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And if during my absence the matter should come to you, as I hope it will, you will, at least, know how I feel. Remember that in our assets we are carrying several hundred thousand dollars paid out to buy up competing firms. All such, excepting a dying one, at Grand Rapids, making about 40.000 cases a year, are entirely killed off. Now, after all this has been done by us, I suggested an advance in price ^[[to]] at least equal [[strikethrough]]to[[/strikethrough]] the increased cost of beans and resin, if not to that of our old price of $240 but , "no,"