The San Francisco call., 1910-08-03


support that company. A. .Trapani,
manager of the WESTERN fish company,
10 L. .scafedf, retailer, according to
the testimony of scafedi in Superior
Judge Hunts ceurf yesterday. .,.-'-
And next week we will put all the
retailers on the blacklist who deal
with the Portola company. . State
ment of a son of A: PaIad1ni, head of
the. combine. 10 SrafedI.. ~ :.
The rapaoity of the. .fish trust and it's
ruthless methods. of crushing <competi-.
ton were: described. in detail in Judge:
Hunts court yesterday in the trial of
the $4,000. damage suit brought by
the Portola fsh company against. A
Paiadinf individually and the: seven cor
porattons alleged to constitute theconr-
bine- -Four retailers took THE witness
stand and testified that because they
saw 1T TO buy fish from the Portola,
company they were. 'boycetted. - .
CLAMORs FOR DELAY *-:.
: The strength Of the evidence pro-
..duced appeared to astagger the 'lawyers
p representfrfg* the. defendants. William
n. Madden, who is conducting the de-
tense for Pal adjni, claTnoFed for time TO
get his case into shape. and: said that
he:T-as. not able. properly to. cross: 4ex-
anime the witnesses: until he had had
.leng tn j. conferences with his client and
-@thers. *AttorneX- pev0te we'll salts
ned At having forced the case. to: trial.
did not strongly object 10 the delay
asked for and 5udge Hun T. eentinAed.
the case TO. AIouday. -
Ehe most DANA ging testimony against
The trust: was: perhaps that. of L. Sea
fedi- a retailer at Mission at Twenty
fourth streets: In the senatorial in
Testigation this witness had spoken of
the blacklist maintained by the com
52ine. but his testimony yesterday; along
this line was much stronger: and more.
definite. He informed the Jury: that
prior TO the formation of the Portola
company he had been buying from A.
PaladIni and the California. FISH com
psny> Then he began TO. patronize the
Portola. 80.
7 am SORRY. for you. but I can't. sell
YOU ans, more fish, said p. Cereghino,
manager :;of. the California company,
about. two weeks after Scafedi had
begun. buying from. the Portola Sea
fedf asked 'ysEhy2,
Il can't tell yoU-go and see Pala-
DIM" was the answer of Coereghino.
So he: went 10 see Paladfni .Paladini
hao@ some" soles: at 81 a. box. Scafedi
wanted TO buy :: some But Paladini
would not. sell. Like. Cereghino. he wa IS
sorry, but hrn1ly refused to SELL
.sMhyZ,E asked -Scafe a second time.
For answer. he was told TO go and see
: A Trapan nj, manager of. the Western
fsh company; -. -
Soto. 'Trepani he went. and a. third
tine asked '.Why2'
.fs
won't sell you any fish, frankly
answered Trepanl: you are on the
blacklist. You have been buying from
the :RortoIa" company. The wholesalers
have made UP their mind that. the re-
tailers should not support that. COM
pany-' -. -. - 80. -.
But = am mot the only one scafedi
D.. BY. next week we will put all the
retailers on the. blacklist who deal with
the Portola .eornpa NY interposed a son
: of A. PaIadinL; who was standing by.
RETAILER BIsACKLIsTED
% Another. strong witness was ]. z.
Lamb 4 fish: retailer of 1o4s Golden
Gate avenue. A+week after the Portola
company opened, IN November of last
= wear, .le began buying fish: from it. as
we'll as from the international and
western: Companies The result was
jhst the. latter two refused to sell him
any more -.
Like ScsfedL~ he. went TO ceraghino
of the California, and asked .'Why2"
GO TO. TrapaHi-he will tell you why"
was the answer Instead of following
this advice, Lamb went 10 r BeIlanti
manager. Of the: International. who was
quite andid:
7 have got orders not TO sell you
any. fish,; said Belianti. because you
have been buying from the Portola-"
Then Lamb interviewed Trapani. who
suggested "a way back to grace:
stop buying from the Portola and
then we viii supply you wish fish,"
advised BellantL Lamb thought this
good. advice under the circumstances.
He quit buying from the Portola-
Frank. Faraone OF the Bay City
market, go Market street was the next
witness. He -described how a member
Of the western fish company named
Vincent watched him one day buying
Ash from the Portola, following which
cereghino of the California company
O refused 10 sell him any soles.
$50 FINE FOR CUTTING PRICES.
Faraone told also of going to all the
defendant. companies in this suit and
receiving from. each of them a quota
ton Of s. cents for. halibut- Finally
Bellanti agreed TO sell at Z Il cents if
he would keep ii a secret. But Cereg-
hinO made II an open secret Dy snatch
ing his bill from his hand mad reading
the ~ cent quotation Cereghino
conveyed the news of Bellanti's price
cutting to Tfspani, who adjudged that
RelfantL should be fined $50.
The same night Bellanti begged
Traraoze to. help him. by stating that
the,7 4 cent price was a mistake of the
book keeper. .:::Why did you tell them
I had: broken the price fixed by the
oouabine2'' he walled. Il have been
~Did-he tell you who got the 1902"
asked Attorney Devote -of the witness.
..ssIIe said II went to the companies"
F-sraone answered
.roseph .Cstania, q. fish dealer, who
leased TO the Portola. company the
,,renises in which it conducted its
business. repeated his account of the
= a+tsrapts. made by Paladini, f. Z. Booth
md Trapani TO induce him to break the
case SC. as TO put the Portola out of
business. Finally .Trapani said to
him:
win pay. you the rent they are now
Sstania said he could not do this be-
cause the lease.h been signed for