Show MiDDLEMAN SUfFERS BY TRADE COMBINATIONS NEW YORK May lay 28 ohn John John V. V Barnes president of ot the New York produce produce produce pro pro- duce exchange in his report at t the an annual n- n nual meeting of the exchange declared that the decline In business on the exchange ex ex- change Is the result resul of trade combinations He lie said sald The farmer Is prospering but the I produce m merchant as a middleman is steadily being supplanted by large cor cor- pONte interests dealing almost directly between the producer and consumer A large petroleum trade on one once e conducted on our floor fior has passed in this trade evolution and the flour provision lard and oil 01 trades are concentrating concentrating- in a limited number of corpor corporations tons which is most noticeable In trade of these products Even the grain trade is not free from th the same tend tend- ency ency J |