The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-13
Representatives of More Than One
Hundred Independent Fac
tories to Organize.
ST. LOUIS THE Meeting PLACE.
The Call Is for a "SOcial Gather.
ing" and Secretary Grubb
Says Combine Is Not
Desired.

Representatives of lis of the largest in
\ dependent cracke- factories will meet in
St. Louis the last week of September to
form an association similar to that of the
wholesale grocers. their purpose being to
! fight the National Biscuit Company. known
as the Cracker Trust. collectively and
| throughout all parts of the United States.
The negotiations to this end have been
| on foot since May l. and the meeting was
then planned for June 10 Thirty of the
| most prominent English millers and biscuit
bakers. under the guidance OF kingsland
Smith OF London. were also to be present.
Some hitch in the preparations prevented
the Englishmen from coming. and on ac-
count of the hot weather the gathering OF
the American manufacturers was postponed
until the last of September.
Hartwell B. Grubbs. manager Of the Union
Biscuit Company. st. Louis. sent out the
original call for the meeting. In his letter
he stated that 1t was to be a social gath
ering." during which the delegates could
become acquainted and discuss affairs to
their mutual benefit. The letter stated
clearly that no pool was in contemplation.
or any regulation Of prices.
Those to he Represented.
Favorable replies were received from the
following firms. all Of whom will send rep
resentatives to the September meeting:
Huston Biscuit Company. Birmingham.
Ala; Martin Cracker Company. Birming-
ham, Ala; Thomas II. Carr. Montgomery.
Ala: Standard Biscuit Company. San Fran
CISCO CAL: Bishop & Co.. Los Angeles.
CAL: Eagle Biscuit Company. San Francis
co, CAL: American Biscuit Company. San
Francisco. Cal; Lundquist & Co., Denver.
Colo: A. w. Wallace & Son. Bridgeport.
Conn: Frank Goetz. Manchester. Conn;
c. d. Boss & Son. New London. Conn:
Havenner Baking Company, Washington.
d. c.: W. & J. Lang Company. Wilmington,
Del: T. s. Lewis. Atlanta, Ga; Frank E.
Block Company, Atlanta, Ca: Clarke Il
Morgan. Quincy. ILL.,: Riedinger & Oertel.
Quincy. H.: Allen Mccullough & Son. Chi
cago. ILL.,: Durand & Kasper Company QAb-
erty Bakery, Chicago. ILL.,; F. Westerman
& Co.. Chicago, ILL.,; c. s. Sawyer Biscuit
Company, Chicago, ILL.,: W. Karnop & Co.,
Chicago, ILL.,: Dake Baking Company, Chi
cago, ILL.,: Thomas & Clarke, Peoria. ILL.,;
Wood & Co.. Madison. Ind: Bryce Baking
Company, Indianapolis. Ind: Wortz Crack
er Company. Frankfort. Ind; Lafayette
Crackery and Confectionery Company. La
fayette. Ind: Fort Dodge Cracker Com
pany, Fort Dodge, Ia: L. Sherven, Story
City. Ia: F. A. Rolfe. Leavenworth. Kas.:
Kansas Cracker Company. Independence.
Kas.: Pelican Cracker Company. New Or
leans. La; Independent Cracker Company.
New Orleans. La. Union Biscuit Company.
st. Louis. Mo-: E. B. Kruce & Co.. Detroit
Mich: l. d. Manchester. Luverne. Mimi:
Ericsson. Weeks & Co., wadena, Mimi:
Maryland Biscuit Company. Baltimore. Nd:
Smith Bros. Gardiner. Me-; F. L. Jones &
Co.. Bangor. Me-: T. A. Huston & Co.,
Auburn. Me-: Calderword's Bakery; Port
land. Me-: Augustus Hubbard, Gloucester.
Mass: Austin Young & Co.. Boston. Mass;
H. ". Clark & Co.. North Adams. Mass:
Smell & Simpson, New Bedford. Mass: G.
