CHEESE PRICE CASES MAY BE AIRED IN CITY
Cheese Price Cases May Be Aired in City Hearings To Be Held Here If Firms Contest Monopoly Counts Federal Trade commission hearings in the foreign type cheese monopoly and price fixing complaint...
...The commission may then dismiss the complaint or issue a cease and desist order upon the corporations, depending upon the examiner's findings...
...Companies charge in the complaint are the National Dairy Products Corp...
...Sheboygan $84,996.26: Taylor $70,520.60: Trempealeau $62,010.47: Vernon $87,945.64: Vilas $18,743.48...
...Conn, a University of Wisconsin graduate in 1920, was class orator and Is a former editor of the Badger, university year book...
...Cheese Price Cases May Be Aired in City Hearings To Be Held Here If Firms Contest Monopoly Counts Federal Trade commission hearings in the foreign type cheese monopoly and price fixing complaint filed by the commission Thursday against six corporations will probably be held at Madison if the firms choose to fight and bring the matter before a commissioner examiner, it was reported at Washignton this week...
...and the Badger - Brodhead Cheese Co...
...Allotments by counties: Adams $46,448.65...
...We have fought for years to get the commission to take action, and nothing could be more pleasing than this news," Hull said...
...I shall do everything I can to see that the investigation of the complaint is vigorous and thorough...
...Monroe $75,823.90...
...Washington $33-557.61: Waukesha $76,614.66...
...57,421.42...
...La Crosse $70,937.04...
...Dane was second with $185,264.74, and Marathon third with $129,274.38...
...Robert M. La Follette Jr., of Wisconsin fought in congress this year for additional funds for the department of justice investigation of the milk industry...
...Forest $48,892.20...
...Walworth $56,406,23: Washburn $58,539.59...
...If the firms choose to fight the complaint a hearing will be held before a commission examiner who will report to the commission...
...Hull and U. S. Sen...
...Although $5,315,000 was available, the state department of public instruction withheld temporarily $65,-349.71 for orphans' tuition, aid to county homes which have schools, and emergency appropriations...
...and Wood $67,743.46...
...Iovra $66.06*1.74...
...Husk $77,687.42: St...
...5,249,650 In School Aids Paid By State The secretary of state's office last week mailed checks totalling $5,249.-650.29 in payment of the annual statutory elementary school aids...
...Dane $185,264.74...
...Buffalo $37,500.46...
...Wisconsin authorities were once on the verge of finding collusion in fixing oheese prices in the state, but learned that the market would be transferred across to Illinois to escape jurisdiction if we did," Gehrmann stated...
...Lafayette $55,580.-96: Langlade $65,685.12: Lincoln $54,763.-42...
...The corporations have 20 days In which to answer the complaint...
...Burnett $49,356.69...
...The commission's complaint charges that a gradual consolidation of cheese dealers has resulted in elimination cf nearly all independent dealers in the Monroe area and a fixing of prices and suppression of competition...
...58,576.87...
...Fletcher Conn, Washington, commission attorney who drew the complaint and will handle the trial, Bald that if the corporations deny the charges the hearing should get under way during the summer...
...Wisconsin Cong...
...Marinette $101,232.18: Marquette $32,231.12: Milwaukee $603,116.34...
...Winnebago $91,209.34...
...Manitowoc $61,958.34...
...Rock $124,181.96...
...Marathon $129,274.38...
...Florence $19,575.21: Fond du Lac $85,378.53...
...Bavneld...
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...Barron S106.386.6J...
...Croix $71,921.17...
...Kraft- Phenix Cheese Corp., and J. S. Hoffman & Co., both of Chicago...
...Eau Claire $79,314.72...
...Grant $104,472.95: Green $51,164.82: Green Lake $29,470.93...
...Calumet $23,359.46: Chippewa $85,956.08...
...Waupaca $73,715.10: Waushara $59,026.78...
...Columbia $76,553.13...
...Oconto $73,284.33: Oneida $43,745.88: Outagamie $82,539.75: Ozaukee $21,373.54: Pepin $23,097.65...
...and The Borden Co., both of New York...
...Kewaunee $21,668.66...
...These aids will be paid at intervals throughout the year...
...Iron $19,021.80: Jackson $63,977.08...
...Racine $89,628.83...
...Ashland...
...Milwaukee county received the largest share, $603,116.34...
...Shawano $70,154.62...
...That shows conclusively this is a federal matter, and the trade commission's undertakings of this investigation is to be highly commended...
...Brown S79.523.45...
...Dod«e $77,053.30: Door $33,271.70...
...Sauk $74,662.06: Sawver $43,490.26...
...Clark $77,616.22...
...Crawford $59,149.32...
...Pierce $56,979.30: Polk $95,075.38: Portage $76,184,58: Price $70,285.74...
...The money was sent to counties which in turn distribute it to school districts...
...Jefferson $56,035.96: Juneau $67,178.40: Kenosha $67,936.86...
...Richland $67,821,89...
...and the Triangle Cheese Co., both of Monroe, Wis...
...Merlin Hull, Black River Falls, and Bernard J. Gehr-mann, Mellen, both Progressives, declared at Washington today that the commission's action "will break the rule of monopoly companies in Wisconsin and eventually will mean better prices for the dairy farmer...
...Douglas $81,484.98: Dunn $80,833.82...
Vol. 10 • April 1940 • No. 14
