REMUNERATIVE PATRIOTISM.
GERMAN SHIPBUILDERS' TRUST ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES. (Received 10.50 a-m.) BERLIN, April 15. < The Berlin Socialist paper "Vor- ' Waerts," under the heading "Remunera- ? tive Patriotism," prints official documents to.show the existence of a secret trust. l Whenever a manufacturer of shipbuild- t ing materials is asked by a Government shipyard for a quotation, he forwards particulars to the central office at Dort- j mund, which puts all approached on tbe { matter into communication with each ■, other. j They settled the price, which was then s quoted approximately, plus 10 per cent, ] and the successful competitor remitted i 10 per cent to the central office for dis- < tribution among the unsuccessful ten- < derers. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 90, 16 April 1913, Page 5
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