

PRICES AT HOME AND ABROAD 



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"Repairs. Prior to the time the defendant commenced doing business in 

 Kansas, both the farmer and the retail dealer often experienced difficulty in 

 obtaining machines and repairs during a busy harvest season. None of the 

 companies doing business in Kansas prior to 1902 had general agents at Con- 

 cordia, Hutchinson or Parsons. They were forced to send to Kansas City, 



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FIG. 15. Evolution of the reaper. The 1847 model, McCormick reaper at work. 





FIG. 16. Evolution of the reaper. The 1858 model, McCormick automatic self-rake reaper. 



Wichita or Topeka for repairs. The defendant is the only company doing 

 a farm implement business in Kansas that adopts the system described. To 

 get repairs from other concerns the dealer must send to Kansas City, Missouri. 

 This often involves a delay from which damage to crops results." 



Prices at Home and Abroad. The Kansas findings are in these 

 words: "The prices of the company on its goods sold in foreign 

 countries are higher than those charged to the domestic trade." 



