t | aW y er s have their way, these men and other company illegal activities, but actually to destroy the company. executives will be completely out of the picture. No one can predict what Here is what they have asked the court to do: the policies of the new owners of the various parts of A&P will be. Break up A&P's retail stores into seven groups, each of which must one can predict that they will sell the same quality food at the same be sold to different owners, and operated under new management ] ow pr i ce s, or that they will keep the same employees, or give them the Order us to sell A&P’s factories, which produce many of the fine foods same high wages, short hours, pensions and security. you find in our stores, to still other new owners. Nor, despite the anti-trust lawyers’ statement, can anyone tell how many Prevent any of the seven groups of stores from operating any of the A&P stores will remain open or will be closed. . » • factories. So, while there may be a food store where your A&P is now located, it None of the present owners, who have made A&P what it is today, won’t be your A&P store. ... > n can have anything to do with either the stores or the factories. Make no mistake about it. If the anti-trust lawyers win their suit it will The first A&P store was opened 90 years ago. For the past 50 years the mean the end of A&P as you know it. Your Food Will Cost More Anybody who has ever shopped in an A&P store, or has ever taken a means t h at if these A&P brands continued to be manufactured, you high-school course in economics, knows better than that. WO uld have to pay higher prices for them wherever you found them. Everyone knows that A&P’s policy has always been to keep costs and anti . trUßt | awyerß Bay that food prices would go down in other stores, profits at a minimum so that it can sell good food cheap. They claim that food manufacturers would be able to sell cheaper to other The very heart of the anti-trust lawyers’ case is that A&P’s methods, which gro cers because they would not have to make up alleged losses they now they claim are illegal, have enabled the company to undersell competitors. incur in selling to A&P. How can anyone possibly say that you will get lower food prices by elimi- purp nonßcnse The Bupp |iers who voluntarily seek our nating the company that has done so much to bring them down? business and are now rushing to our defense obviously find it profitable to Actually, there is no question that this suit, if successful, will mean higher dpaj w - th A&p Actually, their sales to this company enable them to build food prices for A&P customers. up t heir volume, reduce their costs, and sell more cheaply to all grocers. Here is just one of a number of reasons: elimination of A&P from the picture would tend to increase, rather We manufacture many of the quality foods we sell in our t j, an dLrease, the wholesale cost of food; and this, in turn, will be reflected a. Bokar, Red Circle and Eight O’Clock coffees, Ann Page foods, White in retail prices. House milk, and many others. Ufhl rin ff Make no mistake about it. If the anti-trust lawyers succeed in putting A&P The anti-trust lawyers admit that we pass along these manufactun g business you will find your food bill is higher. savings to our customers in the form of lower prices. Others Will Be Hurt .. .. mi it .1 J’. If A&P is destroyed, no businessman could safely pursue an aggressive The anti-trust lawyers have insisted that this suit will not affect other designed to lower prices and give his customers a better deal tributors, "nor will it destroy any efficiencies of mass distribution. , f ing he takeß business away from any competitor. The fact is that the anti-trust lawyers ask the court to break up the com- l awver s have no intention now of prosecuting other nanv make it get rid of its admittedly legal manufacturing operations arid Even if the > p .. y| a precedent that could be used many of the which have enabied i. to «11 food - XttVe anti t.u.t lawyer., to d-troy S3'. ...»». = suits of this nature at this time. , . k » «nv future enioved by any people anywhere in the history of the world. But that doe. not mean that they tatnnot undertake .uch .mU at any future * any intCTpret . lioo the antiST. Xt”hr:n.i-tru.t bw,«. the -me .He... of pre.er.in, competition, will reduce eompeUbom again.! two of our large.! competitor, that they are making again.! u. by t 0 im po .e a new kind of econoiruc policy And it can abobeu.edu the ba.i. for an attack again.! other grocer, and on lhe people of thi. country. merchants in other lines. , M l no mistake about it. If they succeed in destroying A&P they There are today literally thonaands of chain destroying the method of distribution that has helped make the American individual merchants operating with the same methods and id the sa gUndard of living the envy of the world. pattern here under attack. THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY

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