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Show TESTIMONY CONTINUES Harvester Companv Tries to Show That It Is Not a Trust I Omaha, Neb . March 13 The Inter-'national Inter-'national Harvester company continued contin-ued today its defense to the govern ment merger suit by introducing a I trilled assortment of evidence to show 1 that It was not a trust, within the meaning of the Sherman anti trust law. Examiner Robert Taylor, who yes-t yes-t rday was Belzed with an attack of indigestion, was able to continue with the examination today There are five active competitors of the International Harvester company 111 the binder business In Nebraska, according to witnesses who testified today Prices Vary. The matter of prices entered into today's testimony, no leas than the state of improvements One dealer declared he would prefer to return to the wire binder business of 30 years ago rather than retain the presont mechanism of the twine binder Witnesses Wit-nesses called could not agree on the variation of prices Competition Increases. William Belcher, an Implement dealer deal-er of York. Neb., 'ocated In the heart of the wheat belt, testified that al though he handled the International line of harvesting machinery exclusively exclu-sively there were three competing lines 3old in his city About 50 per cent of the hinders sold In his territory terri-tory in recent years were of Interna tional make -last year It was less, he said Competition has steadily in ( rensed hi his vicinity and "last year the John Deere peoplo came In and in quite a swath On cross-examination the witness admitted the price to farmers had decreased more previous to the formation forma-tion of the International company ( than since that year |