Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-23 | Page 8 | Raisins Scarce; Day Law Cause

lis met; DRY M CAUSE Independent Packers Attack At-tack California Associated Associ-ated Company. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2".. Prevail ing prices for raisins and scarcity of ' the product in eastern markets' aro due to increased domand resulting from I prohibition, according to testimony of j E, h. Cliaddock, president of ('haddock and company, independent raisin packers, pack-ers, before the federal trade eoinmis I sion here today. Chaddock declared another reason for the prevailing conditions was the fact that the California Associated I Balfln company controlled hh per cent of Mi" Pacific coast ruisin acreage and was behind on its deliveries. Chaddoell did not charge that tin As toclated Baltln company bad purponly held back its deliveries while tl in dependent, packers had disposed of virtually vir-tually thell entire supply. Counsel for the Associated company declared de-lavs de-lavs wtfc due principally to car shortage. short-age. OsCir B. UCQloaaon. secretary of MdNoll and lligginn, Chicago wholesal ers, charged that the Associated com pony had forced ChloagO wholesalers to accept ''opening prices'' contracts wbnrebv the price for fall dollvorles was left until the Associaicil company commencod dollvorles, Hi claimed wholesalers had thus I n compelled lu Aui'tiilt to nrhltrary irice fixing. IteprcicntaUoas wro tf'nde to wholo snlers, iMctilcnson charged, that If they declined to accept these blank price contracts thev would be unab'-- to obtain ob-tain raisins throughout the season. The hearings will ha resumed Monday.