Show ATTEMPTED ATTEMPT ED BOYCOTT A AGAINST U UTAH TA H CM a S 1 an attempted boycott and picketing against utah egg by now new york jobbers abild truc kmen operating with violence violen col as gangsters racketeers and muscle I 1 nier men has distinguished tho the utah pro duct t as a public champion 0 of isgitt mato business bubines 3 and la Is greatly aiding sales word that utah eggs held tho the center of tile the stage in the new york state investigation into rising food prices was I by clyde C ach general eral manager of the utah poultry producers Coope atye association re ie bontly tent benjamin brown director of makels for tho association in now york via tho nation wado recognition and press notices given the utah eggs and officials of the marketing association as an defenders of lie he consumers cause for justifiable prices will stimulate a hlll among large retail dealers dealers and the public this will increase the already strong dema demand nd to for r utah eggs experts predict the battle between the domin domineering eming jobbers and their trucking agen agencies cion on art tho the one hand and the utah association on the other was waa preci precipitated precipitate e d when the association through ji br drown 0 wn took another advanced step in i marketing methods by selling direct to large chain retailers passing the jobbers profits along to tho con 1 sumers ohp contract made by brown with the jewish grocers association to fur elih a carload of high i ati eggs par day threatened tho the regular market ret cot up seemingly controlled by the jobbing guerillas guerrillas gu erillas you yon aro arc interfering ter fering with our racket get wise and dont butt into the iho regu alar sod sos up tn in new aorl by selling direct to retail grocers brown brown was warned by a 1 I stranger whon when drown brown informed the stranger that the utah producers association had entered the new york market to sell the ho best eggs at the lowest prides prices consistent with w ith a legitimate profit and that they fact had every anten intention don of continuing with such a policy the trouble began truckers controlled by the egg ring ling jobbers were ordered to stop hauling utah eggs and independents were forcibly urged to desist by means of threats and illegal picketing racketeers ethers and their muscle men went so go far as to cut tires on trucks that wont to tho the utah association offices to load up drivers were threatened I 1 with bodily harm and even death it they did act lay off that utah outfit brown appealed to officials ceals for assistance and a hearing was conducted by Wi william lilagi B D groat jr assistant attorney general of new york groat ruled rule d that tho the is trong strong arm methods were decidedly in resta res talut tnt of trado trade and promised exposure and prosecution rose of tho the ruthless gang of profiteering fite ering guerillas guerrillas gu erillas groat issued orders to edward P commissioner of new york rork police to furnish armed police protection to dealers ha handling utah eggs clogs well see that thai anybody who wants to buy ggs front from I 1 this wholesaler sa I 1 or re fering to the utah association can do so and no gangsters are going to stop them groat said eald to the police mr edmonds reports that the action of tile tha new york jobbers and truck men designed to seriously injure the utah associations business in now new york was acting as a boom orang erang and Is bringing a volume a of f business never enjoyed by tho the association before though so come me little temporary inconvenience was caused necessitating the storing of so somo MO for a short p period eliod there Is nothing no th ing to t 3 fear by bringing the tha producer and consumer closer together tho the now new connection with the jewish grocers H Is viewed as a forward stride n cooperative marketon market ln |