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Show PROTECTS MAIL ORDER LUMBER COMPANIES The Federal Trado Commission 'has Issued orders to OS lumber companies com-panies ot tho Middle West and far West requiring them to stop certain trado practices in relation to mall order lumber concerns. Among tho practices which nro barred by the orders aro tho following: Obtaining from mall order concerns, con-cerns, in bad faith or by subterfuge, estimates of the prices of lumber nnd building material and obtaining catalogues cat-alogues and special, information In tegded only for bonafldo customers and prospective customers. Through actual or threatened with idrawal of patronage, Inducing manufacturers man-ufacturers or "wholesalers to refuso. to furnish supplies of lumber and( building material to mail order con-corns. con-corns. Following or causing salesmen of mail order concerns to bo followed from place to placo with tho object ot hindering nnd embarrassing thorn In ,thelr .negotiations with prospective prospect-ive customers. |