New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-24
|E}[R MEN INDICTED
| ..,;ost ID Secretaries of
!.,s;1 Dealers Association.
~ KIND OF A TRUST
!. to Provide That No
49, Should Be Sold at
u,.olesale, It Is Said.

er-Fourteen secretaries OF
$50 '"" u lumber dealers asoscia-
ssHy - bv special federal grand
n''Saav for alleged violation OF
sH law. constituted a new kind
S'i''"' .o,ordlng 70 the United States
-" No conducted the Investigation.
rs lumber dealers. it was admit
re .lose OF the investigation. had
p -s,ion. no capital stock and did
'S' - control prices and prevent COM
snong themselves. Instead they
,be attorneys say was a trust
80 .rd sought 20 provide that all
- .sOuld be sold to consumers only
- dealers and not directly by
80 or manufacturers.
-.,aries Of the retail associations
,ha Lumber Secretaries Bureau
r.,iop. Incorporated in Illinois in
-snresent thousands OF retailers.
Gs' .o.
g.a.siSan Lumber Dealers ASSOCIATION
ls.or OF a trade paper, ne Scout
-. ?. sweet secretary OF 'he Nlc''i-
,so'iss ''y Hollis. Minneapolis. secretary
AZ cTr,hwestern Lumbermen Asso-
- corsuch. Kansas city. secre-
~ ~ southwestern Lumber Assocla-
.s,cbseld. Lincoln. Neb.. secretary
II ysssraska Dealers Association.
IL PAL. secretary OF the Nebraska
susI scearcc. Mooresville. Ind. sec
r u the Indiana Lumber Dealers AS
', Y gsmenvay Denver. secretary OF
.hn.-sSo and Wyoming association
oI Eeilman. also secretary or the
oo,f wyoming Association.
,sa-,s. ChillicOthe. Ohio, secretary
/ sr-,Ior Association OF Lumber Deal
"a ~ the ohio Association OF Retail
*, N EDWARD. Columbus. Ohio, also
- n the Ohio Association.
Porter. Spokane. Wash, secretary
p. Western Retail Lunbermens Asso-
" ~ p-sns,o-d. Union City. Tenn. sec
~ o. he Retail Lumber Dealers Asso-
! pirhtor. Fittsburg. Of The Lumber
I. -, association OF Pennsylvania.
!. .se secretaries in the organization re-
- immunity for testifying before the
al srrv. Thew are.
l. 'fachngud. Milwaukee, secretary OF
> Tsconsir Association.
49, ~ HotchNss. Chicago. secretary
In Illinois Lumber and Builders Sup
: Ds.lers' Association, ard secretary Of
HECTARES bureau.
are Wilson Jones, secretary or the
-s-s Association.
Z power OF the retailers organization
! WELDED through the bureau Of in
-sti0n according 70 the indictments,
|: hy d scheme resembling a blacklist
.sas5 in 2 trade paper. This pubhca-
vas named IN the list Of overt acts.
II means by which the secretaries pub
=. 70 the trade the names Of manufact-
. and wholesalers who sold dertc 70
slmsrs.
= names Of mere than one hundred
IT'S. including mail order houses and
.ssa.e dealers from Pennsylvania 10
Pacific Coast were shown by dOcu-
rzry evidence, given the grand jury 10
appeared IN the publication as having
led tie presCri ptions OF the retailers
, + IS said, retaliated by refusing TO
Ease goods from those who had Of
Il
{ indictments were returned after SIX
S o. Investigation by a special grand
empanelled by United District Judge
!. Lands. Nearly the same point was
Iea h The Eastern suit filed in New
z month ago against the Eastern
q Retail Lumber dealers Association.
-nment attorneys declare, however.
ne Western association represent
Ter power and wider territory.