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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1947)
J)RDI Session Held on Campus Unfair trade practice laws were verbally weighed against fair trade, practice laws and free econ omy by Robert C. Line, professor of business administration at Mon tana State university, at the after noon session of the Oregon Retail Distributors’ institute which was held on this campus yesterday and Sunday. Montana’s Unfair Trade Prac tice law, which puts a minimum sales price on an item in order to strike out ruthless competition, has worked successfully, said Line, because it protects the small busi ness man, especially those just Starting their trade, from merch ants offering greatly reduced pro ducts. This competition often comes not so much from large chain stores, Line noted, as from other independent businesses. Tell Organization Line elaborated upon the organi zation of the Montana plan Unfair THE BEST OF OREGON'S PRODUCE DIAMOND ► A | EUGENE Fruit Growers ASSOCIATION Trade Practice law, which is in use, with variations, in 30 states. Oregon has such a law, but it is ineffective, said' Senator Thomas Parkinson, discussion leader. The open discussion after the talk centered around the relations between independent businesses with chain stores. Both merchants agreed that although the chain stores have not yet reached their zenith, independent stores are able to handle the competition by com petent management. Officers Elected Peter G. Cosovich of Astoria was reflected president of the ORDI by thg. approximately 375 business men from all parts of the state who attended the meeting. Named on a unanimous ballot to serve with Cosovich were Charles E. Shell, Portland, first vice-presi dent; Reese Dooley, Albany, sec ond vice-president; E. S. Heyden burke, Grants Pass, third vice president; G. Vandenynde, Salem, fourth vice-president; V. E. John son, Eugene, treasurer; Floyd E. Miller and George Hailing, both of Portland, directors for two - year terms. Hold-over officers include Direc tors Harold Wendel and E. A. Burkitt, both of Portland, and Secretary N. H. Cornish, protfessor of business administration in the University of Oregon. Chairman of the nominating committee was Arthur Hender shott, Eugene. Serving with him were Henry Burch, Paddy Morri son, Arthur Quackenbush, and Dr. Cornish, all of Eugene. The third president of Fordham University was a cousin of Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Bid Call for New (Continued from page one) Beech and Thirteenth and Four teenth. Whichever dormitory is built, it will be self-liquidating as are all campus living quarters, according to President Harry K. Newburn. Lawrence and Lawrence were the architects for the dormitories, with Lawrence, Tucker and Wall man associate architects. EVERYTHING IN PICTURES HOUSE DANCE SHOTS BANQUET PHOTOS WHITE SHIRT PICTURES BAT'S PHOTO SERVICE “If we don’t please, we don’t charge” Phone 46S5-W 1195- W. Tyler DO YOU SUDDENLY FIND you have more clothes and equipment at school than your luggage will hold? Then arrive home in style with new luggage. FROM . . . Preston & Hales 857 Willamette Phone 665 Advertising Staff i Day Manager: Winston Carl Layout Manager: Billijean Riethmiller Frequency Manager-: Lou Weston Account Executive: Mary Stadelman National Advertising: Mary Ellen Davey The English language is spoken by more than 270,000.000 people of which more than half are Amcr- 1 icans. The globe's surface at the North Pole is at sea level, is covered with water, and is ice-covered much of the time; the South Pole is on land and has an elevation of 9,070 feet. Telling the Editor (Continued from f'ape two) as assuming that the rebate this year should be as small as last year. I The very definition of a coopera- I tive store has been overlooked in i the fear of parting with profits. A cooperative store is established to eliminate middle-man coots and to secure goods for its members at the lowest possible cost to them. The system of selling goods at retail price and then rebating to the mem bers a portion of the profits is the practice here. In the past the prof its have been smaller than they have been this year. Great profit was made this year on government purchases for GI’s, on which pur chases there is no rebate. Students, who are members of the Cooperative and who are the great est contributors to its support, have every reason to expect a fair re fund for their expenditures. Why should a cooperative store keep profits on its books ? The profits, except for the amount necessary to I maintain stock and carry expenses and losses are of no use to a co operative except as distributed to the members. This Cooperative, by its advantageous position has a mo nopoly on the sale of textbooks and many other supplies. By selling goods at retail prices uncontrolled by any competition the Cooperative is actually in a position to exploit its members, unless the full spirit of a cooperative enterprise is main tained to calance the monopoly and protect the actual owners of the or ganization. A cooperative creates a monopoly for its own advantage; to misuse the monopoly and turn it into a disadvantage to the members defeats the whole purpose of the organization. The figures published in the Em erald indicated a large profit was made by the Cooperative this year. Can this profit really be called prof it ? Under this particular system of rebates does not the amount paid the Cooperative by a purchasing member over and above the whole sale price of the article represent a loan by that member to the organi FLASH - - - Playmate Portables A few of those hard-to get sets now in stock. Blue and Ivory cases and A.C., D.C., and battery. See them now at ENDICOTTS RADIO & APPLIANCE SERVICE Across From Fennell's Phone 5739 zation for current or future expens es and losses and returnable to the member at the end of the Coopera tive’s fiscal year ? All proceeds over and above the cost of normal expen-1 ditures and losses during the year ( should, according to the true con-t cept of a cooperative, be returned j to the members. Is it not contrary to this concept to return an arbi-, trary amount to the members re gardless of the profits and expendi tures of the particular year? If the board feels that it has the right to set an arbitrary rebate, then the Cooperative is misnamed. The stu dent in no way benefits from its ex istence. He should be grateful to the board for his handouts. Geraldine Meroney i SOMETHING'S FISHY ! ! # Yes, we have just received a huge shipment of multi-colored Goldfish. Take your pick from a large stock. 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