Soft drink prices to con- sumers will increase by more than one billion dollars if the industry’s present sales territories are struck down by the Federal Trade Commission, a spokesman for the nation’s soft drink manufacturers told ‘the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee in Washington last week. Testifying in support of legislation which would preserve the right to have soft . drink franchise territories, Crawford Rainwater, president of the National Soft Drink Association and a Coca-Cola bottler from Pensacola, said that without territories, large soft drink manufacturers would drive small bottlers out of ‘business /with one-trip con- tainers, at the expense of consumers. The FTC’s action would doom the returnable bottle, he predicted, which provides the consumer with the most inexpensive way to purchase soft drinks and which accounts for 60 percent of all package sales today. Federal Trade Commission antitrust chief Alan S. Ward, however, disagreed with Mr. Rainwater’s remarks. He told Congress during the same hearings that ‘‘principal * beneficiaries of the bills will be the already large and profitable corporate enterprises, many of which now avoid competition because territorially they limit sales areas and charge higher than competitive prices within their protected market.” His remarks were reported Thursday in the Washington Post. ] Under the present system of territorial -restrictions, Mr. Ward told Sen. Phillip A. Hard, subcommittee chairman, “small bottlers are going out of business at an ever-increasing rate.”’ He said the number of bottling firms had declined from 5,200 in 1947 to 2,300 in 1970. The only small bottlers who would be helped by legislation perpetuating the present system are those “seeking to sell their businesses to large bottlers,” Mr. Ward continued. The legislation has been pushed by the industry following the issuance of compaints by the FTC last year charging that territorial restrictions imposed on bottlers by the eight largest syrup manufacturers were illegal. Mr. Ward told the Senate An- titrust Subcommittee that the eight companies share almost 70 percent of the $5 billion an- nual soft-drink market. He estimated that consumers now pay as much as $250 million a year too much for soft-drinks because of the territorial limitations. Based on the higher cost of one-way containers alone, according to Mr. Rainwater, replacing returnables with one- ways today would add $1.1 by Nelson Woolbert 696-1689 Trucksville Fire Company will hold its annual summer fair on the Howard Isaacs used car lot on South Memorial Highway Sept. 8,9, and 10. John Stevenson and Wayne Long are chairmen for the event. Boy Scout Troop 155, will hold its weekly meeting in the parlors of Trucksville United Methodist Church on Saturday at 1 p.m. Cynthia L. Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Harris, Cliffside Avenue, celebrates her 13 birthday today. She will be guest of honor at a party at her home. Eight guests will attend. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Gramps, Elm Terrace, will leave tomorrow for Cathanonga, Tenn., where Mr. Gramps will attend a reunion of ‘the 84th Infantry Division. Mr. Gramps is a veteran of World War II Katherleen Kelly, Staub birthday Aug. 8. She was honored at a party with her family and friends. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly. ~~ Arthur Anderson Jr. Anadale, N.J. is spending a few days with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Forrest Slagle and family, Highland Avenue. . Mr. and Mrs. George Gaylord, Lewis Avenue, spent New York State. Mrs. Esther Stewart, Elm Terrace, will return this weekend from a vacation trip to - California. Mrs. Joseph Brady Sr., Holly Street, was confined to her home several days last week by illness. Dallas Senior High School Class of 1962 held its reunion at Gus Genetti’s Hotel in Wilkes- Barre Saturday evening at 6. Committee members in charge Judith Anderson Woolbert, Elizebeth Cleasby Sutton, Mary Sanders Major, Jean Kingsbury ~ Eiget, Elsie Orchard Finn and Beryl Lawson Eustis. 5 Lori Newman was five years old Aug. 12. She was guest of honor at a party with family and friends. Lori is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry G. ~ Newman, 180 Hillside St. Trucksville Gardens. Mr. and Mrs. John Wood- mensee and family, Orchard Street, will move to Syracuse, N.Y. the latter part of next week. Several members of the Greenstreet News 675-5211 for Wedding Stationery United Methodist Women of Trucksville United Methodist Church attended the ‘Day At Dimock’ Tuesday. Raymond Metzgar, Harris Hill Road, is convalescing at home after being a patient at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Ben- nett, Orchard Street, are visiting several points of in- terest in Canada this week. Mrs. Loren Samsel, Hunt- sville, was the honored guest at a luncheon given by Mrs. Howard Allabaugh, Pioneer Avenue. Guests numbered nine. David Spencer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Spencer, Harris Hill Road, has enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He is undergoing seven weeks of recruit training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. government's action, warehouse delivery to grocery chains, co-ops and other large volume buyers will become the rule. The largest bottlers will secure this business because of their economies of scale in production and their proximity to the food warehouse centers,” Mr. Rainwater asserted. “Stripped of these high volume food store accounts, the great majority of remaining bottlers in such a market will be left with only low volume; high service cost accounts. Faced with the necessity to raise prices and suffering the penalties of decreased production effieiencies, these said. “With them, of course, will go the employment, payrolls, tax contribution, purchasing power, banking and other commercial local economies,”” Mr. Rain- water explained. ‘‘We believe,’”” Mr, Rainwater said, ‘that the system has worked exceedingly well. Franchised produced soft drinks are of uniform high quality throughout the country, and compete for consumer acceptance with national brands, local brands, regional brands and store owned brands. The availability of national brands extends to the smallest and most isolated communities, and the smallest and most out- of-the-way retail outlets in every community, each of which competes with every other for retail sales.” The Federal Trade Com- mission has issued complaints against the eight major soft drink franchise firms claiming they have hindered competition in the soft drink industry by restricting franchised bottling companies to designated geographical areas. Francis Lipp Home From Naples, Italy S. N. Francis J. Lipp, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lipp, RD 4, Oak Hill, Dallas, made a sur- prise visit home July 26 from his base of operation in Naples, Italy. S. N. Lipp is on the destroyer escort Lester (1022) with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterran- ean and will leave Aug. 24 to fly to Rome before rejoining his ship at Athens, Greece. sssr— es se omeed | SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE SALE Photo by James Kozemchak Dallas. by Charlot Denmon 675-0419 Ros Craumer and children, Kim and Jay, of Allentown, were recent, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riegel, 69 E. Center St., Shavertown. Mrs. Craumer.is a former resident of the Back Mountain area. Michelle and Kristin Riegel, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riegel, 69 E. Center St., Shavertown, are visiting their grandmother, Bertha Riegel, in Sunbury. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berlew and sons Larry and Timmy, Homestead, Fla. recently visited friends and relatives in Orange and Forty Fort. The in the Back Mountain area. Mr. and Mrs. William Hart and family are visiting Mr. Hart’s sister and brother-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Monk, North Lehigh Street, Reunion Cancelled The 65th annual renion of the Traver-Barringer family will not be held due to the flood. Secretary Frances Newberry of Samborne Street, Wilkes- Barre, has reported that the family records were damaged by flood waters. New in the neighborhood? He not all bad.. | The Welcome Wagon hostess will help! Mrs. Ives Call today: 287-4461 Shavertown Shavertown. The Rev. Frederic Eidam occupied the pulpit at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church as guest pastor last Sunday. Rev. Eidam served as pastor for the local church from 1952 to 1967. Many of his former friends were on hand to greet him on his return for the day. Frederick Anderson Sr., 116 N. Pioneer Ave., Shavertown, remains a patient in Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, where he expects to undergo surgery in the near future. TFS Kingston Township Am- bulance crew assigned for this week are Capt. William Frederick, Butch Chamberlain, Marvin Yeust, Bill Long, Al Hawk, and Bob Shoemaker. 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