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...Republicans, during the past week, did the least of all in the way of overt acts. With satisfaction, they watched grain prices, which continued upward, and the favorable quarterly report of the U. S. Steel Corporation. Good conditions in agriculture and the steel industries do not make Republican supporters, but at least such conditions do not make Republican opponents. It is an axiom of politics that the fewer dissatisfied people there are, the better it is for the party in power. That is why the Republicans were pleased...
General von Kluck: Comrades of that old army, which was as hard as steel, remember the greatness of our fathers and the heroism of our comrades who fell in battle. Let us continue to be true to our calling and let us place manly Truth and Honor above everything." But word had yet to come from the Saxon Field Marshal von Mackensen, reputed the first cavalry leader in the world, thought by many the ablest soldier Germany had in the War. What would the hero of a dozen Rus sian victories say? The white-haired soldier, now 74 years...
...Pittsburgh Plus" is descriptive of a U. S. Steel Corporation price-fixing practice. The Corporation's policy is to sell plates, shapes and bars on a delivered basis, irrespective of the place of manufacture, and values them all as if they were manufactured at Pitts- burgh. This uniform valuation forms the Pittsburgh base price. The Cor- poration does not sell at the base-price. It quotes prices to which have been added the freight rate from Pittsburgh to the point of consumption. This is "Pittsburgh Plus." The mill delivering an order invoices its customer at "Pittsburgh Plus," minus...
...where the products are manufactured or shipped; 3) at discriminatory prices designed to lessen competition. The Commission referred to the freight charge involved by "Pittsburgh Plus" as "imaginary," indi- cated the hardships upon consumers as resultant from the fact that the Corporation produces nearly 50% of the American rolled steel...
Significance. Theoretically, the importance of the order would seem to be a likely shift of the center of the steel industry. With Pittsburgh Plus abolished, many manufacturers would immediately build factories near other steel-producing centres, now free to market at reduced prices. Gary, Ind., particularly, has watched the Pittsburgh Plus fight with intense interest. Business circles, however, attached little significance to the Commission's action in its immediate effect upon the steel business...