The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-07-27

Prooiems-First Live Pigmy Hippo
potami Ever Shown to Be Eshibited
Here-One Fourteenth the Size Of
Ordinary Hippo-Students Of Hloh
Cost OF Living Problem Strike An
other knotty Problem-Hoboes In
: CONVENTION Here Want Respect for
Their Professionalism York Had
BAG Attack Of Gambling Fever.
NEW YORK. July 2G-As a war
center. New York is fast setting a
new record. md 10 the many wars
and rumors OF wars that have been
RTE in the Industrial world here FOR
the past few months must now he
added the battle OF the bananas. Traf.
nc in the humble fruit Of the tropics
Is The mainstay of The pushcart mer-
chant and has become 80 tremendous
that lis handling has led 10 the ere
alton OF a huge corporation. some
times referred TO as the Banana
trust The fact that his mpa
according 10 statements brought out
10y legal proceedings here this week
has expended $685. 1000 i'm the pasf
10" months I'm the effort 10 drive out
an independent competition that has
been attempting TO secure a share OF
'h" business. shows the tremendous
size of the stake involved. Another
eHect or the struggle apparently has
h''n TO bring increased prosperity 10
'"e South American growers. as 30 is
stated hat the price paid them has
been jumped from thir-y-one 10 sky
SIN cents a bunch. The matter was
brought into court here through the
aNemp' OF the United Fruit Company
which heretofoer has dominated the
business. 10 secure an Injunction for
bidding its rival. the Atlantic Fruit
company. 20 purchase bananas from
frowers in Colombia. who. The older
oncern claimed. were under exclu
siNe contract 10 IT, The problem was
q knotty one. involving not only an
international matter, bur also a ques-
uon a. 10 the laws OF n foreign ma
ton. and the Judge denied the appli-
cation on The grounds that there were
decided differences Of opinion as 10
the laws OF Colombia. and that the
Issuance of the Injunction would in
iiict serious loss on the defendant.
This. he said. lis sufficient 10 in
duce a denial Of tho application with
cut consideration of the further ar-
cumeuf OF defendants. that complain-
aui S methods OF business have been
such that 90 should not be afforded
TIE assistance of a court Of equity q"
tn" war Is stiil on. therefore. and the
president of the independent compa-
ny declares that while he is not seek
Ing trouble. he viii not be driven out
on IN" to.d. % that the people OF
Soutn % Central America are with
MIN Tor having broken the oppressive \
monopoly of rho banana Trust.
MOI. fH. ...H I'd IT, ..f
'trcinr many local in~v,stirators are
Worrying thsmsrlr.s gray 1alnru at-
tempting t' discover Some effective,
way o. batting Tho upward trend or
prices OF food sturs. At present nn
ir'. resting angie 90 the problem is
found BOO fhr discussion the part play .
'I 'N tho trusts end The tariff and
'' tho relations - these two 90 each
other which Boo some cases Ca, Iea-.
Hr. rnf those ordinarily assumed GOO
eNi' This seems t1 Do piaintly ina.-
Gated lt frr trust attitude on the
rr Hsal f1 r.wrt. fhe tariff on the
largest f..al import. that Is raw 4rE
Tho sHear TRUST Del ru record as
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f .t. restrictive. eject .r ODD. .r-a
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