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Wednesday, February 13, 1974
We certainly can buy rice at lower prices and during our period
of supply difficulty Last year we did so. This cheap rice has been
available on the local market for over six months but very little of
it has been sold."
lr. Jordan said that he did not think there was a need to set
up a system for dealing with complaints about overcharging. The most
effective way for the customer to deal with what he considers to be
overcharging was to take his custom elsewhere.
He pointed out that there are between 4,000 to 5,000 retailers
competing for the constimers' business. While any complaints that wore
received would be investigated, the consumers' best safeguard was the
existence of competition in the retail trade.
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