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Show JEW SALT RULES AFFEGTJOBBERS Trade Agreement Are Prohibited Pro-hibited by Commission DETROIT. Au. 4 (By A. P.) Th rent order of th federal trad commission com-mission prohibiting- members of tha Bait Producers' aaaoctatlon from enter- J ing Into aereementa naming; certain i aalt buyers aa jobber and othara as : retailers prohibits something that j never has existed In the association, D. B. Iraremu, aecretarjr of tha or- j Herniation, with, headquarters here, j says. The commission ere order directs that tha association no longer shall agree , to accept any buslneaa directory as a guide In determining what dealers In j salt are Jobbers or wholesalers and ; therefor entitled to a reduced rata In! purchasing from members of tha aaaoctatlon. aaao-ctatlon. According to Mr. Doremua, such an fsreement never haa existed, the members of tha association Indl- : vtdually consulting some standard business directory when wishing to j learn which of their customers wer rated as Jobbers. The case was brought by Western elevator operator and farmere' co-1 operative buying associations that were listed as retailer. They aet up tha claim that they wera discriminated against, being obliged to pay a retail buying price for aalt. regardleas of th fn. m it y they. .purchased. After a long review of the case the commission held no agreements could be mad among I the association membera, although each , member can act on hla own Initiative, j deciding for himself which of his cus- -tomera may be accorded a Jobbers" price, lie may continue thla aa long j aa h doea not enter Into an agreement with any other member of the aeaoci-atlon. aeaoci-atlon. a air. Doremua Interprets th order. Only Middle Western and Weatern territory is affected as. Eastern aalt producers make no distinction In prleea between retallere and Jobbers. Th as- Ieoclatlon la composed of producers In Michigan, New York, Ohio and Kansas. The members. It la aald, produce a large : part of the salt uaed throughout the world, Michigan and New York leading In this production. |