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94) [[left margin in red]] Eastman [[/left margin]] who had built up the technical part of his business and made [[red underline]] bitter enemies [[/red underline]] of them. Dr. [[red underline]] Reichenbach, the inventor of the film, Cossett his expert technologist in coating [[/red underline]] machinery and some others. The N.Y Times of this date devoted a quarter of a column to show [[red underline]] how generous Eastman was with [[/red underline]] me in offering me about twenty times more than I asked for [[red underline]] This is an absolute absurdity [[/red underline]] Eastman [[red underline]] after trying to ruin me in my Velox [[/red underline]] business by compelling his customers [[red underline]] to bind themselves not to buy our paper under penalty of being refused supplies [[/red underline]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 93) [[left margin in red]] Eastman [[/left margin]] of Eastman materials [[red underline]] then tried to cut me off from my supply of raw paper which was until then imported from France [[/red underline]] ( Blanchet Kléber Frères) and from [[red underline]] Malmedy [[/red underline]] (Germany) from [[red underline]] Steinbach [[/red underline]] organised in Brussels a holding and distributing company in which [[red underline]] Steinbach Blanchet [[/red underline]] Kléber frères, and [[red underline]] Eastman [[/red underline]] were the stockholders and of which [[red underline]] Eastman was the general master of sales [[/red underline]] in the U.S. [[red underline]] This permitted him to cut off all our supplies and ruin us. [[/red underline]] About the end of [[strikethrough]] 19 [[/strikethrough]] 1898 when finally our business began to take rapid extension, I was notified of this secret partnership by Lips Herman Lips