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Show VOTE AGAINST BUYING CEMENT OHICA;, III. .Ian HI - Kxecutive officers of the highway departments of Illinois. Iowa. Kansas. Michigan. Minnesota, Min-nesota, Missouri South Dakota, and Wisconsin today it the opening session Of 'lie Mississippi Valley conference of state highway departments declared a buyer's strike against the cement manufacturers man-ufacturers of the country A flat ten! per cent decrease In the price of cto-ment cto-ment is wanted by the highway officials of-ficials and their refusal to enter Into negotiations with cement manufacturers manufactur-ers will retard construction of morel Mian one hundred million dollars Worth of highways, they said |