The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-06-03
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CHIC co Jpnets The ph enpmena1I
eFniopment az the vest during the
l1yt sjxty ysars fgi ives peculiar inter-.
mi - tlIe la eel brati lon by
bitsfress INT here; 81 the diamond
Jnbiien 81 The Ghicago Board 81 Tradet
fof the fnerf Ease sof transactions on
mt e1ehang reflects the changes
IN The prairta States: y IN II s4s, when
I'M Bpard was ! Eanized the ships
Iiehts of corn at Chicago were $780,;
80 busIels nss gainst Of, 77o. no bush
! eis gilrped last year and 125. 1899
nnshels reeei yed 20 CURES which tell
HE at1rys on the corn belt during six
yeaTs. Chicago had q population OF
5eEs ban 900, the State Of Illinois
! ma oiilys 1bs 900 people and the Un!-
aedS states had not yet attained a to-.
tai Df 600. 900 population. To-day
ME pop1iat ion of Chicago lis. In round
aElnInbers. 3. 400 900 Il OF illinois, $780,.
GpO of The United States. 80 100000.
sha ionnd ersg of the Board aimed to
appIyS fhe principle OF operation to
ma expensive task of securing the
rpurld, crop facts The purposes as
reasett then in the 5ly-laws OF the
noard have stood two-thirds OF
century: hey being set out thus: ITO
q commarcia exchange: to
rompte uni ormityt In the customs and
mag % merchants; to inculcate
principles, 90 Justice gand equity in
trade 10 facilitate the speedy adjust
ments ot business disputes; to acquire
md disseminate valuable commercial
and economic information; and gem
sSeraIIy tos secure to its members the
benefits OF coioperation in the; mainte-
nznces Of their egitimate pursuits. Z
The legal battle between the $780,
G1e, 900 Harvester Trust" and tho
State OF Kansas, which has reached
To- mai stage with the taking Of ties.
4 s.s.=sy In this city. Is developing
4 many interesting facts about the com.
pany's agency methods. Attorney
General Fred s. { jackson, OF Kansas,
charges that the various companies
! that 10 to make up the International
& Haryssterff company have effected 4
Is eoMahi ation in restraint OF trade anil
i i haIe raised prices and compelled
agents to handle only their goods. In
~ effort to refute these contentious
HE big corporation has offered at last
g foS throw open its books t the prsecu-
I'm and the testimony that has just
4 been taken here before Special Com
missioner Henry H. Gnnse will prob
q ably finally settle one way or the 9TH
d OVERWHELMING has been the sub
iect kofs important litigation in half a
dozen States The majority, OF the
witnesses We're agents OF the com
lany Who testified that no attempt
was snlnde Ito regulate retail prices
4 and that the so-calletl Exclusive con-
were a dead letter and were
mot enforced. Under cross-exnmina-
lion The fact developed, however. that
prices were discussed ut meeting OF
general agents Of the international
II which was held tat Kansas City in
ss1115 The defect OF the company
fsnunTd have far renchlng results. It
81 would mean: the removal OF 1000 local
the discharge OF 900 regular
S5sa1aried repalrmen and warehouse.
men and the abandonment of nnmer.
aus repair shops at cross roads. Ma.
hines would still be sold. 1t is claim.
cd through agencies established out.
side the State lines, but the company
contends that Its removal will WORK
sEgreat Hardship on the farmers. who
ssss aIreidy have trouble in securing tho
II; IA 900 Sors 900 hands nee,leh for the
harvest every year. No decision will
he rea ched In Chicago but the testl
mony will be referred to the Kansas
X Supreme Court. which has the case
Z ssnnaersconsideratio
The time honored tradition that tn:
Mint lllep still holds its fragrant
sSTeignf over the Kentucky Colonies
and the Southern gcn'tman'' was
TtideI shattered b. a party OF fifty
yeS AlTssfsslpplan who recently stop
y ped in Chicago on tour through the
IN North given by the mississippi Danls
/ 81 er's tAssociutio According to then
IL the famous drink which for. so man,
5aayearss has tempted the pn1ntes of tn,
sPeople in /" Dixie Land Is snst dyin:
unt nd bids fair to disappear. as