J. & D. Bradt. Lowell. Mass; Smith-Carr
Baking Company. Northampton. Mass; W.
c. Wedge. Chicopee. Mass: F. B. WASH
burn Co.. Brockton. Mass: E. E. Poore
& Co.. Lawrence. Mass: Cartwright. Bor-
den & Co.. Worcester. Mass; c. H.
Burke. BakinG Company. Nashua.
n. H; ]. c. Norris & Co., Con-
cord. n. H: Guernsey Bros. & Co.,
Keene. N. H.: Longstreet. Morton & Co..
Newark. n. J.: Crescent Cracker Com
pany. Utica. n. Y; Deninger Bros. Roches-
ter. n. Y: Hill & Jess. wntertown. n. Y:
Cahin Bros. Syracuse. N. Y; Alexander
McCred. Auburn, n. Y: Ontario Baking
Company. Lockport. N. T.: Mugridee & Co..
B Iffalo, n. Y: Faxon. Williams & Faxon.
Buffalo, n. Y; Fest Biscuit Company. New
York City, 8. b. Clark. New York City:
Manhattan Biscuit Company, New York
City; Anger Baking Company. New York
City; Oklahoma Biscuit Company. Okla
he ma City Ok; G. II. Strtetmann's Sons.
Cincinnati. o.: B. H. Kroger. Cincinnati.
O.; Ohio Baking Company. Cleveland. o.;
Kenton, Craker Company, Kenton. O.;
James McMahan & Son. Portsmouth. o.:
NJ. Seifang & Co., Toledo. O.: Coleman &
Fleber. Columbus. o.: Columbus Biscuit
Company. Columbus. O.; United States Bis
cult Company, Philadelphia. Pa; Robert C.
Festus & Co.. Philadelphia, Pa: Franklin
Biscuit Company, Philadelphia, Pa: Henry
wanklin, Philadelphia. Pa; Colonial Bis
cult Company. Philadelphia. Pa; Frank
Burns, Philadelphia, Pa: Keebler-weyl
Baking Company. Philadelphia. Pa: A. ].
Medlar, Philadelphia. Pa; J. s. WINS Sons,
Philadelphia. Pa: Chatland K Lenhart.
Brownsville. Pa; Lawrence Walter. Wilkes
barre Pa; J. B. Carr. Wilkesbarre. Pa: H. l..
Moore, Wilkesbarre. Pa: Peerless Bakery
Shamokin, Pa; NJ. J. Kelly. Scranton. Pa:
d. F. Stauffer. York. Pa; Ward-Mackey
Company, Pittsburg. Pa; Jas McClurg &
Co., Pittsburg, Pa; A. A. Payton Biscuit
Company. Allegheny City. Pa: T.. Magirn
& Co., Allegheny. Pa. Rice & Hayward,
Providence, r l.; Wright Baking Com
pany. Providence. II. l.: Woonsocket Baking
Company. woonsocket. r. l.: Pawtucket
Baking Company. Pawtucket. r. l.; J. c.
H. Clausen Co.. Charleston, s. e.: Geo.
A. Craig. Ogden, Utah; c. H. Cross & Co..
Montpelier, VT; Geo. H. Cross st. Johns
bury, VT: Geo. w. Smith & Son, White
River JunctiC n. VT: Southern Biscuit Ccm-
pany, Richmond. Va: Clawson Bros. Com
pany, Charleston. ". Va; Robert A. John
ston Company, Milwaukee, Wis: Amen
Candy and Biscuit Company. Green Bay.
Wis; Superior Candy and Cracker Co.. Sc
attic. Wash.
No Wish to Combine.
Mr.. Crubbs said yesterday that the plans
sdopted by the biscuit manufacturers would
be not at all in line with steps toward the
formation Of a consolidation. I'VE do not
, wish to combine" he said. But as the
trust IL fighting one Of us in a certain ter
ritory the others vii! fight the trust in
| some other territory"
| He .aid further that some understanding
between different Independent manufactlr-
.rs had been perfected six months ago. All
| the independent factories are now working
\ both cay ard night, he said. while many
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