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the advice of his experts was sure that if he could control our paper supply from Europe he would have us under his grasp. So he organized with Blanchet Kléber Frères, and Steinbach a paper distributing company for America he being the general agent for America and guaranteeing a minimum purchase yearly. [[strikethrough]] The Co [[/strikethrough]] This International Company was created in Brussels (Belgium) under the name of Société Generale de ? ? in which the three interested parties were stockholders. His experts had let him to believe that nowhere except at Steinbach's Mill and at Blanchet Kléber Frères mill in France could good ^[[raw]] photographic
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paper be made.
The news was broken to us late in 1898 by Pittman and Lips who came to see me and looked both like the cat that had killed the canary bird. They assured me however that we would be well taken care of for our necessary supply [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] but that this matter would be discussed in a meeting which had to be held in Brussels, and where the representatives of the factories they represented as well as Mr Eastman would be present this meetig to be held immediately as soon as convenient to me etc. - It was a most inconvenient time, mid-winter and I full of responsibilities and excess of work