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1,728 stories matching price
- The Price-Fixing Meat Trust
Seattle's wholesale meat dealers move in lockstep to drive up prices on beef, pork, and mutton.
- Columbia River Strawberry Growers Compete Against Themselves
In 1914, Kennewick farmers were losing profits not to outside competitors, but to their own self-defeating price-cutting tactics.
- Seattle's Meat Market Price War
Local retailers and jobbers are locked in a cutthroat battle over meat prices that threatens to drive shops out of business.
- Walla Walla Dairymen Hike Milk Prices
Facing the rising costs of animal feed, local milk dealers met to establish a new, higher price schedule for the city.
- The Fruit Market’s Race to the Bottom
Kennewick’s peach growers watch their profits evaporate as local shippers ignore price-fixing agreements and undercut the market.
- The Great Price War of 1878
A Seattle mercantile firm attempts to win over Snohomish customers by slashing prices in the face of local competition.
- A Railroad Blockade Broke the Lumber Glut
Puget Sound mills had been selling below cost. Then floods and a strike cut the supply line—and manufacturers finally got the upper hand on prices.
- The Shingle Trust Faces a Revolt
Independent dealers refuse to join a new price-fixing association, setting the stage for a showdown in the regional timber market.
- The Lumber Price-Fixing Scandal
A Tacoma lumber mill combine has been caught artificially inflating the price of city contracts.
- The Rising Cost of Living and the Local Monopoly
A representative of a regional retail chain faces local anger over accusations of price-gouging and lack of competition in White Bluffs.
- The Great Seattle Flour Price War
A California miller defies the combine, forcing a drop in prices to the delight of local consumers.
- The Flour Price Plunge
Washington millers slash prices as the local wheat market faces blockade-related distribution issues.
- The Sugar War of Coulee City
A local merchant fights back against a Spokane jobber’s price-fixing tactics.
- The Price of a Loose Tongue
A logger learned the hard way that when you negotiate a premium price in secret, you better keep it a secret.
- The Octopus Comes to Seattle: Standard Oil Raises the Price of Light
Coal oil and benzine prices jumped in Seattle after Standard Oil was reported to have crushed its last Pacific Coast rival, W. P. Fuller & Co.
- The End of the Credit Era in Coulee City
Local merchants announce a shift to a 'cash-only' economy, aiming to eliminate debt and reduce consumer prices.
- The Price of Admission
When a new federal war tax on admissions threatens cinema prices, the local Princess theater owner decides to absorb the cost rather than pass it to patrons.
- The Great Cookie Trust: How Seattle's Cracker Kings Tried to Control the Market
Facing 'ruinous competition' and rising flour prices, local baking giants planned a monopoly to stabilize profits—and wages.
- The Great Flour Paradox
While Seattle’s flour prices hit an all-time low, the price of wheat begins a strange climb upward.
- The Great Beef Price Drop of 1893
Wholesale cuts fall to record lows, making meat affordable for the city's working poor during the lean winter.
- The True Cost of Middlemen
How the Kennewick-Richland Marketing Union learned a hard lesson about shipping produce on consignment versus securing fair prices through cooperation.
- Washington Farmers Petition Hoover to Stabilize Potato Prices
Facing a massive surplus in the 1917 crop, state agriculture officials scramble to prevent a market collapse.
- The Northwest Flour Trust Proposal
A representative from Boston attempts to organize local millers into a regional trust to control prices for the Oriental market.
- The Manipulation of Crop Prices
Farmers are warned that exporters are artificially suppressing wheat prices in the Inland Empire, but holdouts may see a payoff in the long run.
- The Northwest Lumber Cartel Forms in Tacoma
Major mill owners from across the Puget Sound region organize to stabilize prices and set standard grades for timber.