Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-06
AL lUABERMEN
FORCED TO CEASE
! UNFAIR METHODS
INinety.Seven Companies Or.
dered by Federal Trade CON-
mission to Abandon For
mer Practices.

Washington, April 5.-The, federal
trade. commission today. ordered 81
lumber companies in the west to de-
sist from unfair methods OF competi-
ton. The order applied also to Luke
w. Boyce, Minneapolis detective.
Procuring by bad faith or subter-
fuge of information intended only for
bona fide customers OF mail order
houses, furnishing to Piatt B. Walker
of Minneapolis, Mimi, publisher OF
the Mississippi Valley Luniberman,
names of persons selling to mail Or
der concerns to enable him to inter-
fere with the free purchase of sup
plies by those concerns, the employ
. ment of Boyce to obtain the busi-
ness secrets of mail order firms and
the following of statesmen to embar-
rass them in their dealings was for
bidden in the future by the commits
Il sion.
Ordered to Desist.
y Walker and the Lumberman Pub
Wishing company recently signed a
stipulation of facts in cases against
them and an order was entered re-
quiring them to cease and desist from
practices complained of.
In the cases of the Interior Lum-
Der company of Minneapolis the May
hew & Isbell Lumber company of
Uvalde, Tex, and the Robertson
Lumber company of Grand Forks,
N. D., the orders are to cease and
desist from obtaining unfairly infor-
nation regarding lumber prices and
quantity which mail order houses
have prepared for prospective pur-
/ chasers. The other four firms and
Boyce were ordered to abandon for
ever the same practices and also to
iesist from:
"A" Furnishing to Platt B. Walker,
publisher of the Mississippi Valley
D Lumberman, information which if cir
cuated, would tend to encourage the
so-called regular dealers to send re-
quests to mail order concerns for in
formation for bonafide customers and
prospective customers only q,
"B" Using their information for
banks and others who are called upon
by mail order concerns to report the
identity and occupation of persons
suspected of making requests for in
formation not in good faith and using
their influence to have banks and
other agencies fail to make such re-
ports or to make misleading reports.
Refuse Lumber Supplies.
&C" Through actual or threatened
withdrawal of patronage inducing or
endeavoring to induce manufacturers
and wholesalers to refuse to furnish
supplies of lumber and building ma
terials to mail order houses.
ID" Furnishing to Platt B. Walker
the names of manufacturers and
wholesalers who sell to mail order
concerns, to enable him to interfere
Awith the free purchase of supplies by
these mail order concerns. -
"E" Employing or contributing to
the employment of Luke w. Boyce
to obtain confidential information re-
garding the business secrets of mail
order concerns and the movements OF
their statesmen.
"F" Following or causing these
statesmen to be followed from place to |
place with the object of hindering and
embarrassing them in their negotia-
tions with prospective customers.
&c" Using Plat B. Walker, the Mis- /
sissippi Valley Lumberman, Luke w.
Boyce, or any similar agency for any
OF the purposes prohibited in the or
dcrs."
The following were affected By
those orders:
L.ke W; Boyce, Libby Lupber company
Bertram- Wright Lumber company, s. H. |
Bowman Lumber company. Dovey-Shute
Lumber company, L. P. Dolliff & Cos Full |
lerton Lumber company, Iampert Lumber |
company, Langworth Lumber company, Man
dan Mercantile company, Midland Lumber
company, I.dland Lumber and Coal COM
pauy II. w. Ross Lumber company, Salzer
4 umber company, John W. Tuthill Lumber
Company, Winner -Torgerson Lumber COM
pany and Imperial Lumber company.
Nebraska Firms Included.
Many Nebraska, Iowa and South
Dakota firms are in the list, including
the Chicago Lumber company of
Omaha They are:
y. L. Stickel Lumber company and F. Fl.
Gilcrest Lumber company, Kearney, Neb.;
Eclipse Lumber company land Joyce Lum-
Edgeniont. s. D.; F. A. Bartlett & Co.,
Farmingdale, S. D.; Biddick- Holman Lum-
ber company, Coils, Ia; Central Lumber
and Coal company, Dubuque. Ia; A. F.
Clough Co.. Canova, s. D.; Chicago Lum-
ber company Of Omaha, Neb; Albert
Caughey, Deshler, Neb.: L. W. Cox & Co.,
McCook, Neb.; c. W. Derr, Mitchell, S, D.;
n. J. Dixon Lumber company Sac Sity, Ia;
Floete Lumber company, SPENCER, Ia; F. l.
Gardner & Co., Cherokee Ia: c. H. Grant
and Son. Rolfe, Ia; Hamilton Lumber COM
pany, Britton, s. D.: Jasper Lumber COM
pany, Newton Ia; II. Peterson G. Sons, Dan
nebrog Neb.; Pawnee Lumber company,
Iawnee City, Neb.; J. ]. Stehly. Hecla, S.
w. Schoeneman Brothers company Harvard
en-, Ia; F. NJ Slagle & Co., Alton, Ia:
Smith -Hovelson Lumber company, Sioux
City, Ia; Wisconsin Lumber company, Des
aIoines. Ia; Welpton Lumber company. Ogal-
lala, Neb.: Dierks Lumber and Coal COM
pany, Lincoln, Neb; J. A. Gardner & Co,
Orleans, Neb
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