Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1911 — RAISES PRICE 13 FOLD [ARTICLE]

RAISES PRICE 13 FOLD

This Is Complaint of Hoosier Merchants Against Michigan Monopoly. Indianapolis, Oct. 13. A protest against an alleged monoply of trade hjLtbe Indianapolis Retail Shoe Dealers’ association will be sent to Attoi* ney General Wickersham. The dealers allege that a Grand Rapids, Mich., firm which controls a button fastener, compels merchants to pay 65 cents a box for wire, which they, assert could be bought elsewhere for 5 cents.