Business & Finance: Asphalt Test

Practically all industries have some trade association. Famed are such potent and august bodies as the Copper Institute, the American Iron & Steel Institute, the Institute of American Meat Packers. Less famed are the Better Bedding Alliance of America, the Corset & Brassiere Association of America, the Hickory Handle Association. The aim of each is to promote the interests of its members: soapmen know that the Cleanliness Institute is a booster for more washing. But sometimes .this mutual help goes further than advertising. And for this reason last week many an institute fearfully watched the affairs of the Asphalt Shingle &...

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