Record #:

21550

Author(s):

Wrenn, Lynette B.

Abstract:

During the early 20th century, cotton-seed crushing mill owners in eastern North Carolina depressed the price of seeds by adopting a variety of tactics. After antitrust suits destabilized the seed pools and direct price agreements, the mill owners exchanged price information through private means until that came under legal attack. To combat more litigation, they began full publication of price information, which was ruled to not be an unfair trade practice by the US Supreme Court.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 67 Issue 4, Oct 1990, p411-437 , il, por, map, f

Subject(s):

Cotton