BELGIAN MANUFACTURES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 54, 27 November 1919, Page 10

BELGIAN MANUFACTURES

w SSI GEIiMM

Tn order to prevent tho caniouHiU'p" of German produce under Beleia'n hrand.', and to ;;ivu th« l uyers of Alliml countries n li'uv {iunranlcp ot ori"i» of the naliomil wpurts and ]iroduoN Belgian mninifiiuUin-rrt are now enforcing the regulatimis uf jire-wiii rxistiiiK trade nssutiatioiis, and cstaljlishins newonw for he trades whiu. had no such orsanisalini. .betore l'.lll. Well-known and poivcrlnl Msociatiuus such as tho Belgian Ulass Jliikors Assik ciation. of Charloroi, and the Mi'lals and Coi.l Exchange, ot Biiis.wls, have taken steps since the iirmisucp (o linlil their meinlwrtf entirely free irom unfriendly influence of any kind. _ It is iinderstnod now trom officml sources that foiirfftMi of the largest cement producers have form« Ihoniwlvos into a new group, and have decided Uwt only the manufacturers who wi-ro working liefore July, 1914, »"d who, agree (o submit themselves to an inflinry on behalf of their former or wnr-timo uctiyiie and relations with the os-oreupwi of the Belgian territory, can become membei,. H >s liops-d ti.a Micl. i.mialive will h? »f yn]M ;uul ilftol(1 n fidonee to the Allied mnrkois ne.to tho true origin of Belgian import, in connection with tho induslrim revival oi tlie eauntry.