The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-07-03
CHEESE
Wellington, O., June q, 80

a resolution passed at the "cheese dealers
meeting" held at our Office yesterday
morning. You were invited to be present
at the meeting referred to, and your alb
sence was regretted. The meeting was
adjourned until Friday morning after the
arrival Of the train from LAGRANGE, and /
was instructed to furnish you with the en-
closed copy, so that you would have full
opportunity for reply. You are cordially
invited to be at the adjourned meeting at
the time stated, when the matters referred
to in the enclosed statement will be dis
cussed, If you so desire. 1t is my i'm.
preston that the intention is to publish
the enclosed statement, If the charges
against you, therein contained, are not
satisfactorily answered.
Most truly yours,
E. F. WEBSTER.
TO THE PUBLIC.
II is we'll known by all dairy men that
the tendency of the cheese market is
downward from the opening of the season
until the lowest point Of the season is
reached. In case Of an unusually large
flow of milk the decline In prices is gen
orally very rapid, and the market is so
susceptible that quotation below the
market by single prominent dealer at
once causes general decline.
In the interests Of the dairYmen of this
vicinity, and with view Of steadying our
market, and thus to prevent premature
cutting of prices during the present sea-
son, an agreement was entered into 10 bill
at uniform prices by the following firms,
viz. G. W. Crosier & Co., Laundon, Win
decker & Co., James Sheldon, j. p Eidt,
Horr, Wagner & Co., of Wellington, and
Parsons g. Gott, Of LaGrange.
By the terms of the agreement above
referred to, all parties TO it we're under OBJ
legations TO bill cheese at price agreed
upon until at least two parties to the agree
ment should decide that the condition Of
other cheese markets required reduction
in prices here, in which case ali the other
parties to the agreement were to be mott.
fed OF the proposed reduction immedi-
ately, and to be so notified that all Of said
parties would be able to send the proposed
lower quotations by the same mail. 1t
was expressly agreed that no party to the
agreement should, under any circum.
stances whatever, sell or quote cheese 10
any Of the trade, either by letter or tele-
gram, through brokers, or in any other
way, below the uniform price agreed
upon, and that after decline had been
agreed upon all parties to the agreement
were to have absolutely the same time in
which 10 reach the trade with the lower
quotations.
In view of the agreement above recited
the undersigned were amazed, from tim,
to time, by incontestable evidence of VIC
lations Of 1t by Messrs. G. W. Crosier & Co
Messrs. g. w. Crosier & Co. violated the
agreement herein referred to by quoting
fiat cheese at cts. while the agreed price
was ~ cts. Messrs. G. W. Crosier & Co
violated the agreement herein referred d
by selling cheese at 6A cts. while III,
agreed price was cts. Messrs. G. W
Crosier & 20. violated the agreemen
herein referred to by quoting cheese a
61f cts. while the agreed price was Z cts
In this latter case Messrs. G. w. Crosle
& Co. notified the other parties, on Jun
22d, that they should quote at 81 cts, bu
they had no right TO so quote without tn
consent Of at least one other party to th
agreement, and such consent they did nc
secure; and as matter Of fact. their quo
tations at 61S cts. we're in the hands Of th
trade before they notified the other partie
to the agreement that they intended to S
quote.
In consequence Of the repeated 'viols
tions OF the agreement herein referred (
by Messrs. q. W. Crosier & Co., the othe
parties to the said agreement at last cor
cluded that II was no longer practicable I
attempt, by cooperation, to maintain uu
form prices for cheese in this market; an
on this account, and for no other reasol
the attempt has been abandoned. II
uuquestionably true that large sum {
; money has been saved TO the dairymen
J this vicinity by this organized effort
maintain uniform prices for cheese in tn
market.
The undersigned hereby assert that the
have kept the agreement entered In
strictly and in good faith, and deeply r
gret that the same could not be continue
Horn, WARNER & Co.,
LAUNDoN, WNDEcKER & Co.,
JAMES SHELDON,
PARSONS & Corr,
]. p. EIDT.
l. Wellington, Ohio, June 20, 1880
II Wellington, y June u, 1889.
a L. F. Webster.
Dear Sir:-0n the 22nd we received
q letter from Messrs. Hor, Warner & G
}. notifying us that the Wellington Chez
= Board OF Trade was Busted" !" and we q
quiesced in their decision.
$ 1 have positive evidence that the Boar
5 prices were not sustained, from the frs
a by at least two Of the members Of u
| Hoard