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BEST COPY AVAILABLE WE: if the; sell many scopes to retailers for stook hut get “nly when the reteiler has made 4 sale or has a good prospects aie. never to nis knowledge, been furnished a "fair traded" agreement SPO Dy ties aos 5 9 Belknap depends upon its printed prices in its catalogue sarried by all of their salesmen and supplied to many of their customer es a means of notifying their retail oustomers concerning the retail “prices of-rifle scopes. Belknap makes no attempt to police the retaiicers in any fashion. They have never been advised that their retailers are war selling scopes at cutrate prices. Should -they be so advised, they would = pe very hesitant edout notifying the manufacturer and probsbly would not do so because they know that the first thing ‘the manafacturer would do would be write a ietter to the retailer advising hinvof ‘his. improper a 4 a at “ pricing practices: and divulging the fact that Belknap was ‘the source of “ ml. thelr informaticn. This would cause Belknap to jeopardize other business y with such retailers which would be far too great a price to pay over = - such an insignificant item as rifle scopes. ; | = recalls no correspondence from We Re. Weaver Company advising that any of its oustomers were selling below the menufaoturer's ‘guggested list price. Belknap does adhere:to the mahufacturer's. published ra rat prices insofar ee their purchase price js gon erhed ‘and their jobber price “~ Y.* to the retailer. It ia the belief.o that‘probably the retailers adhere to the price published by W. Ro weaver Company. in selling to their - custcmerg. Belknap has no idea who, e.ong their, 30,000 customers, have purchased acopes and could secure such information only by a search of their sales invoices which number several thousand each day. Belkmup retains ita correspondence with manufacturers for a period of two years onlye The correspondence between W. 2. Weaver Company and Belmap for the two years ending May J, 1955, was reviewed and nothing , of significanee to this investigation was found. In this correspondence + -" were two lettérs’ from W. R. Weaver Company indicating thet during 1953, f- -Selimep purchased a total of about. $24,000 in rifle oaopes end during the yeer 1954, purchased approximately $21,000 of rifle scopes. oe 6U