Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-11-06 | Page 5 | After the Plumbers

AFTER MR THE PlUMBERS Special ARC Agent t of In ICI Method of Pacific Const Dealers Dealer San Francisco Nov XO 5 United States Special Agent Joseph Darling who is in San Francisco supposedly to investigate investigate tI ato an alleged ed combination of oC Pa- Pa coast plumbing supply dealers declined toda today to discuss the time object of ot othis his visit but his coming has disclosed the tho fact that five Ci independent plumbIng plumbIng plumbing plumb- plumb Ing firms of ot San Francisco have ha filed fileda a formal Cormal complaint with the department depart depart- ment of or justice at Washington ton The charge N is made that nine firms mak malt making ing up the Pacific coast plumbing supply association here have combined II with large eastern concerns to prevent local firms from purchasing direct from rom tho the manufacturer The The association tion named I is a division dl of the national national national na na- na- na af association of confederated supply associations of ot which Frank A A. Hanley of ot New Nev York is secretary It is 19 known that the tho government go in investigation investigation In- In atlon of oC the plumbing assocIation association association tion has extended to several coast cities including Tacoma Portland and Los Angeles neles At Portland have been published for witnesses demanding de tie- manding their appearance before the time federal grand rand Jury Jury- Special A Agent ent Darling was active C In Ingathering ingathering evidence e for the time gathering government gO in the time proceedings against the International International International Inter Inter- national Harvester and anti the RII called so-called tub bath trust