Show MH EGG boicoff stimulates SALES IN tast association manager says no cause to fear F from rom jobbers action an attempted boycott and picketing against utah eggs by new york jobbers and truc kmen abing with violence as gangsters racketeers and muscle men lias has distinguished the utah product as a public champion of legitimate business and is greatly aiding sales word that utah eggs lich I 1 the center of the stage in the new york state investigation into using lising food prices was col by clyde C edmonds edmon ds general manager of the utah poultry pro dulcis compera cooperative tive association recently from benjamin brown director of m markets for the asso association cia in new boik the nationwide nation wide recognition and press notices given the utah eggs and officials of the marke marketing bilig association as defenders defend cis eis of the consumers cause for justifiable prices will stimulate a goodwill good will vill among large retail dealers and the public this will increase the already strong demand for utah eggs experts predict the battle between the fhe domineering jobbers and their trucking agencies on the one liand hand and the utah association on the other was precipitated when the assoni association through brown took another advanced step in modern marketing methods by selling direct to large chain retailers passing the jobbers profits along to the consumers the contract made by borowi brown with the jewish grocers association to furnish a carload of high quality utah eggs per day threatened the regular market setup set up seemingly controlled by the jobbing guerillas guerrillas gu erillas you ate are interfering with our racket genise Ge get tise wise and dont butt into the reg regular ular sr setup set t up in new york by selling dhert to retail grocers brown was ed by a stranger when brown informed the stranger that the utah producers association had entered the new york market to sell the best eggs at the lowest prices consistent with a legitimate profit and that they had every intention of continuing with such a policy the trouble began truckers controlled by the egg ring jobbers were ordered to stop hauling utah eggs and independents pen dents were forcibly urged to desist by means of threats and illegal picketing racketeers and their muscle men went so far as to cut tires on trucks that went to the utah association offices to load up drivers were threatened with bodily harm and even death if they did not lay off that utah outfit brown appealed to state officials for assistance and a hearing was conducted b by y william B groat jr assistant attorney general of new york groat ruled that the strong arm methods were decidedly in restraint of trade and promised exposure and prosecution of the ruthless gang of profiteering guerillas guerrillas gu erillas tuesday groat issued orders to edward P conurs commissioner of new york police to furnish armed police protection to dealers handling utah eggs well see that anybody who wants to buy eggs from this wholesaler referring to the utah association ran can do so and no gangsters are going to stop them groat said in the order to police olice mr edmonds reports that the action of the new york jobbers jobber s and truck men designed to seriously seri injure the utah associations business in new york was ac ting acting as a boomerang and is bringing a volume of business never enjoyed by the association before though some little tern temporary inconvenience convenience was casset caused necessitating the storing of some eggs for a short period there is nothing ato to fear by bringing the producer and consumer closer together the new connection with the jewish grocers association is viewed as a forward stride in cooperative marketing |