Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — STORED EGGS ROOST PRICES [ARTICLE]

STORED EGGS ROOST PRICES

Chicago Alderman Says Combine Conspires Against Consumers, Chicago, November 3.—After hearing charges by Alderman Pretzel that there were 37,500,000 dozen eggs in Chicago in cold storage while the price is soaring at about 45 cents a dozen, the council health committee today invited United States District Attorney Clyne to attend the next meeting of the committee at which an effort will be made to show collusion on the part of middlemen and producers to control the price of foodstuff?. Henry I. Coghlan, a Michigan farmer, testified that half a dozen Chicago operators control egg prices through the middle West. Their agents buy up the supply, he said, contending that it w r as not profitable for farmers to ship direct.