The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1904-10-13
Butchers Crust Right at Home.

Over at Superior there is grocer's combine. Last
week Judge Vnje sentenced wholesale to
pay fine and go jail for refusal to sell goods to indie
pendent grocers.
But if Superior has grocers trust it has butcher
too that beats any clear DEATH
And wonder that has not been said OF this oct
which has been prospecting for over two years IN this
region The hide bound and closest corporation IN
the northern country today the retail and
wholesale butchers This organization works under the
of the Lake Superior Retail Butchers Assocaton
Although quite large the Standard Oil it has that
institution faded John Roehm of Ashland, is president
this He has corps of officials back of him,
and every little town looked after carefully SUPERIOR
Duluth Ashland Washburn Hurley, Ironwood, and all
places chained to this trust. All the meat
ket pay each membership and all the older markets
it, be in the association whether
he wants IF he doesn't join the packers will not
sell to him. and he does join he is compelled to buy from
the big packing houses their regular prices while the
local prices regulated by the Association Any butcher
selling below the fixed price is summoned before the
ISOLATION and fined good round after which he
good Ifhe does pay this fine he is fred
from the association the big packers refuse to sell him
any The packers and the association stick to-
gether the result being that the packers have mighty
good thing of it, while the retailer gets fair profit for
and is able do business first some of the
butchers did join the association but they soon
they either anty up their $780, look pleas
ant and say it nice, go out OF BUSINESS.
The big fee of 5000 and the regular dues of the Associa
for expenses and for the protection of
the members of the association big fund is hand
ready any time litigation is started against this
trusor that just exactly what it is One of the packing
Ashland year sold bill of goods to indie
pendent market. The time the travelling came
around of his customers turned him down. He
what he against made with the
Butchers Association went right back the territory he
had traversed and got orders for goods from all his old
customers That is the way the retail butchers have of
handling packers when they get gay And the other
hand the packers by the association An indie
pendent butcher today cannot receive his supplies from
big packing houses member of this association cannot
cut prices to trade butcher shop cannot start in
business Washburn Ashland Duluth Superior any
these placeun committee of the butchers
association decde that there's for another shop
and without this the prospective butcher might just
as we'll QUIT because if he the system will drive
him out
List members and shops in good standing in the
possession and in the hands of the packing
their agents. The agents do not call upon the
ndependen dealers and their orders turned down when
received The of all this that the public is being
ers in particular their profit is moderate but the big
packing houses get the benefit
The has been making quiet investigation of this
matter time and may be in position before long
to show to public that of the greatest all the
is the Lake Superior Butchers Association doing business
right under taking our good money! and turning
it over to Swift, Armour, ct a.