Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-03
Sky High Boost
to Fat Prices
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Captain Allen said. at the request OF
Mr.. Heney after he had complained TO
the Government
In response to questions with regard
to prices, Captain Allen said when ordi-
nary beef fat was bringing three to five
cents n pound Ia Detroit. where he said
the A. a. c. G. had a monopoly, from
six to seven cents n pound In New York
where the same concern ruled and SINH
lar prices elsewhere where no fight was
on. the prices were around twenty
cents pound in Philadelphia. This per-
talns to shop fat. The figures for bones
and best grade kidney suet corresponded.
He said he sent man 20 Detroit.
New York. Buffalo and other places to
collect figures and data, and that he
would have the man on the Witness
stand.
He said his concern had lost about
$4,000 20 date and that 201 customer :,
approximately. had gone 70 the trust"
This was out of about 1000 customers
which Shoemaker & Co. had before the
fight started. He said he had been in
formed that the trust" valued ea2h
customer at about 800, as regards good
will value. which would be about 10000
worth of good will taken from Shoe
maker 40 Co. here.
The witness said he had been in the
business about twenty-five years: that
he was u naval veteran of the Civil
War. He said his concern became cor.
poratlon In April, 1917. The controlling
interest, lie said, Is owned BY William
Adamson. who is now Il member or the
United states Naval Coast Reserve and
IS at present stationed at Cape May. lie
said W. l.. Shoemaker, founder of the
| tn.y ip 1Ssr nd n IA 10 vii
and sons still own shares of stock TO q
/ considerable extent.
The concern does n regular rendering
! business of all fats from butcher shops
making all grades of rendered fats from
/ soap fats to the best suet. II also man
ufactures fertilizers
| Prosecution of those implicated In tn,
so-called trust Is Involved In the investi
! CATION. for If It should develop that there
has been violation OF the law forbid
ding combinations in restraint OF trade
the matter will be placed in the hand,
| Of the District Attorney for action.
! The hearings were 70 have started
yesterday afternoon but, ewing to tn,
/ fact Mr.. Heney and former Governo
Fort were late in reaching the city. 1
was decided to postpone the session un
til this morning at . o'clock. y. +
Yoder, of Washington. an examiner, will
assist In the investigation.
Mr.. Heney said at least twelve mel
interested In the meat business her
would be called as witnesses He sal,
he expected them to give damaging tes
timony against the American Agricul
tural Chemical Company. which .s sal,
to control tho rendering industry in thi
city.
In tho course of an interview, Mr.
lIeney outlined the course OF the inauir,
Just completed in Boston. The test
mony brought out at the sessions there
he said, showed "A combine. fathere,
by the large packing interests. had corr
trolled the prices paid to retail butcher.
for fats. tallow. suet and bone. As
result OF this pool. he said. the inca
trust" not only controlled the price o
meats TO the consumer. but had vir
tually driven every competitor out o
business
Figuring conspicuously in the invcsti
cation in Massachusetts was the Amer
can Agriculture and Chemical Company
Is under fire here. one of the lars
est stockholders Of this concern /
Peter Bradley. OF Boston. Mr.. IIene
said other companies that would figure 1
the local investigation are Brown & Co
Inc the Independent Tallow Com
pany. which. lle said. is owned by til
d. q. Martin Company; the Consolidate
Dressed Beef Company and Baugh Son!
J Company.