Garcia, doing business under the trade name of Garcia and Vega, Perfecto Garcia, Manuel Garcia, Jose Garcia and Angel Garcia, copartners under the firm name and style of Perfecto Garcia and Brothers, V. Guerra Diaz and Company, a corporation, Preferred Havana Tobacco Company, a corporation, American Cigar Company, a corporation, Moises Bustillo and Leopold Bustillo, copartners under the firm name and style of M. Bustillo and Company, Corral Wodeska and Company, a corporation, Cuesta Rey and Company, a corporation, J. M. Martinez Company, a corporation, Morgan Cigar Company, a corporation, Jose Escalante and Company, a corporation, F. Lozano Son and Company, a corporation, E. Redensberg and Sons, a corporation, J. W. Roberts and Son, a corporation, Salvadore Rodriguez, a corporation, Sanchez and Haya, a corporation, San Martin and Leon Company, a corporation, A. Santaella and Company, a corporation, Tampa-Cuba Cigar Company, a corporation, Celestine Vega and Company, a corporation, E. M. Schwartz and Company, Inc., a corporation, (each of said above-named respondents, individually, and as members of the said Cigar Manufacturers' Association of Tampa, Florida), The Tampa Box Company, a corporation, D. N. Holway, J. W. Young, and J. Van Roe, copartners under the firm name and style of D. N. Holway and Company, and George F. Weidman, T. D. Fisher, and J. A. B. Anderson, copartners under the firm name and style of Weidman-Fisher & Company, hereinafter referred to as the respondents, have been, and are now using unfair methods of competition in violation of the provisions of Section 5 of an Act of Congress, approved September 26, 1914, entitled "An Act to create a Federal Trade Commission, to define its powers and duties, and for other purposes", and it appearing that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be to the interest of the public, issues this complaint, stating its charges in this respect on information and belief as follows: PARAGRAPH 1. That the respondent, Cigar Manufacturers' Association of Tampa, Florida, is a voluntary, unincorporated association of cigar manufacturers, the membership of which is limited to manufacturers of cigars engaged in business as such in the city of Tampa, Florida, and in the vicinity thereof, who subscribe to its articles of association and comply with its by-laws and rules; that the executive authority of said respondent is vested by its articles of association in a President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary, and a Board of Directors, and that the duty of said several officers, and said Board of Directors are prescribed and defined by said articles of association. That the respondent, Jose Escalante, is the President of said respondent (Cigar Manufacturers' Association of Tampa, Florida) and the respondent Enrique Pendas, and A. A. Martinez, are, respectively, Treasurer and Secretary thereof. That the respondents, C. H. S. Cigar Company, Francisco Arango Cigar Company, V. Guerra Diaz and Company, Corral Wodeska and Company, Cuesta Rey and Company, Jose Escalante and Company, F. Lozano Son and Company, J. M. Martinez Company, Morgan Cigar Company, E. Redensberg and Sons, J. W. Roberts and Son, Salvadore Rodriguez, Sanchez and Haya, San Martin and Leon Company, A. Santaella Cigar Company, Tampa-Cuba Cigar Company, Celestine Vega and Company, are each corporations organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Florida, and each is engaged in the business of manufacturing cigars at the city of Tampa or within the vicinity thereof. That the respondent E. M. Schwartz and Company, Inc., is a corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, and operating a factory for the manufacture of cigars in the city of Tampa, Florida, under the name of Jose Lovera Company; that the respondent, Preferred Havana Tobacco Company is a corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York and operating a factory for the manufacture of cigars in the said city of Tampa, Florida, under the name of Bustillo Brothers and Diaz; that the respondent, Porto Rican American Tobacco Company is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New