Why Shoes Are Dear.

Comments on the high prices of shoes in the U.S. Percentage of the cost of shoes added by shoe dealers in fixing the retail price based on their financial statements; Investigation conducted by the Federal Trade Commission to the show business; Analysis of the manufacturers' costs, selling prices and profits; Description of the retail merchandising business; Deterioration of the quality of shoes of the same nominal grade caused by high prices; Suggestion that regulation or community operation of business should begin with distribution rather than with production.