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Show inn Bf Fii How the Combinatioitif to Eke Out kmfi. Big Profits roth producer aie consumer Methods by Which ?f Loses Ont While Cfll Is Looted.:jP There was a meeting pW Lako commission trust at ly unlay. It was in tho foraMK con in a prominent cafo, imrt of tho independents waa iSff however, failed to Bhow opjBfi, tho luncheon was" over iumtjL adjournment to room 148 hiM; hotel, and ho was telephonSE! conferenco was behind cjf?! but the independent merchSliL Not only docs the comffljf, bino hold up tho pcoplo oMbii and of Utah, but, tho shitMife likfiwjse; though an ola mmr which ho is powerlcfa to vtM1 tho cqmbrfio gets three or rf Here is tho way the game.iAjfc' How Game la WoKk Several days ago a carloaBTf berries arrived in SaltLaSKf to a member of tho trust fiwSi in southern California. TE7 for tho sake of illustratiiiBif tied nt $1000. That is wsKt signeo waa to pay for tlAi: When tho berries arrived UmK7 bo Tho Tribune is informed) to recoivo tho shipment, aK consignment to be in baaM Then another member of 'tmt't got busy. His firm ncedeflpt of strawberries and neededXp ly. Tho telegraph wasbrew and the Calif nrnia grower 9L that his original shinmnntMj but that it was not in gttijR? might be, however, that UjbmPa could uso the car here, mrtaEk tho alloged damaged condbjMJ, not worth more than $60E Meanwhile, in view thatfTi wero alleged to bs in biflmfcL other commission firm, noHRS bine, got tho food inspector!! tho bcrrieg. He did bo, aiXJ mcnt was found to be. notBft shape, but in excellent coSnj Made Two ProfijSf However, the telcgrapniBp dence had accomplished frjfl' tended, tho shipper agr.eedB' $G00, naturally, rather ih&A -entire shipment, and it Thero was a clear profit OHJ on tho deal. A hand3omH divide at. this end of ih6jM; the berries were unloadedJB. the trade at tho regular.' cH and nnothor profit was nujfl grower and the consumerH suckers both paid tribute "JE It should be understood itS ures named are used simpt trate. as the original corifiigaB to give the prico whearMH purchaser did likewise. BoH was thero just the samavH" places a transaction likeJB cause the officers of the .11 down and some would p&y'fl for a case like this isr-(otfmi lv. TiiRf n f.nr nf irrnnrl bkH . Tho Tribuno is also inH a car of tomntoC3 was .hancBH in the same way. It is o'n'H a shame that such a tfftiB thin go unpunished. That-H 'docs exist is beyond QtujB denier from whom you Tl food supplies will tell yoijfl got to sell his stuff at tli;H tho commission combinel'fH will be shut out from obijH plies will bo driven outofB Big Profit, in BattjS Saturday there was a jB bananas received in SalLBBI press. Tho trust price &Tjft li conta per pound. Thjj camo from Denver and !.vH charges thereon .was $2 rJH or 2 cants per pound. ThH ' has boon in effect for somjSI Lake as a rulo receives baiMB load lots. Tho freight tttjH Orleans to Denver on per hundrod, and from 2JgtB Salt Lake, $1.25 por hnndrqM Now if bananas aro soldBJ . prico by tho combinationjB press rato of $2 por hundrBB making tho combinod j-tBJ' from Now Orleans to Salt-Bj hundred, and a profit iavB' commission man. as thereB sumor can readily seo IfJ'. up. An average bunch weighs sixty pounds, hea4BB profit over what tho mdepBM mission man in Suit Lake BJ who is shipping" via oxprciiBB tho $2 express rate P'E.lSBf' about $1 per bunch. 6bir.Br tho combino deolaro that,jpj profit in handling banonMpj-consumer banonMpj-consumer pays tho frcightB 4 |