| Show the wrapping raper paper trust the representatives of the IW wrapping rapping paper combine concluded their secret conference at the auditorium yesterday and were congratulating themselves last evening before departing for their homes on the fact that they had gathered in three more factories two in ohio and one in indiana there ire are fifty eight mills in the united states engaged in manufacturing C coarse wrapping paper pac and of the these twenty six are in n the trust which has its headquarters head quarters in chicago this trust rust was badly wrecked by the antitrust law when it first came into I 1 force and has not fully recovered from the shock lIo however wever it is making rapid strides and expects to have all the mills back into the combine in a year or two at clment it runs rans under no particular name alid without a president or iny hil L so sounding title of any sort tho the product of its twenty six mills is marketed through a general agent aind lie with mith two others otlie ys constitutes the executive committed commit teo they are J C richardson and V F C trebein grebein Tre bein both of ohio and J B halladay of alaica chicago uon the 1 a list named is the general ag agent ment of the concern and front from his headquarters in chicago supplies the market of the country with ith coarse wrapping paper except in ii ho he far as the independent mills supply klippl ly it there aro are a large number of mills not tiow now in the trust and these are as usual cutting prices the trust price tot for common wrapping paper ranges from to 1 7 65 per li pounds while the fi figures vires of the independent makers range from five to ten cents less the object of the meeting was to extend tile the membership of tho the t trust fust and take steps to prevent f uither hurtful competition the less in this direction was quite flattering three of the largest mills outside of the trust were taken into the fuld fold all aej others aro are preparing to follow A slight cut in prices was ordered but mr halladay says that as soon its as the other mills aro are induced to join alia combine the rates will bo be raised to the figures cf two years ago chicago times |
