Shoe Trust Men Vow Fight to Highest Court
Elmer P. Howe counsel for the Shoe Machinery Trust says the six organizers will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed rather than pay any fine. Two indictments in five counts were returned by the grand jury, and the group fears immediate dissolution of their alleged monopoly on shoe machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer P. Howe
Shoe Machinery Trust
New York
George FE. Kelleher
James M. Bruff
Department of Justice
Washington
United Shoe Machinery Company
Foss
Swift
United States
French
William 8. Gregg
Oliver E. Pagan
Wickersham
Mr. French
Automatic price reductions on unsold lots spark debate
The message defends automatic markdowns of 25 50 and 75 percent on slow moving merchandise. It argues such reductions are good business to keep bargain standards and prevent deeper cuts by forcing faster sales. It suggests higher initial prices to avoid reductions and improve purchasing leverage.
Indictments in United Shoe Machinery case shock Boston
The six officers of United Shoe Machinery Company face federal indictments on multiple counts of monopolizing and restraining trade through the merger of Consoli dated and McKay Lasting Machine Company Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company and the imposition of exclusive lease terms. James J. Storrow and Elmer P. Howe are among those charged. proceedings may proceed in court within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Shoe Machinery Company
Old Shoe Machinery Manufacturing
Consolidated and
McKay Lasting Machine Company
Defendents
Winslow, Hurd and Brown
McKay Shoe Machinery Company
James J. Storrow
Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company
Barbour and Howe
United
United Company
United Shoe Machinery Co
Storrow
Europe
Brown
Hurd
Newton
Mr. Winslow
Beverly
Indictments Hit Five Named Figures in Federal Case
Business circles were startled yesterday morning as a special federal grand jury indicted Sydney W. Winslow Edward P. Hurd and George W. Brown among others for charges not specified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Grand Jury
Sydney W. Winslow
Edward P. Hurd
George W. Brown
William
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey Sold in Sealed Bottles
An advertisement extols Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a pure rain malt tonic stimulant and medicine chest staple for over 50 years. It claims government taxation as a medicine during the Spanish American War and notes genuine bottles sold sealed by druggists grocers and dealers for $1.00 per large bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy’s
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Thumbnail Sketch
A portrait of United Shoe Machinery Corporation notes its Boston headquarters at 205 Lincoln Street and New Jersey incorporation in 1899. It lists officers and directors, outlines stock, and discusses the so called shoe machinery trust and legal actions with quotes on potential impacts on industry, prices, and wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Shoe Machinery Corporation
Lincoln Street
Boston
New Jersey
Sydney W. Winslow
W. F. Robinson
William Barbour
New York
George W. Brown
Edward P. Hurd
Louis A. Coolidge
Beaconsfield
E. P. Hurd
E. P. Brown
L. H.baker
S. W. Winslow
G. W. Brown
L. A. Coolidge
E. P. Howe
Frank Wood
C. G. Rice
R. T. Paine
H. B. Endicott
F. L. Babbott
J. H. Hanan
William Woodward
Samuel Weil
A. R. Turner
G. E. Keith
Brockton
J. C. Kilham
Beverly
E. L.B. Gardner
Passaic
N. J
Shoe
United States
Consolidated and McKay Lasting Machine Company
McKay Shoe Machinery Company
Goodyear Shoe Machinery Company
Papes Diapepsin Promises Rapid Digestive Relief
An ad declares Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion by stopping fermentation and sour stomach in five minutes. It claims relief from dyspepsia, sourness, gas, and related symptoms after a single dose sold for fifty cents at local pharmacies. It asserts digestion improves regardless of naming varients like catarrh or gastritis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pape
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Shoe Trust
E. Chickering Company
United Shoe Machinery Managers
John H. O'Brien
Dana O’brien
Timothy Murphy
Leland A. Whitney
Foreman
Alonzo Rothschild
John Evans
Edward H. Richardson
Joseph M. Milford
Henry Granahan
Mike Murray
Maurice Hallinan
Fred A. Goodridge
Fred H. Richards
Co-operative Bank
Co-Operative
Pioneer
Homestead
Guardian
Bromfield St
D. Eldredge
Wilson Bros
Scollay Square Jewellers
Formosa
Colon
Hunter Rye
GinterCon
the Speciality Shop Inc
I & Union
Tremont
Lee, Higginson & Co
State Street
Trust
Fosse
Louis Brandeis
Marblehead
Mr. Howe
Henry F. Hurlburt
Charles F. Choate
Jet
Charles H. Jones
Weston
Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Comempany
First National Bank of Boston
Sam
New England
Prince Albert
P. A
Pringe Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. C
Gamnip
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