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94) [[left margin in red]] Eastman [[/left margin]] who was the ^[[Am]] agent of Blanchet Kleber Freres and by Pittmann who was the Am. agent of Steinbach. They promised me, to intercede for me to Eastman and they had arranged an interview with all concerned in [[red underline]] Brussels. - So I had to leave all my work [[/red underline]] in midwinter to rush to Brussels. then I was confronted by [[red underline]] Eastman [[/red underline]] whom I [[red underline]] had never seen [[/red underline]] before. He was cold and determined and [[red underline]] hard as an icicle. [[/red underline]] The men [[red underline]] Blanchet were very nie so was Steinbach. [[/red underline]] and I thought they were going to safeguard my interests [[end page]] [[start page]] 95) [[left margin in red]] Restriction of trade! [[/left margin]] until [[red underline]] I found out that their contracts were all [[/red underline]] finished and signed and that henceforth [[red underline]] we were to depend exclusively on the good will or whim of Eastman. Eastman began by saying that my ^[[Velox]] paper was cutting too much in his trade and therefore had to restrict [[/red underline]] us Was willing to allot us our average yearly supplies as they existed now [[strikethrough]] but [[/strikethrough]] and would eventually permit an increase of [[red underline]] 15% more, [[/red underline]] but this would be [[red underline]] the limit. [[/red underline]] - I told him that this was [[red underline]] virtually a means for killing our business [[/red underline]] to which I could not consent. [[red underline]] - that if he drove me out Velox paper [[/red underline]] [[left margin in red]] 15%! [[/left margin]]