The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-21
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Aeys : report Laid bsGers then as4
thsr coilaegnss n ths seaets ~
~ dspartaiApt n jgetiee asH
menEh which y certain 70 prove II
prolennii inDssta1cs ~ ~ fasla
inpI1uspt Depuisctaring industry.
MIS- ,nst Aaen iearnsl here that
At1Bsney Gsnsrei Dssgherty NJ
DiaeeA Ms report in the hssds -
VIZ Prssiasnt Coolidge and thai Il
y - n Dssesated 70 the zsasts
vhen that holy assemblies Nov. ~.
TIE rsSost has been Drs9ered N
response to . resolution adopted
1ast January On motion of Senator
Norris. Nebraska, chslsnaN d the
cenntttSs o. asricsitsrS. Tie
Norris resoiutaep requested the A.
tsraey gsnsral to report to the sea-
sAe what steps ~ AaeR taken to
rsstors "cQmpsttttye conditions In
the farH implement manufacturing
indn6tsy," IN carrying out the de-
~ 81 Nov , 9Si0 nnaer vhica
M I.ternstiona1 Harvester com
Nv IN orderai dissolved
Ths terms o. Inc decree. entered
ct &. Paul lust before the armi-
sttce, permitted the company 70
months AFTER the va when Il vas
~ refirs sroue certain lines or the
inAnstry Vhis DeriOd al grace ex-
niras n January under the teySns
- ~. ssc.sa
since the aecrss was entered,
the FEDERAL trade Commission has
mss. an. arhamst,ve nrohe Of N ;
inaustyv. comnarins Harvester com.
many pricas On STABLE farm imple-
ments With fhe nrices charsad Nv
* csb.r mannfa cturors NOT allied
WITH the so-called .1rust,Y
Nine OF these concerns are in H.
linoisE The Illinois firms embraced
IN the federal trade commission
probe are the following:
Acme Harvester company Pee
ria: Deere 4 Co, Moline: Emerse,.-
Branttnsham company. Rockford
International Harvester company
Chicago; Moline Plow COMPANY
Moline: Perasn 4 orendorH com
pany, Canton; Peoria DNH = seeq,
e. COMPANY, Peoria; hock Island
Piow>compahy. Nocksiahd' sears
Hoeeuck 4 20, Cnicas0.
Ths federal trade commission
lonna tnat tiltnos ieads the ma
ton m IFS psoduetioa OF sarm I'M
piemsnts ana tRat US use o. ma
scaihssy TOT sg'eu'terai purposes
vas Also more extensive than taa'
q any otner state.
u vas found that Illinois had q
ESTABLISHMENTS manufacturing faFii
implements before the EHFopeas
war, its nearest competitor be'nl
Ohio with only 81 factories.
Missouri Led In the number Q
branch houses and jObbers for tn
! distribution Of farm implement
with -, but It Was shown that Till
nois With only n branch hsuse
and jeebers ia > grsster yoipm
Of business annually within tn
STATE.
War Time Negetiations,
nu,;nv tho NO, tha No,;ona, IN,
plement and Vehicle associatior
r.r...,. .a.,,, ~, .ssSts.Se
tat man"ssct n 81 - ,a . smr,'
mcnts namsd comm;ttas ~ ~ ~
memh.rs ~ rsnr.ssrt ,bs art;,. y,
dr.tsv srtr.,atsons .,;.s -
\ Scvsr,msrt WIN -
. suSs.oss h.s the. u.uh.. -
A th;s tmnortar, canu;.tas. r. :
nr.ritryhsm n.sssSaa. - ~. :" r.,
49, ~ snsi..hs~ ~. n !" pa al
So,1 ii bann.v .e.- 49, :
~ 1nt.,ns,,ans, H...... -
NM nhicaso ana TaS 80 !
nesss = a. nolire
n IL invsstiration IN. faa...
80. sssssns+sa ~. .s
frtsr,ssionsi Hs,v. "sss a anns,a y. :
MN "a Sominatis. nosit,on" ~ -
~ imnlsmsnt indrstrv n.st,s ~
Iariy il resnect 10 10 S~ss;.
machine I'M ana srrsin n,Ssrs
TSs sndinss 81 ne %. : s.is. s,
uHos .hich m sessts reso,"s;n
! snd ths rsrort 81 ~ denartmart :
jus&ice nov aled vith :Vies Prssi
dent 1polidee Al based vers n
foliovs:
WnHrna imnI.n,ort r.rvs.otv
and dealers BY concerted action a,i
amounts that vers larger thar war
warranted y the increases II thsi
suited IL uassusiiy iarr. s4 p,es n
foF these years.
IN spite ef the great increase |,
harm implement prices, the farm
err vefs not prevented frem mak
ing o. mpch profit as before s.
cause the prices OF farm nrnduc,