Reverting to the project of the Council's "investigation arnee to release for publication a list of brands goods, the official explained that this would Include the regulations of the Council governing the sale each commodity fisted, a description of the brands concerned,—together with a range of prices. An attempt would be made to include also, without disclosing business secrets, the proffs generally made' on the commodities.
He then emphasized that his department only was concerned "with price investigation "and was not empowered to fix prices, explaining that it was far from. the intention of his department to regulate prices by publication of "the prices for various. brands, As the public is composed mostly of people with limited means, he said, {t would naturally follow that lower priced goods would have a better demand and. enjoy' a wider Popularity. The result would be an eventual lowering of the standard of living.
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