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years 150%, as described in the prior chapter. It had an 

 understanding in 1900 with other companies, and thus 

 controlled the prices of plate glass. According to the 

 testimony of Mr. Fred Gr. Elliott (the manager of John 

 Lucas Company) before the Industrial Commission on 

 Dec. 20, 1900, the Pittsburg Plate Griass Company sent to 

 the firm of John Lucas & Comi^-anv a letter, of which the 

 following is a copy : 



Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 27, 1900. 



Gentlemen : We have just been advised by our general 

 office that any permission that has been given to the job- 

 bers whereby they were allowed to import plate glass 

 must be at once withdrawn, and we hereby beg to notify 

 you to this effect. 



We will ask vou to send to this office at once a memo- 

 randum of any foreign glass which you may have ordered 

 which you have not received. Please include in this 

 memorandum that which mav be alreadv on the water, as 

 well as the portion that has not yet been shipped from 

 abroad. Kindh" give this matter your prompt attention, 

 and oblige. 



Yours trulv, 



Pittsburg Plate Glass Company." 



So much for the impudence of the trusts in advancing 

 prices and controlling foreign trade. Here is more, 

 showing the tremendous increase in prices permitted by 

 trade regulations and tariff legislation. We quote from 

 the Springfield Weekly Eepublican of Nov. 21, 1907 : 

 ' ' There appears in the current issue of American Indus- 

 tries, organ of the National Association of Manufacturers, 

 as severe an arraignment of high tariff iniquities as is 

 often heard, and it comes from a protected manufac- 

 turer, H. E. Miles, president of the National Association 

 of Implements and Vehicle Manufacturers. He starts 



