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234 Mr. . What happened when you returned them?

Mr. Apret. We were given credit for them.

Mr. . Was thore’any retribution ?

Mr. Arren, Not until the 17th of March.

Mr. . This year, you mean?

Mr. Arrey. Yes,

Mr. . What happened the 17th of March, this year?

Ma. Arren. I received a bundle of magazines and one of the titles was inissing. The TV Guide for our community was missing.

Mr. . You did not get any TV Guides ai all?

Mr. Arves. That 1s right.

Mr. . Whi happened ?

Mir. Arpern, When the route checker came in I asked hin what was the idea. T cheeked aeross the street and (hey had received theirs. Je called the office and they said T was not to receive them because Thad not paid my bill.

Mr. . Had you paid your bill?

Mr. Avren. Afy bill was current; tt was $200.

Mr. . What happened then, sir?

Mr. Arrver. Se I explained to them J was running my business and if they wanted to run a business, buy a drngstore of their own: other- wise FT wanted the magazines the way I ordered them, not the way they feli to send then.

Mr. . Did you get them?

Mr. Aven. No, Pdid not. I had them pick up the balance of their distribution and paid them their bill.

Mr. . What happened subsequent te that?

Me, Arve Subsequent to that the city council took rt wp, the State took it up, and passed 1 vesolution against the literature.

Now, what they have done is that they have continuously snowed us under with books we do not. order. I have invoices here for s nwnber of months, and the pereentuges of the magazines that we can sel! that they send us is so small compared to what. we have to count, cheek, handle, it is not worth while handling.

Mr. . Do they charge you anything for the handling, or do you get full credit?

Mr. Arrew. ‘Whey lave a weekly service charge for counting maga- zines on your rack and deeiding how many of each vou shall get.

Mr. . Who does that, the route man?

Mr. Arrut. The route man.

Mr. . He comes in and counts how many magazines you have?

Mr. Aree... Of certain numbers. Tle takes spot numbers, how many we have, and we give him the figures of how many we have sold.

Mr. . Is that service charge based on the number of magazines you carry?

Mr. Arrrn. No, I believe each dealer pays the same amount, 50 cents a week.

Mr. . So at the present moment you are no longer carrying crime anil horrer comics?

Mr. Arren. That is right.

Mr. . You also are not carrying the TV Guide?

Mr. Arrer. Nor Reacer’s Digest or Saturday Mvening Post, or other leading publications which we want.