Show ALUMINUM PRICE SET washington march 4 A maximum nise base price of 32 cents a pound for aluminum at the various american plants and their subsidiaries si has been fixed by president wilson the price is subject to revision on june and covers lots of fifty tons and over of ingots ingols of a 98 to 99 per cent grade the price was fixed after investigation by the federal trade commission and an agreement by the war industries board with the producers the conditions are that wages will not be reduced that the government the allies an and d the public shall purchase at the same price and that steps be taken for the distribution trib ution of aluminum to prevent it from falling into the hands of speculators who might increase the price to the public the producers agreed to exert every effort to keep up an adequate am amount aunt of aluminum during the war |