The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-03-17
EVIDENCE SHOWING
GROCERS' COMBINE
WITNESSES BEFORE PROBE COM.
MISSION GIVE DAMAGING
TESTIMONY.
FORCED TO GET OUT OF BUSINESS


eroeers' Association Mr.. Violet
Found Trade Strings Being So
Closely Drawn that He Had to Quit.
Columbus, O--Another batch Of evil
dence, indicating further that the gro
GERS of the state are organized for the
purpose of maintaining prices was
given before the Williams food probe
These points we're
brought out by John A. Violet, for
mer retail grocer and prominent I'm
the real estate circles in this city, and
Edward F. Gwynn, of the Electric
Roller Milling Co. Mr.. Violets tes-
timony sounds as If he was the sub
ject of a joke at the hands Of the re-
tailers. He declared that when he
went into business he started to COM
pete by cutting prices. He was called
upon by a representative OF the Retail
Grocers' association, and asked to
become member. He declined, and
then the fun began. A creamery re-
fused to sell him it's product II he cut
the price, as did also Touring mill.
He advertised a cut i'm sugar for a
certain day, and the sugar came too
late for the trade. The driver for the
company explained that "a wheel
came off the wagon" Mr.. Violet soon
discovered that the trade strings were
being drawn tighter as he continued
in business, and he quit. He gave
the commission several leads to fol.
low up. Mr. Gwynn brought to the
meeting a letter he received from +
o. Snyder, secretary of the local Re
tail Grocer association. This says
that the association wanted to know
whether he was i'm the wholesale or
the retail business, and intimated that
1t had evidence that he was supply
ing the consumer directly. II was the
desire of the writer to bring him face
to face with a committee for an un-
derstanding. Further the lettrr says
that If Gwynn's Touring company was
in the retail business, It was well that
the Ohio Retail Grocers' and Butch
ers' association knew It. Snyder I'm
his letter. insisted that his words were
not meant as a threat. "but the gro
GERS buy from wholesalers only, and
they absolutely will not buy from a
wholesale-retailer or semiiobber."
Employees Salaries Held Up.
After a stormy debate In the sen.
ate, the report of the second confer.
ence committee on the partial appro
priations bill was rejected. Thus the
salaries of state employees are held NJ
once more until an agreement can be
reached. II will be necessary for the
chairs in both branches of the Assem-
| bly, TO appoint new committees. The
state board of public works was allow
ed $4,000 with which to build a new
acqueduct, locks and a dam on the
Miami and Erie canal between New
Bremen and Lorimie, in AuglaiZt
county, besides $4,000 more to be eX
pended on the Ohio and Erie canal
side from this there was allowed
A 10000 to the building commission o
the tuberculosis sanitarium, will
\ which to complete and furnish elgh
| cottages.
Direct Nominations.
Despite the fact that II was openl,
4 charged that certain members OF con
gress we're behind the measure 70
/ the purpose Of retaining their berth
at Washington, the house passed tn
n Hawkins bill, providing for the direc
nominations of these officers, by dc
cisive vote.
Security Deposits.
The senate passed the bill of Sena
tor NO. Mather, of Summit county
amending the present law relating t
securities to be deposited with mt
E inequalities by banks which secur
' their deposits. AS the law now stand
nothing but surety bonds are accept
ed. Mather's bill provides that, In
stead, the financial institutions receiy
ing the deposits can pledge publ
bonds, such as United States. state
municipal and similar securities.
will enable ban''s To use bonds in thei
nossession. and may have tendenc
| 10 dllOW DtlltI bluS lOI hAuuiClpd
funds.
Capital and Labor There.
Capital and labor were represente
in the debate in the hall of the house
the committee on labor sitting in join
session to hear the arguments for an
against the Evans bill to fix the ma'
lmum day for working women in faC
tories at eight hours Employer
from all parts of the state were pres
ent, side by side with men and won
en- representing the working classe
affected. One singular point wa
made as to the discriminatory trea'
ment OF women, and that by a repre-
sentative of the employing class, WI
liam T. Smith, of Marion, membe
-T-T-W-I-w-T-|-S .
Dayton, O.-William Hayes, As, en-
ployed as a detective for the PaI
handle railroad, was perhaps fatal