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Show LETTER BETRAYS ALLEGED PLOT ON I IMPLEMENT PRICES WASHINGTON". Dec. 11 Cor-i Cor-i espondence between manufac- irers of agriculture implements lias been made public by the federal fed-eral trade commission in an effort ef-fort to show price fixing agrei menta In its special report to congress the commission recommended recom-mended legal proceedings against i tho firms. One of the letters purporting to have been written by I. N Burns, general sales manager of the J. I. Case now works, to the LaCrosse Plow company under date of Februar) 1$, 1917, said: "Tours of the eighteenth Inclosing In-closing complete dialers' prices i fectlVe Dei ember l lias been received re-ceived and I have checked our It tu.s v.(h it. c are I glad to have the opportunity of comparing prices with you. und inasmuch as thls la all Illegal, j suggest you destroy this letter." |