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Germany—Continued.
Special report of Consul General Julius G. Lay, Berlin—Continued.
Combinations of foreign manufacturers......cceeeeeeecann- Cee
Operations of foreign combinations limited by international agreements.

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 steel corporations of England and America. ..........
The International Plate Glass Syndicatein Brussels. ......--The
 international shipping agreements...
The Nobel Dynamite Trust...... —
The German control of goods imported from the colonies. ...
Operations of American trusts and cartels. arm mA 4
No other prominent foreign combinations operating in Germany. .
International cartels, syndicates, and combinations.... ........ .
General remarks on the formation of international combinations. .
Limitations of international cartels. ...
Prominent international cartels...
North Atlantic Shipping Pool.....
The international steel combinations. .
_The International Zinc Syndicate...
The International Aluminum Syndicate. ..
Efforts to form an international combination in the textile
industry.........
The European Bottle Union.
List of international trusts...........
Combinations of buyers of American goods...... .
Competitive conditions in Germany affecting American goods. .......
Activities of the German Government in fostering the Gerrnan trade. .
Special report of Consul Harry G. Seltzer, Breslau, Germany, February 24,

1916. _...

Increased prices of Upper Silesian pig iron, rolled iron, and rivets... .
Special report of Vice Consul in Charge Frederick J. Schussel, Munich,
Kingdom of Bavaria, November 4, 191%
England:
Special report of Consul General Robert P. Skinner, London, England,
December 20, 1915.........
The trust movement.........
Existing combinations. .
International trusts...
Conditions following the war.....x.
Notes from Commercial Attaché A. H. Baldwin.
Informal combination in South American meat trade..............
Special report of Consult Howard D. Van Sant. Dumfermline, Scotland, February
 21, 1916....ceunns oe oan
Cooperative societies in Scotland.

France:
Special report of Consul General Alexander M. Thackara, Paris. November
17, 1916. .uueun....
Legislation for the regulation of combinations. .
Description of principal combinations...
Comptoir Métallurgique de Longwy.........
Organization for the comptoir’s foreien trade
Comptoir des Poutrelles............
Comptoir d’exportation des produits métallurgiques..............
Comptoir des Essieuy

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