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Show WOfSLD CHAl.'.PAGNE TRUST, 8lory of an American Attempt Told i by United States Consul. London. The United States representative repre-sentative at Khelnw tolls the story ol an attempt to form a trust In the champagne trade. Two prominent promoters from tho United States, he says, worked for several months among the French champagne houses "endeavoring to create a trust by organizing tho leading lead-ing houses under ono corporation, but to continue making tho same gradts of wine under the same names. "Tho scheme proposed to do away with all nguuclcH outside of Frnncc and to establish one central agency to distribute all the champagne sold." Mr. Miller, tho consul, states that the plan got considerably beyond the "attractive prospectus" stage, foi "many conferences were held with the leading manufacturers;" Ho does not say "or the leading manufac turcrs," for apparently not one ot them favored It, and the clever Americans, Amer-icans, though persistent, had at last to confess a failure and give up In despair. Although the American consul declares de-clares thut the attempt has failed, he mentions the singular fact that there aro uniform prices for chain-pngno chain-pngno all over tho world. "Notwithstanding tho wide difference differ-ence in tho price of grapes In Bomo years ovor others," writes Mr. Miller, "tho price of champagne remains ex-actly ex-actly tho samo as to retail price in all countries, rcgurdless of tho rate of tariff." As champagne Is always a favorite wine, consumers may bo glad to learn from tho consul that, although tho last vintage Is not so large as In former years, It Is of excellent qual-lty, qual-lty, with a suitable degree of alcohol, n plentiful bouquet and tho requisite amount of acidity conditions which "conBtltuto n perfect equilibrium and form a wlno that will keep well." I |