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Price fixing in fruit and vegetable trade charged
Government indicts the Fruit and Produce Trade Association of New York Market Truckmen's Association and 13 trucking firms along with 12 receiver firms and 15 officers in a Sherman Act conspiracy. They allegedly controlled over 95 percent of fresh produce entering New York City and routed it to New England and Canada, driving up prices and hurting the poor along the Atlantic seaboard. The scope includes major grower exchanges from California to Florida and shipments from Florida, Texas, and Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
New York City
New England
Canada
Fruit and Produce Trade Association of
Market Truckmen’s Association of
Florida
Georgia
Texas
California
Washington
Oregon
Cuba
Mexico
Central America
G. Joseph Minetti
U. S
Atlantic Seaboard
California Fruit Growers Exchange of
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Florida Citrus Exchange
Tampa
Fla