Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1906-11-04
THE ALLEGED GROCERY TRUST"
IS NOW UP AGAINST II
Startling Developments Are Brought Out By
Investigation Held Before
Special Grand Jury

You do no such thing. Here is one of
your invoices with pounds for 81 Of
this coffee. Do you deny it?
Gro.-Yes sir. That Is not Arbuckle's.
1t is AnkoIa, the finest coffee sold in
this valley for the money.
Atty.-PIease confine yourself to an
swering my questions, we care nothing
about your fine coffees. I am mistaken
in the name.
Atty.-Now, on top of all this what
is this premium business your house
is advertising? The government au-
thOrities wish me to probe very deep in
this matter. 1 understand you are run
ming a lottery or a gambling scheme
for which you are liable to fine and
| Imprisonment. Will you kindly explain
this to these gentlemen and myself?
Grove are running no lottery or
. scheme. We are giving thousands Of
beautiful and useful premiums to our
/ customers.
Atty.-How? In what manner? Please
explain.
Groom the following plan: Every
time a customer buys an article he is
given a ticket equal to the amount
purchased. When these tickets amount
to five dollars worth of trade they are
/ taken up and a bond given in their
place and these bonds are used to pur-
chase premiums. Namely if you trade
five dollars worth you get one bond
( if you trade one hundred dollars you
get twenty bonds. These bonds can
Z be redeemed at any time, so you see
there is no scheme, no gambling. no
chance. (Iere the government inspect
or who had made a special trip to look
up this scheme was called as he had
+ received reports from time to time re-
garding this premium proposition.
made the statement that il was bona
fide proposition and ne had examined
/ into it thoroughly and found no chance
with it.
After a great deal of probing and
further examining of papers, It was
! ascertained that this firm was selling
1 a great many articles on this basis Of
profit. The attorneys brow was
1 CIouded. He wore a perpIexed and
anxious look and a great many MEM
bers Of the jury looked like people who
had been taking bad money for some
years back. The attorney asked them
10 adjourn for twenty-four hours to
. enable him to compile his evidence and
in the meantime the party be put under
a ten thousand dollar bond. Here was
a new one for this attorney. He care
fully summed up his evidence. wired
his findings to Washington and asked
Tor Instructions Inc next QaE all
were assembled in the jury room. The
grocer looked bothered; the attorney
looked as though he had voted for
joint statehood" and was Just in the
act of addressing the jury when a
Postal messenger rushed in with his in
stTuctiOns from Washington, which he
nervously tore open and in breat hless
silence he read the following:
Don't put this firm in the peniten-
tiary; Anyone selling goods on such
small margins should 10 to the insane
asylum. hut it is certainly a snap for
the public"
The Arizona voters for Joint state
hood" were then summoned. while the
grocer was gently led away. Every
member of the jury resolved then and
there to get wise" and quit the credit
business, proceed on cash basis.
each ordering p cash coupon book of
McKee's Cash Store.