William H. Ukers (author)
- coffee roasters came together in gentlemen's agreement not to cut price of roasting green coffee 1885 ⟨St. Louis⟩
several St. Louis coffee roasters came together in a kind of gentlemen's agreement not to cut the price of roasting green coffee
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote provided matches the passage verbatim, confirming that several St. Louis coffee roasters came together in a gentlemen's agreement not to cut the price of roasting green coffee in 1885.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to the author (the passage presents this as historical fact without attribution to a named source). The stance is 'asserts' which matches the passage's straightforward presentation. The sentiment is neutral, appropriate for the factual tone of the passage. The time qualifier correctly specifies 1885 with valid_from matching the passage's explicit date. The context 'St. Louis' accurately reflects the passage's specification of location. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim about the gentlemen's agreement.