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Show TRUSf RULES Thousands of Trees Are Weighed Down With Trust Products Washington, Dec. 25. Christmas' trees in hundreds of thousands ot homes throughout the United States are weighed down today by the products prod-ucts of a German trust, Tor American Consul General Frank Dillingham has just reported to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce the cxistonce of a combination among the manufacturers manu-facturers of Christmas tree decorations decora-tions in his district. Most of the ornaments used m Christian countries for Christmas em-belllshmenis em-belllshmenis are made there. "About 70 per cent of the mamitao-j turers," says Consul Dillingham in his report, "arc members of a syndicate syn-dicate which was formed -to , prevent I competition among themselves and! to. establish standard prices for sell-1 lug their articles. The syndicate agrees on one price for each style of ornament, which Its members must strictly adhere to in all sales, be they for German use or for export to America Amer-ica or other foreign lands." |