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Show SHOE MIST IS ATTACKED Manufacturers of Middle West at Mercy of Machinery Co. i Washington, May 3. The declaration declara-tion that a trust grips the entire shoo manufacturing Industry of the United States was mado today before the Senate committee on finance, which began hearing on the Canadian reciprocity re-ciprocity bill. Maunfacturers from the middlewcst told the committee thov were practically practi-cally at the mercy of the United Shoe Machinery company of Boston. Congressional Inquiry into tho existence ex-istence of an alleged woolen trust was asked for today by Representative Representa-tive Francis of Ohio, who offered a resolution providing for a committee of nlno to investigate the American Woolen company of oBston. |