Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-03
TRUST THREATENS
TO TAKE REVENGE
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recall the shipments 10 the retail
| dealers they could cancel the order
| placed by the Fish Trust and that
then and there all friendship ceased
With one stroke Of a pencil the Fish
| Trust Of New York Won out A STOP
order was sent 70 every railroad or
dering them TO hold all shipments
until receiving further Instructions
and when those Instructions arrived
they informed the express agents 70
reship all the fish TO a firm In Kew
York instead Of handing them over
to the dealers Ia this section.
Trust Becomes Arrogant
The blow fairly staggered the men
who had advertised the porgies az
a special sale, and they Immediately
sent me to New York to interview
the members Of the Fish Trtist and
before they returned they had TO eat
crow pie and railroad spikes before
they could even get a civil word
handed out to them. They We're
plainly told that the fishmongers Of
Fulton Market would take care OF
f1sh as II came from the net men in
the future, and II they wanted TO
| buy any they would have to come
and see the boss.
But what are We to do2 We have
advertised these fish as a special sale
and we must keep our word with our
customers.
Why keep your word, but we must
/ have seven cents a pound for every
| pound Of soup that leaves New York
/ OF they won't leave, WIS the answer
But we have advertised these fish
for sale at six cents a pound, and IL
on?"
You should never got on" was the
polite rejoinder, land now that you
are on, take medicine like a man
and learn better next time. Never
promise the people anything until you
have it in your possession. and as for
promises in the fish line. that is all
passed. There never will be a time
again when fish will be sold at a set
figure. II will go up and down ac-
cording to the market, and the mar
ket will never be overloaded II was
mistake TO send so many Soup to
the market at one time, and we can
assure you that It viii never happen
again.
Such was the conversation, and =
funny part of the whole thing was
the fact that a prominent Newark
fisherman was watching this same
shipment Of fish because he had re-
ceived an advance tip on the situa-
watch the whole proceeding.
Cost Dealer seven Cents Per Pound.
He saw it brought to the fish pier
| at Newport, packed In barrels, iced
and marked, then Put on the boat
and landed In New York, where
wagons Of the express company cart
| ed it to New Jersey for transporta-
ton by the different railroads. Two
days later this interested person
bought a pound of the fish from one
of the dealers that had advertised the
special sale and paid ten cents a
pound for It. The dealer was asked
where he stood in the matter, and he
said that the fish cost him seven
cents at the place of business Of the
trust representative In New York,
and that 1t cost him three cents q
pound TO cart It and handle II in his
store, making the first cost ten cents.
and that he was telling the story to
his customers who were willing to
pay him this amount, as be didn't
make q penny on the whole trans
acton
| This is a sample Of the workings Of
| the trust that has raised the price of
food fish more than 800 per cent. dur
/ ing the past seven years, and The
| Star will relate other incidents of
| this character during the course of
the articles that are to be published
with the sole purpose Of trying TO
break the grip Of the fish trust from
the purse strings Of the people of
New Jersey.
| Members Of the Legislature are be-
coming interested in the fight and
are continually asking for additional
data on the matter, and such cases
as is given in this article show them
conclusiyely that something must be
done to relieve the situation and that
something must be done quick. Fish
is high today, but 1t viii be higher
next week II the threats heard along
the shore are carried out. This grovl-
ing does not come from the net men,
but the trust representatives or buy
ers are doing 1t but there is no ami
NAL easier TO tame than the octapus
that buys fish for the combination.