New-York tribune., 1920-12-09

tracts for this kind of construction,
he sad, because structural steel man
u'acturers have advised him that they
VIII only sell to firms who agree to do
their erection on the open shop"
basis.
At this juncture Mr. Untermyer
asked: Isn't shop either union or
non-union and aren't the words open
shop used only as a blind %
es, the expression is .ust used by
the manufacturers to defeat organized
labor
James A. Mears, vice president Of
the Frederick 7. Ley Construction
Company, and Alfred p Whitney, pres
idcnt and treasurer of the Whitney
Company, submitted facts corroborat
lng HoroWitz's testimony. showing job
stter job wherein bids entered by deal
cts in various building materials were
invariably identical.
Edward B. Handy, a Bronx contrac-
tor, testified he was one Of the six or
gani2ers of the Sand and Gravel Deal
CTS Board of Trade in June 1919. He
said he joined the organization at the
invitation of Peter Gallagher of Good
wiz & Gallagher, which he asserted
had practical control Of the sand stu-
alton.
some Of its product to an O'Brien Com
pany and to Steers firm. The prices
of these three firms however he said
were all uniform.
Boss in Sand Industry
Price fixing in the board. said Handy,
was usually suggested by Eugene Clark,
executive secretary of the organization.
who was recognized as a boss in the
industry and was generally known to
be the reprcs entative of Goodwin &
Gallagher About week after the
board was organized, Handy says, the
price of sand was fixed at $3.50 a cubic
yard, and that the price thereafter was
raised regularly until it reached its
peak Of $2.75.
He explained the dumping of 200
tons Of ballast sand into the sea bv
the Munson Steamship Lines recently
by saying that Goodwin q Gallagher
had advised all dealers that any of
them using ballast sand would not get
any Of their product.
An exception was made last winter
when, because of the ice, it was i'm
possible to get the Goodwin G. Gala
cher product from the Cow Bay region
on Long Island.
This sand was particularly desirable
because OF It's quality, said Handy, but
was avilablc only to members of the
Sand and Gravel Dealers Board Of
Trade.
Handy added that small company
Just organized was selling a product
just as good, but that its facilities were
50 meager that it could scarcely be said
to nave any effect on the market
Absorbed Many Companies
Peter Gallagher, the treasurer Of the
Goodwin & Gallagher company, tcsti-
fed that the firm had absorbed half a
dozen sand and gravel companies who
were competitors in New York. One of
these companies, he said, had pits.
which were closed down immediately
after the absorption. He denied knowl-
edge OF the workings of the board of
trade, admitting. however, that com
panes which his concern controlled
comprised two-titths Of the boards
membership
Frank Rousey, his brothcr-in law.
manager Of the Manhattan Sand Com
pany, wanted by the committee, was
said by Gallagher to be in Atlantic
City. He declined, however, to help
the committee find him.
Gallagher refused to say whether he
attended a meeting Of the Board of
Trade at which Rousey is sad to have
proposed the establishment Of uni
form price list for all members.
Later he said he was rot at the
meeting. whereu pom Untcrmver said:
Nv ny. then, do you assert that your