European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes february food prices Are you the villain by Philip Shabecoff Index for All items went up by costs More Ihm Kauila scr Tasiv y i there was Little disposition at the Consumers Meri Hig muh Mil by Philip Shabecoff new York to not the Way food prices have been riling in recent paying up at the supermarket checking counters like bring mugged but who in the Thomas quoted the lamented comic Atrip character Pogo to suggest one source of responsibility for Waring food we have met the enemy and he is Harkin As then he went i to say that we will continue to pay More for our food and Farmers will continue to get smaller share of the food As Long As the con continue demand extensive pack boxing and general adulteration of our food in the Nami of he was speaking to the annual Assembly of the con Sumer federation at which was discussing one of the Central themes of its meeting the avoidable not All of the speakers and participants at the meeting agreed that Consumers shared responsibility for what has been happening to the Cost of but there was Una a Lilly thai Consumers must Lake action to help slow the Price the latest consumer Price Index shows that food prices Rose 8 percent Between december w76 and december while the average Price of All commodities was rising the Price Index for food has risen by 56 Pereen Over the last five White the to came in for their share of they were not a seed h the chief Bob do Texas palmed out that and retailers ranked Only Zwy among the 30 top industries in America in terms of prof it was the be food  and noon whose Heads while of be few nor Lii Sod costs was crime which tsetse my Duemey stood accused adding Cost Chhout value along the Chain bringing food irom the farm us excessive advertising and unnecessary and aggressive marketing of milled pm Wenieke foods and Oher High Cost items that return Relaus Elstow a production and marketing system dependent on High Cost Energy wid inadequate com soaring and costs and interest rates wore among the factors cited by the consume lists As generating what they called the excessive and avoidable costs Robert a consumer reporter for television station a May in told participants in a panel on advertising that the nations food advertising Bill is now about 15 billion a year and that that is a Cost that comes off the top of everybody food u do enl put a scrap of food on anybody it to he that setts sugarcoated ism is worn b i i Eye of the not inc Jacquelyn director of United packaging Safe a of disposing of the is Muon tons of by used some Ita 12 expenditures go to i and to most she to Nob of v because it is designed re product or Lead the consumer to pure Eck Sredl noted that processing Are respectively the fifth Sable industries the and added men clearly Are making Money from 1 he also reported Flat the foot Syi increasingly Energy of bar the Wal Energy used m the about 10 percent in of we dont need to buy stat wrapped in by we do because att pay few said weve come to believe that if you lock plastic pop 1c in the in a matter of it is somehow if we had to prepare it k r the Price for that attitude at the to killed the Federal consumer age esp1te Active the presidents endorsement and a Bill modified to meet object legislation that would have established a Federal Consumers Agency failed by a 237 to 180 vote in the u was the fourth failure in As Many i1 what happened for one lobbying it measure was and rela is with Capitol Hilt Are better than president car for the representatives were listening i their and what they were hearing Sig ried some real changes in their National sympathy apparently has swung against government against though the proposed Agency have had no regulatory functions per be lit have us Power to intervene on Behall con in the activities of other Federal in of Congress said u sounded like a regulator for the foreseeable the Agency is re Are some questions and on the plans of s consumer movement b the defeat of a scrim alow a very a Federal Agency to stick up for consumer interests in the governmental dec Ion malting and administrative process has been a major goal of he movement for nearly a consumer t believed it would focus diffuse consumer in into in effective counter to to ecu  a with anger and fear especially they believe that the results show that badness enter est now exer Dae overwhelming influence on the of Deslo making by chef president Carters consumer summed up Best what May of the consumer were saying to the pm Pilot after the vote f am feign tend for my country after seeing this demonstration of corporate Power q How come president Carters support  turn the balance a maybe because the president has seemed some what on the one be called for the creation of a new Agency to protect Consumers and has sought other Federal action to help the poor and the on the his rhetoric during his presidential Campaign and since has assailed the evils big government and the spreading influence of Washington in the daily affairs of the american opponents of the consumer Bill gleefully quoted Carter during the debate on the House and after the spokesmen for business said the margin reflected the american Peoples rejection of iture government intrusion in their Foj now thai pet Bill ims been b the cd incr Mav Smett going to rail Over and die a absolutely at least that is what consumer advocates in Washington been they con cede they need to regroup but insist that they plan to press Forward with a full Agenda aimed at making the Consumers voice heard in he governmental q Walls Oil the Agenda a first of the con merites want to see now Nichol the Federal consumer advocacy concept can be salvaged by executive Carter met with Peterson the Day after the vote to consider include consumer offices within Federal upgrading depart ment of education and welfare office of consumer and broadening the while House Siati Maung lobbyists and other professionals to Comet ton and represent it before Federal Gressional but Consumers i their Awn expenses out of often a f other new Laws consumer f see adopted soon include a Bill for class action suits and Ai ate More standing to sue the q what about tag Wagon issues a consumer lobbyists Are to create a Bank to new drive is about to begin Aano Jau on Public financing of congressional Effort May be made on remedial q Doest the vote on c for other Winum Tiibi  at dam Wiiki  i that Hwy need More friends in laying to organize grass to elect representatives consumer needs in this a q be position of co Nunneri a yes consumer leaders Are giving High priority to a proposed Bill that would Ait Orize Federal agencies to pay Consumers to participate in their ded q the consumer clout to influence congressional ele Euort a that remains to be in j been Able to organize on the local i j ally and then Only on Lonpo Uzeal and wet he a tuned its great and growing it be i Many members Consumers would like to b q what Hope a c a the fact that there we m a adj at wits end a do you know what you get when you Cross an orthodox newspaper dipper with a reformed no Aulne Saver a House that the i dont know which is worse a husband who alls around night after night ripping and learing in the newspaper or a woman who cant siring Bereau to throw away  u something has to i told my Osband at break fast 1 can t turn Araudo without fitting Over sum Piu Lul litle paragraph about the rainfall in Venerada or a bulking dog in where did you find that Story about the dog Ive been looking for what about you is there any i am going in Romeo those magazines someday and clipping out All those what do you do with nil the recipes you cup Jpn them in a Little notebook called then Why dont you throw the magazines away tout them Haw last Nettom Maklouf Dou of w a bum for a Mac lieu to Gwitt Toudt and Aust a Uuna my at of awarded wine bar Rev but you 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