Private shopkeepers became resentful of the competition which they were experiencing from these new co-operative stores , often as they saw the dividend as an unfair competitive advantage .
So some powerful shopkeepers lobbied for wholesalers to stop supplying these new co-operative societies .
Private shopkeepers became resentful of the competition which they were experiencing from these new co-operative stores , often as they saw the dividend as an unfair competitive advantage , and so some powerful shopkeepers lobbied for wholesalers to stop supplying these new co-operative societies .