York, and operating a factory for the manufacture of cigars in the city of Tampa, Florida, under the name of M. Alvarez and Company; that the respondent, American Cigar Company is a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New Jersey, and operating three factories for the manufacture of cigars in said city of Tampa, under the name of Havana-American Cigar Company, Stachelberg-Vega and Company, and M. Vallez and Company, respectively. That the respondents Facundo Arguelles and Celestine Lopez are copartners doing business under the firm name and style of Arguelles, Lopez and Brothers; that the respondents Matthew W. Berriman and Edward C. Berriman are copartners doing business under the firm name and style of Berriman Brothers; that the respondent Alvara Garcia is a sole trader doing business under the trade name of Garcia and Vega; that the respondents Perfecto Garcia, Manuel Garcia, Jose Garcia, and Angel Garcia are copartners doing business under the firm name and style of Perfecto Garcia and Brothers; that the respondents Moises Bustillo and Leopold Bustillo are copartners doing business under the firm name and style of M. Bustillo and Company, and that each of said copartners and said respondent Name. Page. Hunt & Co., J. R. (J. R. Hunt et al. doing business as), et al.. Hunt, J. R. (J. R. Hunt et al. doing business as J. R. Hunt & Co.), et al. 485 485 INTERNATIONAL SALT CO. OF NEW YORK ET AL.. 67 J. F. Hillerich & Son Co. (now Hillerich & Bradsby Co.).. 482 J. M. Haney & Co. (J. H. Haney et al. doing business as) 485 J. R. Hunt & Co. (J. R. Hunt et al. doing business as). KAHN & FRANK (Joseph Kahn et al. doing business as). 309 KAHN, JOSEPH, ET AL. (doing business as Kahn & Frank).. 309 KEARNEY, WILLIAM J., ET AL.. 465 KEATON TIRE & RUBBER CO.. 335 KEITH, J. M. (as officer, director, and member of Chamber of Commerce), 451 KING, HARRY, ET AL. (doing business as King's Palace). 345 345 KLEIN, MORRIS (doing business as Racine Tire Sales Co.)... KING, PHILIP, ET AL. (doing business as King's Palace). KLESNER, ALFRED (doing business as Shade Shop, Hooper & Klesner).. 345 345 484 327 24 Klinefelter, Wm. H. (Wm. H. Klinefelter et al. doing business as J. R. Hunt & Lindeman, S. O. (doing business as Home Light & Power Co.), et. al.. 487 LITTLE, EDWARD P., ET AL....... Long, S. A. (S. A. Long et al. doing business as Arnold & Long, Distributors), et al... 465 486 LOPEZ, CELESTINE (Celestine Lopez et al. doing business as Arguelles, Marshall Oil Co. (doing business as Tungsten Manufacturing Co.). 485 MATHEWS, W. K., ET AL. (doing business as Moore & Fisher). 239 M. BUSTILLO & CO. (Moises Bustillo et al. doing business as) ET AL.. 1 McKey, W. A., et al., (doing business as J. M. Haney & Co.).. 485 Modern Appliance Co., Inc., et al.................... MISSOULA (MONT.) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ET AL.. MOORE & FISHER (John F. Moore et al. doing business as).... 451 487 239 239 MURPHY, EDWARD J., ET AL. (doing business as Moore & Fisher). 239 465 465 488 NORTH AMERICAN FIBRE PRODUCTS CO. (American Turpentine Co. PERFECTO GARCIA & BROS. (Perfecto Garcia et al. doing business as) 1 PETERSON, ALEX. (as officer, director, and member of Chamber of Commerce) ET AL... 451 P. M. Bratten & Co. (P. M. Bratten doing business as) et al.. 486 Pocock, J. J., et al..... 487 PORTO RICAN AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., ET AL.......... 1 PURE SILK HOSIERY MILLS (P. E. Ennis doing business as). 245 RACINE TIRE SALES CO. (Morris Klein doing business as). 327 REX HOSIERY CO. (Harry Freedman doing business as). 372 Richardson, H. Smith, et al. (doing business as The Vick Chemical Co.). 485 Richardson, L., et al. (doing business as The Vick Chemical Co.).. 485 485 1 ROBERTS, CHAS. H. (as officer, director and member of Chamber of Commerce) ET AL.... 451 ROCKFORD MITTEN & HOSIERY CO. 264 RODRIGUEZ, SALVADORE, ET AL...... 1 ROGERS, THOMAS J., ET AL. (doing business as Daum, Rogers, Spritzer Co.). 257 485 Rosenthal, Louis (doing business as United Chemical & Color Co.). . SALT PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION, THE, ET AL.... 67 1 1 1 1 465 |