ihnhhiwruft, llnr. Lumber Sales DiYision

er-er, they feel confident tl.rat otl.rer legal n.rethocls catr be used to n-raintait-t resale price mitrit-uttms.

Discouut hortses, u'l'rich represetrt a large segtlretit t-'{ the anti-fair tracle l:rn's group, zrrglle that a retailer has the right to pass alortg savirrgs resrrltirrg from efficierlt operatiorr -to the cttstotner. It is ntairltairrecl that many perlple are presold on uatioual braucls. arrd tliey go to tl.re store to brry and not to be solcl. The feelirlgs of discotttrt hottses regarding {air tracle is sttmmarizetl b1' Stepherr \l aste,rs, head of J cliscount-house cl.rairr that grossecl nlore tharr $'15 nrillion in the hscal year endins October 1957

"Price-fixing by anv label-arrcl so callecl 'fair traile' is one of its labels-is au umbrella helcl over a higl'r-cost operator to cover his ueecl for a nrark-ttp higl-r er-rough to allolv him to cot.ttitrue an irreflicient, poorly mauagerl, obsolete metl-rocl of doing business."

Not only is the tide rttrrnirrg against Fair Trade irr tl're ccirtrts, bttt tnattttfacttlrers seem to be mcrvirlg auav frorn resale lrrice nraintetlance becattse of the follos'ing factors: tire f aiiure of r.r.rauy retail orrtlets to abicle b1- fair-trade orices: the hieh ..r.i to mattttfactttrers of etlforieurerrt; ancl irrrblic sul)l)o;t of discottrtt hottses, sa1-s the article, ar-r<l gi.'". n rtirmber of other argtllnents pro alltl ccitr on fair iracle lau's. Case histories r-rf specific coml>atries' exllerierrces arrd thinking on fair trade lau's are citecl.

Sqn Froncisco Hoo-Hoo To Sponsor 3-Phclse €oncqf

Sarr Iirancisco Hoo-Iloo Club 9, toeether rvith Santa Clara \-a11e1' Hoo-I{c-ro Club 170 ancl Coast Counties HooHoo Club 11'1, ri'ill stage a gigantic joint Concat, tentatively set for tl.re evetrit.te of April 1 1 at the Chez Yvonne in X,Iountain Vierv.