DAILY RATES OF WAGES PAID IN 14 PLANTS OF AMERICAN STEEL HOOP COMPANY BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR ORGANIZATION INTO A COMBINATION-Continued.

DAILY RATES OF WAGES PAID IN 14 PLANTS OF AMERICAN STEEL HOO BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR ORGANIZATION INTO A COMBINATION-CO

DAILY RATES OF WAGES PAID IN 14 PLANTS OF AMERICAN STEEL HOOP COMPANY BEFORE AND AFTER THIER ORGANIZATION INTO A COMBINATION-Continued.

DAILY RATES OF WAGES PAID IN 14 PLANTS OF AMERICAN STEEL HOOP COMPANY BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR ORGANIZATION INTO A COMBINATION-Continued.

DAILY RATES OF WAGES PAID IN 14 PLANTS OF AMERICAN STEEL HOOP COMPANY BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR ORGANIZATION INTO A COMBINATION-Concluded.

PRICES FIXED BY COMBINATIONS.-Probably the most important economic effect of the combinations is to be found in their influence upon prices; next, that of their influence upon wages. Before entering upon the study of the course of prices before and after the formation of certain special combinations it will be useful to note the direct efforts made by the combinations to fix prices for the consumers. Out of 28 combinations answering the question as to whether the organiza