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Show BUSINESS NEWS I 4V- 4- ! V ISHINGTON Fob. s n.tl.8t the ("allfoTnla cooperative Csnners' com-pmny com-pmny for a modification of the big five packers' consent decree with reference ... unrelated coramoaltlea must be made to tno District of ''niumhia supreme court, Attorney Oeneral Daugherty said STOCK WORTHLESS DFTROlT. Mich.. Feb. 8. The board ) of governors of the Detroit stock ex-1 change Tuesday removed Lincoln Motor . Inss A stock from the exchange. The action was taken. It was announced, be-. be-. e tho $S. 000. 000 paid for the property by Henry Ford wax not sufficient to met liabilities of the company and therefore no mone-v would bo forthcoming for distribution" dis-tribution" amini: stccithoMors. PAY FOR SEIZED COAL. CINCINNATI. O., Feb, I The United ,. . !r--ult court of appeals bore Tuesday' Tues-day' affirmed the decision of the l'nlte.l tat. s district . ourt In ruling that a government department cannot flT the i ri of coal rc-qulslt!"ned by It. but mu -t t.nv the markot prh-e- The decision was made In tho appeal of the government against the C. c- Blake company, a Cln-cfnnatl Cln-cfnnatl roncern Hecords In the as.. show certain carload.-, of coal were renui-sltioned renui-sltioned by the navy department unaer I the Lover act. and that an allowance of 4 a ton was made, v.hero as the market I value of the coal at the time was $5 60. The Blake companj accepted $3 a ton. Or three-fourths of the ptlce fixed by the government, as permitted under the Ihw and filed suit for recovery of nn additional 82.60 a ton. WILL DEFINE POLICY WASHINGTON, Fb. 8. Announcement Announce-ment of the government s attitude JO-I JO-I ward trade association activities under the decision of the supreme court in me Hardwood Lumber association case may be made In a day or two. Mr. Daugherty NO MORE WAGE CUTS. ANDOVER. 6faea., Feb. 8, William M Wood president of the American Woolen company, In a statement reaji- ,urel the company B employes that th-lr wares would not be reduced this season. "There will bo nC reduction of wages : this season sq far an the American c 'en company Ih concerned, he said. I There Is hothlng 19, Justify lt. A e LT.uk be m..r. Justified In Increas ng ' the prlco Of cloth than In reducing WaP: CHINESE EGGS ARRIVE. VFw YORK Feb. S. Chinese hns ,! Tuesday ' Invaded the New York market. Six thousand cases arrived by way of Vancouver, showing little break-1ro break-1ro nfter a five weeks Journey. ag SUGAR REPORT DENIED MFVoMINRK. Mich., Feb 8 jencr.il Manager G W McConWck of the Menominee Me-nominee River Sugar company who m ,, resident . of the Eastern Beet Su.-Manufacturers" Su.-Manufacturers" association, commenting on .was reports that the Cuban cane sugar Interests offer to pay the domestic domes-tic beet sugar companies, a bonus of 40 cents per hundred pounds on their sales iigar for 1921. as a compromise uia Inst an additional duty on sugar Imports Im-ports declared that 1 this Is Just another sample of the country-wide propaganda being circulated by foreign , sugar Inter-gts-' He said na. BUOh offer had hern n idt to an: "" bl ' alt ' turers In this section, and added that he did not believe such an offer would be made In good faith by tho owners of foreign sugars. |